Billy Burgess
12  Billy Burgess
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Alpine, Utah

High School:
Lone Peak HS

Height / Weight:
6-0 / 200

Position:
OF

Experience:
3V

Bats/Throws:
R/R


05/15/2012

Ninth-Inning Rally Falls Short as Win Streak Halted at 32

Wolverines' 32-game streak tied for fourth-longest in NCAA history

05/13/2012

Heaps' Blast Ignites Rally in 32nd Straight Win for Wolverines

Team returns home to host Utah on Tuesday

05/11/2012

Wolverines Clinch Third Straight GWC Title With 29th Straight

Hatch with four hits to lead UVU, Pratt with three-run HR

05/06/2012

Late Rally Extends Win Streak to 28

Heaps and Pratt with big run-scoring hits to aid in comeback

05/04/2012

Burgess, Hatch and Heaps Named to Capital One All-Academic Team

At Utah Valley ...

Junior (2011): Named to Second Team All-Great West Conference ... named to GWC Academic All-Conference ... hit .320 with four home runs, 10 doubles, and 36 runs batted in ... named to Great West Conference All-Tournament team after batting .417 for the tournament with 4 RBIs ... stole a perfect nine bases on nine attempts ... appeared in 54 games with 49 starts ... was named to the All-Tournament Team at the Red Raider Classic in Lubbock, Texas, after going 9-for-15 with a home run and two doubles for the tourney ... went 2-for-3 with five RBIs in a 16-8 win over Northern Colorado on May 20 ... went 8-for-16 with with 6 RBIs in a four-game sweep over NYIT ... had a 4-for-7 day with three RBIs and four runs in a 19-6 win at Nevada on April 2 ... hit a perfect 4-for-4 with a double and an RBI in a 14-5 win over Houston Baptist on May 13 ... had four games with three or more runs batted in.

Sophomore (2010):
Hit .310 with nine home runs, 21 doubles, eight stolen bases and 67 runs batted in ... finished with 21 multi-hit and 17 multi-RBI games ... appeared in 56 games, all starts ... went 4-for-8 with the bases loaded with a home run, double, three walks and 15 RBI ... is 8-for-12 with four career grand slams and 29 RBI with the bases loaded ... went 4-for-6 with three doubles and tied a school record with six RBI in a win over Southern Utah on Feb. 25 ... was 10-for-16 with 16 RBI in a four-game sweep at Southern Utah and earned Great West Conference Player of the Week honors ... went 3-for-5 with three RBI in a win at Utah on March 23 ... drove in five runs in a 2-for-3 day in a win over North Dakota ... was 5-for-6 with a home run, two doubles and five batted in in a win over Texas-Pan American ... had three games with five-plus runs batted in.

Freshman (2009): Batted .381 with eight home runs and a team-high 42 RBI in 38 games during freshman season ... named first-team All-Independent and the Division I Independent Newcomer of the Year ... was named to the College Baseball Foundation's National All-Star Lineup on May 5 after batting .615 (16-for-26) with three home runs and 18 runs batted in the prior week ... earned Great West Conference Offensive Player of the Week on May 4 ... went 4-for-4 with three grand slams and 14 RBI with the bases loaded ... grand slams came vs. Air Force on April 3 and in back-to-back wins vs. Southern Utah (April 21) and BYU (April 27) ... ended the season on a 14-game hitting streak ... was 3-for-4 with two home runs and four batted in vs. Air Force on April 4 ... batted .391 with runners in scoring position and upped average to to .500 with RISP and two outs ... tied for team lead with 17 two-out RBI ... batted .487 with 17 RBI in 38 at-bats vs. left-handers ... hit .446 (45-for-101) over the final 26 games of the season ... was second on the team with nine multi-RBI games ... played for the Watertown Wizards of the New York Collegiate Baseball League.

Before Utah Valley ...

Prepped at Lone Peak High School in Highland, Utah ... also played football at Lone Peak.

Personal ...

Born in American Fork, Utah ... son of Andrew and Wealtha Burgess ... graduated from Lone Peak High School in 2006 with a 3.7 GPA and was on the honor roll ... served an LDS mission in Maceioi, Brazil from 2006-08 ... enjoys tennis, ping pong and the outdoors ... father played football at BYU, his brother (Amos) played baseball at Dixie State and Southern Utah and another brother, Sam, played basketball at BYU.