AS A JUNIOR (2016): Played and started in 48 games (41 at 3b, 7 at 1b) … Posted a .318 batting average in 192 at-bats with 38 runs scored on 61 hits, including 20 extra-base hits (5 HR), and 24 RBI … Also drew eight walks, was hit by pitch five times and was 2-for-3 on stolen base attempts … Tallied one sacrifice fly and four sacrifice hits … Tacked up 15 multiple-hit and five multiple-RBI games … Committed 23 errors in 185 total defensive chances for an .876 fielding percentage … Registered at least one hit in each of the first seven games of his career in the Black & Gold … Hit a solo homer in his collegiate debut against Pitt-Johnstown … Singled three times and scored twice on a 3-for-6 hitting line in the series finale with Concord … Doubled in a run and scored twice on a 4-for-5 day in the series opener with Montevallo … Registered an .857 (6-for-7) batting average in two games with Coker … Drove in two runs on a 3-for-4 outing at home, and singled in a run and scored twice on a 3-for-3 showing in Hartsville … Hit 6-for-10 (.600) in the two games with Chowan, including doubling twice on a 4-for-6 day in the opener … Walked, doubled and homered to highlight a 2-for-4 hitting line in the finale with the Hawks … Walked, doubled and scored four times on a perfect 4-for-4 tally in game two of the series with Young Harris … Homered and scored twice on a 2-for-3 hitting line in the series opener with USC Aiken … Finished out his season with a 4-for-10 (.400) series at Columbus State that also included a double in each game of the set.
BEFORE UNCP: Played two seasons (2014-15) at Florence Darlington Tech in Florence, S.C. … Played in 41 games and earned first team all-region laurels as a sophomore … Posted a .356 batting average in 132 at-bats with 27 runs scored on 47 hits, including 10 extra-base hits (7 HR) and 33 RBI … Also drew nine walks and was 9-for-11 on stolen base attempts … Tallied eight multiple-hit and six multiple-RBI outings … Homered and drove in five runs on a 3-for-4 day at Louisburg … Played in 44 games as a freshman … Posted a .314 batting average in 118 at-bats with 18 runs scored on 37 hits, including 10 extra-base hits (2 HR) and 28 RBI … Also drew five walks and was 9-for-12 on stolen base attempts … Registered eight multiple-hit and seven multiple-RBI outings … Homered and drove in four runs on a perfect 3-for-3 day against Lakeland.
HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Scotland High School for coach Jamie Coleman … Earned second-straight all-conference and all-region nods as a senior after turning in a .340 batting average … Also nabbed team offensive most valuable player honors … Registered a .320 batting average as a junior.
PERSONAL: The son of Patti and Charles Buffkin … Has two older sisters, Sandra and Tiffany … Maintained a 3.69 cumulative grade point average at Scotland High School … A physical education major at UNCP.
JUCO CAREER HIGHS
AB: 5, four times – last vs. USC Salkehatchie (5/2/15)
R: 3 vs. Lakeland (3/12/14)
H: 4 vs. Southeastern (2/4/15)
RBI: 5 at Louisburg (3/28/15)
2B: 2 at Louisburg (3/22/14)
3B: None
HR: 1, five times – last at Brunswick (4/8/15)
BB: 2, twice – last vs. Pitt (5/3/15)
SB: 2 vs. Belmont Abbey JV (4/9/14)
Hitting Streak: 10 games (4/3/15 – 4/18/15)
