Evan Burke

Position:
FE, R, V
Height:
5-6
Weight:
135
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
New York, NY
High School:
High School for Leadership

2013: Temple Men’s Gymnastics Co-Captain…Helped lead the Owls to their second straight ECAC Championship victory and a national ranking of 12.…At Springfield, won individual titles on the vault and in the floor exercise…Scored a season-high 15.300 in the floor exercise at the West Point Open…Posted a season-high on the vault with a 14.900 in his individual victory at Springfield…Tallied a team best 14.250 on the vault at California…Led Temple on the vault with a 14.600 on the vault at Illinois-Chicago…Posted the best floor exercise score of 14.600 against Army and Navy at Temple’s Alumni Homecoming meet…Scored a solid 14.200 in the floor exercise and a 14.400 on the vault at the ECAC Championships.

2012: Member of a team that placed as the runner-up for the National Academic Team Championship…Recognized as first team Academic All–American Scholar Athlete...Captured first place on the vault in the season-opening meet at Navy (1/21)…On floor at West Point Open (1/27) demonstrated an impressive routine, allowing him to earn second place overall with a score of 15.100, helping him to advance to individual finals (1/28) where he had the highest finish among all Temple participants, as he took second place in floor exercise with his score of 15.000.

2011: Took seventh place on the vault with a score of 15.400 at West Point...Against Springfield, led Temple with a score of 13.500 to place third on floor...Took home a 16th place finish from the Illinois-Chicago Quad Meet with a score of 13.400...Tied for sixth on floor at the EIGL-ECAC Championships with a score of 14.200...One of 63 gymnasts in the nation were named second team All-American Scholar-Athletes for attaining a GPA between 3.2 and 3.499.

2010: Won twice on vault this season…Posted his season-best 15.85 to take the title on vault in the Owls’ home win over Illinois-Chicago…Placed second on vault with a score of 15.600 against Springfield…Won the vault at William & Mary to end the regular season, posting a score of 15.400…Honored by the College Gymnastics Associate as a second team All-America Scholar Athlete

2009: Finished third on vault on vault with a 15.15 against Illinios-Chicago...Recorded a 14.55 (T-2nd) on floor exercise against Springfield...Finished with a 12.95 in rings, 14.25 in floor exercise, and a 15.05 on vault at Penn State...Named a second-team All-American Scholar Athlete.

PRIOR TRAINING: Trained at Chelsea Piers (NY) under Hector Salazar... HIGH SCHOOL: New York State Rings champion, national qualifier, and Academic All-American in 2007....two-time member of the National Honor Society.

CAREER BESTS: FE: 14.55, R: 13.25, V: 15.20

PERSONAL: Majoring in Kinesiology....father coached football at Purdue, Ball State and Wyoming...Currently Defensive Coordinator for the Montreal Alouettes of the CFL.