Colorado College Athletics

2024-25: Appeared in all 37 games ... Second-team All-NCHC selection ...  Tied for team lead with 20 assists and tied for second with 26 points ... Tied career-high with three points (1g,2a) vs. Minnesota Duluth (1-17) ... Also had three points (1g,2a) at Arizona State (1-25) ... Scored game-winning overtime goal vs. Air Force (11-1) ... Goal and assist vs. Northern Michigan (10-12) and Arizona State (11-8) ... Also had goal and assist vs. St. Cloud State (11-22) ... Two assists in 6-4 win at North Dakota (2-7) ... Finished second on team with 40 blocked shots ... Named a Distinguished Scholar-Athlete by the NCHC and member of the all-academic team for the second consecutive year.

2023-24: Appeared in all 37 games … Collected 16 points (7g,9a) … Tied for team lead and eighth in the NCHC with five power-play goals … First career goal was PPG vs. LIU (10-21) … Assist in each game vs. Union College (10-21) … Career-high three points (1g,2a) vs. Miami (1-20) … NCHC Rookie of the Week following the Miami series … Career-high two goals (both PPG) vs. Minnesota Duluth (3-2) … Career-high +3 vs. Air Force … Career-high five shots at Minnesota Duluth (1-12) … Scored PPG vs. Augustana and at No. 1 North Dakota (12-8) … Game-winning goal in 4-3 win over No. 4 Denver (3-8) ... Named a Distinguished Scholar-Athlete by the NCHC and member of the all-academic team.

Before Colorado College: Posted 51 points (17g,34a) in 62 games for the Dubuque Fighting Saints in 2022-23 … Team captain and member of the USHL Second All-Star team … Led the USHL in goals and tied for first in points among defensemen … Tied for fourth on the team with five power-play goals and second with 16 power-play assists … Collected 23 points (9g,14a) in 61 games with Dubuque in ’21-22 … Scored six goals and 12 assists in 25 games as a senior at Chaska High School ... Played in the USA Select Festival in 2020.

Personal: Parents are Scott and Karmen Burkholder … Has one brother, Bryson … His father played hockey for three seasons at Minnesota State – Mankato … Would like to play professional hockey following his time at CC … Planning to major in business … Hobbies include golfing, pickleball and hanging out with friends and family … Favorite food is Chipotle … Favorite book is Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins … Favorite movie is Step Brothers … Person in history he would most like to meet is Kobe Bryant … Greatest moment in sports was winning the state championship as a peewee player … Favorite sport other than hockey is golf … Credits his family with the biggest influence on his athletic career … Started playing hockey at age 3 … Favorite professional team is the Minnesota Wild and favorite player is Torey Krug.