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Entering her third season as the head coach at Virginia Tech, Megan Burker took over as the interim head coach in 2010 and quickly saw the interim tag removed a season later as she made an impressive impact in her head-coaching debut. Burker has seen great success early in her head-coaching career as the program has made great strides in each of her first two seasons.

Before taking the helm at Tech, Burker served as the top assistant for four seasons under then-head coach Katrina Silva. In addition to running the attack and serving as the recruiting coordinator, Burker organized team travel, led video breakdown and prepared camp and clinic schedules during her time as an assistant. Now at the head of the program, Burker has worked tirelessly to make incremental changes for the Hokies, placing an emphasis on creating a solid foundation of team values and goals to guide the lacrosse program into the future.

In 2012 Burker directed her squad to back-to-back 10-win seasons first time in program history. The Hokies finished 2012 with a 10-7 record, while taking things to new heights when they not only claimed their first ever victory over in-state rival Virginia, but the 10-9 overtime win was also the first over a top-10 team, as the Cavaliers were ranked No. 7 at the time.

In her first season, Burker led the Hokies to their first winning season since 2000 with a 10-8 overall record. Tech tied its best conference finish last season under Burker’s direction as it tied for third place in league play. The Hokies also topped a ranked opponent for the first time since 2004 when it defeated then-No. 16 Boston College, 12-11, to claim the programs second ever ACC victory.

A native of Baltimore, Md., Burker came to Tech from Stanford University, where she had a standout career. As a senior, she was a member of the preseason Tewaarton Watch List and the first player in team history to be named an IWLCA National All-American with third-team honors that year. In addition, as a senior Burker boasted a .495 shooting percentage, ranked fourth in her conference with 2.5 goals per game and 18^th nationally with 2.83 draws per game.

Burker made a big impact on lacrosse in the west as Stanford transitioned into the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. She was named Rookie of the Year as a freshman in the Mountain Pacific Lacrosse League as well as her team’s Attacker of the Year. As a four-time conference tournament All-Star and a four-time All-Conference selection, Burker finished her career as one of only three players all-time at Stanford to be ranked in the top 10 in every career chart. While standing atop the Cardinal career-scoring list with 143 goals, she also finished second with 64 career assists, 120 draw controls and 155 ground balls at the time of her graduation. In addition, she earned Academic All-Conference honors in 2004, 2005 and 2006. Through her career she led the Cardinal to three conference championships and in 2006 the program’s first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament.She started every game of her career and was voted a two-time captain for her junior and senior seasons as well as team MVP in 2005 and 2006.

Named to the U.S. National Teams program at the completion of her junior season, Burker competed until 2008 as a captain for the Developmental Squad along with Tech assistant coach Lindsay Lewis.

Burker graduated from Stanford in 2006 with a degree in urban studies and recently earned her MBA from the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech.