Heidi Burns

Height 5'4''

Class Senior

Hometown Girard, Kan.

High School Girard HS

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Career Honors

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)

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

PERSONAL
Daughter of George and Joeen Burns … Has an older brother, Adam … Plans to major in ecology and evolutionary biology.