2009 Preview: Dan is firmly established as Ohio State’s catcher after a true freshman season in which he started 48 times, including 28 of the team’s 30 Big Ten Conference games ... he is an outstanding defensive catcher and backs that up at the plate, hitting over .300 for the season including .284 in Big Ten games.
2008 (Freshman): Dan was the first true freshman to start at catcher since Mike Durant in 1989 (Durant went on to play in the majors with the Minnesota Twins) ... ranked fifth on the team with 53 hits and fourth with 29 RBI ... tied for second with 15 RBI in Big Ten games ... hit .636 (7-for-11) in the Illinois series ... hit first collegiate home run in G4 vs. Northwestern ... drove in five runs in the Northwestern series ... had season highs of four hits and three runs scored vs. Harvard ... had two singles and drove in two runs in the second inning vs. Eastern Michigan ... hit .500 (3-for-6) in the Big Ten tournament with a double and three RBI ... had 15 multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games ... had seven-game hitting streak ... stayed strong at the plate entire season and ended by hitting .428 in last 11 games of the season (15-for-35) with seven RBI and six runs scored ... threw out nine baserunners attempting to steal ... played summer baseball in the Northwoods League for the Mankato (Minn.) Moon Dogs.
Archbishop Moeller H.S.: A two-year starter and three-year letterman for coach Mike Cameron, the winningest baseball coach in Ohio high school annals ... was a team captain as a senior when he was named first-team all-Ohio by the Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association ... was also selected as a two-time first-team all-Greater Catholic League choice ... played on two Moeller teams that won the Greater Catholic League championship ... team was 27-4 his senior season and won a district title and was No. 1 in the state polls ... named all-city as a senior and honorable mention all-city as a junior ... hit .415 with three home runs and 23 RBI as a senior and finished career with a .385 average, four home runs and 50 RBI ... two-time honoree as the team’s best defensive player ... team was Connie Mack national champion in 2007.
Personal: Dan is the son of Jack and Donna Burkhart ... has a twin brother, Jeff, another brother, Brian, and a sister, Jennifer ... Jeff is a sophomore pitcher for Ohio Dominican ... an uncle, Bo Burkhart, played baseball for Xavier ... one of four current baseball players from Moeller ... likes to bowl, golf, play video games and paintball.
Overall AVG G/GS AB R H HR RBI BB SO
2008 .308 48/48 172 27 53 1 29 13 24
Totals .308 48/48 172 27 53 1 29 13 24
Big Ten AVG G/GS AB R H HR RBI BB SO
2008 .284 28/28 95 14 27 1 15 8 13
Totals .284 28/28 95 14 27 1 15 8 13
Postseason AVG G/GS AB R H HR RBI BB SO
Big Ten Tour. .500 2/2 6 1 3 0 3 2 0
Totals .500 2/2 6 1 3 0 3 2 0
