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2024 Softball Roster

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Adam Rubin
Brian Westerholt
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Adam Koszo

14 Kira Buckner

14 Kira Buckner

  • Position:
    Right-Handed Pitcher
  • Height:
    5-5
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Round Lake, Ill.
  • Major:
    Health Sciences / Pre-PA
  • High School:
    Mundelein
  • B/T:
    R/R

Summary

Biography

2024:
  • NEC Prime Performer on May 6
  • Threw five-inning no-hitter in 8-0 over Le Moyne on May 4
  • Recorded 5-1 record, 3.25 ERA and 10 strikeouts across 56 IP in 20 appearances (14 starts)

2023:
  • NEC all-tournament team
  • Earned first career save by tossing three scoreless innings to close winner-take-all NEC championship game vs. Merrimack on May 14
  • Academic All-District from College Sports Communicators
  • Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
  • Selected 2023 Lynn DeVivo-Bao Alumni Day LIU team MVP award winner
  • NEC Spring Commissioner's and Academic Honor Roll
  • Struck out program-record 11 straight during 13-strikeout, one-hit shutout vs. Fordham on Feb. 26
  • NEC Pitcher of Week on Feb. 28
  • Three-time NEC Prime Performer (Feb. 14, Feb. 28, April 18)
  • Took perfect-game bid into fifth inning and recorded first career shutout in 4-0 win vs. Binghamton on Feb. 11
  • Produced 7-9 record, one save, 2.83 ERA and 94 strikeouts in 104 IP spanning 25 appearances (17 starts) 

2022:
  • NEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
  • Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete

2021:
  • NEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
  • Tossed 17 innings spanning five pitching appearances, earning one win
 
Background:
  • Graduated from Mundelein (Ill.) High School in 2020, earning Presidential Award
  • Two-time All-North Suburban Conference selection at pitcher
  • Had career-high 17 strikeouts vs. Zion-Benton High School in 2020 and three-homer game vs. Deerfield (2018)
  • Member of the National Honor Society, SADD, Medical Club, Culture Fair and Show Choir
 
Personal:
  • Daughter of Buck Buckner (father), Trisha Buckner (mother) and Dina Buckner (stepmother)
  • Has three siblings, Eunice, Kailee and Jessica
  • Majoring in health sciences / pre-physician assistant
  • Born Feb. 5, 2002
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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2021Freshman

    Pitcher
    5'4"
    14
  • 14

    2022Sophomore

    Pitcher
    5'5"
    14
  • 14

    2023Junior

    Right-handed Pitcher
    5'5"
    14
  • 14

    2024Senior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    5'5"
    14
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