Washburn University Athletics

At Washburn: Enters senior season starting the last 55 games as an Ichabod batting .361 with 54 hits and 35 runs scored.

In 2026: Started all 55 games during the season finishing third on the team with a .351 batting average collecting 54 hits with 13 double, seven home runs and 33 RBI … had a .584 slugging percentage leading the team with 117 assists and a team-season best 15 game hitting streak … her 36 walks are second on the Ichabod single-season chart … an honorable mention all-MIAA selection and was an MIAA Gold Glove pick … a member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.

Background: As a sophomore at Johnson County she helped the team to a fifth-place NJCAA World Series finish earning first-team all-league honors collecting a .432 batting average and a .841 slugging percentage with 24 doubles, 48 RBI  scoring 45 runs overall … Named the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II National Player of the Year as a freshman and was named All-America first-team by the NJCAA and National Fastpitch Coaches Association … also named NFCA All-South Region first-team … earned Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference first-team and was selected as the KJCCC D-II MVP and Freshman of the Year  … led the conference with a .503 batting average, collecting 86 hits in 171 at bats … her 86 hits also led the conference along with 33 doubles, 58 extra base hits and 84 RBI … belted 26 home runs, which ranked second in the conference and her 33 doubles and 58 extra base hits also led the NJCAA, and her 84 RBI ranked fifth … Ranked nationally slugging percentage (1.123), fourth in total bases (192),  fifth in RBI, 19th in hits, 23rd in home runs setting JCCC season records for doubles, home runs, extra base hits and multiple RBI games (25), and 84 RBI are second most recorded in a season … at Seaman High School she was a three-year starter and was named a Kansas 5A All-State infielder twice, earning honorable mention as a junior and first-team as a senior … also was a two-time Sports in Kansas All-State selection …  a two-time All-Centennial League selection earning second-team as a junior and first-team her senior year … also named All-County as a senior … batted .473 with 35 hits, 15 doubles, two triples, eight home runs, 22 runs and 38 RBI as a senior … her 35 hits set a team season record … as a junior hit .465 with 33 hits, six doubles, a home run, 10 runs and 30 RBI … hit .352 with 19 hits, three doubles, nine runs and 16 driven in her sophomore year …  in the circle finished with a career mark of 46-21 with 81 strikeouts … was 16-6 as a sophomore, 17-6 as a junior and 13-9 her senior year with a season high in strikeouts with 41 … also played for the KC Originals club team … helped the team to runner-up finish in the Women's Fastpitch Championship in 2022 … earned four varsity letters in golf … finished in a six-way tie for 32nd place at the 2020 5A State Tournament with a score of 90.

Personal: She is the daughter of Jim and Shanna Burgardt …. has a brother, Josh … majoring in kinesiology.