2025 Baseball Roster
Roster
Burns, Jackson

Jersey Number 21
Jackson Burns
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Aledo, Texas
- High School:
- Southwest Christian HS
Bio
2025 season (Freshman/1st Yr.):
• Made his lone appearance and start of the season at No. 6 UNC (Feb. 15)
• Allowed three runs (two earned) and struck out a batter in two-thirds of an inning
• Missed the remainder of the 2025 season after appearing on opening weekend
Prior to Texas Tech: Attended Southwest Christian School … Played for coach Rusty Beam … Named TAPPS First Team All-State selection and 2023 District Pitcher of the Year … Ranked the No. 18 prospect in the State of Texas by Prep Baseball … Ranked the No. 14 prospect in Texas by Five Tool baseball … Played in the 2023 Area Code Games … Named the Player of the Week in the Area Code games after tossing four no-hit innings with five strike outs … Ranked the No. 34 player in Texas and the No. 10 RHP … Ranked the 384th-best player and 120th-best RHP in the country by PG … Earned a 9.5 on the player grade … 2024 PG Preseason All-American and First Team All-Region selection … Attended the 2023 PG National Showcase … Played for the DFW Twins … Won the 17U Division of the Five Tool Texas State Championship, pitching 2.2 innings and striking out all batters he retired … Had a perfect 4.0 GPA.
Personal: Son of Wendy and Brett Burns … Youngest of three kids … Has a brother (Blake) and a sister (Karsen) … Brother Blake played baseball for Tarleton State … Dad played at UTA … Intends to major in Finance.
• Made his lone appearance and start of the season at No. 6 UNC (Feb. 15)
• Allowed three runs (two earned) and struck out a batter in two-thirds of an inning
• Missed the remainder of the 2025 season after appearing on opening weekend
Prior to Texas Tech: Attended Southwest Christian School … Played for coach Rusty Beam … Named TAPPS First Team All-State selection and 2023 District Pitcher of the Year … Ranked the No. 18 prospect in the State of Texas by Prep Baseball … Ranked the No. 14 prospect in Texas by Five Tool baseball … Played in the 2023 Area Code Games … Named the Player of the Week in the Area Code games after tossing four no-hit innings with five strike outs … Ranked the No. 34 player in Texas and the No. 10 RHP … Ranked the 384th-best player and 120th-best RHP in the country by PG … Earned a 9.5 on the player grade … 2024 PG Preseason All-American and First Team All-Region selection … Attended the 2023 PG National Showcase … Played for the DFW Twins … Won the 17U Division of the Five Tool Texas State Championship, pitching 2.2 innings and striking out all batters he retired … Had a perfect 4.0 GPA.
Personal: Son of Wendy and Brett Burns … Youngest of three kids … Has a brother (Blake) and a sister (Karsen) … Brother Blake played baseball for Tarleton State … Dad played at UTA … Intends to major in Finance.
Highlights: Cincinnati (Big 12 Tournament)
Wednesday, May 21
Behind the Mic - UC vs TTU
Wednesday, May 21
Preview Presser: Cincinnati (B12 Tournament)
Tuesday, May 20
Highlights: BYU (Game Three)
Saturday, May 17