Xavier University of Louisiana Athletics

Briefly
•  First year at XULA
•  Also will compete in track and field
•  Minoring in pre-law

High School
•  Two-year starter in basketball and volleyball and competed in track and field
•  Averaged 4.2 points and 2.8 rebounds as a senior (2016-17) for McEachern team that won its fourth consecutive Class AAAAAAA state championship
•  Helped McEachern win the AAAAAA state outdoor track title as a junior (2016)

Personal
•  Plays the saxophone
•  Father, Emmanuel Burke, played basketball for XULA in the 1980s

In Her Own Words
•  How I became interested in my sports:  I became interested in basketball since I was little. It has been my favorite sport. I love it, it's been a huge part of my life and I can't imagine my life or me without it. I became interested in track my freshman year of high school. I only got into it because I had several important people in my life tell me I should do it because I am so athletic and naturally fast. When it came time for my first meet and I performed, I fell in love with that new feeling I got. The adrenaline of running, the anticipation of the gun, just everything got me and that's how I got into track. (Plus my high school coaches were amazing.)
•  Words that describe me:  Confident. Selfless. Empathetic. Competitive. Ambitious. Hardworking. Self-Critical. Goofy. Dedicated. Loving. Honest. Over-thinker. Passionate. Driven. Motivated. Uncoordinated. Funny. Intelligent. Honest. Trustworthy. Helpful. Prideful. Dependable.
•  My goals for the 2017-18 academic year — academic, athletic, personal:  Get a 4.0. Maintain at least a 3.5 GPA. Have an amazing freshman season in both basketball and track. To keep growing as a woman, person, athlete and student. Continue learning and getting better. Working on not biting my nails or doubting myself. Stop overthinking.
•  The most creative thing I do, or something creative I'd like to be able to do:  The most creative thing I wish I could do is play multiple instruments and be able to paint/draw
•  The tastiest thing I can cook:  Breakfast foods and salmon
•  Favorite ice cream flavor:  Mayfield Birthday Cake and Haagen-Dazs Vanilla Bean
•  Special routine or superstition before I compete:  My special routine is praying and talking to God and calling my daddy on the phone. My superstition is using one specific soap brand/scent on away trips only.
•  My definition of success:  Doing whatever it takes to achieve your goals and dreams no matter what the cost
•  A movie title that would describe my life:  Awakening
•  The best advice I was ever given:  It is not how fast you do it, it is how well you do it. Trouble is easy to get in to but hard to get out of. Anything worth doing is worth doing well. Go hard or don't go at all. Always have some type of direction because speed with no direction means going nowhere fast.