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FRESHMAN YEAR (2019): Played in 29 games, starting in 23 … tallied 12 hits, one double, one triple, two home runs and 21 total bases … accounted for nine runs and 17 RBI …walked 18 times … had a season-high three hits, eight total bases and seven RBI against UIC on Feb. 16 … was the first player since Lisa Rodrigues to have seven RBI in a game, which occurred on May 8, 2015 … hit her first collegiate home run, a grand slam, against UIC … second on the team in on-base percentage with .403 … fifth in RBI … tied for third in triples … third in walks.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-time Max Preps Softball All-American Shortstop/Infielder and was named Statesman Journal Mid Valley Sports Awards Softball Athlete of the Year in 2016 and 2017… earned OSAA First-Team All-State Infielder and First Team All-League Shortstop honors while being named Mid-Willamette Conference Player of the Year in both 2015 and 2017… holds multiple records at her high school including the single-season records for games played (29), batting average (.734), home runs (10), RBI (64), hits (64), singles (45), doubles (17), stolen bases (29), slugging percentage (1.430) and runs scored (40). She also holds the career records in games played (79), batting average (.681), hits (175), RBI (116), runs (114) and stolen bases (66) … had a .734 batting average and 1.424 slugging percentage … graduated with a 3.7 GPA … played the flute and was on the bowling team in high school … helped lead her club squad to four ASA Oregon State Championships in 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2017… saw action in 210 games posting a .550 batting average, 30 home runs, 252 RBI and 70 stolen bases.
PERSONAL: Born in Salem, Oregon … parents are Sandra and AJ … father played minor league baseball for the Springfield Capitols … has two siblings: Mason and Kelci… played for Stealth Fastpitch, Nightmare and the Northwest Bullets … majoring in nursing … when asked about joining UNM, Buckholz said, “I want to be a part of change here at the University of New Mexico. I’m here to compete and to be a part of a family with this team.”