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5-10 • Senior • R/R

Brampton, Ontario

Mayfield Secondary

Karlie Burnell

 

Career Notes
Four-year letterwinner in the circle (2004-07)... Finished her career ranked second in strikeouts (316) and innings pitched (521.2), third in victories (39), tied for fourth in complete games (57) and sixth in career shutouts (7)... Also started 66 games during her career.

2007 Senior Season

Became just the third player in school history to record multiple 10-win season with 11 victories... Appeared 23 and complete 18 of 19 games started... Finished with an 11-10 record with a save and a  3.17 earned-run average... Threw two shutouts - a 6-0, three-hit victory over UIC (3/31) and a two-hit, 1-0 win over regular-season champion Loyola (5/6)... Struck out a season-high seven against Miami (Ohio) (3/24) and Pittsburgh (4/10)... Scattered eight hits in a 4-2 win over Cleveland State (4/3).

 

2006 Junior Season
Had a break-out campaign with a 16-10 record with a 3.30 earned-run average... Her 16 victories is the second-highest single-season total in school history... Threw 178.1 innings, which ranks tied for third on the single-season list... Fired 19 complete games... Struck out 110, which is the third-highest single-season total in school history... Allowed just four hits and struck out two in a complete-game effort against No. 9 Michigan in the NCAA Ann Arbor Regional Tournament (5/19)... Named Second-Team All-Horizon League and Horizon League All-Tournament Team... Went 4-0 with a 2.76 earned-run average in the Horizon League Tournament... Pitched all but 2/3 of 26 innings in the tournament because she had to leave to take a final exam... Won her last five decisions and recorded an earned-run average of 2.59 during that span... Defeated No. 1 seed Illinois-Chicago twice in two days during the tournament, allowing just three runs (5/12-13)... Allowed just three hits in a 12-3 upset over third-seeded Detroit (5/11)... Went 7-2 with a 3.01 earned-run average against Horizon League opponents... Defeated each Horizon League team at least once... Fired a complete-game three-hitter with four strikeouts in a 3-1 win over UW-Green Bay (4/29)... Struck out a season-high seven in a complete-game 4-2 victory over Cleveland State (4/25)... Pitched nine innings with six strikeouts at Detroit to pick up a 3-2 (4/22)... Scattered nine hits with three strikeouts in a 5-0 complete-game shutout over Horizon League regular-season champion Illinois-Chicago (4/15)... Also posted a shutout against Toledo (3/29)... Earned three saves (at Toledo, 3/29, and twice against Butler, 4/8 and 4/9)... Her last 18 appearances were starts.

2005 Sophomore Season
Appeared in the circle 15 times and made eight starts... Fired a five-hitter with two strikeouts in a 3-1 complete-game victory over Tennessee-Martin (3/14)... Struck out five and scattered 11 hits in a 6-5 victory over Pittsburgh (3/11)... Tossed six innings of scoreless relief in a 3-1 win over Akron, allowing just four hits and striking out two (5/5).

2004 Freshman Season
Named to the 2004 Horizon League All-Newcomer Team... Made 23 appearances and 15 starts while tossing 12 complete games and three shutouts... Finished second on the team with a record of 9-8 and a 1.88 earned-run average... Fired 79 strikeouts, which is the sixth-highest single-season total in school history, and allowed just 34 walks in 119.1 innings pitched... Also collected two saves... Tossed a complete game five-hitter with a career-best 11 strikeouts in a 3-0 loss to Kentucky in her collegiate debut (2/28)... Allowed just one earned run against the Wildcats... Fired a one-hitter in a complete-game shutout against Yale (3/8) while striking out five to pick up her first collegiate victory... Struck out 10 in a 4-0 five-hit shutout over Quinnipiac (3/12)... Scattered six hits and allowed just one run in a 6-1 win over Kent State (4/6).

High School
Was a four-year letterwinner and two-time team captain...Team MVP her junior year... ROPSAA Champions freshman and sophomore years... Played for the Guelph Gators during the summer of 2003.

Personal

Daughter of Chris and Sheila Burnell... Has two sisters... Major is exercise science... Born 11/15/85.

Team Information
Horizon League Championship
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