Hall of Fame
- Baseball
- Four-year letterman pitcher, 1979-1983
- Outstanding Pitcher Award, '81, '82, '83
- DSU career leader in wins (28), complete games (29), games started (49) and innings pitched (310)
- All-Gulf South Conference and NCAA All-Central Region Selection, '81, '82, '83
- Academic All-GSC & All-American, '82, '83
- DSU Senior Athlete of the Year, 1983
- Recipient of the Gulf South Conference Commissioner's Trophy in 1983
- An All-Metro and All-State preformer at St. Andrews High School in Jackson, Burgess holds the record as the state's winningest high school pitcher (50-3) and was named Mississippi's Player of the Year in 1979
