2017 Softball Roster
Roster
Cherish Burks
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- East Union HS
- Hometown:
- Manteca, Calif.
AS A SENIOR | 2019
- Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
Started all 52 games as a senior, batting .250 with four home runs, five doubles and 18 RBIs ... Book ended senior season with a pair of three-hit games, going 3-for-5 with three RBIs in season opener vs. Kansas on Feb. 8 before finishing career with a 3-for-3 day with two doubles and two RBIs against Arizona State on Senior Day (May 11) ... Posted three multi-hit games in first four contests and finished with seven on the season ... Recorded five multi-RBI games, including a trio of three-RBI performances ... Hit first home run of the season on Feb. 22 vs. Army while finishing 2-for-2 with three RBIs and two runs scored ... Blasted a three-run homer against Pittsburgh on April 6 in Missouri ... Hit first Jane Sanders Stadium home run of the year on April 23 vs, Portland State, a two-run shot to help complete a 9-8 comeback win ... Hit fourth home run of the season in series finale at Utah on May 5 ... Made 4 starts in left field, five in right field and one in center field.
AS A JUNIOR | 2018
Played in 35 games as a junior, making one start ... Recorded four hits in 16 at-bats for a .364 batting average, blasting three home runs and adding a double for a whopping 1.273 slugging percentage ... Finished the year with 11 RBIs and 16 runs scored ... Stole six bases in nine attempts while being used heavily as a pinch-runner ... Hit a pinch-hit, three-run home run vs. UTEP (Feb. 10) for first long ball of the season and hit another three-run bomb as a pinch-hitter on March 1 at USF ... Blasted third three-run homer of the year on March 11 vs. Bryant and later added a two-run double to finish with a career-high five RBIs, tied for the most by a Duck in 2018 ... Scored a run as a pinch-runner in UO's win over No. 8 Arizona State (May 31) to open the Women's College World Series.
AS A SOPHOMORE | 2017
Appeared in 30 games for the Ducks...Scored 10 runs as one of Oregon's primary pinch runners...Tallied four hits and three RBIs...Went 3-for-3 on stolen bases...Went 2-for-2 against Maryland with a season-high two RBIs...Had a stolen base against Oklahoma in the WCWS...Scored and stole a base against UIC in the first game of the Eugene regional...Served on the O Heroes Courts for Kids service trip to Nicaragua in the summer of 2017.
AS A FRESHMAN | 2016
Appeared in 33 games and had one start as the designated hitter in her first season with Oregon...Hit .364 and had a .500 on-base percentage...Led the team with 10 stolen bases on 11 attempts.
CAREER HIGHS
Hits: 3, vs. Arizona State (May 11, 2019)
Runs: 3, 2x, last vs. Bradley (Feb. 9, 2019)
RBIs: 5, vs. Bryant (March 11, 2018)
Doubles: 2, vs. Arizona State (May 11, 2019)
Triples: 0
Home Runs: 1, 8x, last at Utah (May 5, 2019)
Stolen Bases: 1, 24x, last vs, Oregon State (April 28, 2019)
Walks: 2, vs. Oregon State (April 27, 2019)
HIGH SCHOOL
The No. 18 ranked recruit in the nation by FloSoftball...Hit .550 as a senior with 52 runs, 31 RBIs, 15 doubles and four home runs...Went 81-for-82 on stolen base attempts in her high school career, with only time caught coming as a sophomore...Named the Modesto Bee Player of the Year, first team all-area and first team all-league...Hit .533 as a junior in 2014 with 43 runs scored, 15 RBIs…16 of her 48 hits were for extra bases, including five triples…Went a perfect 26-of-26 on stolen base attempts…A first team all-state selection as a junior in addition to Valley Oak League defensive player of the year…Helped East Union HS to the Sac-Joaquin Section Div. IV title game as a junior.
CLUB
Played with the All-American Sports Academy in Northern California.
