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Red Raider Profile - 2012
HIGH SCHOOL
A four-year varsity letterwinner at Midland Christian High School for head coach Dale Redman... batted .567 with 16 doubles, six triples, six home runs, 47 RBI and 20 stolen bases with only 10 strikeouts as a senior... earned district offensive MVP, first team all-district and first team all-state honors... led team to district championship... top moment as a senior was hitting for the cycle in a game and finishing the game with a walk-off grand slam... as a junior batted .626 (57-for-91) with 44 runs, five home runs, 49 RBI, 16 walks and a .802 on-base percentage... 2010 first team all-state, first team all-district and named district MVP... as a sophomore batted .442 (38-for-86) with 32 runs, six home runs, 33 RBI, 22 walks, seven stolen bases and a .545 on-base percentage... 2009 first team all-district... as a freshman batted .382 (29-for-76) with 21 runs, one home run, 18 walks, five stolen bases and a .479 on-base percentage... 2008 first team all-district... also earned four varsity letters in football and three in track and field... two-time all-state and three-time all-district selection in football (defensive back) while earning district MVP honors in 2008 and 2009... helped lead team to district championships in 2008 and 2010 while finishing as state semifinalist in 2008... 2010 state medalist in 4X100 relay... earned academic all-state honors in baseball and track and field... president of National Honor Society and graduated in top 10 percentage of graduating class.
PERSONAL
Bryant Lane Burleson... born June 29, 1992, in Odessa, Texas... son of Jerry ang Gayle Burleson... has an older brother, Cory... brother, Cory, is a senior catcher at Nebraska... a business/finance major at Texas Tech.