Northwestern State University of Louisana

2026 Season
Southland Conference Pitcher of the Week (March 2)
    2-0 | 1 Save | 0.95 ERA | 2 CG | 14.2 IP | 3 R | 2 ER | 9 K | 3 BB | 0.61 WHIP | .122 BAA
Southland Conference Pitcher of the Week (March 16)
    3-0 | 1.67 ERA | 2 CG | 21.0 IP | 6 R | 5 ER | 12 K | 4 BB | 0.62 WHIP | .130 BAA

Made her NSU debut throwing 3.0 innings of relief against No. 24 Mississippi State…second year in a row a Demon pitcher threw a complete game in her first start for the team and the fourth since 2020 when she threw 6.0 innings against New Mexico (Feb. 8)…threw first career complete game shutout in a 4-0 win against Eastern Illinois (Feb. 14) allowing just three hits…threw the 16th no-hitter in program history on Feb. 27 against Arkansas-Pine Bluff, striking out five and walking just two…winning pitcher in NSU's improbable 5-3 win against Missouri State when the Demons were no-hit by Bear pitchers…finished the final 2.2 innings in the City of Lights Classic finale against UAPB to earn her first save as a Demon…twirled a 10-inning, one-hit shutout of McNeese on March 14 to help Demons earn first series win against the Cowgirls since 2015 and become the first pitcher since 2021 to hold McNeese to just one hit in a conference game and win two games against them in the same series…limited the Cowgirl bats, who entered the series with a .328 team average, to a .140 batting average in 17.0 innings, two complete games, during the weekend.

Prior to NSU
CUSA All-Freshman Team (2024)
CUSA Commissioner’s Honor Roll (2024, 2025)
CUSA Commissioner’s Academic Medalist (2024, 2025)
 
Played two season for the Bulldogs at Louisiana Tech where she made 40 total appearances and 10 starts in the circle…tossed a total of 83.1 innings in two seasons in Ruston with a 3.28 ERA and a 4-7 overall record…named to 2024 Conference USA All-Freshman Team and earned CUSA Freshman of the Week honors during that season…produced a conference-best 1.57 ERA against CUSA foes in her first season at Tech…allowed two runs on three hits with seven strikeouts (career high) in her first career complete game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff during her sophomore season…earned her first career win by throwing 2.2 shutout innings of relief in Tech’s 3-1 win at McNeese during her freshman season (her third career appearance).
 
High School
Four-year letter winner at Como Pickton HS across four sports (softball, volleyball, basketball track and field)…earned all-district honors three times in her prep career and was a two-time Texas Coaches’ Association All-State selection…during her junior season she struck out 358 batters in 182.1 innings of work, a 13.7 K/7 rate, with a 1.27 ERA…also batted .603 at the plate with 13 home runs and 46 RBI with an OPS of 2.139…named district MVP following her senior season where she hit .462 on the season with 13 home runs and 48 RBI with an OPS of 1.567…named best right-handed pitcher in Texas by SBLive.
 
Personal
Daughter of Stephanie and Robert Buster…has one sister, Abbigale, and a dog named Oliver… mom was named Como-Pickton Teacher of the Year in 2021…dad is a four-time top district sales manager for Keurig/Dr. Pepper…won a Christmas card drawing contest with her sister in 2021…majoring in biology with a chemistry minor and plans to attend medical school and pursue a career in sports medicine and orthopedic surgery.