2022 (Senior) | Game-by-Game
Appeared in 45 games in his senior season... moved into third place all-time for the Panthers with 216 games played... hit .257 with five doubles, a triple, and four home runs... third on the team with a .400 on base percentage... led the team with 14 HBP and finished third with 20 walks... finished his career with 57 HBP which ranks second all-time in program history... went 10-for-11 in stolen base attempts... third on the team with 27 RBI and fifth with 27 runs scored... named Horizon League Batter of the Week on February 22 after helping the Panthers to a 3-0 start with a 7-for-14 performance at the plate... drove in five and recorded a slash line of .500/.588/714 in the opening weekend... reached base safely in 12 straight games to end the season... went 4-for-6 with four RBI in a doubleheader split against Youngstown State on April 24... finished the year with eight multi-RBI games, tied for most on the team... totaled 67 putouts and 95 assists at shortstop... member of the Horizon League All-Academic Team for the third straight year.
2021 (Junior) | Game-by-Game
Only MKE player to start all 55 games... finished third on the team with a .273 batting average... second on the team with a .380 on base percentage after leading MKE with 18 HBP... his 18 HBP led the Horizon League, ranked 19th in NCAA Division I, and tied him for fourth most in a season in program history... slugged .344 with eight doubles, a triple, and a home run... finished 10-for-15 in stolen base attempts... scored 30 runs and drove in 21 more... had 16 multi-hit games including three contests with three hits... opened the year with two hits in three plate appearances at Kentucky... totaled four hits in the Ohio series... reached base safely in eight straight games from March 21 to April 3, going 10-for-23 with eight runs scored... recorded a double in three consecutive games from March 28 to April 2... helped the Panthers advance to the Horizon League Championship, going 3-for-5 with four runs scored in a win over UIC on May 28... totaled 137 assists and 59 putout sin 207 chances for a .947 fielding percentage... member of the Horizon League All-Academic Team.
2020 (Junior) | Game-by-Game
Started all 15 games for the Panthers... led Milwaukee with 10 runs scored and eight walks... finished the year with a .200/.355/.360 slash line... led the Panthers with a pair of triples... hit safely in the first four games of the year, going 6-for-14 (.429) with three runs and four RBI... helped the Panthers top No. 17 Wake Forest with a pair of RBI triples in the seventh and ninth innings on February 15... hit his first career home run, a sixth inning shot at Sacramento State, on February 23... scored a run in all three games of the series at Miami (OH) on March 7-8... season cut short due to COVID-19 pandemic... member of the Horizon League All-Academic Team.
2019 (Sophomore) | Game-by-Game
Appeared in and started 56 games on the season, missing just one contest ... set career highs across the board ... recorded 52 hits and scored 32 runs ... knocked in 29 runs while batting .252 overall ... had 16 walks and was hit by a pitch a team-high 14 times to up his on-base percentage to .345 ... HBP total finished second in the Horizon League ... posted 12 doubles, one of six different Panthers with 10-or-more ... came out of the gates red-hot, starting the season a 10-game hitting streak ... batted .372 (16-for-43) in the span, leading the conference at that point with 13 RBI ... tied his career-high with four hits against Villanova in the second game of the season ... drove in three runs the next day in a win over Pittsburgh ... named Horizon League Player of the Week for his efforts ... tied his career-high with three RBI, adding three hits in a win over Arizona March 2 ... went 2-for-3 with a double and two runs scored against MSOE March 20 ... drove in two runs against Wright State April 20; adding two more hits in game two of a doubleheader that day ... collected three hits and scored twice in a victory over Northern Kentucky April 26 ... cracked a pair of doubles against Youngstown State May 16 ... named to the Horizon League Academic Honor Roll.
2018 (Freshman) | Game-by-Game
Quickly worked his way into the starting lineup as a freshman, finishing the season with 43 starts among his 46 games played ... batted .262 overall ... recorded 39 hits, scored 26 runs and drove in 11 more ... went 8-for-10 on stolen base attempts ... first start came in game No. 3 against Ohio State Feb. 18 ... picked up first hit against Bethune-Cookman Feb. 23 ... went 2-for-3 at UAB March 9 ... posted his first 4-hit effort at Youngstown State March 18, finishing 4-for-5 with three runs scored, a double and two RBI ... three more hits against the Penguins April 21 ... two hits and two driven in against Northern Illinois May 15 ... big game against Northern Kentucky in the postseason opener May 23, finishing with his second 4-hit contest of the campaign ... added three runs and two RBI against the Norse that day.
High School: A four-year varsity letterwinner who earned all-district, all-conference and all-county recognition in his career ... team captain as a senior, batting .355 with a .481 on-base percentage and 25 runs scored ... selected for the team's "Commitment to Excellence" award each of his final two seasons ... earned
Kenosha News Honorable Mention All-County honors as a junior ... a two-time Honorable Mention All-Southeast Conference honoree ... ranked No. 15 in the Wisconsin Class of 2017 prepbabseballreport.com ... played volleyball as a senior, earning the Most Improved award as the team won the conference championship ... also a two-year member of the Racine Hitters.
Personal: Son of Tom and Jayne Buban ... brother, Aaron, played baseball at UWM (2014-16) ... major is biological science ... chose UWM because of the top-quality baseball and academic programs offered ... career goal is to earn his degree and find a career he enjoys ... most memorable sports experience was winning the conference championship in baseball as a senior ... lists hobbies as fishing, weightlifting and spending time with friends ... has done volunteer work with his church, Special Olympics and Miracle League ... born April 28, 1999.
