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Missouri State

2020-21 Women's Tennis Roster

Ellie Burger

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • High School St. Joseph's Academy
  • Hometown Chesterfield, Mo.

Biography

Honors & Awards
• MVC Individual Championships No. 3 Singles Champion (2019)
• All-MVC No. 6 singles (2019)
• All-MVC No. 5 singles (2018)
• MVC Scholar-Athlete Team (2020, 2021)
• MSU Athletics Director's Honor Roll (Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021)
• MVC Doubles Team of the Week (3/3/18)
• Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award (2020-21)
• MVC Honor Roll (2021)

2020-21 Season (Senior)/Career Summary
Went 12-6 in singles play in the spring while competing in both the No. 1 (2-1) and No. 2 (10-5) positions… Compiled a 3-8 singles record in the fall… Paired with Claire Martin in doubles play where they went 5-9 while competing in the No. 1 flight… Was named MVC Singles player of the week on March 17…Ended career ranked third in all-time singles winning percentage (.782) while compiling a 43-18 career singles record in dual matches…Won the MVC Singles Championship in 2019 while competing in the No. 3 flight… One of just 13 Bears in program history to win the MVC singles title… Was a two-time All-MVC selection in 2019 (No. 6 singles) and 2018 (No. 5 singles)… Led the Bears to an MVC title in 2018 as a freshman, clinching the championship match against UNI at the No. 5 position… Was a two-time MVC Scholar Athlete Selection (2020, 2021) and served as SAAC president in 2020-2021.


2019-20 Season (Junior)
Compiled a team-high 12-2 singles record, going 8-2 in spring season…Remained undefeated in the No. 3 spot with a 6-0 mark…Went on a four-match win streak spanning Feb. 7-22…Won the third flight title and placed third in first flight doubles at MVC Individual Championships… Advanced to doubles round of 16 at ITA Central Regional in fall…Nabbed Flight A title at Eastern Illinois Invite…Finished with 8-10 doubles mark at No. 1 spot, going 4-6 in spring.

2018-19 Season (Sophomore)
All-MVC No. 6 Singles selection... Three-time MVC Doubles Team of the Week honoree...Picked up 14 singles victories during spring, maintaining a perfect 6-0 mark in MVC play...Finished a combined 13-2 in the fifth and sixth flight for the Bears...Won eight consecutive singles matchups to end her sophomore campaign...Tallied 12 doubles wins, 10 of those alongside teammate Anna Alons.  

2017-18 Season (Freshman)
Picked up 10 wins this season, including a 9-7 record in the spring and 3-1 against MVC teams … Collected All-MVC hardware at No. 5 singles … Clinched the 2018 MVC Championship for the Bears over Northern Iowa at the No. 5 match with a 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 victory … Clicked with Alye Darter as doubles partners putting together a 15-14 record, including two different four-match winning streaks during the season … The duo also collected MVC Doubles Team of the Week accolades on March 3 after sweeping opponents from Quincy and Western Illinois.

Background
Enjoyed a successful career in both singles and doubles at St. Joseph’s Academy in St. Louis, reaching as high as the No. 2 rated player in Missouri and 235th nationally according to TennisRecruiting.net’s class of 2017 rankings ... Compiled a 58-9 singles record in high school, playing in the No. 1 spot her final two seasons ... Earned a runner-up finish in the state tournament and first-team all-state honors as both a junior and senior ... Won three combined career district and sectional titles in singles and doubles ... Notched a seventh-place state finish in doubles her freshman season.

Personal
Daughter of Mike and Shannon Burger ... Born Feb. 19, 1999 ... Father played baseball for Evansville, while her mother is in the UE Hall of Fame after a standout college tennis career ... Older brother Jake was an All-American baseball player at MSU from 2015-17 and the 11th overall pick in the 2017 MLB Draft ... General business major.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

    5'7"
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    5'7"
  • 2019-20Junior

    5'7"
  • 2020-21Senior

    5'7"

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