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2017-18 Women's Basketball Roster

Erik Schelkun
Erik Schelkun
Erik Schelkun
Erik Schelkun

14 Jenna Burdette

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Reedsville Eastern
  • Hometown Coolville, Ohio

Biography

2017-18 (Senior)
• Named First Team All-Conference
• Named Second Team Academic All-District in Division I District 5
Received the White Allen MVP Award
Named A-10 Player Of The Week 2/19/2018 & 1/15/2018
• Became the 25th Flyer to reach the 1,000 point mark
• Averaged a team high 16.2 ppg to go along with another team high 3.9 ast/g
• Finished the year with a three point percentage of 44.5 which was second in the A-10 and eighth in the NCAA
• Named to the A-10 Preseason First Team All-Conference
• Recorded 17 points and four steals in the season opener vs Harvard
(11/10/17)
• Scored a game-high and season-high 19 points in the win over Morgan State (11/11/17)
• Had her third straight double-digit scoring game with a team-high 18 points at Quinnipiac (11/28/17)
• Dropped 20 points against No. 19 South Florida at the New Orleans Shootout, reaching the 1,000 career-point mark (12/20/17)
• Tied a season high with 20 points, including 14 in the 4th quarter, and hit career highs in made field goals and attempts in the win at Saint Joseph’s (1/7/18)
• Named College Sports Madness A-10 Player of the Week on Jan. 29
• Scored a team-high 27 points in the win over Fordham (2/18/18), earning A-10 Player of the Week honors
Female RUDY award winner
• Named to 2017-18 A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

2016-17 (Junior)
• Named A-10 Second Team All-Conference despite missing five games due to injury
Earned Second Team All-Conference honors 
Earned A-10 Tournament Most Outstanding Performer and All-Tournament team honors
Named to the A-10 Preseason All-Conference First Team  
Named to Florida Sunshine Classic All-Tournament Team  
Scored in double figures with 10 points in the season opener against Quinnipiac (11/13/16) 
Led the Flyers and tied a career high with 23 points at Wisconsin (11/16/16), to go with a season-high six assists and 4-of-7 from three-point range  
Tied a career-high four steals at Princeton  
Dropped a team-high 15 points on 5-of-11 shooting at No. 2 UConn (11/22/16) 
Scored 15 points and tied season-high six assists to lead the Flyers in the A-10 opener vs La Salle (12/4/16) 
Tied a career-high with 23 points against Toledo (12/9/16) to go with six assists 
Dropped seven assists and scored a team-high 14 points in the win over Texas A&M (12/20/16) 
Recorded a career-high 25 points and went 9-for-9 from the free throw line in the win over Old Dominion (12/21/16) at the Florida Sunshine Classic 
Dropped a team-high 21 points and had nine assists in the win over UMass (12/31/16) 
Had a season-high 11 assists vs George Washington (1/8/17) 
Scored a team-high 21 points in the win at Saint Louis (1/15/17)  
Posted double-digit points for the third straight game with 18 in the win over Saint Joseph’s (1/21/17) 
Posted a game-high 23 points in the A-10 Quarterfinal win over VCU (3/3/17), going 8-of-10 from the floor. 

2015-16 (Sophomore)
• Played in 29 games for the Flyers starting all 29
• Averaged 11.5 ppg while shooting 42% from the field, 41% from three
• Led the team in assists with 140 averaging 4.8 per game 
Named to the A10 All-Conference Third-Team
• Named to Dayton All-Academic Roster 
• Member of Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
• Fall 2015 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

• Named to the Fall 2015 Dayton Dean's List

2014-15 (Freshman)
• Played in 34 games for the Flyers this season starting in 32
• Averaged 5.9 ppg while shooting 40% from the field, 34% from 3
• Career high in points with 14 against St. Josephs (2/15) and assists with 7 against both VCU (1/24) and George Mason (2/5)
• Finished 14th in Conference and second on the team with 2.9 assists per game
• Named to the A10 All-Rookie Team

High School
• Ranked 18th at her position by ESPN HoopGurlz
• JumpOffPlus.com National Report ELITE 60 prospect
• Three-time First Team Ohio selection - Eastern’s all time leading scorer
• Has averaged double-figure scoring each year of her high school career: 16.4 ppg as a freshman, 15.0 ppg as a sophomore and 18.1 ppg as a junior
• Led Eastern to its first ever state championship
• Was Associated Press Division IV Southeastern District Player of the Year all three years of High School
• Led Eastern to a 63-14 overall record in three seasons: 22-3, 18-6 and 23-5, respectively, and each qualified for the Sweet 16.
• 3.9 GPA and member of National Honors Society
• Played AAU ball with West Virginia Thunder

Personal
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Daughter of John and Jill Burdette
• Has older brother named Jonathan
• Majoring in exercise science

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2014-15Freshman

    Point Guard
    5'8"
    14
  • 14

    2015-16Sophomore

    Guard
    5'8"
    14
  • 14

    2016-17Junior

    Guard
    5'8"
    14
  • 14

    2017-18Senior

    Guard
    5'8"
    14