2009 Earned Academic All-Conference honors... Stetson's go-to utility pitcher as a junior... Made 24 appearances with seven starts... Also picked up three saves as a closer... Struck out 26 batters in 49.0 innings pitched... Season-high seven innings pitched with four strikeouts against B-CU (2/24/09)... Picked up over Indiana allowing no runs over five innings (3/18/09)... Defeated Mercer giving up one run and striking out one over three innings (4/11/09)... Picked up saves against Jacksonville, Campbell, and UNF... Had six consecutive appearances without surrendering a run.
2008 Stetson's most active pitcher led the Atlantic Sun Conference in appearances with 32 and relief appearances with 29... Led the Hatters in ERA (3.24)... Tied for second on team in saves with one... Held opponents to .290 batting average... Did not give up a home run in 41 2/3 innings pitched... Did not give up a run in first eight appearances... Pitched 7 2/3 innings and struck out 5 batters in start vs. FGCU (5/2/08)... Pitched 4 innings of relief striking out 2 and picking up win over USC Upstate (5/10/09)... Final two appearances of season were starts including Stetson's win over Mercer in A-Sun tournament.
2007 Appeared in 14 games in relief for the Hatters as a freshman... Finished the season with a 1-0 record, 11.1 innings pitched, and a 4.76 earned run average... Gave up no runs and struck out three in his first three appearances of the 2007 season against LSU, Bethune-Cookman and USF... Pitched a season-high 5.2 innings, gave up just 2 earned runs, struck out one, and picked up the win over Michigan State on March 7.
High School As a senior finished at 8-3 with an 0.80 ERA, 107 strike outs and only 20 walks in 79 innings... Third Team All-State... First Team All-Pinellas County... Team MVP... First Team All-Suncoast... In 2005 he was All-State Honorable Mention, All-Suncoast and All-Pinellas County.
Personal David Wade Burns was born September 17, 1987, in Flemington, New Jersey ... Is the son of Paul and Donna Burns ... Majoring in Finance at Stetson.
