Tickets2026: Second Team All-Big 12…CSC Academic All-District…Pitched in team-high 28 games, earning six saves…Logged 63 strikeouts in 41.1 innings pitched…Earned first save of the year at Jacksonville State (Feb. 14)…Second save of the year came at UAB (Feb. 22)…Struck out the side in lone inning of work vs. Bowling Green (Feb. 25)…Earned the win against Evansville, retiring all four batters he faced (March 10)…Also earned the win at Utah Valley (March 16)…Struck out four in back-to-back outings at Xavier (March 24) and vs. Kansas (March 28)…Struck out three in 1.2 scoreless innings vs. Miami in the Joe Nuxhall Classic (April 8)…Earned the win vs. Xavier, striking out three across 3.1 strong innings (April 14)…Also earned the win at UCF on April 19, logging season highs in innings pitched (3.2) and strikeouts (eight)…Earned at least one save in each of the finale four regular season Big 12 series vs. West Virginia (April 25), at Houston (May 2), at Kansas State (May 8), and vs. Texas Tech (May 15)…Pitched against Mississippi State in the NCAA Tournament (May 30).
2025: Pitched in 21 games, all in relief…Made collegiate debut at Duke, striking out three in 3.1 scoreless innings (Feb. 15)…Four strikeouts at UNLV (Feb. 22)…Earned the win with 3.2 scoreless innings vs. Canisius, striking out season-high five (March 7)…Also struck out five three times in May: at Kansas (May 3), at TCU (May 11), and vs. Kansas State (May 15)…Scoreless relief appearance in the win vs. Louisville (March 25)…Earned the win vs. Oklahoma State on April 26, striking out three in 4.0 scoreless frames…Outing at Kansas on May 3 was his longest of the season (4.2 innings)…Pitched twice in the NCAA Tournament, vs. Wake Forest (May 30) and Tennessee (May 31).
High School: Four-year letterwinner, seeing time as a pitcher and infielder…Earned Academic All-State honors as a senior.
Personal: Parents are Matt and Jen Buczkowski…Father played college baseball at Butler.