2024 Baseball Roster
Chase Burns
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Hendersonville, TN
Records Held
Wake Forest Strikeouts in a Single Season (191)
Career Accolades
2024 ACC Pitcher of the Year
2024 Dick Howser Trophy Finalist
2024 First Team All-American by D1 Baseball
2024 First Team All-American by Perfect Game
2024 First Team All-American by Baseball America
2024 First Team All-American by ABCA
2024 First Team All-American by NCBWA
2024 First Team All-ACC
2024 Golden Spikes Semifinalist
2024 All-ACC Tournament
2024 All-South Region
ACC Pitcher of the Week (May 20, 2024)
ACC Pitcher of the Week (May 13, 2024)
D1 Baseball Pitcher of the Week (May 13, 2024)
ACC Pitcher of the Week (May 6, 2024)
ACC Pitcher of the Week (March 25, 2024)
ACC Pitcher of the Week (March 18, 2024)
ACC Pitcher of the Week (March 11, 2024)
2024 Preseason Second Team All-American by D1 Baseball
2024 Preseason Pitcher of the Year by Perfect Game
2024 Preseason First Team All-American by Perfect Game
2023 CSC Academic All-District
SEC Co-Pitcher of the Week -- 4/24/23
2023 Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List
College Baseball News National Player of the Week -- 2/27/23
2023 Preseason All-America 1st Team -- D1Baseball, Baseball America, NCBWA, Collegiate Baseball, Perfect Game
2023 Preseason All-SEC - 1st Team (SP)
2022 D1Baseball.com National Freshman of the Year
2022 NCBWA Freshman Pitcher of the Year
2022 Collegiate Baseball Co-Freshman National Player of the Year
2022 NCBWA All-American -- 1st Team
2022 D1Baseball.com All-American -- 3rd Team
2022 ABCA/Rawlings All-American -- 3rd Team
2022 Collegiate Baseball All-American -- 3rd Team
2022 D1Baseball.com Freshman All-American -- 1st Team
2022 NCBWA Freshman All-American -- 1st Team
2022 Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American
2022 Perfect Game Freshman All-American
2022 ABCA/Rawlings Southeast All-Region -- 1st Team
2022 Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist
2022 NCBWA Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist
2022 All-SEC -- 2nd Team
2022 SEC All-Freshman Team
2022 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Invitee
2021-22 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
2022 D1Baseball.com Midseason All-America Team
2022 D1Baseball.com Midseason Top Pitcher & Top Freshman
SEC Freshman of the Week -- March 28, 2022
2022 Shriners Children's College Classic All-Tournament Team
Selected in 20th Round of the 2021 MLB Draft by the San Diego Padres
Junior (2024)
Named Preseason First Team All-American by Perfect Game, Preseason Pitcher of the Year by Perfect Game, and Preseason Second Team All-American by D1 Baseball… Selected as a Dick Howser Trophy Finalist… Name a Golden Spikes Semifinalist… Named the ACC Pitcher of the Year and selected to the All-ACC First Team… Named a First Team All-American by D1 Baseball, Perfect Game, Baseball America, ABCA, and NCBWA… First Team All-ACC Tournament… First Team All-Region… Started 16 games… Broke the Wake Forest single-season strikeout record, fanning a nation-leading 191 batters across 100 innings of work… Finished the season with a 10-1 record and a 2.70 ERA… Held opposing batters to a .175 batting average… Owns nine spots in top-10, including ties, for most strikeouts in a single game in program history… Recorded 12 games with double-digit strikeouts… Pitched six innings of scoreless baseball off of 10 strikeouts to get his first Demon Deacon win against Illinois (Feb. 17)... Tossed 11 strikeouts in a win against Binghamton (March 2)... Recorded 14 strikeouts in six innings against Duke (March 9) to earn his first ACC Pitcher of the Week awards… Named ACC Pitcher of the Week for the second straight week after fanning 13 batters in seven innings against Virginia (March 16)... Became the first ACC pitcher to be named ACC Pitcher of the Week in three consecutive weeks since 2000 after striking out 12 batters over seven innings against Louisville (March 22)... Recorded 14 strikeouts against North Carolina (March 29) and 15 strikeouts at Virginia Tech (April 5)... Picked up a win at Notre Dame on the back of a 14 strikeout performance… Recorded 57 strikeouts and 0.34 ERA across a dominant month of May… Tossed six scoreless innings with 13 strikeouts against Western Carolina (May 4), earning his fourth ACC Pitcher of the Week honors... Recorded a career-high 16 strikeouts, the second-most in a game in program history, to pick up the win and pass the single-season strikeout record against Clemson (May 10), earning back-to-back ACC Pitcher of the Week honors… Became one of two pitchers in ACC history to be named ACC Pitcher of the Week six times in a season after striking out 13 against NC State (May 17)... Struckout 15 in six innings of scoreless baseball in the ACC Tournament against North Carolina (May 24)... Pitched five innings and recorded seven strikeouts in the NCAA Regional against East Carolina (June 1).
Prior to Wake Forest
2023 (at Tennessee)
Currently ranks third nationally and second in the SEC in strikeouts per nine innings with a 14.3 K/9… Currently sits at 114 strikeouts for the season, marking back-to-back years of triple-digit punchouts… Came into relief in the fourth inning in an elimination game against #8 Stanford (6/19), throwing nine strikeouts in an electric 6.0 scoreless innings pitched - becoming the first reliever to throw 6 or more scoreless innings in a College World Series game since 1997… Entered in the seventh inning of the NCAA Hattiesburg Super Regional final against #9 Southern Miss (6/12) and fired 2.2 clutch innings, including an electric 102 mph strikeout to end the seventh, to secure his second save of the season and punch Tennessee's ticket to the 2023 College World Series… Needed just six pitches to close out the ninth inning in Game 2 of the NCAA Hattiesburg Super Regional… Incredible out of the bullpen against #4 Clemson (6/3) in the Regional, tossing 6.1 high-pressure innings, allowing just one run and striking out eight batters in his longest-career relief appearance… Picked up his first career save, slamming the door on a 10-7 Saturday afternoon victory over #19 Kentucky (5/13) by going 2.2 innings and striking out five… Earned the victory in the series opener against Mississippi State (4/27), pitching 2.1 innings out of the bullpen, striking out four, and allowing just one hit… Nailed down the series finale against the #2 Commodores (4/23) pitching a clean ninth inning and tallying one strikeout… Came out of the bullpen for the first time this season and was incredible in the series opener vs. #2 Vanderbilt (4/21), going three innings, striking out seven and allowing just one baserunner in an extra-innings thriller where he earned the victory… Gave up just 1 run across 5.1 innings at #5 Arkansas (4/16). allowing only three hits and striking out five on the day… Masterful against Morehead State (3/11), throwing 6.2 scoreless innings and striking out a career-high 13 batters in a 6-0 shutout win… Turned in 6.1 innings against Gonzaga (3/3), allowing two runs on five hits and striking out eight in Tennessee’s 7-2 victory… Logged 12 strikeouts in a quality start against Dayton (2/25) where he went 6.1 innings and allowed just two hits, also earning the win… Made his 2023 debut on the road at Grand Canyon (2/18) during the MLB Desert Invitational, throwing 4.2 innings and striking out six while conceding just three hits. Did not factor in the decision after allowing a pair of runs to score.
2022 (at Tennessee)
Started Friday night at Mississippi State (5/20) and went six-plus innings, striking out six and earning his fourth quality start of the season… Made his first career relief outing against Georgia (5/12), going 1.2 innings and striking out three… Tossed four innings and recorded four strikeouts vs. Kentucky (5/5)… Recorded nine strikeouts in five innings in the win over Auburn (4/29)… Picked up his seventh win of the year after throwing 6.1 innings and recording five strikeouts in the win over Florida (4/22)… Notched his sixth win of the year after recording seven strikeouts in 5.1 innings of work in win over Vanderbilt (4/1)… Set a career high with seven innings pitched, along with a career best 11 strikeouts in his first SEC road win over Ole Miss (3/25)… Threw a career high 6.2 innings and recorded nine strikeouts in first SEC start in win over South Carolina (3/18)… Earned his third win of the year, recording six strikeouts in 5 innings of work in win over Rhode Island (3/11)… Pitched five innings and recorded a career high 10 strikeouts against Texas (3/4)… Recorded his second start and second win of the year after pitching five innings and adding four strikeouts with zero earned runs against Iona (2/25)… Made his collegiate debut and earning his first win by starting in Game 1 of season-opening series against Georgia Southern (2/18), recording five strikeouts in five innings of work.
Background
Top 100 prospect by Perfect Game (No. 17) and No. 1 player from Tennessee… Rated the No. 5 right-handed pitcher nationally by Perfect Game… Ranked No. 42 overall prospect by Prep Baseball Report… Participated in Perfect Game 2020 National Showcase and was named to the Top Prospect Team… Participated in Perfect Game 2020 All-American Classic… Two-time Perfect Game Preseason All-American (2020, 2021)… Participated in 2021 Under Armour All-American Game… 2021 Baseball America First Team High School All-American… 2021 TSWA Class AAA First Team All-State selection… 2021 Main Street Preps All-Midstate Pitcher of the Year… Went 6-0 with a 0.50 ERA and 131 strikeouts in 56.1 innings pitched as a senior in 2021… Helped lead Beech High School to a 28-12 record and state playoff berth in 2021… Played club ball for Canes National and helped lead them to the 2020 Perfect Game 17U Elite Championship… 2020 Ultimate Baseball Championship All-Tournament team… 2019 WWBA 16U National Championship All-Tournament team.
Personal
Born on Jan. 16, 2003, in Naples, Italy… Son of Trinetti and David Burns… Has one older sister, Breanna Burns… Father, David, played college football at Division II North Greenville College.
