Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Robert Burwell

Football, Baseball
Mechanical Engineering, 1979
Inducted in 1994

Career Highlights
* Set a NCAA Division III football record for highest seasonal punting average (44.9 Yards) and career average (40.69 Yards)
* Set Rose-Hulman records with 8,097 career punting yards from 1976-79, and 2,906 yards on 75 punts in 1977
* Played baseball for Coach Jim Rendel, and was the Most Valuable Player of the 1979 team
* All-Conference Performer in baseball, 1979
* Shared the Ruel Fox Burns Award, 1979
* Besides punting, he played as a tight end on the football team