Braxton Burnside - Softball - Arkansas Razorbacks

#25 Braxton Burnside

INF | Gr. | 5-6 | R/R | Paragould, Ark. | Paragould HS / Missouri

Career Highlights
NFCA First Team All-American (2021)
NFCA All-South Region First Team (2021)
NFCA Freshman of the Year Finalist (2017, *at Missouri)
All-SEC First Team (2021)
SEC Player of the Week (Two Times, 2021)
Preseason All-SEC (2021)
SEC All-Freshman Team (2017, *at Missouri)
NFCA National Player of the Week (2017, *at Missouri)
USA Softball National Player of the Week (2017, *at Missouri)
USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 10 Finalist (2021)
SEC Freshman of the Week (2017, *at Missouri)
Softball America Shortened Season Top 100 – No. 95 (2020)
CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team (2020)
SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll (2019)
SEC Academic Honor Roll (2021)
Easton/NFCA Scholar-Athlete (2017, 2019)

2021 | Graduate

NFCA First Team All-American … NFCA All-Region First Team … All-SEC First Team … Two-time SEC Player of the Week … USA Softball Player of the Year Top 10 Finalist … Preseason All-SEC … Played and started in 52 games at shortstop … Hit .357 (56-for-157) posting a .507 on base percentage and .892 slugging percentage … Totaled 56 hits, nine doubles, 25 home runs, 54 RBIs, 41 walks, seven hit by pitches, 140 total bases and 51 runs scored … Set the Arkansas single-season home run record launching 25 home runs to rank tied for the SEC lead and tied for third nationally … Ranked second nationally and paced the SEC hitting 0.48 home runs per game … Tied for third for the SEC all-time single-season home run record and hit the most by a shortstop … Ranked fifth in the SEC and 23rd nationally driving in 54 runs … Led the SEC plating 1.04 runs per game … Ranked second in the SEC and 12th nationally slugging .892, which also set the single-season program record … Placed seventh in the SEC reaching base at a .507 clip … Ranked third in the SEC and 12th nationally collecting 140 total bases … Ranked third in the SEC and 17th nationally walking 0.79 times per game … Led the team in batting average, runs, home runs, RBIs, slugging percentage and on base percentage … During SEC-only games slashed .286/.494/.825 with 18 hits, four doubles, 10 homers, 19 RBIs and 23 walks … Over 24-SEC games led the league in home runs, ranked second in walks and slugging percentage (.825), tied for third in total bases (52) and placed fourth in on base percentage (.494) … Reached base in 37 straight games from Feb. 22 to April 25 … Homered twice for the second time in her career and first time in a Razorback jersey by going 2-for-5 with a pair of home runs and four RBIs in the season opener against Oklahoma State (Feb. 11) … Homered in three straight games, hitting five total bombs over that stretch with two blast games against Southeast Missouri (Feb. 26) and Texas Tech (Feb. 28) … Recorded a multi-hit game in seven straight contests from Feb. 26-March 5 … Homered in three straight games for the second time this season against Kansas (March 5) and Northwestern State (March 5-6) … Began SEC play by recording seven RBIs in the three game series at South Carolina (March 12-14) and hit four home runs … Hit two homers against the Gamecocks (March 13) including the go-ahead blast in the 10th inning … Finished the South Carolina series logging five hits, five runs scored and seven RBIs to capture SEC Player of the Week … Homered in three straight games against Mississippi State (March 28) and Auburn (April 1-2), with the last home run, her 18th of the year, breaking the school’s single-season home run record … Went 3-for-4 with three RBIs, two doubles and a home run at Auburn (April 2), and the following game against the Tigers (April 3) was walked in all four plate appearances … Selected SEC Player of the Week for the second time of the season for her week at Auburn … Homered for the fourth time in five games against Missouri State (April 6), helping the team hit six home runs to set the program’s single-game record … Crushed a solo home run in a win over Alabama (April 10) … Record a hit in all three games at Georgia (April 16-18), homering in the finale … Went 2-for-5 at the plate at hit a solo walk-off home run in the eighth inning to defeat Central Arkansas (April 21) … Hit final homer of the regular season as part of a 2-for-3 performance with three runs scored against Missouri (April 26) … Led the team in the NCAA Tournament hitting .462 (6-for-13) with three doubles, one home run and three RBIs …. Recorded a hit in all three regional games, including a two-run home run against Stanford (May 23).

2020 | Redshirt Junior
Started all 25 games at shortstop… Hit .392 with 31 hits, three doubles, five home runs, 20 RBIs, seven walks and 16 runs scored… Led the team in hits and ranked 12th in the SEC… Compiled an on base percentage of .467… Slugged a team-best .620… In the field registered a .960 fielding percentage and was ninth in the SEC with 43 assists… Led the team with 11 multi-hit games and went on a season-best nine game hitting streak… In her first game in an Arkansas jersey, tallied two RBIs against UTEP (Feb. 7)… Hit first Razorback home run and notched season-high three RBIs against Nebraska (Feb. 9)… Set a career-high with four hits against Furman which included a home run (Feb. 15)… Drew a career-high two walks against Boston U (Feb. 22)… Collected three straight two hit games against Villanova (March 28), Kent State (March 28) and No. 9 Florida State (March 29)… Went 2-for-4 with a pair of singles in a win at No. 9 Alabama (March 6).

2019 | Transfer
Did not play due to transfer regulations.

At Missouri
Registered 99 hits with 48 runs scored, 15 home runs, 80 RBIs and 20 doubles in her two seasons with the Tigers … After a standout 2017 campaign, she earned a spot on the SEC All-Freshman Team and was named a top-25 finalist for the Schutt Sports/NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year … Collected NFCA and USA Softball National Player of the Week (March 18, 2017) honors following a week with three home runs… During that week posted 10 RBIs in a single game against North Dakota State on two grand slams and a triple… Became on the third player in SEC history to notch 10 RBIs in a single game…

Prior to Arkansas
Attended Paragould High School where she hit 44 home runs during her prep career which ranks first all-time in Arkansas high school softball history… Amassed 185 RBIs with the Rams and carried a .551 batting average through her junior season… Three-time all-state performer.

Personal
Has already completed bachelor’s work and is pursuing a master’s degree in Human Resource and Workforce Development.