Burhans comes to Manhattan after a season as the assistant coach at Stony Brook University where she managed the goalkeeping and defensive players. In her one season in Ronkonkoma, she helped groom the Seawolves senior goalkeeper into a first-team All-America East player. It was the first such honor for a Stony Brook goalie since 2008. Her squad of goalies posted a 9.83 goals against average (GAA) against conference opponents in the 2011 season.

A four year player at Loyola University in Maryland, Burhans played goalie for the Greyhounds from 2007-10 being named as a captain in both her junior and senior seasons. An emotional and motivational leader, she helped her squad advance to the BIG EAST Conference tournament for the first time since it joined the league in 2006 during her senior season of 2010.

Prior to her collegiate career, Burhans was a three time letterwinner at Locust Valley Central High School in New York where she served as the captain of both her lacrosse and volleyball teams. She was named All-Conference as a junior and senior.

A native of Glen Cove, N.Y., Burhans is the daughter of Jeffrey and Deborah Burhans and has one younger brother, Tyler, who is a freshman on the Marquette Men's Lacrosse Team.