Kirby Burkholder

Kirby Burkholder is a professional basketball player. She is a 6' guard. In college, she played Division 1 NCAA basketball for James Madison University (JMU Dukes) as one of the best shooting and rebounding guards in the nation, winning numerous awards, including Conference Player of the Year. She (2014) signed contracts with both the Washington Mystics and the Azzurra Orvieto of the Italian A1 League.

Kirby Burkholder
Personal information
NationalityUnited States
Alma materJames Madison University
OccupationProfessional basketball player
Years active2010-
EmployerWashington Mystics
Sport
College teamJMU Dukes
Basketball leagueWNBA

Playing as a guard for Orvieto, through the first 20 rounds of the 2014-15 season, she has led her team in points and rebounds.[1][2][3]

College career

Kirby Burkholder, during the 2013-14 NCAA Women's Basketball season, finished among the top 7 guards in the nation for the average number of rebounds a game (she grabbed 303 in her Senior season),[4] and among the top 100 players (including centers and forwards) in the nation with 8.7 Rebounds per game. She finished 32nd in Free Throw Percentage in NCAA Women's D1 Basketball.[5][6] She averaged 19.1 points per game during her 2013-14 senior campaign[7] and led her team in steals.[5]

In the 2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament, Kirby Burkholder scored 28 points and secured 18 rebounds against top 35 rebounding[8] team Gonzaga[9] as JMU beat Gonzaga and advanced in the 2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament.[10] Kirby scored 20 points and got 10 rebounds against Texas A&M.[11]

During the regular season of her senior year in the 2013-14 season, Kirby scored 24 points and grabbed 18 rebounds vs Virginia Cavaliers,[12] she scored 33 points against a Delaware team who had previously won 44 CAA Conference games in a row[13] and she scored 20 points and got 2 steals vs UCLA.[14] In 2014 Conference Tournament play, while competing against Drexel, Kirby earned a double-double which included 22 rebounds and 3 steals.[15] Her 22 rebounds against Drexel was a Conference "Tournament Record."[16]

In 2014, she was named the Conference Player of the Year for the Colonial Athletic Association and was named the NCAA Women's Basketball Player of the Year for the state of Virginia by the Richmond Times Dispatch, a Virginia Newspaper.[17][18] She was also named the "2014 CAA women's basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year."[19][20]

James Madison statistics

Source[21]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2010-11 James Madison 24 31 52.4 50.0 63.6 1.8 0.3 0.3 0.1 1.3
2011-12 James Madison 37 425 36.2 31.7 84.0 6.9 2.2 1.8 0.5 11.5
2012-13 James Madison 36 539 39.2 34.7 88.0 9.1 1.7 1.6 0.4 15.0
2013-14 James Madison 35 652 38.9 36.1 89.3 8.7 1.9 1.6 0.3 18.6
Career James Madison 132 1647 38.5 34.3 87.0 7.0 1.6 1.4 0.3 12.5

Professional career

Kirby Burkholder entered and became a prospect in the 2014 WNBA draft.[22] In April, 2014, Kirby Burkholder "signed with the Washington Mystics."[23] She then "signed a contract to play professionally in the Italian women’s league ... with Azzurra Orvieto of the Italian A1 League based in Orvieto, Italy."[1][2][3]

References
  1. "JMU, TA alum Kirby Burkholder signs pro basketball contract in Italy". Augusta Free Press. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  2. Release, Press. "Burkholder Signs Pro Contract with Team in Orvieto, Italy". www.whsv.com. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  3. "Burkholder Signs Pro Contract with Team in Orvieto, Italy". James Madison University. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  4. 2013-14 Season Statistics
  5. "Kirby Burkholder."
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  7. "Kirby Burkholder | James Madison Dukes | College Women's Basketball | Yahoo! Sports". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  8. "2014 Women's College Basketball Team Statistics - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  9. "James Madison vs. Gonzaga - Game Recap - March 23, 2014 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  10. "James Madison vs. Gonzaga - Game Recap - March 23, 2014 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  11. "James Madison vs. Texas A&M - Box Score - March 25, 2014 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  12. "Virginia vs. James Madison - Box Score - November 8, 2013 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  13. Dukes end Delaware's streak
  14. "James Madison vs. UCLA - Box Score - November 29, 2013 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  15. "Drexel vs. James Madison - Box Score - March 15, 2014 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  16. "DNRonline". www.dnronline.com. Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  17. "JMU's Kirby Burkholder, Kenny Brooks claim state honors".
  18. "'Dramatic' change carried JMU's Burkholder to state stardom".
  19. JMU roundup: Burkholder earns CAA honor
  20. CAA Names Winter Scholar-Athlete Award Winners
  21. "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  22. "NBA.com". NBA.com. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  23. "Kirby Burkholder Signs with Washington Mystics". www.nbc29.com. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
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