Stanford University Athletics

Career Highlights | Career Statistics

• Two-time Pac-12 All-Academic
  • 2016 (HM), 2017 (HM)

As a Redshirt Sophomore in 2017 

• Led Stanford players with seven home runs
• Went 2-for-4 with four RBIs and a run in a 6-0 victory at No. 7 Washington (May 6)
• Produced at least one RBI in four straight games, generating five in that span from April 22-29
• Hit a two-run home run to help lead Stanford to a 8-6 comeback victory in eight innings at Oregon State (April 23)
• Had a seven-game hitting streak (Feb. 23-March 4)
• Hit .300 (3-for-10) with four RBIs, two walks, a double and two runs in three games during the Stanford Nike Invitational (Feb. 18-19)
• Went 8-for-21 (.381) with two home runs, 11 RBIs, two doubles, two runs and three walks over six games at the Kajikawa Classic (Feb. 9-12)
• Provided the game-winning hit - a two-out, two-RBI single - to complete a 3-2 seventh inning comeback against Western Michigan (Feb. 10)

As a Redshirt Freshman in 2016 | Game-by-Game Statistics

• Had a five-game hitting streak consisting of six hits from Feb. 28-March 6
• Hit .385 (7-for-18) with four RBIs, a home run, a double, six runs and four walks over five games at the Malihini Aloha Tournament (March 4-6)
• Hit her first collegiate home run against No. 17/12 Missouri, a solo shot to center field (Feb. 25)
• Made her collegiate debut in the season-opener, starting at third base against Portland State (Feb. 12)

As a Freshman in 2015 | 

• Redshirt year

High School

• A 2014 graduate of South County High School in Lorton, Va.
• First Team All-Metropolitan selection (2013)
• 2013 Second Team All-State
• Captained team to the 6A State Championship and Northern Region Championship in 2014
• Contributed to Patriot District championships in 2011 and 2012
• Earned Northern Regional Tournament Team honors in 2013
• 2013 First Team All-Northern Region
• Claimed Patriot District Tournament Team honors in 2011
• Three-time First Team All-Patriot District selection (2011-13)
• Two-time Patriot District Player of the Year (2012-13)
• Holds high school’s career records in: batting average (.547), triples (14), on-base percentage (.632), slugging percentage (.846) and stolen bases (34)
• Holds high school’s single-season records in: runs (38), hits (47), triples (7), total bases (70), batting average (.662), on-base percentage (.733), slugging percentage (.986) and stolen bases (14)
• Participated in the OnDeck Softball National Elite Futures Camp

Club

• Played for the Vienna Stars 18U Gold (2009-14)

Personal

• Daughter of Orlanda and Wanda Burks
• Has an older brother Oren, who is a member of the football team at Vanderbilt
• Cousin Andrew White III plays men’s basketball for Nebraska and was a member of Kansas’ team (2012-14)
• Cousin Lawrence Hamm Jr. played men’s basketball for Towson (2003-06) and EuroLeague Basketball (2006-09), before becoming the CEO of Hamm Camp
• Began working in a bio-nano technology lab on Stanford's campus during the summer of 2016 that became a company during her junior year. The lab focuses on engineering an innocuous pathway into cells through nano structures. She serves as the head of product design and product assembly, and works with other lab members to 3D print any designs they need to make their jobs easier. 
• Took a nanomaterials synthesis class during her junior year that covered a variety of synthesis techniques. She chose to focus on nanotubes which have been used in a variety of sports equipment including softball bats.
• Member of the Leadership Core for SBSE BYTES - an engineering club that facilitates workshops that teach engineering skills and funds engineering projects for minority students on campus
• Co-Event Coordinator of the Stanford Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Engineering Carnival
• Designing and manufacturing a travel guitar through the Society of Black Scientist and Engineers (SBSE) BYTES Program during her sophomore year
• Placed first in the category of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering at the 2014 South County Science Fair
• Recognized by the Central Intelligence Agency for her 2013 science fair project and was awarded a tour of CIA facilities at Langley
• Went to elementary, middle and high school with Andi Sullivan, a freshman on the Stanford women’s soccer team
• Born in Alexandria, Va.
• Full name is Whitney Alexis Burks