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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