The 6-foot-3, 235-pound junior won two two individual state championships at the Class AA state meet this spring and led the Dots to a seventh-place finish as a team. Buckley set a meet record by launching the shot put 59 feet, 7.5 inches, which ranked as
Buckley has maintained a weighted 4.13 GPA in the classroom.
The president of the Poca High junior class and also a member of the student council, he has volunteered locally as a peer tutor and youth track coach.