2024 Freshman of the Year – D1 Baseball
2024 Freshman of the Year – Perfect Game
2024 Freshman Hitter of the Year – NCBWA
2024 Atlantic Coast Conference Freshman of the Year
2024 All-American (2nd Team) – D1 Baseball
2024 All-American (3rd Team) – Perfect Game
2024 Freshman All-American (1st Team) – Perfect Game
Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist (2024)
Dick Howser Award Semifinalist (2024)
All-Atlantic Coast Conference 1st Team (2024)
All-Atlantic Coast Conference Freshman Team (2024)
2024 (Freshman): Having earned freshman of the year recognition from D1 Baseball, Perfect Game and NCBWA (top hitter), Burress is now the third Yellow Jacket to be lauded by a major publication as national freshman of the year, joining Mark Teixeira in 1999 (Collegiate Baseball) and Derek Dietrich in 2008 (Rivals.com)….Burress, a native of Houston County, led Georgia Tech in a myriad of categories, including average (.381), home runs (25) and RBI (67), becoming the 12th Yellow Jacket to win Tech’s triple crown…Burress is the first to accomplish the feat since Matt Gonzalez in 2016…His 25 home runs set the Tech freshman record and fell one shy of tying the single-season record (Kevin Parada, 2022)… finished with 15 doubles and three triples and drew more walks (58) than strikeouts (37) for a .512 on-base percentage and an OPS of 1.333…he also finished 8-for-10 in stolen bases and set the Georgia Tech record for most assists by an outfielder, gunning down 10 base-runners from center field this season … also set a program record for most home runs in a single game when he blasted four against Georgia State (Feb. 27) … His .821 slugging percentage was the 4th highest slugging percentage in a single season by a Yellow Jacket, the best since 1926 and the first .800+ slugging season in 45 years (Tommy Thompson (.811) – 1979).
Burress led all Division I freshmen in six statistical categories to finish the regular season (home runs, home runs per game, slugging, total bases, walks and walks per game), while ranking Top 3 nationally in 11 categories…He also led ACC freshmen in eight categories to wrap up the year (runs and on-base percentage), while also ranking second in RBI, RBI/game and batting average to earn first-team all-conference honors…In just his first year on The Flats, Burress has racked up a plethora of accolades…In addition to all-conference and ACC Freshman of the Year honors, Burress was also named Perfect Game Third-Team All-American, Perfect Game Freshman First-Team All-American, a semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award and the Dick Howser Trophy.
High School: Rated as the No. 4 outfielder and No. 18 overall prospect nationally by Perfect Game … Rated No. 1 outfielder and No. 2 overall prospect in the state of Georgia by Perfect Game … Four-year letterwinner at Houston County … Helped lead Houston County to two state championships and four region championships … Named 2021-22 PBR Georgia Player of the Year … Also named 2023 Perfect Game All-America and Under Armour All-America … Hit 31 home runs his junior year … tied the state record for RBI (73) … Hit .327 in 40 Perfect Game games with 33 PG home runs in 2022 … Four-year member of the honor roll.
