Bio

Lucas Burris is beginning his first season with the Prospect League in 2023. Taking on the newly-created Manager, Digital & Strategic Content role within the Prospect League office, Burris is charged with spearheading the effort to expand and enhance the League’s digital presence as a leading summer collegiate baseball league. He will manage the league's social media channels, including the brand new Prospect League YouTube channel, which will soon host extensive video content such as highlights, interviews, and the new video version of the Prospect League Podcast.

Burris also serves as the Assistant General Manager and Play-By-Play Voice of the Prospect League's Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp, where he directs the club's radio and PLTV broadcasts, website, promotions, graphics, and social media channels.

A 2022 graduate of North Central College in Naperville, Illinois, Burris spent 4 years as a member of the flagship radio station at North Central, WONC. A play-by-play announcer for all four years, Burris broadcast over 200 baseball, softball, basketball, and football games during his time. In 2020, he was named WONC Sports Director and directed WONC's renowned sports department for two years which included a trip to the 2021 NCAA Division III National Championship with North Central Football. In 2021, he was named Station Manager and spearheaded WONC's station rebrand including creating the station's new logo. Burris capped his North Central career off by being named North Central College Broadcast Student of the Year prior to graduation.