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Kaitlin Burns
Height: 5'9"
Class: Senior
Experience: 3 Letters
City/State: Wilmington, N.C.
High School: Hoggard HS
Major: Mass Communication
Born: 12/12/1990
Kaitlin Burns Bio
Courtesy: LSUsports.net (@LSUsports)
Release: 05/25/2012

JUNIOR SEASON (2011-12)
Served as anchor in the LSU lineup at the court three position during the spring, appearing in every dual match ... Won 16 singles matches overall with eight coming during the spring ... Emerged victorious in 14 doubles matches overall ... Started the season with six singles victories out of the first nine ... Went 2-0 on court two in doubles ... Notched LSU's first point of the day with a 6-1, 6-4 result over San Diego State's Antonaña Iriarte to set the tone for LSU's 6-1 victory, after the Lady Tigers dropped the doubles point ...  Earned an important three-set come-from-behind singles win over Caitlin McGraw 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 to bring the team within a point of clinching the SEC opener against Kentucky ... Paired with Ariel Morton to clinch the doubles point 8-6 over Kelsey Becker and Kelsey Haviland on court three in a 4-2 victory over Ohio State ... Won two-straight SEC doubles matches alongside Morton against Mississippi State and then-No. 17 Ole Miss respectively ... Took seven of 12 matches in the Fall, highlighted by a consolation bracket title in the Gopher Invitational ... Defeated Wisconsin's Hannah Berner in the consolation final of the Gopher Invitational to claim the title ... Finished the season just two wins shy of 50 for her career.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2010-11)
Posted a 12-24 overall clip in singles action and a 9-24 record on the doubles courts ... Defeated Stephanie Danesis of Miami (Ohio) 5-7, 7-6 (7-4), 14-12 at the Hoosier Classic ... Amassed a 10-11 singles record during the spring season including going 6-6 at the No. 3 slot ... Knocked off Tulane's Lindsay Dvorak 2-6, 7-6, 7-6 in a thrilling three-set match which clinched victory for the Lady Tigers ... Reeled off three-consecutive three-set singles wins in early February culminating with her win over Dvorak ... Paired with Whitney Wolf to collect a 5-5 doubles mark at the No. 1 post during the spring season ... Gathered two victories over nationally-ranked opponents with Wolf including an 8-6 win over Iowa's No. 40 Sonja Molnar and Jessica Young ... Reached as high as No. 62 in the ITA Doubles rankings teaming with Wolf ... Tailored a successful stretch in March in which she won four of five singles and doubles matches ... Finished the spring season winning two of her final three singles matches including a memorable 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (12-10) defeat of Kentucky's Khristina Blajkevitch on April 10.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2009-10)
Amassed a 20-18 overall record in singles and finished 14-24 in doubles ... Opened the season riding a seven-match win streak ... Named to the All-Louisiana Second Team ... Finished the season ranked-12th in singles in the final ITA Southern Region polls ... Claimed one win over a nationally-ranked opponent when she took down then-ranked No. 64 Katie Rybakova of Florida State 2-6, 7-6(4), 1-0(7) ... Ranked as high as No. 82 in doubles partnered with Whitney Wolf ... Picked up her first career win over Georgia's Lara Fakhoury 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 in the SEC Fall Classic and advanced to the finals of that same tournament ... Clinched overall matches against Auburn and Southern ... Captured an impressive win over Mississippi State's top-player Olesya Tsigventseva in a tight two-set affair 7-6(10), 6-2 at the ITA Southern Regionals ... Won her first career doubles match partnered with Ebie Wilson as the duo took down Vanderbilt's Megan Gornet and Alabama's Alice Tunaru 8-3 at the SEC Fall Classic ... Earned first varsity letter.

PRIOR TO LSU
A five-star recruit listed as No. 52 in tennisrecruiting.net's top-100 players ... Checks in as the 19th-ranked player in the southeast region and the No. 3 player in North Carolina ... Captured the 4A singles title in 2006 and 2007 ... Won the state doubles title for her high school in 2008 ... Won the 2006 Girls 16 and Under North Carolina Closed tournament ... Led her team to capture conference titles from 2005 through 2008 and also led her team to the state semi-finals in 2008 ... Earned All-America honors from the National High School Tennis All-American Foundation after her junior season ... Earned four varsity letters.

PERSONAL
Full name is Kaitlin Therese Burns ... Born December 12, 1990 ... Parents are Michael and Maureen Burns ... Has a brother, Matthew ... Chose LSU because of the academics, athletics and big school environment.

BURNS' CAREER STATISTICS

Singles

 

Overall

vs. Top 125

SEC Dual

Year
W
L
Pct.
W
L
Pct.
W
L
Pct.
2009-10
20
18
.526
1
4
.200
5
6
.455
2010-11

12

24

.333

0

8

.000

3

7

.300

2011-12

16

18

.471

0

4

.000

1

9

.100

Totals
48
60
.444
1
16
.067
9
22
.290

Doubles

 

Overall

vs. Top 60

SEC Dual

Year
W
L
Pct.
W
L
Pct.
W
L
Pct.
2009-10

14

24

.368

0

6

.000

4

7

.364

2010-11

9

24

.283

2

6

.250

3

7

.300

2011-12

14

18

.438

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2

5

.286

Totals
37
66
.359
2
12
.143
9
19
.321

 

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