Areta Buness Season 2019

Career Accolades

• Member of inaugural Pac-12 Tournament championship team in 2018
• Two-time Pac-12 All-Academic second team (2018, 2019)
• 2018 All-Pac-12 second team
• Two-time IWLCA Academic honor roll (2018, 2019)
• 2017 MPSF All-Academic
• Finished career ranked 12th all-time at Stanford with 103 career draw controls
• Finished career with 85 goals, 21 assists, 106 points, 64 ground balls and 27 caused turnover in 64 career games
• In Her Words: Indomitable Spirit

As a Senior (2019)

• Pac-12 All-Academic second team
• IWLCA Academic honor roll
• Played in all 19 games and started 17
• IWLCA Academic honor rollThird on the team with 34 draw controls
• Finished the season with 22 goals, seven assists and 29 points
• Also finished with 22 ground balls and eight caused turnovers
• Season-high three goals on four occasions 
• Season-high four points (three goals, one assist) in win at No. 10 Stony Brook (March 3)
• Career-best five ground balls in Pac-12 Tournament win over Oregon (April 25)
• Three goals and six draw controls in Pac-12 Tournament semifinals against No. 22 Colorado (April 26)

As a Junior (2018)

• Member of Pac-12 Tournament championship team
• All-Pac-12 second team
• Pac-12 All-Academic second team
• IWLCA Academic honor roll
• Played in 20 games and started 19
• Scored in each of the first 19 games, including 11 games with multiple goals and five hat tricks
• Hat tricks in both Pac-12 Tournament games (seven goals total)
• Third on the team with 38 goals
• Fourth on the team with 34 draw controls
• Finished season with 39 points, 28 ground balls and 14 caused turnovers
• Season-best four ground balls against No. 2 Stony Brook (Feb. 19)
• Season-high four goals in wins against Harvard (Feb. 23), Fresno State (April 8) and in Pac-12 Tournament semifinal against No. 20 USC (April 27)
• Season-high seven draw controls in win over Oregon (April 15)
• Won at least one draw control in 14 games

As a Sophomore (2017)

• MPSF All-Academic
• Played in 18 games and started 14
• Fifth on the team with 25 goals
• Second on the team with 13 assists
• Third on the team with 38 points
• Added 14 ground balls and 34 draw controls
• Scored first two collegiate goals in win over UC Davis (Feb. 10)
• One goal and one assist at Duke (Feb. 18)
• Two goals and one assist at Saint Mary's (Feb. 21)
• Two goals in win at Ohio State (Feb. 24)
• Three points (two goals, one assist) in win over William & Mary (March 8)
• Three goals, including the game-winner, and three assists against UCONN (March 11)
• Three points (one goal, two assists) in win at Yale (April 1)
• Also scored once against Fresno State (April 11)
• Two goals on two shots in win at Cal (April 17)
• Season-high seven draw controls against USC (April 21)
• Two goals and two ground balls in win over San Diego State (April 23)
• Season-high five goals and one assist in Pac-12 tournament win over Cal (April 27)
• One goal in Pac-12 tournament game against Colorado (April 28)

As a Freshman (2016)

• Made her collegiate debut against Saint Mary's (Feb. 16)
• Played in seven games for the Cardinal with one draw control in her collegiate debut

The Buness File

• Won Arizona state team championships in three sports: lacrosse, badminton, and cross country
• U.S. Lacrosse first-team All-American three times (2013-15)
• Two-time U.S. Lacrosse All-Academic team
• The All-Academic standard is someone who her mark beyond the field and the classroom by making significant contributions of service to the school and/or community
• Brine high school All-America in 2013
• State player of the year in 2015 (American Family Insurance All-USA Arizona team)
• Three-time team MVP and two-year co-captain
• Two-time Arizona Midfielder of the Year by the Arizona Girls Lacrosse Association
• First-team all-state three times
• Four-time Arizona all-star
• The state career record-holder in points (407), goals (312), points per game (6.56), draw controls (429), groundballs (260), and caused turnovers (121)
• Set Arizona season records in draw controls (175) and groundballs (107)
• As a freshman, was second in the state with 65 points
• Very skilled, and a natural leader
• Played with the Desert Heat club team
• Twice played for Team Arizona at the U.S. Lacrosse national tournament
• Invited to U.S. U-19 tryout camp
• No. 1 player on Xavier badminton team that won two state championships
• Third in the state in singles as a senior, fourth as a junior
• Also ran on Xavier Prep's state Division I cross country championship team
• Parents are Randy and Cynthia Buness
• Has an older brother, Gage, who played lacrosse at Arizona State
• Anticipates majoring in biomechanical engineering, with a possible career as a biomedical engineer
• National Merit Scholar
• Winner of the Regina Caeli Award for Xavier's Top Academic Student
• Hobbies include skiing and scuba diving