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2021 Softball Roster

13 Ryleigh Buck

  • Position INF
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Wellington HS
  • Hometown Wellington, Kan.

Biography

Career Honors:
2021 - AAC All-Tournament Team
2021 - Second Team All-Conference
2021 - American All-Academic Team
2019 - First Team All-Conference
2018-19 - American All-Academic Team
2018 - Second Team All-Conference 

SENIOR (2021)
American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team... Received an extra year of eligibility after the 2020 season was cut short due to COVID-19... Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll... Named to the All-Conference Second Team... Named to the AAC All-Tournament Team after helping the Shockers win the tournament title... Started 50 games at third base... Tied for third on the team with 11 home runs, a career high, to go with 42 RBI... Scored a run and hit a pair of singles in her final game as a Shocker vs. No. 1 Oklahoma (May 23)... Had an RBI double in an elimination game vs. Texas A&M (May 22)... Hit two home runs at No. 1 Oklahoma (May 22) in the NCAA Norman Regional... Delivered a two-run home run in the AAC Tournament championship game vs. UCF (May 15)... Scored three times and had an RBI in the AAC Tournament semifinals vs. Tulsa (May 14)... Drove in two runs in the finale vs. Tulsa (May 2)... Went 2-for-3 with a double and three RBI in the series opener at Tulsa (April 30)... In Wichita State's 14-3 win vs. USF (April 24), she was 2-for-2 with a double and an RBI... Doubled and scored a pair of runs at No. 23 UCF (April 17)... Was 2-for-3 with a double in the series opener at No. 23 UCF (April 16)... Hit a go-ahead solo home run in the bottom of the sixth vs. Kansas City (April 13) on a day she went 2-for-3 at the dish... Homered and drove in a pair of runs vs. Houston (April 10)... Recorded her second multi-home run game of the season at Memphis (April 2) to go with three RBI... Went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double and three RBI at Memphis (April 1)... Had back-to-back games with a double and two RBI vs. ECU (March 26-27)... Came up with a big two-out two-run double at No. 8/6 Oklahoma State (March 20)... Named to the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll on March 8... Scored three runs, while going 2-for-3 with a triple vs. North Texas (March 6)... Had her first multi-home run game in Wichita State's win over Missouri State (March 5)... Also hit her first career grand slam vs. Missouri State... Finished 3-for-4 with two home runs and a career-high six RBI vs. the Lady Bears... Went 2-for-2 with a double and a run scored vs. Creighton (Feb. 28)... Homered and doubled to go with four RBI and two runs vs. Creighton (Feb. 27).

SENIOR (2020)
Started 26 games and hit .284 with three home runs and 12 RBI... Led the team in runs scored with 22... Four games with two or more hits and three games with multiple RBI... Opened the season with a pair of doubles and three runs scored vs. Maryland on Feb. 6... Tallied a season-high three hits and three runs scored vs. UTSA (Feb. 14).

JUNIOR (2019)
American All-Academic Team... First Team All-Conference selection... Two-time American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll selection... Member of the Wichita State Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)... Finished the campaign fourth on the team in batting average (.298) and second in home runs (9) and RBI (36)... Her nine home runs set a new career high... Started all 56 games, playing both first and third base... One of only three Shockers to start all 56 games... Totaled 48 hits, including six doubles and two triples, and also scoring 33 runs... Her six home runs in conference play led all players... Nine multi-hit games and 12 games with two or more RBI... Season high seven-game hitting streak from March 16-March 27... Season best four game streak with an RBI... During that hit streak, she had four multi-hit outings, including 3-for-3 and 2-for-2 days against Houston... In the series vs. Houston, Buck was 6-for-7 with a home run, two doubles and three RBI... Drove in a season-high three runs, while going 3-for-3 at the plate against UConn (March 31)... In her lone at-bat of the series finale vs. ECU she hit a two-run home run... 

SOPHOMORE (2018)
Second Team All-Conference selection... Started all 55 games at first base... One of just three Shockers to start all 55 games... Hit .305 on the year with 10 doubles, two triples and six home runs with 30 RBI... Her .305 batting average and 50 hits ranked third, while the six home runs tied for fourth on the team... Slugging percentage of .500 and on base percentage of .365... Led The American in putouts, chances and fielding double plays... Had a .983 fielding percentage with 405 putouts, 11 assists and seven errors... Had 14 multi-hit games and eight games with multiple runs driven in... Drove in a season-high three runs three different times... Went 3-for-5 with a double and two RBI in the regional win vs. Oklahoma State on May 18... Had three straight games with two RBI's in the UCF series... Went 2-for-3 with a triple and three RBI vs. Houston on April 14... Went 3-for-3 at the plate with a home run, double, RBI and three runs scored in Wichita State's 14-5 win over Tulsa on April 8... Went 2-for-3 with a double and a triple at UConn on March 30... Went 2-for-3 with three RBI vs. Memphis on March 24... Went 3-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored vs. Iowa on March 18... Also stole two bases vs. Iowa, a season high.

FRESHMAN (2017)
Buck played in 26 games throughout her freshman season, collecting a batting average of .175 and hitting two home runs, while collecting 11 walks.

CLUB TEAM
Played for the Wichita Mustangs under coach Mark Griggs.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Wellington High School, the home of the Crusaders. She played four years of softball under T.D. Buck and also participated in four years of tennis. In 2016, Buck was named the Kansas Gatorade Player of the Year and in 2015, was on the USA Women’s Baseball team.
 
PERSONAL
Born in McPherson, Kan., to T.D. and Sheila Buck. She has one brother, Tyler (29) and two sisters, Kaitlyn (23) and Jacelyn (15). She is majoring in Sport and Exercise Science.

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Historical Player Information

  • 33

    2017Freshman

    Infield
    33
  • 13

    2018Sophomore

    Infield
    5'8"
    13
  • 13

    2019Junior

    INF
    5'8"
    13
  • 13

    2020Senior

    INF
    5'8"
    13
  • 13

    2021Senior

    INF
    5'8"
    13