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2007 ACC Honor Roll
Four-year member of the Georgia Tech pitching staff ... Tall and powerful pitcher with a commanding presence on the mound ... An excellent all-around athlete that has good velocity on his fastball in addition to throwing a changeup and breaking ball ... Made just one appearance in 2005 before having season-ending shoulder surgery ... Did not return to the mound until midway through the 2006 season, making just one appearance while continuing to rehab his shoulder ... Began 2007 out of the bullpen, but quickly emerged as Tech's midweek starter before ending the season as the Jackets' No. 2 weekend starter ... Started the second game of every weekend series in 2008.
Set new season (23) and career records (38) for hit batsmen at Georgia Tech during his redshirt junior season ... Stands sixth in school history with just 2.58 walks per nine innings pitched in his career.
Selected in the 16th round of the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft, but elected to return to Georgia Tech with two years of eligibility remaining ... Taken in the 39th round of the 2008 MLB Draft by the Cleveland Indians.
Named to the 2007 ACC Honor Roll.
2008: Started the second game of every weekend series during the season, going 7-5 with 55 strikeouts in 81.2 innings of work ... Helped Georgia Tech to back-to-back shutouts to open the season for the first time since 1925 when he held Youngstown State (2/23) scoreless on six hits through six innings while striking out four and walking none to earn his first win of the season ... Held Rutgers (3/1) to two runs on five hits in six innings while tying a career high with 10 strikeouts ... Limited Virginia Tech (3/8) to one run on eight hits while striking out eight to improve to 2-0 on the season ... Picked up his third win of the season by holding Duke (3/22) to two runs, only one of which was earned, on four hits while fanning four through seven innings ... Carried a no-hitter into the fifth inning against the Blue Devils ... Earned win No. 4 on the season by holding Boston College (3/29) to two runs, one of which was earned, on seven hits while striking out seven in six innings of work ... Picked up his fifth win against Wake Forest (4/26) ... Limited Clemson (5/10) to one run on seven hits while working a season-high eight innings to earn his sixth win in 2008 ... Improved to 7-4 on the season by working seven strong innings at Virginia (5/16) the last weekend of the regular season.
2007: Was a key component of the Georgia Tech pitching staff, making 18 appearances, 12 of which were starts ... Started four midweek games and was Tech's Saturday starter in the last seven weekend series ... Also started the Jackets' second game in the ACC Tournament ... Began the season by holding Illinois-Chicago (2/16) scoreless on one hit in an inning of work ... Tossed a scoreless and hitless inning against Georgia State (2/21) in his second appearance of the season ... Held Duquesne (2/23) hitless and scoreless in three innings of work ... Picked up a win in his second career start by tossing a complete-game shutout at Georgia State (3/21), giving up just five hits while striking out four and walking two ... Earned win No. 2 on the season against Georgia Southern (3/27) by holding the Eagles to two runs (1 ER) on eight hits while striking out a career-high 10 batters ... Picked up win No. 3 against Wofford (4/3) by holding the Terriers to just three hits while striking out five ... Tossed 6.1 strong innings at Miami, giving up just two runs, only one of which was earned, on five hits while striking out six ... Held USF (5/6) to one unearned run on just two hits while striking out six in 6.1 innings of work ... Gave up just one unearned run on three hits while striking out three in four innings at UNC (5/12) ... Limited Virginia to one run on five hits while striking out five in six innings of work at the ACC Tournament, but did not figure into the decision.
2006: Appeared in just one game against Georgia Southern (4/4) while continuing to rehab his shoulder.
2005: Made one appearance before having season-ending shoulder surgery ... Received a medical redshirt.
High School: A four-year letterwinner for coach Ben Moore at Hiram High School ... Received the varsity pitching award all four years ... Also a four year letterman as a quarterback at Hiram ... Played summer ball with the East Cobb Yankees in 2003 and 2004, winning the Connie Mack World Series in 2003 when he posted an 8-1 record and 1.69 ERA in 57.2 innings.
Personal: Full name is Edwin Tyler Burns ... Born September 21, 1985 in Jackson, Miss. ... Son of Tom and Patti Burns ... Father, Tom, played minor league baseball for the Twins, Mariners, Indians and Mets ... Uncle, Steve Burns, played football at the Air Force Academy ... Dean's list student majoring in Management.
Career StatisticsYear ERA W-L App/GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP SFA SHA BK 2005 33.75 0-0 1/0 0 0/0 0 1.1 4 5 5 3 1 3 0 0 11 .571 0 1 0 0 0 2006 99.00 0-0 1/0 0 0/0 0 0.0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 2007 3.58 3-3 18/12 1 1/0 0 70.1 69 40 28 17 66 16 2 5 310 .256 1 14 3 6 1 2008 5.84 7-5 15/15 0 0/1 0 81.2 102 61 53 24 55 13 1 14 387 .310 1 23 4 7 0 TOTAL 5.22 10-8 35/27 1 1/1 0 153.1 178 109 89 44 122 32 3 20 711 .292 2 38 7 13 1
