Villanova Univeristy Athletics

2025: Made six appearances on the rubber in her opening collegiate campaign … Threw 6.2 innings for the Wildcats with four strikeouts … Made her Villanova debut with a pair of scoreless frames against Purdue on Feb. 7 … Appeared against No. 7 Texas A&M … Struck out two batters versus No. 15 Virginia Tech … Tossed two frames against Monmouth and a pair of scoreless stanzas versus Pennsylvania … Threw a scoreless inning with a strikeout in her final game of the year against Drexel on Apr. 9.

Fallston High School: Earned four varsity letters in softball as a pitcher and outfielder … All-County selection in all four years, three-time all-state and three-time Player of the Year … Struck out 100 batters in 50 innings pitched as a junior … Served as a four-year team captain … Spent five years with the PA Chaos travel team ranked 19th by Extra Innings …Also played two years of varsity basketball as a shooting guard … Earned distinguished honors for academic work in each year … Maintained a 4.75 GPA two years in a row with straight A's four years straight.

Personal: Born 02/27/06 … One of four daughters of Amy and Jeremy Burns … Has three sisters: Mackenzie, Brooklyn and Kaelyn … Chose to attend Villanova for "the amazing academic and athletic programs" … Plans to major in nursing.

Orchard on Burns: "Maddy is a competitor. She brings a ton of energy to everything she does and will contribute as a hitter, outfielder and pitcher."