Joy Marie Burke (born November 7, 1990), also known by her Taiwanese name Pao Hsi-lo (Chinese: 包喜樂), is a Taiwanese-American collegiate and professional basketball player.
[2] Her younger brother Timothy James (TJ) Burke was born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan in March 1993.
[2] She is a McDonald's All-American nominee and was also named to the Arizona Republic's All-Arizona Team, earning all-city accolades three times.
[2] This increased when she became a senior and she averaged 23.3 points, 17.8 rebounds, 7.5 blocks and 3.9 steals per game,[2] and connected on 63 percent of her field goal attempts.
[2] At the end of her junior year Burke was offered full-ride basketball scholarships from over 40 Division One universities.
In addition to her achievements on the court, Burke has been the recipient of numerous awards and accolades off court, including being named the Tempe Top Teen, English Student of the Year, Homecoming Queen, and earning Scholar-Athlete honors four times, and was a member of the National Honor Society.
After graduating from Marcos de Niza High School in 2009, Burke attended Arizona State University from 2009–2014.
She had taken the opportunity of a basketball scholarship for a college education and cited the chance to live in different countries as a reason.
In the same period, she played for the Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball in NCAA Division I.
Burke was instrumental to Hørsholm securing their first league championship title in five years when she almost single-handedly lead the team to victory.
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.
She would go on to represent at the 2015 FIBA Asia Women's Championship, and was pivotal in securing Chinese Taipei two crucial game victories which enabled the team a finishing place in the competition's top four finalists.
[11] Burke devotes significant time to charities and community events and is an active supporter of Nonprofit organizations.