Colin Burns

Photo by: Karla Donohoe

Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast

Photo by: Brian McWalters

Position:
Attack
Height:
6-1
Weight:
200
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Potomac, Md.
High School:
Georgetown Prep

At Princeton
2026
Team tri-captain (eighth junior captain in the last 25 years, along with George Baughan, Michael Sowers, Bear Goldstein, Tom Schreiber, John Cunningham, Jason Doneger and Ryan Boyle) ... Has 26 goals and 16 assists with a .426 shooting percentage ... had 3G, 2A in Ivy tournament final against Cornell ... had career-high five goals against Harvard, including the game-winner with 17 seconds to go (and three seconds on the shot clock); earned Ivy Offensive Player of the Week honors after that game ... had four goals each against North Carolina and Rutgers ... has started every game of his career ... third among active players with 81 goals, 43 assists and 124 points

2025
Started every game ... had 29 goals and 17 assists ... third on the team in goals and fourth in assists and points ... had four goals in NCAA opening round win over Towson ... had a streak of four straight games with three goals in midseason (Dartmouth, Lehigh, Vermont, Brown) ... had a career high 5 assists against Yale

2024
Had 26G, 9A … his 26 goals were the ffith-best ever by a Princeton freshman ... his 35 points were eight best ... had eight games with multiple goals, including both Ivy tournament games … had five goals in two ILT games, including three in the final against Penn … had four in Game 1 against Monmouth, three against North Carolina and Manhattan and two against Duke, Dartmouth and Brown … scored against Maryland in NCAA tournament

At Georgetown Prep...
USA All-American ... Nike All-American ... New Balance All-American ... four-year varsity letter in lacrosse ... varsity lacrosse Captain senior year ... varsity football letter/12th Man Award/Grade 9 MVP … helped lead Prep to two IAC Lacrosse Championships (10 ... 12) ... MVP Varsity Lacrosse Offense Award (11) ... Team Varsity Lacrosse MVP (12) ... All-IAC for Lacrosse 11 and 12 ... Washington DC Area First Team All-Met Honors ... Maryland First Team All-State … Played club lacrosse for the Madlax DC Dogs ranked top 5 in the nation consistently ... Inside Lacrosse five star ... Secretary of Best Buddies ... Dean of Students Award ... Alumni Memorial Medal

Personal
Son of David and Tina Burns … Parents went to Boston College … Father played lacrosse at BC and went to Columbia Law School …has two older brothers - Chris attended Colgate and played lacrosse there; Will attended the University of St. Andrews in Scotland