University of Illinois Springfield Athletics

2012: Division 2 Athletics Directors Association Academic Achievement Award winner... one of three players to start all 58 games… finished second on the team in home runs (6), third in RBI (31), and was fifth in runs (23)…  four RBI against Indianapolis (Mar. 3) and brought in three runs at Rockhurst (Apr. 7)… scored three times vs. Northwest Missouri State (Feb. 25) at the UAM Quad-State Classic and scored twice vs. Northern Kentucky (Apr. 28) in the Great Lakes Valley Conference tournament… had eight multi-hit games…tallied two doubles during the Indianapolis contest… hit first career triple vs. Southwestern Oklahoma (Feb. 26)… appeared in three games in the circle with two starts… pitched 9.1 innings and struck out six batters… selected to the academic All-GLVC team… also was named to the UIS Chancellor’s Academic Honor Roll and made the Dean’s List for both semesters… was Avery Brundage Scholarship winner.

2011: Named to the CoSIDA third team Academic All-District 5… pitched in 19 games with 15 starts… went the distance eight times and tossed one shutout… threw school’s second no-hitter, which came against Oklahoma Panhandle State (Feb. 25)… fanned at least one batter in every outing… set down a season-high nine batters at Robert Morris… led the team with 73 strikeouts in 93.2 innings of work… at the plate had a season-high three runs at West Florida (March 15)… had 11 multiple hit games… scored a pair of runs in the season finale at Bellarmine (April 30)… finished third on the team in batting (.296), was tied for second in home runs (4) and drove in 16 RBI… selected to the academic All-GLVC team… also was named to the UIS Athletic Director’s Academic Honor Roll and made the Dean’s List for both semesters.

2010: Started 26 games as a true freshman… hit .273 with a pair of home runs and seven RBI… had 52 strikeouts in 52.2 innings of work in the circle… posted a 1-6 pitching record… selected to the academic All-GLVC team… also was named to the UIS Athletic Director's Academic Honor Roll for both semesters.

High School: Graduated with the school's all-time strikeout record (327) at Cor Jesu… ranked among the Missouri Women's Athletic Association’s top five in strikeouts in both junior and senior seasons… had 153 strikeouts in 106 innings… posted a 9-7 record while averaging 10.1 strikeouts per seven innings…. 0.92 earned run average was tops in the MWAA… led the MWAA in home runs with four and posted a career slugging percentage of .587… finished with a team-high 19 runs… was first team all-conference, all-district and second team all-metro as a senior… also served as team captain and named team MVP… named to the academic honor roll in final two years.

Personal: Daughter of Dan and Holly Buck… majoring in Communication.