2025 • REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON
Awards: Named a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Academic All-Big Ten Conference.
Season: Appeared in 20 matches for the Nittany Lions during the 2025 season… Recorded two points on one goal… Registered 13 shots, including four shots on goal for a .308 shots-on-goal percentage… Posted a .077 shooting percentage.
at Duke (8/14): Made her collegiate debut for the Nittany Lions, seeing 11 minutes of action on the road… Saint Louis (8/21): Made her Jeffrey Field debut, helping hold the Billikens off offensively and putting her only shot on frame in 35 minutes on the pitch… at Liberty (9/7): Was a starter for the first time in her collegiate career, scoring her first collegiate goal while contributing to the 3-0 win against the Flames… Maryland (9/11): Played 70 minutes, helping to hold the backline and keeping Maryland stagnant in the attack to secure the 4-0 shutout win for the Nittany Lions… Nebraska (9/18): Saw a full 90 minutes of action for the first time in her career, taking a shot and helping to limit the Cornhusker offensive to only one goal in the 1-1 draw at Jeffrey Field… at Purdue (10/16): Helped the Nittany Lion defense to hold Purdue scoreless in the contest, recording her first shutout win as a starter… NCAA Tournament First Round vs. Army West Point (11/15): Played the full 90 minutes, allowed zero offensive momentum for the Black Knights, and took one shot in the 3-0 victory.
2024 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Did not see action due to injury, utilizing her redshirt.
HIGH SCHOOL & CLUB
An early enrollee for the Nittany Lions, Burger is already participating in training with the Penn State women’s soccer program during the 2024 spring semester… Burger arrived in Happy Valley after training under the direction of coaches Will Whitty and Todd Wawrousek in the PA Classics organization from 2015 through the fall of 2023… While with PA Classics, Burger participated in a wide variety of ID camps, including Girls Academy Mid-Atlantic Talent ID camps from 2021 to 2023 in addition to Girls Academy National Talent ID camps in both the 2022 and 2023 seasons… Burger was also an active participant in the PA Classics WPSL team from 2022 to 2023.
PERSONAL
Hailing from New Holland, Pennsylvania, Burger attended Garden Spot High School and graduated with distinguished honors in the fall of 2023... Born in the winter of 2006, Burger is the youngest daughter of Stephanie and Michael Burger… She has one older sister, named Emma, who is two years her senior… While a student at Garden Spot, Burger was a leader among her peers, serving as a student council member, health council member, and active participant in her school’s chapter of the National Honor Society… She plans to study kinesiology at the Penn State College of Health and Human Development, with an expected graduation date set for the fall of 2028… She hopes to begin a career in professional soccer after graduation, and ultimately work as a physical therapist in the future.
WHY PENN STATE
“Penn State is more than just a top-tier soccer program, it is the embodiment of a family atmosphere. The culture that this coaching staff has created makes Penn State a place where I can grow as a person while simultaneously playing alongside some of the strongest individual talents in the country. Penn State will allow me an opportunity to thrive, not only on the field, but in the classroom as well.”