Buckner Earns GAC Weekly Honor

DURANT, Okla. – After leading Southeastern baseball to a 3-1 series win over Northeastern State Colton Buckner has earned Great American Conference Baseball Player of the Week honors.
 
Buckner was near perfect on the week offensively as he hit .875, collecting seven hits in eight official at bats on the weekend while also drawing eight walks, three of them intentional.
 
His hits and walks combined to give him a .938 on-base percentage as he reached base safely on 15 of his 16 plate appearances over a four-game series.
 
He posted a double and a home run while driving in three RBI scoring three runs.
 
He posted two-hit outings in three of the four games of the series and had at least one hit in each contest.
 
Buckner also drew three walks in one outing and was walked at least once in every game.
 
Buckner and Southeastern will be back in action Feb. 14-15 when it opens GAC play with a three-game series against Oklahoma Baptist at Mike Metheny Field.