2022 – JUNIOR YEAR
Named Second Team All-America by ABCA, College Baseball Foundation and NCBWA, becoming Auburn’s first All-America relief pitcher since 2005 … earned ABCA First Team All-Southeast Region and Second Team All-SEC honors … was named a finalist for the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award … went 4-2 with a 3.69 ERA and ranked second in the country with 16 saves, tied for the second most in program history … 10 of his 16 saves came in SEC play … his 30 relief appearances were the most by an Auburn pitcher since 2017 … struck out 71 batters and issued just seven walks in 46.1 innings … would’ve led the SEC in strikeouts per 9.0 innings (13.8), walks per 9.0 innings (1.36) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (10.14) had he logged enough innings to qualify … earned his first save of the season in 2.0 perfect innings against Texas Tech in Arlington (Feb. 19) … earned his first win in 2.0 perfect innings vs. Yale (Feb. 26) … recorded his second save and struck out four batters in 2.0 innings against Rhode Island (Mar. 4) … struck out all four batters he faced and earned a win against Tennessee Tech (Mar. 9) … posted a 0.77 ERA through his first seven appearances … earned a win or save in 10 of his first 14 appearances … pitched a season-high 2.2 innings and earned a win against South Alabama (Mar. 22) … struck out all three batters he faced and earned a save at Texas A&M (Mar. 25) … earned a pair of saves at LSU and another in the series opener against Vanderbilt (Apr. 8) … struck out a season-high five batters in 2.0 scoreless innings and earned a win against Alabama state (Apr. 19) … became the first pitcher in Auburn history and first pitcher in the SEC since 2017 to earn three saves in a weekend against South Carolina (Apr. 22-24) … recorded his 12th save in a scoreless inning against Alabama (May 13) and 13th in 2.0 scoreless at Kentucky (May 20) … recorded the final six outs of the regional championship against UCLA (June 11) … earned the save in game one of the Corvallis Super Regional (June 11) … matched a season-best with 2.2 perfect innings and five strikeouts to defeat Oregon State and send Auburn to Omaha (June 13) … against matched a season high with five strikeouts and earned the save in 2.1 scoreless innings in the College World Series against Stanford (June 20) … named to the 2022 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2021 – SOPHOMORE YEAR
Turned in a 1-0 record with a 1.71 ERA in 17 appearances and 21.0 innings ... struck out 30 batters and issued 16 walks … held opponents to a .182 batting average, which was first on the team … did not allow a run in his first five appearances and 7.1 innings from Feb. 20-Mar. 7 … turned in a scoreless innings in his first three appearances against Presbyterian (Feb. 20), Alabama A&M (Feb. 24) and Little Rock (Feb. 28) ... struck out a combined seven batters in two appearances and 4.1 innings against Boston College (Mar. 7) and Little Rock (Mar. 13) ... allowed just one earned run in eight appearances and 7.2 innings in SEC play, lowering his ERA to 1.17 ... did not allow a run in his final three appearances from May 15-May 22 … earned his first career win after pitching 2.1 scoreless innings and matching a season and career high with four strikeouts vs. North Alabama (May 18) … struck out four of the six batters he faced in his final appearance at Missouri (May 22) ... named to the 2021 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll.

2020 – FRESHMAN YEAR
Made four relief appearances and posted a 2.08 ERA … struck out three batters and issued three walks in 4.1 innings … pitched a scoreless inning in his Auburn debut vs. Illinois-Chicago (Feb. 15) … allowed his lone run of the season vs. UCF (Feb. 23) … pitched a season-high 1.1 innings and struck out a pair vs. Alabama A&M (Feb. 26) … tossed a scoreless inning in his final appearance of the season vs. Chicago State (Mar. 8) ... named to the 2019-20 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll and Auburn AD Honor Roll. 

HIGH SCHOOL
Rated a top-500 player nationally by Perfect Game … also tabbed the No. 3 right-hander and No. 12 overall player in Alabama … 2018 and 2019 Perfect Game Preseason High Honorable Mention All-American … posted a 4-0 record with a 0.75 ERA as a sophomore … recorded eight saves and struck out 24 batters in 18.2 innings … went 3-1 with a 1.05 ERA as a junior … struck out 56 batters in 40.0 innings.

PERSONAL
Son of Jack and Jill Burkhalter … has two siblings, Chase and Leah ... enrolled in College of Business ... born Sept. 19, 2000.