{{Short description|Canadian curler (born 1998)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox curler | name = Karlee Burgess | image = Karlee Burgess 2026 Players.jpg | image_size = | caption = Burgess at the [[2026 Players' Championship (January)|2026 Players' Championship]] | other_names = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1998|9|14}} | birth_place = [[Truro, Nova Scotia]] | Curling club = [[Gimli Curling Club|Gimli CC]],<br>[[Gimli, Manitoba]]<ref name=2025guide/> | Skip = [[Kerri Einarson]] | Third = [[Shannon Birchard]] | Second = '''Karlee Burgess''' | Lead = [[Jocelyn Peterman]] | Alternate = | Member Association = {{NS}} (2010–2019) <br> {{MB}} (2019–present) | Hearts appearances = 6 ({{STOH|2021}}, {{STOH|2022}}, {{STOH|2023}}, {{STOH|2024}}, {{STOH|2025}}, {{STOH|2026}}) | World Championship appearances = 1 ({{WWCC|2026}}) | Other appearances = [[Canadian Junior Curling Championships|CJCC]]: 7 (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020) | Top CCA ranking = 2nd ([[2023–24 curling season|2023–24]], [[2025–26 curling season|2025–26]]) | Grand Slam victories = 1 ([[2023 Tour Challenge]]) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's [[curling]] }} {{MedalCountry| {{CAN}} }} {{Medal|Competition | [[World Curling Championships|World Championships]] }} {{MedalSilver| [[2026 World Women's Curling Championship|2026 Calgary]] | }} {{MedalCompetition | [[World Junior Curling Championships]] }} {{MedalGold| [[2016 World Junior Curling Championships|2016 Copenhagen]] | }} {{MedalGold| [[2018 World Junior Curling Championships|2018 Aberdeen]] | }} {{MedalGold| [[2020 World Junior Curling Championships|2020 Krasnoyarsk]] | }} {{MedalSilver| [[2019 World Junior Curling Championships|2019 Liverpool]] | }} {{MedalBronze| [[2017 World Junior Curling Championships|2017 Gangneung]] | }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Winter Youth Olympics]]}} {{MedalGold| [[Curling at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics – Mixed team|2016 Lillehammer]] | }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Scotties Tournament of Hearts]] }} {{MedalGold | [[2026 Scotties Tournament of Hearts|2026 Mississauga]] | }} {{MedalCountry| {{MB}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Canadian Olympic Curling Trials]] }} {{MedalBronze|[[2025 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials|2025 Halifax]]| }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Scotties Tournament of Hearts]] }} {{MedalSilver | [[2023 Scotties Tournament of Hearts|2023 Kamloops]] | }} {{MedalSilver | [[2024 Scotties Tournament of Hearts|2024 Calgary]] | }} {{MedalSilver | [[2025 Scotties Tournament of Hearts|2025 Thunder Bay]] | }} {{MedalCountry| {{NS}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Canada Winter Games]]}} {{MedalSilver| [[Curling at the 2015 Canada Winter Games|2015 Prince George]] | }} }}
'''Karlee Burgess''' (born September 14, 1998) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[curling|curler]] from [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]].<ref name="Media Guide">{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2021/02/2021-Scotties-Tournament-of-Hearts-media-guide-1.pdf|title=2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide|website=Curling Canada|access-date=February 16, 2021|archive-date=15 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215205122/https://www.curling.ca/files/2021/02/2021-Scotties-Tournament-of-Hearts-media-guide-1.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> She currently plays [[Second (curling)|second]] on Team [[Kerri Einarson]], winning her first women's national championship with the team at the [[2026 Scotties Tournament of Hearts]]. Burgess is also a three-time world junior champion, winning gold in [[2016 World Junior Curling Championships|2016]], [[2018 World Junior Curling Championships|2018]] and [[2020 World Junior Curling Championships|2020]].
==Career== ===Juniors=== At just 15 years old,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.curling.ca/2014juniors-en/2014/01/23/young-nova-scotians-closing-in-on-playoffs-at-2014-mm-meat-shops-canadian-juniors/|title=Young Nova Scotians closing in on playoffs at 2014 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors|work=curling.ca}}</ref> Burgess played second for the [[Mary Fay]] rink along with, [[Jenn Smith]] and [[Janique LeBlanc]] and won the 2014 Nova Scotia Junior women's championship. They were the youngest team to win in 20 years.,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southshorenow.ca/en/20140108/Sports/16555/Chester-skip-wears-junior-curling-crown.htm|title=Chester skip wears junior curling crown|work=southshorenow.ca|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141230213352/http://www.southshorenow.ca/en/20140108/Sports/16555/Chester-skip-wears-junior-curling-crown.htm|archivedate=30 December 2014}}</ref> sending the four-some to the [[2014 Canadian Junior Curling Championships]] to represent Nova Scotia. Despite their youth, the team finished with an 8–2 record, making the playoffs. The team would go on to lose to British Columbia, skipped by [[Kalia Van Osch]] in the semi-final, winning a bronze medal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.novanewsnow.com/Sports/Curling/2014-01-25/article-3591207/Team-Fay-defeated-in-semifinals-at-Canadian-Juniors/1|title=Team Fay defeated in semifinals at Canadian Juniors|work=novanewsnow.com}}</ref> The next year, the Fay rink won their second U21 Nova Scotia Provincials, earning the right to represent Nova Scotia at their second back-to-back [[2015 Canadian Junior Curling Championships|Canadian Junior Curling Championship]]. The rink fell one step shorter than their previous year, finishing in a tie for fourth place with a 6–4 record. The Fay rink then qualified for the [[2016 Canadian Junior Curling Championships|2016 Canadian Juniors]] with their third provincial title. The rink finished in first place after the round robin with a 9–1 record, earning the rink a direct bye to the finals. In the finals, she played the British Columbia rink, this time skipped by Sarah Daniels, and won her first [[Canadian Junior Curling Championships|Canadian Junior]] title by defeating the British Columbia rink 9–5, and therefore representing Canada at the [[2016 World Junior Curling Championships|2016 World Juniors]] in [[Copenhagen, Denmark]].
Team Fay also won three Under-15 provincial championships and won the 2013 Under-18 provincial championships, as well as the 2013 U-18 Atlantics. They represented Nova Scotia at the [[2015 Canada Winter Games]] after beating club mate Cassie Cocks 7–3 in the provincial final.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southshorenow.ca/en/20140305/Sports/17864/Fay-qualifies-for-2015-Canada-Games.htm|title=Fay qualifies for 2015 Canada Games|work=southshorenow.ca|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006091918/http://www.southshorenow.ca/en/20140305/Sports/17864/Fay-qualifies-for-2015-Canada-Games.htm|archivedate=6 October 2014}}</ref> While at the games Burgess and her Nova Scotian team went undefeated through the Round Robin, finishing with a perfect 5–0 record. According to the announcers when their game against Manitoba was televised on TSN, the Fay rink had the highest player percentages at every position and the highest team percentage after the first two draws. Their perfect record in the Round Robin earned them a bye to the Semi Finals. They once again played New Brunswick's [[Justine Comeau]], after defeating her 7–5 in the Round Robin, and won on the last rock in the last end in a 7-6 decision. They went on to play Ontario in the Gold Medal Game, in which they lost 6–5 in an extra end. [[Jenn Smith]] and the Fay rink then parted ways after the completion of the 2014–15 season.
Burgess and skip, Mary Fay along with B.C. curlers [[Tyler Tardi]] and [[Sterling Middleton]] would later be selected from curlers who competed in the Canada Winter Games to represent Canada in the [[2016 Winter Youth Olympics|2016 Youth Olympics]] in [[Lillehammer, Norway|Lillehammer]], [[Norway]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.curling.ca/blog/2015/04/14/team-canada-curlers-announced-for-2016-youth-winter-olympics/|title=Team Canada Curlers Announced For 2016 Youth Olympics|work=Curling Canada}}</ref> The rink, skipped by Mary Fay went undefeated in the tournament, winning the gold medal after a resounding 10–4 win against the United States of America in the final.
The Fay rink would play in their first [[World Curling Tour]] event at the 2014 [[Gibson's Cashspiel]], where they lost in the final to [[Mary-Anne Arsenault]].
For the [[2019–20 curling season|2019–20 season]], she and teammate [[Lauren Lenentine]] moved to Manitoba to join the Zacharias siblings [[Mackenzie Zacharias|Mackenzie]] and [[Emily Zacharias|Emily]] to try to return to the World Juniors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://peicurling.com/2019/02/21/peis-lauren-lenentine-to-play-on-manitoba-junior-team-next-season/|title=PEI's Lauren Lenentine to play on Manitoba junior team next season|website=Curl PEI|date=21 February 2019 |access-date=February 21, 2022}}</ref> The team won the Manitoba Junior Provincials, qualifying for the national championship. The team went on to win the [[2020 Canadian Junior Curling Championships]] and later the [[2020 World Junior Curling Championships]].
===Women's=== Due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Canada]], many provinces had to cancel their provincial championships, with member associations selecting their representatives for the [[2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts]]. Due to this situation, [[Curling Canada]] added three Wild Card teams to the national championship, which were based on the [[CTRS standings]] from the [[2019–20 curling season|2019–20 season]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/curling-canada-adds-three-wild-card-teams-to-field-for-the-scotties-and-brier-1.1576766|title=Three wild-card teams added to Scotties, Brier|work=TSN|date=January 13, 2021|access-date=February 21, 2022}}</ref> Because Team Zacharias ranked 11th on the CTRS<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/team-canada/canadian-team-ranking-system/2019-2020-ctrs-standings-women/|title=2019–20 CTRS Standings|website=Curling Canada|access-date=February 21, 2022|archive-date=22 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222215056/https://www.curling.ca/team-canada/canadian-team-ranking-system/2019-2020-ctrs-standings-women/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and kept at least three of their four players together for the [[2020–21 curling season|2020–21 season]], they got the second Wild Card spot at the 2021 Scotties in [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2021/02/01/wild-card-teams-set/|title=Wild Card teams set!|work=Curling Canada|date=February 1, 2021|access-date=February 21, 2022}}</ref> At the Hearts, they finished with a 3–5 round robin record, failing to qualify for the championship round.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/scotties-tournament-hearts-scores-standings-schedule-results-2021-bubble/|title=Scotties Tournament of Hearts: Scores, standings, schedule|website=Sportsnet|access-date=February 21, 2022}}</ref>
Team Zacharias won their second event of the [[2021–22 curling season|2021–22 season]], going undefeated to capture the [[Mother Club Fall Curling Classic]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2021/09/20/weagle-epping-clinch/|title=Weagle/Epping clinch!|publisher=Curling Canada|date=September 20, 2021|access-date=February 21, 2022}}</ref> They later had a semifinal finish at the [[Stu Sells Toronto Tankard]] after losing to eventual winners Team [[Hollie Duncan]]. Because of their successes on tour, Team Zacharias had enough points to qualify for the [[2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2021/02/04/2021-trials-process-revised/|title=2021 Trials proceess revised|work=Curling Canada|date=February 4, 2021|access-date=February 21, 2022}}</ref> At the Pre-Trials, the team finished the round robin with a 4–2 record.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2021/10/29/still-in-the-chase/|title=Still in the chase!|publisher=Curling Canada|date=October 29, 2021|access-date=February 21, 2022}}</ref> This qualified them for the double knockout round, where they lost both of their games and were eliminated.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2021/10/30/qualified/|title=Qualified!|publisher=Curling Canada|date=October 30, 2021|access-date=February 21, 2022|archive-date=20 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220002907/https://www.curling.ca/blog/2021/10/30/qualified/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Elsewhere on tour, the team reached the quarterfinals of the [[Red Deer Curling Classic]] and won the [[MCT Championships]] in November 2021.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thecurler.com/2021/11/28/zacharias-and-wiebe-win-manitoba-tour-titles/|title=Zacharias and Wiebe win Manitoba tour titles|publisher=thecurler|date=November 28, 2021|access-date=February 21, 2022}}</ref> At the [[2022 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts]] in December 2021, Team Zacharias finished with a 3–2 record in their pool, enough to advance to the championship pool. They then won three straight games to finish first overall and earn a bye to the provincial final.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pembinavalleyonline.com/local-sports/team-zacharias-advances-to-provincial-scotties-final|title=Team Zacharias Advances to Provincial Scotties Final|publisher=PembinaValley|author=Clayton Dreger|date=December 18, 2021|access-date=February 21, 2022}}</ref> In the final, they faced the [[Kristy Watling]] rink which they defeated 7–5, earning the right to represent Manitoba at the [[2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/curling/article/mackenzie-zacharias-represent-manitoba-scotties-tournament-hearts/|title=Mackenzie Zacharias to represent Manitoba at Scotties Tournament of Hearts|publisher=Sportsnet|author=Jonathan Brazeau|date=December 19, 2021|access-date=February 21, 2022}}</ref> At the Hearts, the team finished the round robin with a 5–3 record.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/curling/article/2022-scotties-tournament-hearts-standings-schedule-results/|title=2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts: Standings, schedule and results|website=Sportsnet|date=January 28, 2022|access-date=February 21, 2022}}</ref> This qualified them for a tiebreaker against the Northwest Territories' [[Kerry Galusha]], which they lost 8–6 and were eliminated.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2022/02/04/playoff-quest-realized/|title=Playoff quest realized!|publisher=Curling Canada|date=February 4, 2022|access-date=February 21, 2022}}</ref> Team Zacharias played in their first [[Grand Slam of Curling|Grand Slam]] event at the [[2022 Players' Championship]]. There, they posted a 2–3 record, missing the playoffs. They wrapped up their season at the [[2022 Best of the West]] event where they lost in the semifinals to [[Corryn Brown]].
On March 17, 2022, Team Zacharias announced that they would be joining forces with [[Jennifer Jones (curler)|Jennifer Jones]] for the [[2022–23 curling season|2022–23 season]]. Jones would take over the team as skip, with the four Zacharias members each moving down one position in the lineup.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/article/jennifer-jones-announces-the-new-curling-team-she-will-join/|title=Jennifer Jones announces the new curling team she will join|publisher=CTV News Winnipeg|date=March 17, 2022|access-date=June 21, 2022}}</ref> The newly revised Jones lineup found immediate success on tour, winning the [[2022 Saville Shoot-Out]] after an undefeated run.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/jennifer-jones-rachel-homan-saville-shoot-out-curling-1.1847729|title=Jones edges Homan to capture Saville Shoot-Out, first win with new team|publisher=TSN|date=September 11, 2022|access-date=July 22, 2023}}</ref> The team then competed in the [[2022 PointsBet Invitational]] single elimination event where they won all four of their games to claim the title.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/curling/curling-pointsbet-sunday-recap-1.6595355|title=Jennifer Jones, Reid Carruthers win PointsBet curling titles|publisher=CBC Sports|date=September 25, 2022|access-date=July 22, 2023}}</ref> They had three semifinal finishes in a row at the [[2022 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic]], [[2022 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic]] and the [[DeKalb Superspiel]], losing to [[Michèle Jäggi]], [[Christina Black]] and [[Nancy Martin]] respectively. At the [[2023 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts]], Team Jones went undefeated to win their first provincial title as a new squad.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/article/jennifer-jones-returns-to-canadian-womens-curling-championship-in-manitoba-colours/|title=Jennifer Jones returns to Canadian women's curling championship in Manitoba colours|publisher=CTV News Winnipeg|date=January 30, 2023|access-date=July 22, 2023|archive-date=5 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205202621/https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/jennifer-jones-returns-to-canadian-women-s-curling-championship-in-manitoba-colours-1.6251425|url-status=live}}</ref> This qualified the team for the [[2023 Scotties Tournament of Hearts]] where after an opening draw loss, they went on a ten-game winning streak to qualify for the final where they faced the three-time defending champions in Team [[Kerri Einarson]]. Tied 2–2 in the fifth, Jones pulled up light on her final draw which gave Team Canada a steal of two. In the ninth, Jones missed a pivotal freeze which left Einarson with an open hit to count five to secure the win.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/curling/team-kerri-einarson-wins-fourth-straight-scotties-tops-manitoba-s-jennifer-jones-1.1924204|title=Team Einarson use five-ender to crush Manitoba's Jones, win fourth straight Scotties|publisher=TSN|date=February 27, 2023|access-date=July 22, 2023}}</ref> In Grand Slam play, Team Jones reached the playoffs in four of six events but never made it past the quarterfinal round. Following the season, Mackenzie Zacharias announced she would be stepping back from competitive curling with the remaining Jones members remaining intact.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/curling/mackenzie-zacharias-taking-step-back-from-team-jones-next-season-1.1943583|title=M. Zacharias taking "step back" from Team Jones next season|publisher=TSN|date=April 10, 2023|access-date=April 25, 2024}}</ref>
Team Jones had a strong start to the [[2023–24 curling season|2023–24 season]], finishing second at the [[2023 Saville Shootout]] after losing to [[Heather Nedohin]] (skipping Team Homan) in the final.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/curling/with-fill-in-skips-team-rachel-homan-defeats-team-jennifer-jones-to-win-saville-shootout-1.2006098|title=Around Curling: With fill-in skips, Homan defeats Jones to win Saville Shootout|work=TSN|author=Ryan Horne|date=September 11, 2023|access-date=April 25, 2024}}</ref> Jones did not play with the team for the event, however, being replaced by [[Chelsea Carey]]. At the [[2023 PointsBet Invitational]], they could not defend their title, losing in the quarterfinal round to [[Christina Black]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2023/09/29/bracket-bustin-black/|title=Bracket-Bustin' Black!|publisher=Curling Canada|date=September 29, 2023|access-date=April 25, 2024}}</ref> In October, the team played in the first Slam of the season, the [[2023 Tour Challenge]], where they qualified for the playoffs with a 2–2 record. They then upset the higher seeded [[Silvana Tirinzoni]] and [[Anna Hasselborg]] rinks in the quarters and semis to reach their first Slam final as a team.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/lawes-jones-to-meet-in-hearinglife-tour-challenge-womens-final/|title=Lawes, Jones to meet in HearingLife Tour Challenge women's final|publisher=Grand Slam of Curling|author=Jonathan Brazeau|date=October 21, 2023|access-date=April 25, 2024}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Facing [[Kaitlyn Lawes]], the team won the game 7–4, giving Burgess her first career Slam.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/jones-tops-lawes-to-claim-hearinglife-tour-challenge-womens-title/|title=Jones tops Lawes to claim HearingLife Tour Challenge women's title|publisher=Grand Slam of Curling|author=Jonathan Brazeau|date=October 22, 2023|access-date=April 25, 2024|archive-date=22 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422000315/https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/jones-tops-lawes-to-claim-hearinglife-tour-challenge-womens-title/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In their next event, Carey substituted for Jones again and led the team to another second-place finish at the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic, losing to Tirinzoni in the final.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/curling/world-no-1-silvana-tirinzoni-keeps-rolling-with-win-in-halifax-1.2031609|title=World No. 1 Tirinzoni keeps rolling with win in Halifax|publisher=TSN|date=November 5, 2023|access-date=April 25, 2024}}</ref> At the next three Slams, the team had two semifinal finishes and one quarterfinal appearance.
New qualifying rules for the Scotties Tournament of Hearts allowed Team Jones a pre-qualifying spot at the [[2024 Scotties Tournament of Hearts]] without having to play in the 2024 playdowns.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2023/07/04/early-scotties-qualifiers/|title=Early Scotties qualifiers!|publisher=Curling Canada|date=July 4, 2023|access-date=April 25, 2024}}</ref> Days before the event began, Jones announced that at the conclusion of the season she would be retiring from four person curling.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/curling/canadian-curler-jennifer-jones-retires-1.7113653|title=Canadian curling great Jennifer Jones announces retirement from team curling|publisher=CBC Sports|author=Donna Spencer|date=February 13, 2024|access-date=April 25, 2024}}</ref> At the Hearts, Jones led the team to a 6–2 round robin record, followed by a championship round victory over Alberta. After dropping the 1 vs. 2 game to [[Rachel Homan]], they defeated [[Kate Cameron (curler)|Kate Cameron]] in the semifinal to advance to their second straight Scotties final. After Jones got two in the tenth to tie the game at four all, Homan counted one in an extra end for the 5–4 victory.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/curling/scotties-playoffs-result-calgary-feb-25-1.7125073|title=Homan beats Jones for 4th Scotties title as retiring legend falls short of history|work=CBC|date=February 25, 2024|access-date=April 25, 2024}}</ref> In their final event, Team Jones went 1–4 at the [[2024 Players' Championship]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/jones-bids-farewell-after-final-gsoc-game-in-princess-auto-players-championship/|title=Jennifer Jones bids farewell following final GSOC game in Princess Auto Players' Championship|publisher=Grand Slam of Curling|author=Jonathan Brazeau|date=April 12, 2024|access-date=April 25, 2024|archive-date=25 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240425202020/https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/jones-bids-farewell-after-final-gsoc-game-in-princess-auto-players-championship/|url-status=dead}}</ref> After the season, it was announced Chelsea Carey would take over the team as their full-time skip for the [[2024–25 curling season]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/curling/chelsea-carey-replaces-jennifer-jones-as-skip-for-the-2024-scotties-finalists-1.2108998|title=Carey replaces Jones as skip for the 2024 Scotties finalists|publisher=TSN|date=April 24, 2024|access-date=April 25, 2024}}</ref> However, halfway through the 2024–25 season, Burgess announced that she would be leaving the Carey team to pursue other opportunities.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/curling/karlee-burgess-departs-from-team-chelsea-carey-1.2228704|title=Burgess departs from Team Carey ahead of next month's Scotties|publisher=TSN|date=January 2, 2025|access-date=January 2, 2025}}</ref>
[[File:Karlee Burgess shot 2026 Players Championship.jpg|thumb|Burgess watches her shot at the [[2026 Players' Championship (January)|2026 Players' Championship]].]]
Burgess, after leaving the Carey rink halfway through the [[2024–25 curling season]], would announce that she would be joining the [[Kerri Einarson]] rink for the rest of the season, replacing [[Shannon Birchard]], who was out for the season due to a knee injury.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/curling/karlee-burgess-joins-team-einarson-as-shannon-birchard-out-for-year-with-injury-1.2229282|title=Burgess joins Team Einarson as Birchard out for year with injury|publisher=TSN|date=January 3, 2025|access-date=January 3, 2025}}</ref> Burgess would play with Einarson at the [[2025 Scotties Tournament of Hearts]], where Burgess would again finish in second place, losing to Team Homan 6–1 in the final. At the end of the season, after Birchard recovered from her injury, Einarson announced for the [[2025-26 curling season]] that Birchard would remain as second, with Burgess throwing lead stones, [[Krysten Karwacki]] being the alternate, and [[Val Sweeting]] continuing to be the third. In their first event of the season, Einarson would win the [[2025 Saville Shootout]], beating [[Gim Eun-ji]] in the final. Einarson would then compete at the [[2025 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials]], finishing the round robin with a 6–1 record, qualifying for the playoffs. Einarson would then lose to Nova Scotia's [[Christina Black]] 6–3 in the semifinals, finishing in 3rd place. Team Einarson would rebound by winning the [[2026 Scotties Tournament of Hearts]], beating Manitoba's [[Kaitlyn Lawes]] 4–3 in the final, and represent Canada at the [[2026 World Women's Curling Championship]]. There, they would finish round-robin play with a 10–2 record, finishing second and qualifying for the semifinals. Burgess would also be named to the "All-Star Team" at the event as the top lead in player percentages, curling 93.6% in the round-robin. After being Japan in the semifinal, Einarson would go on to win the silver medal, losing to Switzerland's [[Xenia Schwaller]] 7–5 in the final. At the end of the season, Team Einarson announced that they had "parted ways" with third Sweeting, alternate Karwacki, and coach [[Reid Carruthers]].<ref>{{citenews|url=https://www.thegrandslamofcurling.com/news/einarson-parts-ways-with-sweeting-karwacki-and-carruthers|title=Einarson parts ways with Sweeting, Karwacki and Carruthers|website=Grand Slam of Curling|access-date=2026-03-26}}</ref> They would later add two-time Olympian [[Jocelyn Peterman]] to the lineup as lead, with Burgess now as second and Birchard as third.<ref>{{citenews|url=https://www.thegrandslamofcurling.com/news/peterman-joins-revamped-team-einarson-roster-at-lead|title=Peterman joins revamped Team Einarson roster at lead|website=Grand Slam of Curling|access-date=2026-03-30}}</ref>
==Personal life== Burgess was a kinesiology student at [[Dalhousie University]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2021/02/2021-Scotties-Tournament-of-Hearts-media-guide-1.pdf|title=2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide|website=Curling Canada|access-date=February 15, 2021|archive-date=15 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215205122/https://www.curling.ca/files/2021/02/2021-Scotties-Tournament-of-Hearts-media-guide-1.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> and attended the [[University of Manitoba]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2020/01/2020-New-Holland-U21-Canadian-Juniors-Media-Guide-1.pdf|title=New Holland U21 Canadian Juniors Media Guide 2020|website=curling.ca|access-date=26 May 2023|archive-date=19 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019214415/https://www.curling.ca/files/2020/01/2020-New-Holland-U21-Canadian-Juniors-Media-Guide-1.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> She currently works as a conductive education assistant/fundraising coordinator at Movement Centre of Manitoba. She is in a relationship with fellow curler [[Jacques Gauthier (curler)|Jacques Gauthier]].<ref name=2025guide>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/2025-PointsBet-Invitational-Media-Guide-Web1.pdf|title=2025 PointsBet Invitational Media Guide|website=Curling Canada|access-date=September 28, 2025}}</ref>
==Teams== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col"| Season ! scope="col"| Skip ! scope="col"| Third ! scope="col"| Second ! scope="col"| Lead |- ! scope="row"| 2010–11 | [[Mary Fay]] || [[Jenn Smith]] || Karlee Burgess || [[Janique LeBlanc]] |- ! scope="row"| 2011–12 | Mary Fay || Jenn Smith || Karlee Burgess || Janique LeBlanc |- ! scope="row"| 2012–13 | Mary Fay || Jenn Smith || Karlee Burgess || Janique LeBlanc |- ! scope="row"| 2013–14 | Mary Fay || Jenn Smith || Karlee Burgess || Janique LeBlanc |- ! scope="row"| 2014–15 | Mary Fay || Jenn Smith || Karlee Burgess || Janique LeBlanc |- ! scope="row"| 2015–16 | Mary Fay || [[Kristin Clarke]] || Karlee Burgess || Janique LeBlanc |- ! scope="row"| 2016–17 | Kristin Clarke || Karlee Burgess || Janique LeBlanc || [[Emily Lloyd (curler)|Emily Lloyd]] |- ! scope="row"| 2017–18 | [[Kaitlyn Jones]] || Kristin Clarke || Karlee Burgess || [[Lindsey Burgess]] |- ! scope="row"| 2018–19 | Kaitlyn Jones || [[Lauren Lenentine]] || Karlee Burgess || Lindsey Burgess |- ! scope="row"| 2019–20 | [[Mackenzie Zacharias]] || Karlee Burgess || [[Emily Zacharias]] || Lauren Lenentine |- ! scope="row"| 2020–21 | Mackenzie Zacharias || Karlee Burgess || Emily Zacharias || Lauren Lenentine |- ! scope="row"| 2021–22 | Mackenzie Zacharias || Karlee Burgess || Emily Zacharias || Lauren Lenentine |- ! scope="row"| 2022–23 | [[Jennifer Jones (curler)|Jennifer Jones]] || Karlee Burgess || Mackenzie Zacharias || Emily Zacharias / Lauren Lenentine |- ! scope="row"| 2023–24 | Jennifer Jones || Karlee Burgess || Emily Zacharias || Lauren Lenentine |- ! scope="row"| 2024 | [[Chelsea Carey]] || Karlee Burgess || Emily Zacharias || Lauren Lenentine |- ! scope="row"| 2025 | [[Kerri Einarson]] || [[Val Sweeting]] || Karlee Burgess || [[Krysten Karwacki]] |- ! scope="row"| 2025–26 | Kerri Einarson || Val Sweeting || [[Shannon Birchard]] || Karlee Burgess |- ! scope="row"| 2026–27 | Kerri Einarson || Shannon Birchard || Karlee Burgess || [[Jocelyn Peterman]] |}
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