Burke ate his Wheaties and then some as he went on a power binge against premier programs from the Sunshine State Conference (Florida Tech, Florida Southern, Saint Leo) and the Midwest Region (Saginaw Valley State).
The senior slugger blasted four home runs, including three in one game, while going 8-for-19 with nine RBI and eight runs scored during a memorable run.
In Wednesday’s game vs. Florida Southern, Burke went yard three times, tying his own conference record (2018 vs. Oakland City). In all, he was 4-for-5 at the plate with six RBI as Kentucky Wesleyan more than doubled up the Mocs by a 17-8 count.
In an 8-1 win vs. Saginaw Valley State, he launched a solo shot in his first at-bat of the game to get the offense jolted.
Burke had hits in all five games for KWC as the Panthers improved to 7-5 overall.
Burke is now batting a team-leading .415 with six homers and 15 RBI. He became the conference’s all-time leader in home runs last year with 37, passing former St. Louis Cardinals draft pick Hunter Newman (TNU).
Burke now has 43 home runs to his name in the conference since his career started in 2017.