North Central University Athletics

2025 Season Highlights - North Central

Appeared and started in all 37 games... Slashed .299/.500/.523... Totaled 32 hits, 31 RBIs, 26 walks (9th in UMAC), 18 hit-by-pitches (Led UMAC), 7 doubles, 1 triple, and 5 home runs (t-7th in UMAC)... Led the Rams with an OPS percentage of 1.023 (8th in UMAC) and led with 38 runs on the season (10th in UMAC)... Behind the plate, Burch totaled 8 caught stolen bases (3rd in UMAC)... UMAC First Team All-Conference... NCU Ram of the Week once... Fall & Spring Rams Honor Roll... Team Captain.

2024 Season Highlights - North Central

Appeared in 33 games and started 32... Slashed .296/.425/.454... Totaled 32 hits, 17 walks, 8 hit-by-pitches, 9 doubles, 1 triple, 2 home runs... Led team in RBI with 23... Went 4-4 on stolen bases... UMAC All-Conference Honorable Mention... UMAC Academic All-Conference... NCU Ram of the Week once... Team Captain.

2023 Season Highlights - North Central

Appeared in 30 and started 27 games for NCU... Had a .424 batting average... Contributed 39 hits and and a team leading 29 RBI's... Scored 21 total runs and hit 3 home runs... Led the team in on-base percentage with .535... Pitched a total of 18 innings... Had 13 total strikeouts and an earned run average of 11.50... Named UMAC First Team All-Conference... Earned NCCAA All-Region First Team honors... Was named UMAC Player of the Week once this season... Team Captain.

2022 Season Highlights - Crown

DNP... 2022 UMAC Baseball Champions.

Prep Career

Played at Highland Park High School... Top 20 batting average in the state of Minnesota... 2x All-Conference... All-Region... PBR All-State... Team Captain... Graduated in 2021.

Personal

Born on October 17th, 2002... Majoring in Sports Management... NCU Student-Athlete Leadership Council Chair... Parent's names are Kurt Burch and Pamm Smith.