2018: Saw time in nine games on the hill for the Privateers as a senior…tossed 14 innings in relief while earning one win on the season…struck out 11 batters while holding opponents to a .189 batting average…made his season debut and did not allow a run while striking out three against Southern Vermont (3/3)…tossed a perfect inning against Penn State-Behrend (3/7)…threw another hitless inning with one strikeout against Ramapo (3/20)…threw 2 1/3 innings and allowed one earned run on a season-high 48 pitches against Merchant Marine (4/8)…struck out a pair in 1 1/3 innings against Manhattanville (4/10)…threw two scoreless innings against Mount St. Vincent (4/15)…threw one inning in the regular season finale against Old Westbury (4/28)…finished his season with a 34-pitch outing as he retired four batters against Merchant Marine in the Skyline Conference Championship First Round (5/2).
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2017: Played a hybrid role for the Privateers in his first season with the team as he saw time in 19 total games for the Privateers in his first season with the team…appeared in 11 games as a position player, seven games as a pitcher and one game in both roles…on the season he pitched 14 innings to a 7.71 earned run average with 21 strikeouts…as he hitter he hit .100 on the year with three hits including two doubles in limited at bats…made his Maritime debut in the season opener against Southern Vermont before pitching in the team’s second game of the day and striking out the side without allowing a hit against Southern Vermont (3/5)…picked up a double and scored a run in the opener against Monmouth (Ill.) (3/9)…recorded an RBI the following day against Bridgewater State (3/10)…made his only start of the season on the hill and struck out five batters against Misericordia (3/11)…pitched one inning of relief and struck out a pair against Mount St. Mary (3/25)…walked three times at the plate and picked up one hit while scoring four runs on the game before taking the hill and throwing one hitless inning with three strikeouts against City College of New York (4/5)…tossed two innings of relief and struck out five batters during the stint against Lehman (4/11)…pitched two innings of relief against St. Joseph’s (Bklyn) (4/30)…threw another 2 2/3 innings with two strikeouts in the team’s Skyline Conference Championship opener against Merchant Marine (5/6)…started in both games of the team’s NCAA Division III Championship matchups against Shenandoah (5/18) before picking up a double and scoring a run against Elizabethtown (5/19).
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2016 (at Stony Brook): Was a member of the Seawolves’ baseball roster … did not participate in a game as a sophomore due to injury.
2015 (at Stony Brook): Joined the Stony Brook baseball team and pitched in one contest against Binghamton during the regular season … tossed two innings and struck out one Bearcat … helped the team reach the NCAA Regional Round of the Division I Baseball Championship.
High School: Graduated from Connetquot High School in Bohemia, N.Y. in 2014 … played both baseball and football for the Thunderbirds in high school … was a part of the 2012 Suffolk County Championship team … also earned the 2014 Courage Award and also was a varsity baseball captain as both a junior and a senior.
Personal: Son of Gayle and Dennis Buckshaw … has four siblings; Dennis, Jaclyn, Heather, and Dina … is planning to graduate with a degree in International Transportation and Trade from Maritime.