Burke Pitz

Photo by: Josh Gales

Photo by: Josh Gales

Photo by: Aaron Johnson

Photo by: Rachel Von Art

Photo by: Josh Gales

Photo by: Josh Gales

Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Des Moines, Iowa
High School:
Theodore Roosevelt

• Horizon League Golfer of the Week (3/14/24)
• 2019-20 Summit League Academic Honor Roll
• Horizon League Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024)
• 2023 Horizon League Championship Team Champion
• 2024 Sacred Heart Invitational Medalist
• 2024 Horizon League All-Academic Team
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2024)
• GCAA All-America Scholar (2024)

2023-24:
Season Stats/Results
Played in 31 rounds over 11 events ... Left Purdue Fort Wayne with the 10th-best career scoring average in Mastodon history (75.22) ... Earned a spot on the Horizon League All-Academic Team ... Named Horizon League Golfer of the Week on March 14 ... Tied for 20th in the first two events of the year: Colonel Shootout (Aug. 31-Sept. 1, 74-68-71-214) and Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational (Sept. 11-12, 68-71-73-212) ... Tied for eighth at the MartinFed Invitational (Oct. 16-17) with a 75-66-71-212 ... Took the medalist honor at the Sacred Heart Invitational (March 8-9) with a 69-72-141 ... Tied for 17th at the Horizon League Championship (Apr. 20-22) with a 72-75-78-225.

2022-23:
Season Stats/Results
Played in all 13 events for a total of 38 rounds ... Recorded a career-best season average of 74.83 ... Tied for 13th at the Valpo Fall Invitational (Sept. 19-20) with an outing of 73-73-74-220 (+4) ... Shot a 74-72-145 (+2) at the Sacred Heart Spring Invite (March 9-10), tying for 40th ... Recorded the second top-10 of his career at the NKU Jewell Invitational (April 10-11) with a 76-68-214 (+1) performance ... Shot 75-76-74-225 at the NCAA Regional (May 15-17) as the second-best on the team.

2021-22:
Season Stats/Results
Played in 21 rounds in nine tournaments ... Shot a season average of 76.00 ... Tied for fourth at the Benbow Invitational (March 7-8) after a 75-70-145 (+3) performance ... Tied for 14th that next weekend at the Sacred Heart Invitational (March 11-12) with a 74-78-152 (+8).

2020-21:
Season Stats/Results
Competed in all five tournaments and 14 rounds ... Averaged 75.57, besting his freshman average ... Recorded his best finish of the season at the Butler Spring Invitational (March 29-30) when he shot a 76-69-75-220 (+10) ... Fired a season-low of 217 (+7) at the Dayton Flyer Intercollegiate (April 12-13) for a tie for 32nd ... Tied for 21st at the Wright State Invitational (April 18-19) with a 77-79-75-231 ... Turned in another 231 at the Horizon League Championship (April 25-27) to finish in the top half of the field.

2019-20:
Season Stats/Results
Played in 14 rounds over five tournaments ... Averaged 77.00 shots per round ... Shot 70-75-77-222 in his career opener at the Crusader Collegiate (Sept. 16-17) ... Tied for 16th at the Gary Freeman Spring Invitational (March 12-13) with a 78-75-153.

High School: Three-time academic all-conference ... Senior year scoring average of 72.22 ... Three-time state qualifier ... First Team All-Conference selection in 2016, 17, and 18 ... Second Team All-State honoree in 2017 ... First Team All-State selection in 2018 ... Finished third at the 2018 state tournament ... Led the Roughriders to a conference championship in 2016 and a qualification for the state tournament in 2015 and 2018.

Personal: Son of Brian Pitz and Sarah Fedderson ... Has one older sister, Alexa, and one younger sister, Ellie ... Majoring in Finance.