2024 Softball Roster

Taylor Newton

11 Delani Buckner

  • Position Pitcher
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Elkview, W. Va.
  • High School Herbert Hoover

Biography

Career
» Appeared in 95 games and made 60 starts, the seventh-most in program history
» Earned a save in the Mountaineers' first ranked win in program history in 2023
» Struck out 272 batters, the sixth-most in program history
» Struck 115 hitters in 2022, the seventh-highest mark in a single season in program history
» Pitched 369.2 innings, the sixth-most in App State history
» 3.48 career ERA, the ninth-lowest in App State history
» 25 career wins and 24 complete games 
» Pitched at least 50 innings every year of her career 
» Five career saves 
» Seven career shutouts 
» Made 23 starts in 2022, the 10th-most in a season in program history

2024: Made 12 starts and 21 appearances her senior year ... Pitched to a 3.92 ERA while striking out 57 hitters ... Struck out the side in her final career inning on May 3 against Georgia Southern ... Reached 250 career strikeouts on April 23 against Western Carolina ... Tallied a season-best nine punchouts in a complete-game effort on April 30 against ETSU ... Tallied at least one strikeout in all but four appearances ... Allowed fewer than two earned runs in 14 appearances ... Converted all eight of her chances in the field. 

2023: Appeared in 24 games with a team-high 17 starts in the circle … completed the season with a 5-9 record and an ERA of 3.33 … pitched eight complete games, two of which were shutouts against IUPUI and Georgetown … earned a save by pitching the last three outs in App State’s first ranked win in program history against No. 23 Louisiana … struck out 10 batters in a win over N.C. Central, totaling 63 on the season.

2022: Appeared in 33 games in the circle, starting in 23 of them … Earned 13 wins, the seventh-most among Sun Belt pitchers with an ERA of 3.21 … Struck out 115 batters, the most of anyone on the team and eighth-most in the conference … Gave up 123 hits and 73 runs with a .238 opponent batting average against … Struck out a career-high 10 batters in a win over UMass … Recorded three shutouts and one save … In App State’s historic first win over Louisiana, she tossed the complete game, giving up just one run on four hits and fanned six batters across seven innings of work … Finished another season with a 1.000 fielding percentage, remaining perfect in her career.

2021: Made an impact in the circle as a freshman, appearing in 17 games and making the start in eight of them… Finished the season with a 4-4 record with 57 innings pitched… Posted a 3.81 ERA with 37 strikeouts, good for second on the team… Posted two shutouts and two saves in 2021… Gave up 66 hits and 38 runs with a .276 opponent batting average against… Walked only 10 batters in her 17 appearances… Threw a season-high eight innings in the win over ULM (4/11)… Struck out a season-high eight batters in the win at N.C. Central (3/7)… Earned her first career save in the win over Georgia Southern (4/20) and posted her second against Coastal Carolina (5/6)… Finished the season with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage.
 
High School: Attended Herbert Hoover High School… Named the 2018 and 2020 West Virginia Gatorade Softball Player of the Year… Named the 2019 West Virginia Sportswriter Player of the Year… Posted a 52-3 record as a pitcher through her senior year… Registered a 0.53 ERA and victories in the last three Class AA state championship games… First Team All-Conference selection as a freshman, sophomore and junior… Named Second Team All-State as a freshman and First Team All-State as a sophomore and junior… Compiled 664 strikeouts over her three years and ended with a .331 ERA as a junior… Struck out 273 batters in just her junior season alone… At the plate, Buckner posted two home runs, 45 hits, 33 RBI and a .495 batting average her junior year… Played travel ball with the NC Firecrackers Wright 18U… Senior season cut short due to COVID-19.
 

Statistics

Season:
2024

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Historical Player Information

  • 11

    2021Freshman

    Pitcher
    5'7"
    11
  • 11

    2022Sophomore

    Pitcher
    5'7"
    11
  • 11

    2023Junior

    Pitcher
    5'7"
    11
  • 11

    2024Senior

    Pitcher
    5'7"
    11