Abby Buchs

Bio

2018-2019 at Taylor: Appeared in all 35 games for TU, drawing 33 starts … Named All-Crossroads League Honorable Mention … Averaged 12.1 points and 5.5 rebounds per game … Ranked fifth in the NAIA with a 88.2 percentage from the free throw line … Posted a career-high 24 points, while sinking all nine shot attempts and three treys against Madonna … Corralled 13 rebounds against Indiana Wesleyan on February 6 to set a career-best … Finished third on the team with nine blocks, 37 steals, 62 assists, 60 three pointers and 1,103 minutes played … Went 12-for-13 from the charity stripe in the NAIA Tournament … Exceeded her season-averages with 14.0 points and 6.8 rebounds per game in contests against Top-25 foes … Earned NAIA Scholar-Athlete and Academic All-Crossroads League recognitions.

2017-2018 at Taylor: Played in 34 games and started in 33 of them … Fourth on the team in scoring with 6.9 points per game and 235 total points … Notched 235 points, 75 field-goals made, 38 three-pointers, 47 free throws made, 97 rebounds, 53 assists and 25 steals … Posted nine games with double-digit points, helping Taylor to a 9-1 record in such games … Set a season-high of 19 points against Grace on February 17 … Finished with at least four rebounds in 14 games … Logged a three-pointer in 21 games, including a career-high six triples against Goshen on February 10th … Set a career-high nine rebounds against Grace … Handed out a career-high six assists against Bethel … Named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District II College Team.

2016-2017 at Taylor: Appeared in 20 of TU’s 31 games as a freshman, including one start … Tallied 14 points on five buckets, including three from long range … Grabbed 19 rebounds on the season and added 10 assists … Notched one made field goal in a game on five occasions … Ripped down a season-high four rebounds against Marygrove on November 9th … Collected three-or-more rebounds in a game three times.

Prep: Lettered all four years under coach Brandon Appleton at Angola High … Was KPC Media Group All-Area Honorable Mention selection … As a tennis player, earned Indiana High School Tennis Coaches Association All-District Doubles Team recognition, All-Indiana Doubles Honorable Mention, KPC All-Area recognition and KPC All-Area Co-Prep of the Year honors … Played club basketball with Spiece Gym Rats … Was named Indiana Basketball Coaches Association Academic All-State Honorable Mention and IHSTCA Academic All-State.

Personal: Daughter of Tom and Amy Buchs … Twin sister, Becca, is also a member of the TU women’s basketball team … Majoring in accounting and finance.