30 Facts About Joy Burke

Joy Burke's younger brother Timothy James Burke was born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan in March 1993.

Joy Burke was featured in a shampoo advert when she was four years old.

Joy Burke attended Morrison Academy, a private conservative Christian school, in Taichung until she was twelve.

Joy Burke was a little shy as one of the tallest in her class.

Joy Burke thrived and did not need help from her parents with her homework.

Joy Burke emigrated with her family to live in the United States when she was twelve.

Joy Burke attended Marcos de Niza High School in Tempe, Arizona and played basketball on the Arizona Elite Girls Basketball Club.

Joy Burke was named to the All-City Basketball Team in 2007,2008, and 2009.

Joy Burke holds the school's single-game record for most free throws with 17, and scored 51 of her team's 68 points in a Nike Tournament of Champions to secure her team the victory.

Joy Burke subsequently earned numerous awards during her high school career, including being named the Pima Region Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year.

Joy Burke received the Kori Jacobson Excellence Award given to the top female athlete of the year in the Tempe Union High School District, based upon athletics, scholarship, and community service, and recipient of a Tempe All-City Banquet.

Joy Burke is a McDonald's All-American nominee and was named to the Arizona Republic's All-Arizona Team, earning all-city accolades three times.

Joy Burke ranked 17th in a class of 463 seniors and carried a 4.0 grade point average.

Joy Burke was served as a translator for students who spoke Chinese.

Joy Burke attended Gethsemane Lutheran Church in Tempe AZ, where her father was the music director.

Joy Burke had taken the opportunity of a basketball scholarship for a college education and cited the chance to live in different countries as a reason.

Joy Burke majored in marketing, and graduated from UA with a bachelor's and master's degrees in marketing in just five years in 2014.

Joy Burke said she didn't think know she could scroll down for 'undecided'.

Joy Burke had a successful season, playing in 26 games, and averaging 14 points and 11.2 rebounds, and ranked third in the league in rebounds per game.

However, Joy Burke remained in Australia to participate in the SEABL playing for the Ballarat Rush.

Joy Burke had an outstanding first season in the SEABL averaging a double-double with 15.1 points and 12.4 rebounds per game.

Joy Burke was ranked third in the league for total rebounds with 272 and second in blocks with 39.

Joy Burke received SEABL Team of the Week honours on five occasions, and was named the player of the week after she scored 34 points and had 18 rebounds in a single game.

Joy Burke achieved 13 double-doubles with 11 coming from the final 13 games of the seasons.

Joy Burke was the league's leading rebounder with a total of 233 rebounds.

Joy Burke had played in the previous SEABL seasons under her English name and on her American passport, but the SEABL introduced a new bylaw for the inclusion on Asian born athletes to be classified as unrestricted players.

Joy Burke made her national team debut, as a member of the 2015 Chinese Taipei National Team that participated in the 37th William Jones Cup.

Joy Burke would go on to represent at the 2015 FIBA Asia Women's Championship, and was pivotal in securing Chinese Taipei two crucial game victories which enabled the team a finishing place in the competition's top four finalists.

Joy Burke participated in the Team Americas versus Team World match at the Aurora Games on August 22,2019, in Albany, New York.

Joy Burke devotes significant time to charities and community events and is an active supporter of Nonprofit organizations.