Joy Burke

Joy Marie Burke (born November 7, 1990), also known by her Taiwanese name Pao Hsi-lo , is a Taiwanese-American collegiate and professional basketball player. Burke played college basketball for the Arizona State University. Following graduation she has played professionally overseas for the Hørsholm 79ers, Bendigo Spirit, and in 2015 she made her national team debut as a member of the Chinese Taipei women's national basketball team.

Early life Joy was born in 1990 in Chiayi, Taiwan, the daughter of Steve Burke and Ming-Hui Burke. She is the oldest of two children. Her father Steve Burke is White American, and travelled to Taiwan to preach as a Christian priest, and her mother Ming-Hui Burke is from Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan.

Growing up Burke has lived in Kenting in Pingtung County and Kaohsiung. She is fluent in both Mandarin and English.

Career Europe After graduating from college in 2014, Burke headed to Denmark and signed with the Hørsholm 79ers in the Dameligaen. She 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. Burke was instrumental to Hørsholm securing their first league championship title in five years when she almost single-handedly lead the team to victory.

Australia Burke signed with the Bendigo Spirit in Australia for the 2015–16 WNBL season. After inconsistent showings, Burke has not been re-signed for the following season. However, Burke remained in Australia to participate in the SEABL playing for the Ballarat Rush.

Burke had an outstanding first season in the SEABL averaging a double-double with 15.1 points and 12.4 rebounds per game. She was ranked third in the league for total rebounds with 272 and second in blocks with 39. 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. Burke achieved 13 double-doubles with 11 coming from the final 13 games of the seasons. In 2016 she was crowned the Ballarat Rush Robyn Maher MVP.

In her third season with the SEABL Burke averaged a further double, double with 14.1 points and 11.65 rebounds per game in 2018. She was the league's leading rebounder with a total of 233 rebounds. 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. Despite being born in Taiwan and having played with the Chinese Taipei National Team, she was required to complete all necessary visa applications using her Taiwanese passport.

Career data Season(s) League Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG

Burke participated in the Team Americas versus Team World match at the Aurora Games on August 22, 2019, in Albany, New York. Selected to play on Team World, she was one of the highly regarded players to feature in the basketball segment of the inaugural all-women sports and entertainment festival, a matchup of the best female basketball players in the world. Burke lead Team World to an 85-77 victory over Team Americas. Other than during a 10-point run, which turned a 7-0 deficit into a 10-7 lead, Team Americas was playing from behind the entire game.

William Jones Cup Year Tournament National Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 2015 2015 William Jones Cup (Blue) 3 25:46 48.0% 0% 62.5% 8.7 .3 .3 2.0 9.7 2018 2018 William Jones Cup (Blue) 3 22:18 30.0% 0% 50.0% 5.0 2.0 1.7 .3 4.3

FIBA Women's Asia Cup Tournament National Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 2015 FIBA Asia Women's Championship 7 19.6 61.4% 0% 57.1% 6.3 .3 .6 .7 8.3 2017 FIBA Women's Asia Cup 6 20.8 50.9% 60.0% 52.9% 8.7 .7 1.0 1.2 11.3

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

Her younger brother TJ Burke TJ Burke played college basketball at UC Riverside, and he cites as his biggest athletics influence.