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2021-22 Men's Basketball Roster

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5 Burke Putnam

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 175
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Tulsa, OK
  • Prev School Valdosta State

Biography

2021-22 HONORS
GAC Newcomer of the Year
Unanimous All-GAC First Team
D2CCA All-Central Region Second Team
NABC All-District Second Team 

AS A SENIOR (2021-22)
  • Led the GAC with a 20.5 scoring average; the only player above 20.0 points per game
  • His 216 made field goals ranked in the top-15 in the country and fourth-best single-season total in GAC history
  • Notched 14 twenty-point scoring efforts and three 30-point contests
  • Went for a season-high 38 against Southern Arkansas (2/19/22)
  • Posted a 12-of-13 mark at the foul line against SAU 
  • Dished out a season-high eight assists at Southeastern Oklahoma State (2/25/22)
  • Notched at least four assists in 15 games 
  • Made a team season-high 14 field goals against Wayne State (11/12/21)

PRIOR TO OBU
  • Transfer from Valdosta State
  • Played in all 30 games with 19 starts for the Blazers
  • Averaged 11.7 points per game and 3.1 rebounds per game
  • Was second on the team in assists with 93
  • Was a team-best 81 of 99 from the line (.818) for the fifth-best free throw percentage in the league
  • Had 23 blocks for second on the team and recorded 30 thefts
  • Had 14 games in double figures with a season-high 30 points against Thomas University (12/19/19) as he was 12 of 20 from the field for his breakout game as a Blazer
  • Scored 20 or more points seven times and was one of the strongest players down the stretch for VSU for its fourth-straight Gulf South Conference regular season title
  • Had a season-high nine assists against West Florida (1/2/20) and matched that with nine dimes against West Georgia (2/8/20), along with a season-high four blocks
  • Tallied a season-high three steals against Shorter (2/7/20)
  • Went 124 of 224 from the field for a .554 clip and was 21 of 58 from range (.362)
  • Played two seasons at Connors State in Oklahoma
  • Averaged 11.0 points per game in 60 games with 36 starts
  • As a sophomore, played in 32 games with 32 starts
  • Averaged 16.0 points per game
  • Went 179 of 404 from the field (.443) and 46 of 117 from downtown (.393)
  • Connected on 108 of 140 free throws (.771), while averaging 5.2 rebounds per game and 165 total rebounds
  • Had 129 assists with 55 steals and 22 blocks, while scoring 512 points
Names of Parents: Danny Clark and Kim Watters
Siblings: Emily and David Putnam, Brian Head, Angela Hakim, Alicia Ruffin, Brian Clark
Major: Business Management

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