Upcoming Event: Women's Rowing versus Kansas State, Creighton, Tulsa on October 26, 2025
Women's Rowing
vs Kansas State, Creighton, Tulsa
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Heidi Burns
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Girard HS
- Hometown:
- Girard, Kan.
Career Honors
- Kansas Coxswain of the Year [2019]
- Big 12 Co-Boat of the Week, First Varsity Eight (4/7)
- 2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2020-21 (SENIOR)
- Aided the team to a 3.55 spring GPA
- Led team to be 2021 Sunflower Showdown Champions over Kansas State
- Paced the First Varsity Eight to second-place finish against Oklahoma (3/27) at 6:39.38
- At Sunshine State Invite (4/2-3), helped the First Varsity Eight to fourth overall with a time of 7:16.37, improved on day two with a third-place finish at 7:46.45
- Competed with the First Varsity Eight at Iowa’s Regatta (4/24) for a time of 6:46.45 and fourth-place
- Orchestrated a first-place victory over Kansas State at the Sunflower Showdown on (5/1) with a time of 7:12.6
- At the Big 12 Championship (5/15), coxswained a top-5 finish with a mark of 7:17.945
- A part of First Varsity Eight that earned Big 12 Co-Boat of the Week (4/7)
- 2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2019-20 (JUNIOR)
- No season due to the coronavirus
2018-19 (SOPHOMORE)
- Commanded the First Varsity Eight to a third-place finish at the Cooper Sprints (3/24) with a time of 6:45.02
- Coxswained the First Varsity Eight to a fifth-place finish in the grand finals with a time of 6:38.88 at the Sunshine State Invite (4/6)
- Helped lead the First Varsity Eight to a gold medal at the George Mason Invite (4/14) with a first-place time of 6:33.30
- Helped the First Varsity Eight to a fourth-place finish at the Big 12 Championship with a time of 6:45.15
- Named Kansas’ Coxswain of the Year
2017-18 (FRESHMAN)
- Coxed the Third Varsity Eight and the Second Varsity Four during her freshman season
- Led the Second Varsity Four to a gold medal at the George Mason Invite, clocking a time of 7:23.60
- Qualified for the Grand Final of the Big 12 Championship, coxing the Second Varsity Four
- Coxed the First Novice Eight and the First Novice Four at the Jayhawk Jamboree
HIGH SCHOOL
- Lettered in cheerleading and track & field
- Helped the Trojans win three conference track & field championships
- Named UCA All-American cheerleader
- Member of the National Honor Society
- Kansas Regent Scholar
PERSONAL
Daughter of George and Joeen Burns … Has an older brother, Adam … Plans to major in ecology and evolutionary biology.
Coach Andrew Derrick Introduction Press Conference
Tuesday, July 15
Jayhawks set for Dillons Sunflower Showdown// Kansas Rowing// 4.28.18
Saturday, April 28
Kansas opens 2018 with Big 12 Double Dual // Kansas Rowing // 4.7.18
Sunday, April 08
Kansas opens fall slate with Jayhawk Jamboree // Kansas Rowing // 10.22.17
Sunday, October 22
