Rico Burke

Class:
Sophomore
Height:
6-4
Weight:
205
Hometown:
San Mateo, Calif.
High School:
Bellarmine

2017: Garnered Second Team All-NWPC accolades … Earned Second Team NWPC All-Tournament honors … Gained Academic All-Ivy plaudits … Ranked second on the team in field blocks (19) and ejections drawn (36) … Stood third on the squad in steals (59) and fourth in goals (32) … Tallied 19 assists on the season … Scored a career-high six goals on six shots vs. MIT (Nov. 4) … made three or more steals in each of 11 games … Totaled three goals and three steals vs. Johns Hopkins (Oct. 14) … Netted a hat trick vs. Pepperdine (Sept. 3).

2016: Earned Second Team All-NWPC honors … Gained Second Team NWPC All-Tournament accolades … Scored 25 goals on the year … Led team with 38 steals … Netted a season-high three goals at MIT (Oct. 8) … Tallied a season-best three assists with two goals vs. Princeton (Nov. 6) … Made a season-high five steals at Santa Clara (Oct. 21) … Helped Brown win the NWPC regular season title … Earned ACWPC All-Academic Team honors.

2015: Ranked second on the team with 15 field blocks and third with 32 steals … Recorded 27 goals, 16 assists, and 18 ejections drawn on the year … Netted a season-high two goals in each of nine games … Made a season-best four steals at Santa Clara (Oct. 23) … Helped Brown claim the Ivy Championship and the CWPA Northern Division regular season and tournament titles … Earned ACWPC All-Academic Team honors.

2014: Registered 20 goals and 18 assists on the year … Ranked second on the team with 43 ejections drawn and fourth with 40 steals … Netted two goals in a win over Fordham (Nov. 2) … Drew a season-high eight ejections vs. Navy (Sept. 13) … Made four steals in each of two contests … Helped Brown win its first CWPA title since 1985 and advance to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1990 … Earned ACWPC All-Academic and CWPA Scholar-Athlete honors.

Before Brown: Captain of the Bellarmine Water Polo Team in 2013 for head coach Colin Mello … Helped team win Central Coast Section Division I Championship … Earned California-Hawaii Boys Water Polo All-American fifth team honors … Gained West Catholic Athletic League First Team accolades … Captured All-San Jose Mercury News First Team and All-Central Coast Section First Team laurels … A three-time USA Water Polo Academic All-American … California-Hawaii Sports Bay Area Scholar-Athlete in 2013 … Played on the Stanford Water Polo club team.

Personal: Son of Thomas and Nanette Burke … Brother of Kathryn, who plays water polo for Santa Clara University … Applied Mathematics—Economics concentrator … Born on May 22, 1996 … Hobbies include playing baseball and hiking.

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