Career Honors:
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2017-18 Preseason CAA Player of the Year
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2017-18 First Team All-CAA
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2016-17 First Team All-CAA
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2015-16 First Team All-CAA
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2014-15 CAA All-Rookie Team
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2018 CAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player
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2017 CAA All-Tournament Team
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2017-18 NCCSIA First Team All-State
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2017-18 Preseason First Team All-CAA
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2016-17 Preseason First Team All-CAA
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2015-16 Preseason Second Team All-CAA
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CAA Player of the Week | March 5, 2018
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CAA Player of the Week | Feb. 6, 2017
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CAA Player of the Week | Dec. 26, 2016
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CAA Player of the Week | Nov. 23, 2015
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CAA Rookie of the Week | March 9, 2015
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CAA Rookie of the Week | Feb. 23, 2015
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CAA Rookie of the Week | Jan. 26, 2015
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CAA Rookie of the Week | Dec. 1, 2014
Career Highs
Points: 28 vs. Charlotte | Nov. 19, 2015
Rebounds: 15, 2x – last vs. Delaware | Jan. 8, 2017
Field Goals: 8, 5x – last at William & Mary | Jan. 14, 2018
Three Pointers: 4 vs. Rutgers | Nov. 14, 2016
Free Throws: 15 vs. Charlotte | Nov. 19, 2015
Assists: 14 vs. William & Mary | March 1, 2018
Steals: 6 vs. Akron | Dec. 21, 2017
Blocks: 2, 7x – last at William & Mary | Jan. 14, 2018
Turnovers: 12 at North Carolina | Dec. 4, 2016
Minutes: 40 at UNCW | March 3, 2018
Career Recap
One of six CAA players in CAA history to score 1,000 points, dish out 500 assists and pull down 400 rebounds. More to come…
2017-18: Started all 32 games she participated in as a senior…Averaged team bests with 13.3 points, 7.4 rebounds and 6.5 assists per game on the way to being named a First Team All-CAA honoree for the third-straight season…Finishing with 207 assists on the year, the total ranked as the 15th-most in the country and her 6.5 per game checked in 14th…Burnett's 13.3 points per game finished as the fifth-best mark in the CAA…With 7.4 rebounds per game, she ranked ninth in the conference…Paced the CAA in free throw percentage, hitting 79.1 percent of her foul shots…Averaged 1.8 steals per game for the 10th-most per game in the conference...Picked up one CAA Player of the Week award on March 5 after averaging 12.0 points, 10.5 rebounds and 9.0 assists in the final two regular-season games against William & Mary (3/1) and UNCW (3/3)…Notched the first two triple-doubles in school history…First, scored 10 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists against Coker (11/27)…Helped close Alumni Gym in style with 13 points, 14 assists and 10 rebounds against William & Mary (3/1)…Notched a season-high 24 points with 11 rebounds in the CAA-opening win over UNCW (12/29) and followed that with 14 points and 11 rebounds against Delaware (1/5)…Finished with 22 points on 8-of-15 shooting at William & Mary (1/14)…Led the team with 18 points and had seven rebounds with nine assists in the win over Towson (1/19)…Missed a triple-double by one assist and one rebound in the season opener against Winthrop (11/10), finishing with nine apiece to go with 17 points…Nearly had a triple-double with 15 points, nine assists and eight rebounds against North Carolina A&T (11/13)…Approached triple-double territory with 13 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists at Drexel (1/26)…Nearly had a triple-double with 17 points, nine rebounds and seven assists in the program’s first home win over James Madison (2/4)…Nearly had a triple-double with 12 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds in the win over Hofstra (2/25)…Posted a double-double with 23 points and 10 rebounds in the win over SEC-foe Alabama (11/24), knocking down 13 free throws to tie for the fourth-most in a game in school history…Was named the CAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player after averaging 10.7 points, 5.7 assists and 5.3 rebounds in the three tournament games…Was tabbed CAA Preseason Player of the Year and was a Preseason First Team All-CAA honoree in October…Earned a spot in the WBCA’s ‘So You Want To Be A Coach’ Program and participated in the WNBA Combine on Final Four weekend in Columbus, Ohio…Earned NCCSIA First Team All-State honors.
2016-17: Appearing in all 34 games on the year with 32 starts, Burnett led the team in points, rebounds, assists, steals, minutes and free throws made…Finished the year scoring 12.3 points per game, placing 13th in the CAA…Shooting 45.8 percent from the field, she finished ninth in the league and third on the team, but led the Phoenix in rebounding with 7.3 per game to finish eighth in the CAA…Grabbed 101 offensive rebounds, the second-most in the conference…Knocked down 39.4 percent of her attempted three-pointers to lead the team and finish fifth in the CAA, finishing fourth in single season program history…Dished out 157 assists to place fifth in a single season in program history…Her 4.6 helpers per game finishing second in the conference...Posted seven double-doubles throughout the year with four of them coming in conference play against Drexel, UNCW and James Madison twice…Scored 20 points in a game on six occasions, pouring in season-high 23 at UNCW on Feb. 5 when she became the fifth third-year player to surpass the mark in program history…Nearly recorded the first triple-double in program history on three occasions, finishing with 23 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists against UNCW, 17 points, seven rebounds and seven assists against Northeastern and 10 points, nine rebounds and nine assists against Drexel…Led Elon in scoring with 19 points in the NCAA Tournament against West Virginia…Posted 15.8 points per game in postseason play by netting 20 points against William & Mary in the CAA Semifinals, 14 points against James Madison in the CAA Finals and 10 points against Hofstra in the CAA Quarterfinals…Pulled down double-digit rebounds eight time on the season…Earned First Team All-CAA and picked up two CAA Player of the Week honors throughout the campaign on Dec. 26 and Feb. 6...Was named to the CAA All-Tournament Team...Grabbed Second Team All-ECAC honors after the season...Prior to the year, was named a CAA Preseason First Team All-Conference honoree.
2015-16: Played in 30 games and earned the start in 27 contests…Averaged 28.8 minutes, 12.9 points and 7.9 rebounds per game…Led the team and ranked 10th in CAA in scoring…Led the team and ranked seventh in the league in rebounding…Led the team and ranked fourth in the conference with an 80.6 free throw percentage…Went 133-of-165 from the line on the season…Second on the team with 106 assists to average 3.5 assists per game and rank 10th in the CAA…Claimed 38 steals on the season to average 1.3 per game…Played a career-high 38 minutes at Navy…Posted a new career-high 28 points after a 6-of-15 performance from the field and career-high 15-of-16 from the line along with 12 rebounds and nine assists against Charlotte for a near triple-double…Tallied a career-high eight field goals at Delaware…Handed out a career-high nine assists on two occasions…Grabbed a career-high four steals at West Virginia…Hauled down a career-high 15 boards at Northeastern…Posted a career-high two blocks twice…Scored the team’s winning basket in a double-overtime win at Delaware on Feb. 7…Tallied double figures in 24 games, including two games with 20+ points…Hauled down double-digit boards in 11 games…Posted nine double-doubles…Ranks second on the single-season records list with 133 free throws made and second with 165 free throw attempts…Selected to the CAA Preseason All-Conference second team…Earned CAA Player of the Week Honors on Nov. 23…Named to the All-CAA first team…Selected as the team’s Best Offensive Player and MVP.
2014-15: Played in all 32 games as a rookie and earned the start in 30 of those contests…Averaged 24.2 minutes, 10.5 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game...Led the team in scoring and free throw percentage…Ranked in the top 20 in the CAA in scoring, ninth in field goal percentage and 11
th in free throw percentage…Finished the season with a 46.4 field goal percentage, including 30.8 percent from three, and a 73.5 free throw percentage…Ranks eighth on the Elon single-season record list for free throws made (108) and seventh in free throw attempts (147)…Scored a career-high 21 points off a career-high 7-of-15 performance from the field, including three three-pointers, against Northeastern…Hit a career-high 10 free throws (10-of-14) at James Madison…Hauled down a career-high 11 rebounds and matched her career-high 21 points with a double-double and seven assists at Hofstra…Posted her first career double-double after 15 points and a 10 rebounds at High Point…Scored in double figures 18 times on the season…Recorded three double-doubles…Tallied a career-high eight assists twice…Named the CAA Rookie of the Week on Dec. 1, Jan. 26, Feb. 23 and March 9…Selected to the CAA All-Rookie Team…Named the team’s Best Offensive Player.
High School: Helped Southern Alamance to second round of state playoffs her sophomore and junior seasons and to the third round as a senior…McDonald’s All-American nominee…MVP of the North Carolina East-West All-Star game after leading the West team to a win with 16 points, eight rebounds and eight assists...Averaged 17.2 points, 8.1 rebounds and 7.7 assists per game as a junior…Named the Metro 4A player of the year, the
Burlington Times News region player of the year and was a NCBCA District VI first team selection as a junior…Averaged 18 points per game as a sophomore…Earned a spot on the Metro 4A all-conference team, named the Metro 4A conference tournament MVP, the NCBCA District VI Player of the Year and to the Times News all-region first team…Played her freshman season at River Mill where she helped the team to the state regional finals and was an all-conference and state regional all-tournament selection.
Personal: Full name is Shaylen Briana Burnett…Daughter of Tracy L.H. and former High Point women’s basketball player Tracy McIver Burnett…Born on Jan. 24, 1996...Graduated with a degree in Sport and Event Management and a minor in Criminal Justice.
Majoring in Sport and Event Management with a minor in Criminal Justice.
