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2008, 2009 ACC Honor Roll
Outstanding outfielder with a very accurate
throwing arm ... Has a line-drive swing with
gap-to-gap power that projects to be an excellent
offensive power in the Atlantic Coast
Conference ... Was Tech's primary DH in 2009
but a strong candidate to start in the outfield
in 2010.
Named to the ACC Honor Roll in 2008 and
2009.
2009
Played in 43 games on the season, making 22 starts ... Served primarily as Tech's DH ... Had eight multi-hit and five multi-RBI games ... Hit .351 on the season with 16 extra base hits and 29 RBI ... Tied for fifth on the team in home runs (8) and was seventh in RBI (29) ... His .691 slugging percentage was the second best among Jackets ... Homered and scored twice in Tech's 24-3 rout of Maryland (3/7) ... Blasted a pinch-hit, three-run home run in the eighth inning to lift Tech to a 10-7 win against the Terps (3/8) which helped Tech to a three-game sweep of Maryland ... Went 2-for-5 with a run scored in Tech's 10-9 comeback win at Virginia Tech (3/20) ... Went 3-for-5 with an RBI and two runs scored against Wake Forest (4/18) ... Batted .667 (10-for-15) with three doubles and four home runs in the three-game series against Presbyterian (5/1-5/3) ... Had a record-breaking series finale against the Blue Hose (5/3), going 6-for-6 with three doubles, three home runs, five runs and nine RBI ... Went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run in Tech's 6-5 win against Florida State (5/10) ... Had two hits, two RBI and a stolen base in Tech's loss to Georgia at Turner Field (5/12) ... Had a double and a triple in Tech's 9-2 win over Florida State in the ACC Championships (5/23) ... Went 1-for-3 with a double and a run scored in a 10-7 loss against Southern Miss. during the NCAA Atlanta Regional (5/30).
2008
Played in over half (33) of the Yellow Jackets' games in 2008, making five starts in left field and three at DH ... Went 5-for-16 (.313) as a pinch hitter ... Led off the eighth inning with a pinch-hit single and scored the go ahead run to help Georgia Tech to a 5-1 win over Youngstown State (2/24) on opening weekend ... Had a two-run single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to send the game against Rutgers (2/29) to extra innings ... Belted a pinch-hit home run against Alabama State (3/26) ... Had a two-run, pinch-hit single in the bottom of the ninth inning against Coastal Carolina (5/3).
High School
Four-year letterwinner for coach Tony Wolfe at Buford High School ... Led Buford to back-to-back State Final Four appearances and a pair of region championships in 2005 and 2006 ... A three-time all-county and all-area honoree and named Super Six in 2006 and 2007 by the Gwinnett County Dugout Club ... Holds the Buford career records in average (.498), hits, RBI and doubles ... Set Buford single-season records with a .534 average, 55 hits and 50 RBI his junior year ... Also a four-year letterwinner in basketball and a three-year letterwinner in football ... Team captain of the Buford football team his senior year ... Earned honorable mention all-area honors in basketball in 2006 ... Four year member of the honor roll ... Also a member of the French Club, Beta Club and National Honor Society.
Personal
Full name is Jonathan Chase Burnette ... Born May 20, 1988 ... Son of Stan and Connie Burnette ... Majoring in management at Georgia Tech.
Career StatisticsYear Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 2008 .244 33-8 45 7 11 2 0 1 7 16 .356 6 1 14 0 .346 0 2 3-4 16 0 2 .889 2009 .351 43-22 97 26 34 7 1 8 29 67 .691 17 0 20 2 .447 0 0 1-2 29 1 1 .968 2010 .356 62-62 250 61 89 19 4 17 66 167 .668 20 3 49 5 .404 4 0 7-11 113 4 2 .983 TOTAL .342 138-92 392 94 134 28 5 26 102 250 .638 43 4 83 7 .409 4 2 11-17 158 5 5 .970
