Education
Kirby Burkholder, during the 2013-2014 National Collegiate Athletic Association Women"s Basketball season, finished among the top 7 guards in the nation for the average number of rebounds a game (she grabbed 303 in her Senior season), and among the top 100 players (including centers and forwards) in the nation with 8.7 Rebounds per game. She finished 32nd in Free Throw Percentage in National Collegiate Athletic Association Women"s D1 Basketball.
Career
She is a 6" guard. She (2014) signed contracts with both the Washington Mystics and the Azzurra Orvieto of the Italian First Rate (at Lloyd's) League. Playing as a guard for Orvieto, through the first 20 rounds of the 2014-2015 season, she has led her team in points and rebounds. She averaged 19.1 points per game during her 2013-2014 senior campaign and led her team in steals.
In the 2014 National Collegiate Athletic Association Women"s Basketball Tournament, Kirby Burkholder scored 28 points and secured 18 rebounds against top 35 rebounding team Gonzaga as JMU beat Gonzaga and advanced in the 2014 National Collegiate Athletic Association Women"s Basketball Tournament.
Kirby scored 20 points and got 10 rebounds against Texas Agricultural and Mechanical.
Her 22 rebounds against Drexel was a Conference "Tournament Record."
She was also named the "2014 Civil Aeronautics Administration women"s basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year."
Kirby Burkholder entered and became a prospect in the 2014 Women's National Basketball Association draft. In April, 2014, Kirby Burkholder "signed with the Washington Mystics." She then "signed a contract to play professionally in the Italian women's league.. with Azzurra Orvieto of the Italian First Rate (at Lloyd's) League based in Orvieto, Italy.".