University of California, Santa Barbara

UC SANTA BARBARA 
2024-25
Big West Hustle Player of the Year…All-Big West Defensive Team selection and Honorable Mention All-Big West selection…Named The Big West Player of the Week (Feb. 3)…Appeared in 30 games making 29 starts…Averaged 27.8 minutes and 10.4 points per game…Grabbed 6.6 rebounds and averaged 2.2 assists per game…Led the team in assists and rebounds…Posted a career-high 25 points at LBSU (Feb. 1) … Recorded doubles-doubles at Long Beach State (Feb. 1) and at CSU Bakersfield (Jan. 9).

2023-24
Appeared in 31 games making 22 starts...Averaged 24.1 minutes and 7.5 points per contest...Grabbed 6.3 rebounds and dished out 1.5 assists per game...Recorded a career-high 19 points against Cal State Bakersfield (April 3) and a career-high 13 rebounds at Cal State Fullerton (Jan. 20)...Recorded two double-doubles against CSUN (Jan. 18) and UC Riverside (March 9).

2022-23
Appeared in 23 games for the Gauchos...Averaged 10.8 minutes per game...Shot .400 from the floor and .350 from three-point land...Recorded a season-best 13 points against UC San Diego on Feb. 25...Grabbed a season-best seven rebounds against Cal Lutheran on Dec. 21...Scored eight or more points in three games.

HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Coeur d’Alene High School playing in the Inland Empire League under Coach Nicole Symons… School record holder for best average points per game in a season (18.38)... 2021, 2022 Inland Empire League Champion… 2020, 2021 Conference Champion… Averages of 15.4 points, 8.6 rebounds, and 3.3 steals per game as a junior earned her Inland Empire League MVP honors and second-team all-state after leading Coeur d'Alene High School to a fourth-place finish in the state 5A tournament. … 3x All-League… 2x League MVP… 2022 All-State… 2020 All-State-Tournament Team Honorable Mention… 2022 All-State Tournament 2nd Team… Reigning 5A-4A Girls Basketball North Idaho Athletic Hall of Fame Player of the Year... Finalist for the organization's 5A-4A Female High School Athlete of the Year award... She also competes for the Vikings' volleyball team.

PERSONAL
Skylar Peyton Burke was born to parents Jodie and Brian Burke in Simi Valley, Calif. … hometown is Coeur d’Alene, Idaho… has an older sister, Breana, and a younger sister, Chloe… plans to major in Psychology and Brain Sciences and aspires to work in the FBI and forensic psychology… Roots for the LA Dodgers, Lakers, Phoenix Mercury, and the Dallas Cowboys… Her most memorable sports moment was upsetting their rival high school in the district championship sophomore year to go to state for the first time in eight years… She enjoys snowboarding and swimming… Her favorite movies/TV shows are She’s the Man, Pretty Little Liars, Criminal Minds.