NE TEXAS: Burdest posted a 1.59 ERA in 136 innings of work while appearing in 21 games. She allowed 106 hits and 89 runs, with only 31 runs being earned. She recorded 78 strikeouts while allowing 31 walks and posting a .986 fielding percentage. In her two seasons, Burdette finished with a 38-13 record and earned second-team all-conference honors as a sophomore.
KEMPNER HS: Burdette was a three-time team MVP and three-time all-district selection. As a senior, she pitched the school's first no-hitter in program history. She led the Cougars to the Bi-District Championships, a first-place showing at the HISD Tournament, and to the first round of the state playoffs. As a junior, Burdette hit just .150 in 10 games while posting a 2.90 ERA and a 5-5 record. She rebounded her senior year, going 10-2 with a 0.67 ERA in 12 games while hitting .250. She also played volleyball.
PERSONAL: Born Oct. 16, 1976, Elizabeth Sample Burdette is the youngest of three children to Paul and Anne Burdette of Houston, Texas. She has an older sister, Amy, and an older brother, Jeffrey and is a sociology major at Arkansas.
KEMPNER HS: Burdette was a three-time team MVP and three-time all-district selection. As a senior, she pitched the school's first no-hitter in program history. She led the Cougars to the Bi-District Championships, a first-place showing at the HISD Tournament, and to the first round of the state playoffs. As a junior, Burdette hit just .150 in 10 games while posting a 2.90 ERA and a 5-5 record. She rebounded her senior year, going 10-2 with a 0.67 ERA in 12 games while hitting .250. She also played volleyball.
PERSONAL: Born Oct. 16, 1976, Elizabeth Sample Burdette is the youngest of three children to Paul and Anne Burdette of Houston, Texas. She has an older sister, Amy, and an older brother, Jeffrey and is a sociology major at Arkansas.