2023 Field Hockey Roster

85 MeganRae Burke

  • Class Year '24
  • Position Goalkeeper
  • Height 5-5
  • Hometown Medford Lakes, NJ
  • Secondary School Saint Joseph

Biography

Honors & Records
Booster Club Player of the Year (2024)
Empire 8 President's List (Fall 2023)
Empire 8 Defensive Player of the Week (9/6/22)
NFHCA National Academic Squad (2020, 2023)

2023 Season
Started all 12 games in the cage for the Soaring Eagles...recorded two wins on the season at home against Wells (9/6) and Roberts Wesleyan (10/14)...registered a career-best 37 saves in the season finale against Utica (10/28)...finished the season with a career-high 210 saves to go along with the second shutout of her career...finishes her career for the Soaring Eagles ranked 7th all-time in wins (4), 5th in shutouts (2), 8th in goals-against average (5.79), 8th in save percentage (.716), 4th in saves (509), and 7th in minutes played (2,092).

2022 Season
Started all 15 games in goal for the Soaring Eagles...amassed over 900 minutes in net and recorded 183 saves, which ranks fifth all-time for a single season in program history...named the Empire 8 Defensive Player of the Week (9/6) after recording 38 saves in two games...set a career-high with 24 saves against Keystone (9/6)...recorded her second career victory after making six saves against Wells (10/15).

2021 Season
Played in all 14 games, making 13 starts...picked up the first win of her career in net in Elmira's 7-0 shutout of Medaille (10/24)...played 575 minutes during the season...recorded double-digit saves in five contests during the season...finished the season with 106 saves in net, good for 5th in the Empire 8...recorded a season-high 16 saves at Marywood (9/7). 

2020 Season
Appeared in one game against Houghton (3/25) during the COVID-19 shortened season. 

Before Elmira
Played field hockey at Saint Joseph High School in Hammonton, New Jersey, under the direction of her sister and Elmira alumnae, KatieLynn Burke Joyce '14...Set multiple school records for saves in a game (28), season (328), and career (801)...Helped Saint Joseph win a Cape-Atlantic League National Conference Championship in 2017.

Personal
MeganRae is a Nursing and Human Services double-major at Elmira College.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 85

    2020Freshman

    Goalkeeper
    5'5"
    85
  • 85

    2021Sophomore

    Goalkeeper
    5'5"
    85
  • 85

    2022Junior

    Goalie
    5'5"
    85
  • 85

    2023Senior

    Goalkeeper
    5'5"
    85