#50 Kalena Burns Season 2022-23

2023 as a senior

• Did not see any game action.
• Fall and Spring Dean’s List.

2022 as a junior

• Saw action in 51 games.
• Batted at .268, with 127 at bats.
• Registered nine runs, 34 hits, and four home runs.
• Completed five doubles, one triple, and 27 RBIs.
• Completed a fielding percentage of .971.

2021 as a sophomore

• Played in 39 games and started 31 games at 1B or DP.
• Hit four doubles, four home runs, and had 20 RBIs.
• Hit .238 and slugged .396.
• Had 110 putouts and four assists.
• Had four RBIs against Rutgers on May 1.
• Named to Fall Dean’s List.

2020 as a freshman (season cut short due to Coronavirus)

• Played and started in all 22 games at 1B or DP.
• Finished second on the team with a .403 batting average.
• Hit a homerun in her first career at bat against East Carolina on Feb. 7.
• Recorded two three-RBI-games against East Carolina and Loyola-Chicago.
• Tallied eight multi-hit games.
• Ranked fourth in the Big Ten with 29 hits and first among freshman.
• Notched 20 RBIs to place fifth in the conference with eight multi-RBI games.
• Led Iowa with five homeruns and tied for fifth in the conference.
• Finished the season as the eight-best batter in the Big Ten.
• Named Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Week on March 9.

High School

• Three-time scholar athlete honoree
• 2017 and 2018 Big 8 All-League Senior
• All CIF Southern Section Team Award her junior years
• Team Captain
• Four year letterwinner
• High School coach was Krista Humphreys
• Club coach was Marty Tyson

Personal

• Born Aug 3, 2001
• Daughter of Kari and Kunane Burns
• Dad played football at University of La Verne
• Has two siblings: Liana and Kulia
• Majoring in Elementary Education