The 6-foot-2, 208-pound senior right-handed pitcher and shortstop posted a 10-1 record with a 0.88 ERA and 116 strikeouts in 64 innings this past season, leading the Red Raiders to a 30-6 record and the Class 6A quarterfinals. Ranked as the nation's No. 31 recruit in the Class of 2017 by Perfect Game, he also batted .467 with 16 home runs, 46 RBI and 55 runs scored.
Burns has maintained a 3.27 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to play baseball on scholarship at Auburn University this fall, but is projected as an early round selection in June's Major League Baseball draft.
Burns has volunteered locally on behalf of the Special Olympics and as a youth baseball coach. "Tanner Burns is an absolutely fierce competitor on the mound and at the plate," said Tyler Stephenson, head coach at Austin High. "He has found so many ways to beat me and every other team I have watched him compete against. As a cross town area rival, he is the kid we hate to see. But off the field I absolutely love the kid. Tanner Burns is an amazingly respectful and humble young man."
