In three years, Budke has put her name in the OU career record book. She is seventh in slugging percentage (.551), ninth in walks (42), 10th in at bats (372), ninth in batting average (.368), fourth in RBI (102), and is tied for fourth in homeruns (13).
2015: Budke played and started in 46 games, earning All-KCAC honors for the third straight season with her Honorable Mention selection. She had 43 hits in 142 at bats for a .303 batting average. Budke scored 31 runs, hit nine doubles, one triple, and four homeruns. She drove in 34, had a slugging percentage of .465, walked 17 times, had an on base percentage of .368, and had four sacrifice flies. Budke had 10 multi-hit games, tallying a career high three four times with the last against Southwestern College (3/28).
2014: Budke earned First Team All-KCAC honors at designated player in her sophomore season. She twice earned KCAC Player of the Week honors. Budke led the team in batting average, tallying 67 hits in 159 at bats for an average of .421. She scored 31 hits, hit 11 doubles, had six homeruns, drove in 42 runs, had a slugging percentage of .609, walked 19 times, was hit by a pitch once, had an on base percentage of .481, and she went 6-for-7 in stolen base attempts. She had a career high five hits (5-for-5) and had a career high five RBI against Mount Mercy College (3/7). Budke hit her first homerun of the season against Evangel University (2/15). She finished the season ranked 50th in the NAIA in hits per game (1.3).
2013: In her first collegiate season, Budke played and started in 24 games. Because of her play at the designed player position, Budke earned Second Team All-KCAC honors. She also earned KCAC Player of the Week honors once. Budke finished the season second on the team in batting average (.380) with 27 hits in 71 at bats. She scored 10 runs, hit five doubles, one triple, three homeruns, had a slugging percentage of .606, walked six times, and had an on base percentage of .423. Budke recorded her first collegiate hit against Baker University (2/9), drove in her first run versus Culver Stockton College (3/15), and hit her first homerun against Bethel College (4/3).
High School: Budke earned four letters in softball for St. James Academy. She helped lead the Thunder to a 2011 Kansas 4A State Runner-up and to a Kansas 4A Regional Championship. Budke earned Second Team All-Conference honors in 2011.
Personal: Daughter of Dennis Budke and Dana Budke ... born May 3, 1994 ... undecided in a major.
