2025 (Jr.): Featured in 27 matches and started 26 during her junior season...Was one of the Islanders' leading attackers, finishing second on the team with 246 kills and 2.44 kills per set...Also greatly contributed on defense, finishing second among all players with 253 digs and 2.64 digs per set while also chipping in 13 total blocks (eight solo, five assists)...Notched the first double-digit kill game of her career and her first double-double with 10 kills and 11 digs against East Texas A&M on October 2...Reached 10 or more kills in 10 of 13 matches from October 2 to November 13...Tallied a career-high 20 digs against McNeese on October 25...Picked up 17 kills while hitting a blistering .577 against HCU on November 6.

2024 (So.): Competed in 12 matches for the islanders in the role of an outside hitter… Contributed to the Islanders’ sweeps against Prairie View, East Texas A&M, Nicholls, and McNeese notching at least a kill or dig… Led the teams offense against the UIW Cardinals (11/2/24) with a hitting percentage of .600... part of a squad that won the 2024 SLC Tournament Championship

2023 (Fr.): Settled into the Islanders' rotation her freshman season, playing in 28 matches on the year... an all-around player that recorded 27 kills and 58 digs as well as seven aces and three blocks... notched her career-high eight kills against SMU and career-high 16 digs against UTRGV... recorded three aces against Oral Roberts, the first match of the season.

High School
The all-around player led her high school team to three consecutive District Championships from 2020-22... earned herself All-District First-Team honors all four years on varsity... named Hitter of the Year in 2019 and 2020 and also MVP in 2021 and 2022... recorded over 1,000 kills... a three-time National Champion between two club teams

Personal
Born December 28, 2004... parents are Jason Buchanan and Amanda Pettitt... siblings are Kohen and Kelby... majoring in Kinesiology and plans to work in Medical Device Sales after school.