AS A JUNIOR (2017)
Honors - ABCA All-South 2nd Team; NCBWA All-South Honorable Mention; All-SSC 1st Team (OF) ... Started each of his 51 games played, including 41 games in centerfield and 10 at second base ... second on the team and sixth in the conference with 14 home runs ... batted lead-off in each of his 51 games ... fourth on team with a .327 batting average, and 15 of 22 stolen bases (15 SBs was sixth best in the conference) ... fifth in the conference with 33 walks, 9th with 52 RBI; 8th with 128 total bases; and 10th with 72 base hits and 52 runs scored ... posted a .582 slugging percentage an a .418 on-base percentage ... stole three of four base ... hit .356 in conference play ... had 18 multi-hit games, including 10 with three or more hits ... tied for team lead with 14 games with two or more RBI ... reached base in 40 straight games at one point during the season ... had a .988 fielding percentage with two errors in 167 total chances ... hit three home runs for six RBI in Mocs’ 17-0 win at Claflin on 2/17 ... hit a grand slam in FSC’s 13-2 win at Lander on 4/15 ... scored five times in Mocs’ 24-7 win at Claflin on 2/18 ... homered to lead off game one at Florida Tech on 3/11 ... had a nine-game hit streak from 4/7-22 (10x39, .256, 5 R, 14 RBI) and an eight-game hit streak from 2/4-18 (14x32, .438, 14 R, 11 RBI) ... went 7x10 with four homers, nine runs, and 10 RBI in first two games of Claflin series on 3/17 and 3/18 ... went 8x14 with four runs scored in series at Lynn, 2/24 and 2/25 ... went 4x5 with three runs scored vs. West Virginia Wesleyan on 3/5 ... went 7x11 with three runs scored and four RBI in 3/11 doubleheader at Florida Tech.
PRIOR TO FSC
Played two seasons at Polk State College in nearby Winter Haven, Fla. ... played for former Moccasin, Al Corbeil ... named to all-state second-team and all-conference first-team ... batted .340 and led the state with 45 stolen bases.
HIGH SCHOOL
2013 graduate of West Orange High School in Winter Garden, Fla. .... played four seasons for Coach Jesse Marlo ... named his team's MVP and Silver Slugger Award recipient with a .413 batting average as a senior.
PERSONAL
Son of Ron and Diana Burgess ... has one brother, Bo ... grandmother, Marlene Messer, is a 1987 graduate of Florida Southern, while his mother, Diana, and aunt, Linda Messer, both attended FSC ... played summer ball for the Orlando Scorpions and the Orlando Reds ... lists the Atlanta Braves as his favorite professional team ... criminology and psychology major ... hit .235 in 35 games for Winter Garden in the 2017 Florida League; had 34 hits with 10 doubles and 10 RBI and 10 stolen bases.
