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Areta Buness Season 2018
PositionM
Height5-6
ClassJunior
HometownParadise Valley, Ariz.
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
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