2013 (Senior): Appeared in 56 games with 52 starts--29 in leftfield and 23 in rightfield...hit .235 (27-for-115) overall and .228 (13-for-57) in Big West Conference games...scored 24 runs overall...recorded a career-high three hits against UC Riverside (Apr. 5)...executed two sacrifice bunts against Syracuse (Mar. 16)...led UH with six sacrifice bunts on the year...was 4-for-5 in stolen bases.
2012 (Junior): Appeared in 29 games with 18 starts—including 17 straight from Mar. 30-May 5)—in rightfield…hit .143 (5-for-35) with an on-base percentage of .250…got her first collegiate hit against Seattle (2/11/12) and scored a career-high two runs against the Redhawks…punched out a career-high two hits at New Mexico State, going 2-for-3 in a 4-3 win over the Aggies…drilled her first career double vs. Utah (April 3)…scored nine runs on the year.
2011 (Sophomore): Appeared in 41 games with five starts in the outfield…primarily used as a pinch runner...scored 12 runs on the season...had two put-outs and an assist on defense in the outfield.
2010 (Freshman): Appeared in 55 games primarily as a pinch-runner… was the "go-to" runner off the bench for the Rainbow Wahine, scoring 27 runs overall… was perfect with three stolen bases on three attempts.
Prep: A 2009 graduate of La Reina High School in Thousand Oaks, Calif…earned four letters in softball and two in basketball…in softball, was a second team all-league seleciton in her freshman and senior seasons while earning all-league first team honors as a junior...named honorable mention all-league in basketball as a junior...voted softball team's Most Valuable Player as a junior and team's Offensive MVP as a senior...played for the Pacific Coast Predators club team from 2007-09...in the 2009 travel ball season, hit .380 with a .537 on-base percentage and .565 slugging percentage with 28 runs scored.
Personal: Born in Thousand Oaks, Calif…intends to major in kinesiology…has one older sister…parents are Dave and Peggy Buchanan of Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Career Highs
At-Bats: 4 (4x), last vs. Long Beach State (4/27/13)
Runs: 2 (3x), last at Cal State Fullerton (4/13/13)
Hits: 3 vs. UC Riverside (4/5/13)
RBI: 1 (4x), last at Cal State Northridge (3/23/13)
Doubles: 1 (2x) last at Cal State Northrdige (3/23/13)
Triples: --
Home Runs: --
Total Bases: 3 vs. UC Riverside (4/5/13
Walks: 1(10x), last at Pacific (5/11/13)
Strike outs: 3, at Nevada (4/21/12-1)
Sacrifice: 2 vs. Syracuse (3/16/13)
Sacrifice Fly: --
Stolen Bases: 1(4x), last vs. UC Riverside (4/5/13)
Hit-by-pitch: 1(2x), last vs. UC Riverside (4/5/13)
Caught stealing: 1 vs. Old Miss (2/9/13)
Runners LOB: 3 (3x), last at Cal Poly (4/19/13)
Put-outs: 5 at Cal. State Fullerton (4/13/13)
Assists: 2(2x) vs. California (3/14/13)
Errors: 1 (5x), last vs. Long Beach State (4/26/13)
2013 Buchanan Game-by-Game Statistics
2012 Buchanan Game-by-Game Statistics
2011 Buchanan Game-by-Game Statistics
2010 Buchanan Game-by-Game Statistics
