Nick Burns Class: Senior Hometown: Portland, Ore. High School: Benson Last College: Seward County CC Height / Weight: 6-1 / 195 Position: Guard Experience: 1L

GENERAL - Burns has proven his long distance shooting abilities (hitting a team-high 59 three-pointers last season), as well as his durability (averaging more than 29 minutes over 27 contests a year ago). He returns for the 2009-10 campaign as the Buffs' scoring and assist leader.

2008-09 - An LSC South honorable mention honoree, Burns averaged 11.2 points per contest over the full season and saw his output jump to 13.2 ppg. in LSC play and was the Buffaloes' leading scorer in five of their six LSC South wins. He earned LSC South Player of the Week honors for Jan. 26, after his 18-point, six rebound performance at Tarleton State (scoring 10 of the Buffs' final 14 points) and a 19-point, four steal performance against Midwestern State. He hit 17 points in a pair of wins over Eastern New Mexico and recorded a career-high 21 points to go with six rebounds in the Buffs' 77-63 win over Abilene Christian. Burns showed his mettle by hitting a 15-foot jumper with 0.7 seconds remaining to give WT a 77-76 win over South Dakota in the Holiday Inn-WT Thanksgiving Classic. He notched 20 points against Southwestern Oklahoma, including hitting 6-of-10 three-pointers. At Adams State, in his first collegiate outing, he recorded a double-double in his first game in a WT uniform, scoring a team-high 18 points to go with a game-high 11 rebounds, of which all were of the defensive variety. Burns hit 17 points at Texas A&M-Kingsville, doled out seven assists against Central Oklahoma, tallied 14 points at Texas A&M-Commerce, scored 11 points on four occasions (at Abilene Christian, against Texas A&M-Kingsville, Northeastern State and at East Central). He also had a season-high five steals at East Central and dished a season-high seven assists against Central Oklahoma. In addition to his scoring, he led the Buffs in steals (33) and was second on the squad in defensive rebounds (84).

JUNIOR COLLEGE- Burns spent the 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons as a starting point guard at Seward County (Kan.) Community College. Over 38 games, he averaged 32.2 minutes, 12.3 points, 4.2 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game while leading the Saints to a berth in the 2007-08 NJCAA Final Four.

HIGH SCHOOL- The Portland, Ore., native attended Portland (Ore.) Benson HS. As a shooting guard, he earned all-League honors while leading head coach Troy Berry's team to a 25-6 mark as a senior. Burns also lettered four seasons in football while at Benson High.

PERSONAL - Burns is the son of Pamela Dieringer and Terence Burns of Portland, Ore. He is a General Studies major at WTAMU.