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Sydney Hornbuckle

Class:
Freshman
Height:
5-7
Hometown:
Bakersfield, Calif.
Position:
Pitcher/Utility
High School:
Stockdale
B/T:
L/R
Major:
Civil Engineering

Awards & Honors

All-Mountain West Second-Team (2024)
Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021)
Mountain West Academic All-Conference (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021)
CSC Academic All-District (2023)

2024 (Senior): Started in 37 of the 37 games she played in, primarily starting in the circle… finished the season with 30 hits in 86 at-bats, bringing her hitting percentage to .349 for the season… had her career high for innings pitched, ending with 118 innings pitched on the season… totaled seven doubles and six home runs, tying for second highest on the team… brought in 21 RBI at the plate with a slugging percentage of .640, the third highest on the team… drew 16 walks for an on-base percentage of .447… recorded nine putouts and 46 assists, ending the season with a .982 fielding percentage… was named Colorado State’s Athlete of the Week on April 8 after hitting 3 home runs and five RBI’s the previous weekend… dealt five strikeouts against Nevada March 22… had five RBI’s against San Jose State, contributing to their 16-0 shutout April 21.

2023 (Junior): Appeared in 35 games making 24 total starts including 11 starts in the circle for the Rams... was the only Ram to pitch over 100 innings clocking in 105 on the season... finished the year with a 7-7 record in the circle with a team leading ERA of 4.13 which ranked 12th in the Mountain West... recorded 55 strikeouts, 22 of them looking, with an opponent batting average of .258 which ranked ninth in the conference... threw three complete games... had ten strikeouts against Bradley February 10... at the plate, she recorded 36 at-bats with seven hits for a .194 batting average.

2022 (Sophomore): Appeared in 21 games in the pitcher's circle, making 14 starts throwing 91.1 innings… posted a 3.53 ERA and a 6-9 record… while in the field she recorded a .969 fielding percentage, including seven putouts and 24 assists… had a team-high 8.1 innings pitched against Cal February 13… had seven strikeouts against Nevada April 29… took two at-bats, registering an RBI against San Jose State March 25

2021 (Freshman) [Game-by-Game Stats]: Appeared in seven games as pitcher, including making two starts... Made her collegiate debut against Texas Tech (2/22), hurling 2.2 innings and allowing just one run and striking out two batters... Made her first start against UNLV (4/25) throwing the first two frames... Finished the year pitching 17 frames, allowing 14 hits and five earned runs for a 2.06 ERA... She also recorded 12 strike outs and just one extra-base hit... Took an at-bat at Weber State (4/3).

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Stockdale HS in the spring of 2020… Coached by Amanda Hockett… Named Rookie of the Year of the Southwest Yosemite League (SWYL)… Three-time first-team All-Area… Two-time All-Arena Player of the Year and MVP of the SWYL… Three-time Pag Meter All Valley Team and California All-State… Named Pag Meter Co-Pitcher of the Year.

PERSONAL: Born on Jan. 25, 2002... Daughter of Marlece and Shawn Hornbuckle... Twin sister Katelyn also plays for Colorado State... Older sister Cheyenne played softball at Kansas... Majoring in civil engineering... Favorite athlete is Mike Trout... Chose CSU because: "Fort Collins is beautiful and I fell in love with the town and campus. I like the history and traditions CSU has and they offer an outstanding engineering program that benefits from hands-on research programs. As I have gotten to know the coaches more, I felt like I was a good fit with the program and what they were building for their future. I was also looking to be more than a PO. I loved the fact that the coaches not only supported that but also pushed all their pitchers to hit and play other positions."