Dallas Baptist University Athletics

CAREER HONORS
2025:
Conference USA Pitcher of the Week (Week of March 17)
Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2024:
SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023:
SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
 
MLB DRAFT
4th Round - Toronto Blue Jays (2025)
16th Round - Toronto Blue Jays (2021)
 
2025 (JUNIOR)
Made 13 starts as the team’s Friday night starter … Posted a 6-2 record with a 4.62 ERA … Ranked second in CUSA in strikeouts per nine innings (11.55) and his 80 strikeouts were sixth-most in the league … vs. CUSA OPPONENTS: Earned CUSA Pitcher of the Week honors after tossing 7.0 shutout innings and striking out a career-high 14 batters versus Middle Tennessee (3/21) … Allowed two runs over 5.0 innings at New Mexico State (3/28) to notch his third straight win … Held Jacksonville State (4/11) scoreless for 5.2 innings and recorded nine strikeouts … Threw 4.0 scoreless frames versus Sam Houston (4/17) … vs. NON-CONFERENCE: Made his Patriot debut as the team’s Opening Day starter against North Dakota State (2/14) and struck out seven while allowing three runs over 4.1 innings … Struck out 10 batters and surrendered two runs in 5.0 innings to earn his first win against SIU Edwardsville (2/22) … Gave up three runs over 6.0 innings at Louisiana (3/7) … Earned the win against UTSA (3/14) after allowing just two runs in 7.0 innings of work … CUSA TOURNAMENT: Tossed 3.0 scoreless frames and did not allow a hit versus Jacksonville State (5/22) ... MLB DRAFT: Selected in the fourth round as the 112th overall pick in the MLB Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays.
 
2024 (SOPHOMORE - LSU)
Made eight relief appearances … Struck out 10 batters in 9.0 innings of work … Hurled 2.0 shutout innings and fanned a career-high four batters versus Northern Illinois (2/22) … Held Louisiana Tech (3/19) without a run in 1.2 innings of relief work … Tossed 1.2 scoreless innings against Southeastern Louisiana (3/26).
 
2023 (FRESHMAN - LSU)
Made eight relief appearances for an LSU team that won the 2023 College World Series … Struck out 14 batters and issued just three walks in 7.0 innings … Made his debut against Western Michigan (2/17) and worked 1.0 scoreless inning … Struck out three batters in 1.0 inning of relief against Northwestern State (5/9).
 
COLLEGIATE SUMMER LEAGUE
Spent the last two summers with the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox in the Cape Cod League … Pitched for the Trenton Thunder in the MLB Draft League in 2022.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterman at the Mennonite Educational Institute Secondary School ... Played for head coach Taylor Bratton … Member of the Canadian Junior National Team … Ranked as the No. 72 right-handed pitcher in the country and the No. 3 overall player from British Columbia by Perfect Game … Selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 16th round of the 2021 Major League Baseball Draft … Also played basketball and volleyball in high school … Competed in the summers for the Abbotsford Cardinals.

PERSONAL
Born on August 26, 2003 in Nelson, New Zealand … Parents are Jeff and Jeanne Bucknam … His cousin, Derek Dickerson, played college basketball at Western Washington University … Cousin, Lyndsie White, played rugby for the U.S. National Women’s Team … Majoring in Sports Management … Favorite Bible verse is Psalm 23.