Methodist University Athletics

2021-22: first team USA South All-East Division selection… started all 19 games he appeared in … led the team in scoring, averaging 18.5 points per game, totaling 351 points for the season and 1557 for his career (5^th all-time in program history) …  career-high 38 points at N.C. Wesleyan … finished the season with seven, 20+ point games and three, 30+ point games … recorded a career-high six threes at Southern Virginia … averaged 4.7 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 3.2 steals in 33 minutes per game ... nine games with five or more rebounds including a season-high 10 against Southern Virginia … set the program record for career-steals in a single game against Averett (180) and finished his career with 229 steals (1^st all-time in program history) … recorded one double-double against Southern Virginia with 18 points and 10 rebounds … finished the season 81% from the line.

2020-21: Started all 12 games for Methodist ... first team USA South All-East Division selection ... named USA South Player of the Week (1/25/21) ... crossed the 1,000 career point threshold on January 17 ... led the team with 18.4 points (seventh in the conference) per game ... led the conference in assists (5.4) and steals (2.8) per game ... also averaged 6.3 rebounds and 1.2 blocks a game ... shot 47 percent from field, 32 from three, and 80 from the charity stripe ... led the team in assists in all 12 games ... led the team in steals in eight games and led the team in scoring in seven games ... six 20-point games, including a team season-high 26 points against Pfeiffer ... three consecutive 20-point games to end the season ... first career double-double against William Peace, scored 18 points and dished 12 assists, plus nine rebounds ... 18 points and 13 rebounds against N.C. Wesleyan for second double-double ... seven games with at least five assists and five games with at least seven boards ... season-high four blocks against William Peace ... season-high six steals against Lynchburg, one of six games with 3+ steals ... passed David Smith for sixth place in career assists on February 26.

2019-20: Voted USA South Athletic Conference Tournament MVP … Voted first-team All-USA South … Named USA South Player of the Week (2/10/20) ... started 26 of the 27 games he appeared in ...  led the team with 18.8 points (third in the conference), four assists (fourth), and 2.5 steals (first) per game ... also averaged nearly five rebounds a game ... shot 52.5 percent from the field and 37.8 from deep ... led the team in scoring in 16 different games ... scored in double-digits in 25 of 27 games ... 12 20-point games, including a season-high 29 against Pfeiffer and N.C. Wesleyan ... scored 20-plus points in 8 of last 10 games ... 17 games with at least five rebounds, including a season-high eight against Huntingdon and Averett ... 14 games with at least five assists, including a season-high nine against Averett ... 15 games with at least three steals, including a season-high six against Huntingdon ... seven multi-block games, including a season-high four against Huntingdon ... nine games with multiple made threes, including a perfect four-for-four against Greensboro ... against Covenant in the conference tournament semifinals, he scored 21 of his 27 in the final 12 minutes and scored or assisted on 25 straight points in the second half.

2018-19: Started 27 of the 28 games he appeared in for Methodist ... Second-Team All-Conference selection by the USA South ... selected to the USA South All-Tournament team ... Conference Player of the Week (2/18/19) ... led MU in points (17.1), assists (4), steals (2.3), and blocks (0.5) per game ... shot 50.6 percent from the field and 29.9 percent from three ... led the team in scoring in 12 different games ... 24 games with at least 10 points, including 15 consecutive ... 17 games with at least 17 points ... nine 20-point games, including five straight such games ... season-high 32 against N.C. Wesleyan ... 13 games with five or more rebounds, including a season-high eight versus Greensboro and Lynchburg ... 11 games with five or more assists, including a streak of six games ... season-high nine assists against N.C. Wesleyan and William Peace ... 17 multi-steal games, including six consecutive and a season-high eight steals against Brevard ... registered a block in 11 games ... six games with multiple three-pointers made ... awarded "Most Valuable Player" by the team.

2017: Played basketball at Belmont Abbey.

High School: Graduated from St. Pauls High School in 2016 ... started two years of basketball ... two-time all-conference and all-county selection ... senior captain

Personal: Son of Anita Locklear and Darian Burden ... majoring in business with a concentration in accounting.