Background
She was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois and played for Westark Community College in Fort Smith, Arkansas from 1994 to 1996 and helped lead the Lady Lions to the 1995 JUCO National Championship.
She was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois and played for Westark Community College in Fort Smith, Arkansas from 1994 to 1996 and helped lead the Lady Lions to the 1995 JUCO National Championship.
University of Arkansas – Fort Smith. Louisiana Technical University.
She left Westark with school records for points (1481), rebounds (534), and blocks (121). Legendary coach Leon Barmore offered Burras a scholarship to play for Louisiana Technical University, and she played with the Lady Techsters from 1996 to 1998. Burras led Los Angeles Technical to the National Collegiate Athletic Association Championship Game in 1998 but lost to Tennessee 93-74.
In the championship game, she posted 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Lady Techsters.
During her two seasons at Los Angeles Technical, the Lady Techsters compiled a 62-8 record. Burras was drafted in the first round (fifth overall) by the Colorado Xplosion in the 1998 American Basketball League Draft.
When the American Basketball League folded, she was signed by the Women's National Basketball Association and allocated to the Cleveland Rockers on May 11, 1999. After the 1999 season, Burras was selected in the first round (fourth overall) of the December 1999 Women's National Basketball Association Expansion Draft by the Portland Fire.
She played for the Fire for 3 seasons until the franchise folded and was then selected in the first round (ninth overall) of the 2003 Women's National Basketball Association Dispersal Draft by the Seattle Storm.
Burras retired after the 2003 season.