2026 Softball Roster
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Jersey Number 15
Sam Buckley
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Burbank, Calif.
- High School:
- Burbank
- Prev School:
- Burbank
- Major:
- Education
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
AS A FRESHMAN (2024): Put together one of the most outstanding freshman seasons in program history, earning WCC Freshman of the Year honors in the process...Began the season as the Gaels everyday third baseman before moving to shortstop midway through conference play, starting in every contest...Slashed .359/.508/.634 on the season...Led the Gaels and the WCC with seven triples, 15 hit by pitches, and a 0.508 on-base percentage...Led the Gaels with 0.634 slugging percentage 33 RBI and 29 walks...Collected 47 hits, including 21 extra base hits (10 doubles, 7 triples and 4 home runs) and scored 37 times...Set a program record by reaching base in 32 consecutive games...Recorded a six game hit streak from 4/3 to 4/14, going 8-for-16 (0.500) with a double, a triple, a home run, seven runs scored and five RBI in that span...Hit a team-best 0.375 in conference play...Named the WCC Player of the Week on 2/19 and 3/18, becoming the first ever Gael to earn WCC Player of the Week honors twice in the same season...Named a first team All-WCC honoree and was a finalist for the NFCA DI Freshman of Year award.
PRIOR TO SAINT MARY'S: A 2023 graduate of Burbank High School...Four-year varsity letter winner for the Burbank softball team...Totaled 72 hits, 32 extra-base hits, 20 RBI and a .426 batting average over her three years of play (2020 season canceled due to COVID-19)...Led Burbank to three straight postseason berths...Named team MVP in all three seasons of competition...Honored as a first team All-Pacific League as a sophomore and senior, and as a second team honorees as a junior...Chose Saint Mary's because "I like the campus, the academic programs offered, the low student-to-teacher ratio and the softball coaches."...Plans to study kinesiology and to become an athletic trainer.
- WCC Freshman of the Year (2024)
- First Team All-WCC (2024, 2025)
- Third Team NFCA All-Region (2025)
- 5* WCC Player of the Week (Feb. 19, 2024, Mar. 18, 2024, Mar. 3, 2025, Mar. 24, 2025, and May 5, 2025)
- D1 Softball National Player of the Week (Mar. 25, 2025)
- NFCA National Player of the Week (Mar. 25, 2025)
- 0.380 Career Batting Average Entering 2026 Season (Best in Program History)
- 84 Career Runs Scored Entering 2026 Season (7th Best in Program History)
- 8 Career Triples Entering 2026 Season (T-4th Best in Program History)
- 18 Career Home Runs Entering 2026 Season (T-4th Best in Program History)
- 4th best Batting Average in a Single Season in Program History (0.402, 2025)
- Single Season RBI Record Holder (41, 2025)
- Single Season Runs Record Holder (47, 2025)
- T-6th most Runs Scored in a Single Season in Program History (37, 2024)
- T-2nd most Triples in a Single Season in Program History (7, 2024)
- Single Season Home Run Record Holder (14, 2025)
- 2nd most Walks in a Single Season in Program History (29, 2024)
- Only Three Home Run Game in Program History (Mar. 21, 2025)
AS A FRESHMAN (2024): Put together one of the most outstanding freshman seasons in program history, earning WCC Freshman of the Year honors in the process...Began the season as the Gaels everyday third baseman before moving to shortstop midway through conference play, starting in every contest...Slashed .359/.508/.634 on the season...Led the Gaels and the WCC with seven triples, 15 hit by pitches, and a 0.508 on-base percentage...Led the Gaels with 0.634 slugging percentage 33 RBI and 29 walks...Collected 47 hits, including 21 extra base hits (10 doubles, 7 triples and 4 home runs) and scored 37 times...Set a program record by reaching base in 32 consecutive games...Recorded a six game hit streak from 4/3 to 4/14, going 8-for-16 (0.500) with a double, a triple, a home run, seven runs scored and five RBI in that span...Hit a team-best 0.375 in conference play...Named the WCC Player of the Week on 2/19 and 3/18, becoming the first ever Gael to earn WCC Player of the Week honors twice in the same season...Named a first team All-WCC honoree and was a finalist for the NFCA DI Freshman of Year award.
PRIOR TO SAINT MARY'S: A 2023 graduate of Burbank High School...Four-year varsity letter winner for the Burbank softball team...Totaled 72 hits, 32 extra-base hits, 20 RBI and a .426 batting average over her three years of play (2020 season canceled due to COVID-19)...Led Burbank to three straight postseason berths...Named team MVP in all three seasons of competition...Honored as a first team All-Pacific League as a sophomore and senior, and as a second team honorees as a junior...Chose Saint Mary's because "I like the campus, the academic programs offered, the low student-to-teacher ratio and the softball coaches."...Plans to study kinesiology and to become an athletic trainer.
SB | Highlights at LMU, 5-10-25 G2
Saturday, May 10
SB | Highlights at LMU, 5-10-25 G1
Saturday, May 10
SB | Highlights at LMU, 5-9-25
Friday, May 09
SB | Highlights vs San Diego, 5-4-25
Sunday, May 04
