• Class: Sophomore
• Hometown: Brooklyn, N.Y.
• High School: St. Benedict's Prep (N.J.)
• Height/Weight: 6-8 / 245
• Position: F
• Birthdate: 08/04/1986
• Experience: 1L

2005-06 Notes: Played in 20 games averaging 5.3 minutes per game … In his Marquette debut he came off the bench and made both of his free throw attempts and grabbed one rebound against Eastern Washington (Nov. 23) … Played a season high eight minutes against South Dakota State (Dec. 3), tallying two rebounds and two points … Played six minutes, second most of his career, against Delaware State (Dec. 22) and Lewis (Dec. 28) … Registered a career high three points against No. 2 Connecticut (Jan. 3) … came off the bench to tally a layup 13 seconds into the game against UConn … Played a career high nine minutes at Seton Hall (Jan. 11) … Grabbed a season best three rebounds in five minutes of play at no. 16/23 West Virginia ( Jan. 14) … Saw playing time for the first time in three games against St. John's (Feb. 1) playing five minutes … Topped his season high playing time at Villanova (Feb. 4) with 11 minutes of action … Registered a point for the first time in eight games at Rutgers (Feb. 12) … Saw six minutes of action in back-to-back games grabbing one rebound against Pittsburgh (Feb. 18) … Played a season high 12 minutes against Providence (March 4) contributing two points and three boards.

Prep School/High School: One of the nation's top 50 fifth year players… Averaged 9.2 points, 8.8 rebounds and 3.5 blocks and shot a team best 61.0% from the field in helping lead St. Benedict's to a 26-1 record and New Jersey state prep school championship… Played two years at Christina High School in Delaware and one at Rice in New York prior to attending St. Benedict's… Originally signed a letter of intent with East Carolina in November 2004.

Personal: Born August 4, 1986…son of Anthony Burke and Wendy Nurse…has three brothers - Reece, Isiah and Elijah and for sisters - Tomica, Jasmyn, Anissa and Kayla…majors in communications studies.

Burke's Career Stats