HIGH SCHOOL: Two-year varsity baseball letter winner, playing third base for head coach Ken Maglio at Andover H.S.  ... Recorded a .411 batting average as a senior ... Named an MVC All-Star his senior year ... Also played three years of varsity basketball ... Played one year of post-grad baseball at Phillips Academy under head coach Andy Cline ... Registered a .468 batting average as a shortstop ... Was a four-year honor roll student.

PERSONAL: Son of Steven and Elizabeth Burdeau ... Has a brother, Nick and a sister, Allie ... Majoring in Economics.