Washington University in St. Louis

2024: Played in 35 games with 34 starts... Finished with a .291 batting average... Tallied 41 hits including eight doubles and two triples... Recorded 21 RBI and scored 26 runs... Went 15-for-15 in stolen bases... Had just two errors in the outfield, finishing with a .969 fielding percentage... Academic All-UAA.

2023: All-UAA Second Team selection … Led the team in batting average (.355), at-bats (166), and hits (59) … Started all 40 games … Notched 19 multi-hit contests … Recorded season-highs of five hits (3/26 against Case Western Reserve), four RBI (4/16 against Brandeis), three stolen bases (4/8 against New York University), and two doubles (3/26 against Case Western Reserve) … Registered a perfect, 1.000 fielding percentage … Belted a pair of home runs, one against New York University (4/8) and one against Brandeis (4/16).  

2022: Appeared in 31 contests with 29 starts...fourth on team in total hits (33)...collected a .308 batting average with 107 total at-bats...second on team in runs scored (29)...registered 16 RBI and a .393 slugging percentage...finished with three doubles and three triples...posted 16 steals, finishing 16-16 on the year in stolen base attempts...totaled 69 putouts defensively with a .959 fielding percentage...named UAA Hitter of the Week (3/7/22)...tallied a season-best 4-4 effort with 6 RBI against IWU (3/5/22).

High School: Two-year letterwinner in baseball at St. Rita of Cascia High School...2nd Team All-Conference selection...member of Chicago Catholic League Conference Championship Team...batted .353 with 41 hits, 44 runs, and 16 RBI in senior season...Illinois State Scholar and member of National Honors Society. 

Personal: Son of Kathy and John Buday... Majoring in economics.