Wheeling University Athletics

2024 (SENIOR)
Started 11 games and appeared in 13 for the Cardinals...Finished with a record of 6-2, 52 strikeouts and a 1.60 WHIP in 58.0 innings pitched...Put up a season-high 12 strikeouts and 7.0 innings pitched against Frostburg State (4-15-24).

2023 (JUNIOR)
Appeared in fourteen games for the Cardinals...Had five wins, seventy-six strikeouts, and a 4.10 ERA...Had a season-high thirteen strikeouts against Carolina University (3/4/23)...He also had a season-high eight innings pitched against West Virginia Wesleyan (3/26/23).     

Prior to Wheeling (DANVILLE AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
Played two seasons at Danville Area Community College...(2022) Appeared in 12 games for the Jaguars, making five starts...Threw 39.0 innings of work allowing 42 runs, 34 earned, on 44 hits while walking 26 and striking out 46...Picked up first career save against PSU-Hazleton (3/7)...Made first start against Lackawanna (3/10)...(2021) Appeared in 10 games for the Jaguars, making four starts...Threw 23.1 innings allowing 24 runs, 22 earned, on 38 hits while walking 10 and striking out 20...Made collegiate debut against Ivy Tech Ft. Wayne (3/14)...Pitched 7.0 innings of one run ball in first career start against Lake Land (4/22).

High School
Two-sport athlete at Edgewood High School, playing Baseball and Football...Named 2019 1st Team All Area...Named 2019 1st Team All Conference...Named 2019 All State Honorable Mention

Personal
Son of Amanda and Michael Buck...Hobbies and interests include watching college football...Favorite Music: Country (Zach Bryan)...Favorite Food: Sushi...Favorite Athletic Teams: Ohio State Buckeyes and Pittsburgh Steelers...Favorite Athletes: Jacob DeGrom, Alex Bregman, and Bo Bichette.