SEATTLE (May 14) ­ Kelsey Burns, a former three-sport star and Seamount League basketball MVP at Kennedy High School, is transferring to Seattle Pacific University.

The 5-foot-11 Burns played the past two seasons at Arizona. She averaged 4.1 points as a freshman, when she started three times and played all 27 games. Burns was named the Wildcats' freshman of the year. As a sophomore, she averaged 1.8 points in 15 appearances off the bench.

At Kennedy, Burns also lettered in swimming and track. She was a three-time all-Seamount selection basketball. She scored 13.1 points per game as a senior, when the Lancers were league and district champions, and advanced to the state 3A tournament.

Burns was named the 2005 Seattle Times prep female athlete of the year. Her final accomplishment was winning the state long jump crown after taking third in the high jump.

She won three league swimming titles in the 50 freestyle, and placed fourth in the state in her final two years. Burns set the Kennedy record in that event as well as the long- and triple jump in track.

Seattle Pacific was 20-9, champion of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division II tournament last season. The Falcons lose three seniors, including two starters, to graduation.