THE HONORS
➢ 2008 ALL-MVC FIRST TEAM
➢ 2007 ALL MVC FIRST TEAM
➢ TWO-TIME VALLEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK (3.19.07; 5.7.07)

2007 - SOPHOMORE
Finished season with the second-most RBI in a single-season at ISU (51) ... hit 16 home runs, just two shy of the ISU single-season record ... All-MVC First Team selection ... hit first-career triple in ISU's 5-2 loss to Northwestern (May 19) at the NCAA Regional ... started all 62 games, splitting time in left field, and at first base, shortstop and third base ... one of three Redbirds to collect 40 or more hits and RBI in the same season, with 59 hits and 51 RBI ... helped make ISU history April 14 when she hit two of the six total homers in a single game at Drake ... hit the first of back-to-back-to-back shots in the same contest ... put together a 12-game hitting streak from March 14-28 and went a combined 18-for-38 in that span ... hit three home runs, two of which came in walk-off fashion, in a doubleheader against Missouri State (May 5); finished the day with four hits, seven RBI and four runs ... combined with Kara Nelson, Amber Smith, Kelsey Warning and Tiffany Prager to comprise the largest group (5) to ever collect more then 50 hits in a season ... named The Valley Player of the Week twice (March 19; May 7).

2006 - FRESHMAN
Played in 47 of ISU's 54 games, with 29 starts ... hit .500 with a runner on third base and less than two outs ... hit the first home run of her collegiate career against Buffalo (March 4).

HIGH SCHOOL - OKAW VALLEY
Four-year starter in softball, soccer and hockey ... three-year basketball starter ... named Decatur Herald & Review Player of the Year in softball her senior year after she led the area with a .670 batting average, eight home runs and 61 RBI ... named softball team MVP in 2003 and 2005 ... two-time all-conference selection ... earned basketball MVP honors as a sophomore and junior ... first-team all-conference pick in basketball in 2003 ... Journal-Gazette all-area selection in basketball as a junior ... averaged 13.8 rebounds per game as a junior ... led her basketball team to the conference championship in 2004 and the softball regional title ... finished eighth in the discus at the 2004 Illinois High School Association (IHSA) state meet ... helped lead her hockey team to the CIHL crown as a sophomore ... National Honor Society member.

PERSONAL
Born Nov. 19, 1986 ... Parents: Cuyler and Dee Buker ... Siblings: Ashley (29) and Kelsie Standerfer (27), who attended Illinois State ... Major: biological sciences ... last name pronounced BEW-kur.