Mark (John Mark, Jr.) Burkholder '17 Recruiting Profile

Due to having Honors classes, and one college course, my Cumulative GPA is approx 4.03.  I have always been on the "A" Honor Roll, and I currently have a 4.0 GPA for the first semester of my 11th grade year.  I am very disciplined, driven, and goal oriented, and for as long as I can remember I have wanted to play college ball.  Education is very important to me, and I would like to be able to make a 4 year commitment to a college, or university, so that I may obtain a degree in Recreation and Sports Management, and also grow as a basketball player.  I am a very coach-able, all-around, team player.  And for the last year, I have maintained a consistent workout schedule during the on and off season.   This workout regiment is in addition to my regular season workouts.   I practice my shooting every day and night, even on game days, and I also practice better ball handling skills at least 8 minutes, 5-6 nights a week, along with speed agility drills to improve my feet quickness, while continuing to lift weights.  I also work just as hard to have strong defensive skills, so that I can get the rebounds and assist other team members, while being able to actively stop the other team from scoring.  I also run long distances in order to help with increasing and maintaining my endurance.  In the off-season, I loyally show up to all practices, shoot-arounds, and extra games, and I also participate in various basketball camps.  Every summer in High School I have consistently gone to the Fairmont State University Men's Basketball Camp, and just this past fall I went to the Breakthrough Basketball Shooting Camp held by Rustin Dowd.  In March 2016, I am going to an Elite Guard basketball camp being held by Elite Skills Coach Jim Huber in Roanoke, VA, sponsored again, by the Breakthrough Basketball organization.