BEFORE MAINE: Played high school ball for coach Tommy Orndorff at Bishop O'Connell High School ... Led her NFCA Nationally Ranked high school team to three consecutive Virginia State Championships and four WCAC Conference Titles ... Played third base while batting .461 and slugging .824 ... A three-time First-Team All-State and All-Conference selection ... First-Team All-Extra Washington Post and two-time Second-Team All-Met selection ... All-time Bishop O'Connell record holder for total runs scored (174), triples (25) and career home runs (20), at the time of her graduation ... also played travel ball with the 18U Shamrocks and Wagner's Gold ... also a three-time varsity indoor track letter-winner and a member of the Latin and Keyettes Clubs.

PERSONAL: Born Oct. 5, 1992 ... Daughter of Sherry and Charles Burk ... An exercise science-physical therapy major ... has one brother and one sister ... her grandfather, Frederick Burk, was signed to play minor league baseball for the Boston Red Sox organization in the late 1940s ... When not playing softball, enjoys reading, shopping and hanging out with friends.