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Tanner Burns Season 2020

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Tanner Burns Season 2020

PositionRHP
Weight215 lbs
Height6-0
ClassJunior
HometownDecatur, Ala.
Previous SchoolR/R

2020 – JUNIOR YEAR
Named Preseason All-SEC, Preseason All-America by Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, D1 Baseball and Perfect Game and a member of the Golden Spikes Award preseason watch list … rated by Baseball America as the No. 23 player in college baseball entering the season ... ranked as high as the No. 13 player in the draft class by D1 Baseball ... tabbed Second Team All-America by Collegiate Baseball ... became the third Auburn player to be named a two-time All-American, joining Gregg Olson (1987-88) and Casey Mize (2017-18) ... made four starts and posted a 3-1 record with a 2.42 ERA … led the team in innings pitched (22.1) and strikeouts (32) … ranked tied for eighth in the SEC in strikeouts … earned the win in the season opener vs. Illinois-Chicago (Feb. 14) … struck out seven in 5.0 innings pitched … suffered a tough-luck loss vs. UCF (Feb. 21), allowing two earned runs in 5.1 innings … picked up his second win and struck out eight batters in 5.0 innings vs. Wright State (Feb. 28) … pitched 7.0 scoreless and allowed one hit vs. Chicago State (Mar. 6) … struck out a season-high 10 batters in the game, marking his fourth career game with 10 or more strikeouts ... named to the 2020 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll. 

2019 – SOPHOMORE YEAR
Named a third team All-American by Perfect Game, becoming the 25th All-American in program history … led the team with 15 starts while posting a 4-4 record and 2.82 ERA … struck out 101 batters in 79.2 innings, joining Casey Mize (2017-18) as the only Auburn pitchers to strike out 100+ batters since 2000 … was named a preseason All-American by D1 Baseball and Collegiate Baseball as well as a preseason All-SEC honoree … named to the Golden Spikes Award and National Pitcher of the Year Award midseason watch lists … marked the fourth straight season an Auburn player was named to the Golden Spikes Award midseason watch list … allowed one run on three hits with one walk and seven strikeouts in his season debut vs. Georgia Southern (Feb. 16) … pitched 5.2 innings and earned the win in the series opener at UCF (Feb. 22) … turned in his first complete-game shutout and matched Auburn’s single-game record with 15 strikeouts vs. Cincinnati (Mar. 1) – joining Casey Mize (2018), Chris Bootcheck (1999), Tim Hudson (1997), John Powell (1994) and Mark Chapman (1986) on the list … was named the SEC and National Pitcher of the Week as well as the Golden Spikes Award Performer of the Week … earned his third straight win by tossing 7.0 scoreless innings and striking out 10 vs. UTSA (Mar. 8) … made his third straight scoreless start, pitching 6.2 innings and striking out nine in the SEC opener vs. Tennessee (Mar. 15) … didn’t allow a run in 23.0 innings from Mar. 1-22, marking the second longest scoreless streak in program history … pitched 6.2 innings and threw a career-high 115 pitches en route to a road win at South Carolina (Mar. 29) … turned in his third start of the season with 10+ strikeouts vs. Arkansas (Apr. 5) … suffered his first loss of the season despite turning in another quality start at Texas A&M (Apr. 12) … exited his start in the series opener at Vanderbilt (Apr. 25) and missed the following weekend vs. Alabama (May 3-5) … started the regular season finale at LSU (May 18) and allowed one run with four strikeouts in 4.0 innings … started the decisive game three of the Chapel Hill Super Regional (Jun. 10) and pitched 2.0 scoreless innings with three strikeouts … made the first relief appearance of his career in the College World Series vs. Mississippi State (Jun. 16) ... named to the Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll. 

2018 – FRESHMAN YEAR
Named a Freshman All-American by Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, D1 Baseball and Perfect Game/Rawlings … one of four SEC All-Freshman Team honorees … turned in a 7-4 record with a 3.01 ERA as a member of the weekend pitching rotation since week one … ranked second on the team in strikeouts (77) and innings pitched (86.2) … his 77 strikeouts were the most by an Auburn freshman since 2008 … his 3.01 ERA ranked 12th among freshmen nationally … made his Auburn debut and earned the win after throwing 5.0 scoreless innings and striking out six vs. Longwood (Feb. 18) … pitched a season-high 7.0 innings and struck out a season-high eight batters in his second career start vs. Bryant (Feb. 24) … tossed 6.0 innings and allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits with seven strikeouts at No. 5 Arkansas (Apr. 8) … picked up his first SEC win in 7.0 shutout innings with seven strikeouts at Alabama (Apr. 21) … it was the team’s first shutout against the Tide in Tuscalossa since 1980 … struck out six batters in 4.0 innings in a win at No. 1 Florida (Apr. 27) … notched his second conference win in 5.0 innings of work vs. No. 17 Vanderbilt (May 5) … went 3-0 with a 2.16 ERA in his last four starts and pitched 6.0 innings or more in each outing … held No. 4 Ole Miss to one earned run in 7.0 innings and picked up the win in the SEC Tournament (May 23) … became the first Auburn freshman to start a NCAA Tournament opener since 1998 and earned the win in 6.0 innings of work vs. Northeastern (June 1) … held No. 1 Florida to one run on five hits in the team’s first super regional game win in program history (June 10) … went on to compete for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team over the summer.

HIGH SCHOOL
Five-year letterwinner for Luke Lamm at Decatur High School in Decatur, Ala. … rated by Perfect Game as the No. 4 player in Alabama and the No. 33 player in the country … four-time All-State performer … named the 2015 and 2016 Decatur Daily Player of the Year … named a 2016 and 2017 All-American by multiple national outlets including Under Armour, Max Preps, Perfect Game and Collegiate Baseball … member of the 2016 USA Baseball (17U) National Team … named the 2016 ABCA Player of the Year and Alabama 6A Hitter of the Year … named the 2017 National High School Player of the Year by Collegiate Baseball … also took home Alabama Mr. Baseball and Gatorade Player of the Year honors in 2017 … rated the No. 38 overall prospect by Baseball American leading up to the MLB Draft … was selected by the New York Yankees in the 37th round.

PERSONAL
Son of Mike and Lane Burns … his dad, Mike, played in the Houston Astros organization … has one sibling, Link … Interdisciplinary Studies major.