Baseball
Travis Buck
- Title:
- Director of Player Development/Bench Coach
Former major leaguer Travis Buck was hired as Boise State baseball's director of player development and bench coach, August 20, 2018
Buck spent six seasons in MLB with the Oakland Athletics (2007-10), Cleveland Indians (2011), and Houston Astros (2012). He played collegiately for Arizona State (2003-05). He helped lead Team USA to a gold medal in the World University Baseball Championship in 2004.
Buck was named a Freshman All-American by both Collegiate Baseball (first team) and Baseball America (second team) in 2003. He was a First Team All-Pac-10 Conference honoree in 2004 and 2005 and an All-College World Series selection in 2005. He also garnered Pac-10 All-Academic First Team accolades in 2005. He left ASU ranked in the school's career top 10 in at bats, runs, and hits and was 15th in batting average at .362.
Buck was initially drafted out of Richland High School in Richland, Wash., by the Seattle Mariners, but instead chose to attend Arizona State. He was then selected in the first round, 36th overall of the 2005 Major League First-Year Player Draft.
In 2006 he played in the All-Star Futures Game, and was at one point rated by Baseball America as the top prospect in the Oakland Athletics organization.
Since retiring from professional baseball, Buck had been operating TBuck Training in his hometown, training and developing youth baseball players. He has since transferred ownership to pursue a career in college baseball.
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Buck spent six seasons in MLB with the Oakland Athletics (2007-10), Cleveland Indians (2011), and Houston Astros (2012). He played collegiately for Arizona State (2003-05). He helped lead Team USA to a gold medal in the World University Baseball Championship in 2004.
Buck was named a Freshman All-American by both Collegiate Baseball (first team) and Baseball America (second team) in 2003. He was a First Team All-Pac-10 Conference honoree in 2004 and 2005 and an All-College World Series selection in 2005. He also garnered Pac-10 All-Academic First Team accolades in 2005. He left ASU ranked in the school's career top 10 in at bats, runs, and hits and was 15th in batting average at .362.
Buck was initially drafted out of Richland High School in Richland, Wash., by the Seattle Mariners, but instead chose to attend Arizona State. He was then selected in the first round, 36th overall of the 2005 Major League First-Year Player Draft.
In 2006 he played in the All-Star Futures Game, and was at one point rated by Baseball America as the top prospect in the Oakland Athletics organization.
Since retiring from professional baseball, Buck had been operating TBuck Training in his hometown, training and developing youth baseball players. He has since transferred ownership to pursue a career in college baseball.
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