• Class: Sophomore
• Hometown: Brooklyn, N.Y.
• High School: St. Benedict's Prep (N.J.)
• Height/Weight: 6-8 / 245
• Position: F
• Birthdate: 08/04/1986

2006-07 Season Notes: Made only field goal attempt against Hillsdale Coll. (Nov. 10) … logged a career-high two blocks in four minutes against Detroit (Nov. 13) … played 12 minutes scoring three points against Eastern Mich. (Nov. 18) … against Texas Tech (Nov. 20), scored four points and had three rebounds … had three rebounds vs. North Dakota State (Dec. 2) … logged 17 minutes and grabbed three rebounds and tied a career high with two blocks against UMBC (Dec. 16) … in 18 minutes, grabbed five rebounds against Syracuse (Jan. 7) … against Connecticut (Jan. 7), set career highs for points (5) and rebounds (7) while playing in a career-high 23 minutes … matched career high with five points and grabbed four rebounds in 13 minutes vs. West Virginia (Jan. 13) … had two points and three rebounds in 10 minutes at Pittsburgh (Jan. 21) … scored two points and grabbed two points in eight minutes vs. Seton Hall (Jan. 24) … grabbed four rebounds in 11 minutes vs. USF (Jan. 28) … against Notre Dame (Feb. 24), grabbed five rebounds in 19 minutes of the bench.

2005-06 Notes: Played in 20 games averaging 5.3 minutes per game … In his Marquette debut he came off the bench and made both of his free throw attempts and grabbed one rebound against Eastern Washington (Nov. 23) … Played a season high eight minutes against South Dakota State (Dec. 3), tallying two rebounds and two points … Played six minutes, second most of his career, against Delaware State (Dec. 22) and Lewis (Dec. 28) … Registered a career high three points against No. 2 Connecticut (Jan. 3) … came off the bench to tally a layup 13 seconds into the game against UConn … Played a career high nine minutes at Seton Hall (Jan. 11) … Grabbed a season best three rebounds in five minutes of play at no. 16/23 West Virginia ( Jan. 14) … Saw playing time for the first time in three games against St. John's (Feb. 1) playing five minutes … Topped his season high playing time at Villanova (Feb. 4) with 11 minutes of action … Registered a point for the first time in eight games at Rutgers (Feb. 12) … Saw six minutes of action in back-to-back games grabbing one rebound against Pittsburgh (Feb. 18) … Played a season high 12 minutes against Providence (March 4) contributing two points and three boards.

Prep School/High School: One of the nation's top 50 fifth year players… Averaged 9.2 points, 8.8 rebounds and 3.5 blocks and shot a team best 61.0% from the field in helping lead St. Benedict's to a 26-1 record and New Jersey state prep school championship… Played two years at Christina High School in Delaware and one at Rice in New York prior to attending St. Benedict's… Originally signed a letter of intent with East Carolina in November 2004.

Personal: Born August 4, 1986…son of Anthony Burke and Wendy Nurse…has three brothers - Reece, Isiah and Elijah and for sisters - Tomica, Jasmyn, Anissa and Kayla…majors in communications studies.