Career Honors & Awards
• NCAA West Preliminary Qualifier (2024, 2025)
• All-Summit League Outdoor (2023-24, 2024-25)
• All-Summit League Indoor (2024-25)
• Summit League Peak Performer of the Week (2/4/25)
• USTFCCCA All-Academic Indoor (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)
• USTFCCCA All-Academic Outdoor (2023-24, 2024-25)
• Academic All-Summit League Indoor (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)
• Academic All-Summit League Outdoor (2023-24, 2024-25)
• Summit League Commissioner's List (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)
• Summit League Honor Roll (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)
Coyote Indoor Top 10
• 5
th in the pole vault (17-5 ¾)
Coyote Outdoor Top 10
t-6
th in the pole vault (17-8 ½)
Career Bests
2024-25
Indoor Track & Field
Placed third at the Summit League Championships in the pole vault at 17-3 (5.26m)... Cleared a personal best 17-5 ¾ (5.33m) at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational, moving into fifth in the Coyote Indoor Top 10... placed inside the top three at seven of the eight meets he competed in... was named Summit League Men's Field Peak Performer (2.4.25) for his performance at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational... earned second place finishes at the SDSU Holiday (16-10 ¾), Mark Colligan Memorial (17-1 ½), and the SDSU Last Chance (16-10).
Outdoor Track & Field
Summit League Runner-Up in the pole vault with a personal best 17-8 ½ (5.40m)… Qualified and placed 14
th at the NCAA West First Round with a clearance of 17-5 ½ (5.32m)… vaulted 17-0 or higher five times during the season… won the pole vault at the USD Early Bird and South Dakota Challenge… recorded top-10 finishes in every competition during the regular season… totaled five top-5’s.
2023-24
Indoor Track & Field
Set a new personal best at the Summit League Championships, vaulting 17-1 ½ (5.22m) to place fourth...started the season with a second place finish at the SDSU Holiday Open, vaulting 16-4 ¾ (5.0m)...prior to breaking 17 feet for the first time, he reached 16-11 ½ (5.17m) at the Tyson Invitational...placed 10th or better in every competition.
Outdoor Track & Field
Placed third in the pole vault at the Summit League Championships with a height of 17-0 (5.18m)...reached 17-0 (5.18m) one other time during the season, taking second place at the USD Challenge with that height...took third place at the USD Early Bird with a clearance of 16-11 (5.16m)...competed at the NCAA West First Round, clearing 16-7 ½ (5.07m).
2022-23
Indoor Track & Field
Placed fourth in the pole vault at the Summit League Championships with a height of 16-8 (5.08m) … member of the Coyotes’ Summit League Championship title-winning team … vaulted a personal best height of 16-9 ½ (5.12m) to place third at the Tyson Invitational … vaulted 16-9 ¼ (5.11m) at the USD Alumni Meet … placed third in pole vault at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Invitational … tallied eight top-10 finishes indoors … voted to the Academic All-Summit League team … named USTFCCCA All-Academic.
Outdoor Track & Field
Placed fourth in the pole vault at the Summit League Championships by clearing 16-4 ½ (4.99m) … won pole vault at The Monday Meet with a height of 16-4 ½ (4.99m) … took third in the pole vault at the USD Tune-Up in 16-5 ¼ (5.01m) … took third in the pole vault at the USD Early Bird … notched six top-10 finishes during the season … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.
2021-22
Indoor Track & Field
Placed sixth in the pole vault at the Summit League Championships … made a season-best clearance of 15-11 ¼ in the pole vault at the USD Alumni Meet … took third in the pole vault at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Meet with a height of 15-11.
Outdoor Track & Field
Placed fourth in the pole vault at the Summit League Championships with a jump of 15-10 … cleared a season-best height of 16-0 in the pole vault at the USD Twilight … notched four top-10 finishes during the spring … made the Summit League honor roll.
Prep
Ranked No. 4 nationally in the pole vault for signing class ... owns a personal best of 16-5 from junior season, despite it being shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... the height is a McKinney Boyd High School program record ... captured three-straight Texas University Interscholastic League 6A district titles as a freshman, sophomore and senior ... won the Texas UIL 6A area title twice and qualified for regionals three times ... Texas State Championships qualifier as a senior ... the 2018 AAU Junior Olympics bronze medalist in the pole vault ... also played football for two seasons with the Broncos ... a National Honor Society member.
Personal
Son of Chris and Carrie Buley ... plans to major in sport marketing and media.
