2015-16: The 2015-16 team captain... Played in all 40 games for the Badgers, registering a career-high 35 points on five goals and 30 assists... her +46 plus/minus rating ranked second on the team... led all WCHA defensemen in points, points-per game (0.88) and power-play assists (10)... scored two goals and added three assists in UW's sweep of Minnesota State (Oct. 30-31)... notched a goal and an assist in the 4-2 win over UMD (Nov. 14)... scored a career-high five points (1G, 4A) against Minnesota State, collecting her 100th career point on Senior Day (Feb. 14)... scored four (1G, 3A) points in the Badgers' 2015-16 postseason run.
2014-15: Played in all 40 games and collected 24 points (4G, 20A) ... tallied 15 of her 24 points during the team's final 20 games ... was second on the team in blocks (50) ... scored an empty-net goal in UW's 4-1 win at Minnesota Duluth (Oct. 4) ... collected a power-play strike in UW's 3-2 road win against North Dakota (Nov. 1) ... tallied a goal and an assist in UW's 8-0 win against Minnesota State (Nov. 14) ... assisted on two Wisconsin goals in the team's 4-0 win at St. Cloud State (Nov. 21) ... registered a career-high four assists in Wisconsin's 5-0 win against UMD (Feb. 7)
2013-14: Played in all 38 games registering 26 points (5G, 21A) ... was third on the team in points (26), while her 21 assists were tied for second ... scored her first goal of the season on a Badger power play and tallied an assist in Wisconsin's 6-0 defeat of St. Cloud State (Oct. 19) ... recorded three assists in the Badgers' 5-1 victory over Lindenwood, setting new career game-high assist and point totals (Oct. 25) ... marked two assists in Wisconsin's 3-1 defeat of North Dakota (Nov. 23) ... recorded five assists during Wisconsin's series sweep of Bemidji State (Dec. 6-8) ... tallied three assists in UW's series sweep of Bemidji State (Jan. 17-18) ... assisted in the game-winning goal in the Badgers' 3-1 defeat of Minnesota Duluth (Jan. 25)...tallied an assist in the game-winning goal during the team's 3-0 shutout of Ohio State (Feb. 7) ... scored her third power play goal of the season in the Badgers' 3-1 defeat of Minnesota State (Feb. 22) ... scored the game-sealing goal in the team's 2-0 shutout of Minnesota State to advance to the WCHA Final Face-off (March 2)
2012-13: Was named to the All-WCHA Rookie Team after leading Wisconsin defensemen and freshmen in points ... appeared in all 35 contests ... assisted one goal in the 3-2 win over Minnesota State on Sept. 29 ... recorded three assists in Lindenwood series (Oct. 5-6) ... scored first career goal against Bemidji State on Oct. 21 ...recorded two assists and one goal against New Hampshire on Oct. 28 ... assisted one goal in Minnesota State win on Nov. 3 ... recorded one assist against Ohio State on Nov. 17 ... recorded one assist against St. Cloud State on Nov. 24 ... assisted one goal against Minnesota on Dec. 1 ... netted one goal and recorded one assist in North Dakota series (Dec. 8-9) ... assisted three goals in Ohio State series (Jan. 11-12) ... scored one goal and recorded one assist in St. Cloud State series (Feb. 8-9) ... assisted two goals against Minnesota Duluth on Feb. 16 ... assisted two goals in Bemidji State series (Feb. 22-23)
Prep: Played for the Shattuck-St. Mary's girls' prep team ... played in 53 games in her third year ... tallied 76 points off of 21 goals and 55 assists ... since her sophomore year campaign in 2009-10, played in 147 games, recording 66 goals and 164 assists .... hepled her team claim the U-19 National Championship in 2010-11 ... named to the USA Women's U-18 team that competed at the 2012 World Women's U-18 Championship and earned silver medal ... won gold in 2011 and silver in 2010 with Team USA ... played with current Badger sophomore Blayre Turnbull and incoming freshman Kim Drake at Shattuck- St. Mary's
Personal: Parents are John and Valerie Burke ... has one brother, Patrick ... also played golf in high school ... started playing hockey when she was 6 ... favorite movie is Remember the Titans ... shoots left ... majoring in life sciences communication
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Burke's Career Statistics as of March 22, 2015
| Season | GP | Goals | Assists | Pts | Shots | Shot % | Pen.-Min. | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| 2012-13 | 35 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 60 | .067 | 16-54 | +18 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013-14 | 38 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 114 | .044 | 12-24 | +21 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014-15 | 40 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 106 | .038 | 18-36 | +21 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 113 | 13 | 60 | 73 | 280 | .046 | 46-114 | +60 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
Burkes' Career WCHA Statistics as of March 22, 2015
| Season | GP | Goals | Assists | Pts | Shots | Shot % | Pen.-Min. | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| 2012-13 | 28 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 46 | .065 | 13-48 | +13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013-14 | 28 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 86 | .035 | 11-22 | +20 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014-15 | 28 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 72 | .056 | 13-26 | +9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 84 | 10 | 47 | 57 | 204 | .049 | 37-96 | +42 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Career Game Highs | |
| Goals | 1 (18x); MR vs. Minnesota Duluth, March 5, 2016 |
| Assists | 4 (2x); MR vs. Minnesota State, Feb. 14, 2016 |
| Points | 5; vs. Minnesota State, Feb. 14, 2016 |
| Point streak | 5 games (2x); MR Feb. 7-22, 2015 |
| Multi-point games | 21; MR vs. Minnesota State, Feb. 14, 2016 |
