Sept. 12, 2002
SAN DIEGO - Evan Burns, a 6-8, 220-pound forward from Los Angeles, has enrolled in classes at San Diego State head coach Steve Fisher confirmed Thursday.
Burns, a McDonald's All-American while at Fairfax High, was on campus and attended classes on Thursday. His eligibility for the 2002-03 season is still to be determined by the NCAA Clearinghouse.
Burns, an athletic scorer, participated in two national prep all-star games. On April 11, he played in the Jordan Capital Classic in Washington D.C. and on April 4, he was a starter on the West squad at the McDonald's High School All-American game in New York City. Five major recruiting publications rank him among the top 20 prospects in the country.
"Evan is a multi-dimensional player with the ability to score in a variety of ways," Fisher said. "He played at an extremely high level at Fairfax High so we know he is fundamentally sound. We are excited to have him at San Diego State."
As a senior this past season, Burns averaged 22.7 points and 10.5 rebounds for coach Harvey Kitani while leading Fairfax to the Los Angeles City finals. In addition to earning prep All-American honors, he was a third-team Parade All-America selection, all-state selection, Los Angeles Times Central City Player of the Year and was nominated for California Mr. Basketball. Entering his senior campaign, Burns was named a third-team All-American and first-team Los Angeles All-Metro by Street & Smith's, the number three small forward in the nation by Athlon, the number 10 player in the country by Basketball News, the number 11 player nationally by Hoop Scoop, 12th-ranked player nationally by Lindy's, the 13th-ranked player by theInsider.com, the 14th-rated player by The Sporting News and the 17th-top prospect by All-Star Report.
As a junior in 2000-01, Burns averaged 23.5 points, 8.3 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 2.1 blocked shots a game.