Canadian Baseball Network College Player of the Week: Micah Bucknam

Abbotsford Cardinals alum and Dallas Baptist University right-hander Micah Bucknam (Abbotsford, B.C.) has been named the Canadian Baseball Network college Player of the Week. Photo: Dallas Baptist Athletics

March 24, 2025

By Matt Betts

Canadian Baseball Network

Right-handed pitcher Micah Bucknam (Abbotsford, BC) is finding his groove for the No. 17 Dallas Baptist Patriots. 

On March 14, in a 14-3 win over the University of Texas at San Antonio, Bucknam through a seven-inning complete game. 

So, what did he do to follow it up this past week? He did it again. 

Bucknam toed the rubber for the Patriots in Game 1 of their series against Middle Tennessee State and threw seven scoreless innings for his second straight complete game. He allowed three hits and walked one in the 10-0 victory to improve to 3-0 on the season. 

But we haven’t even mentioned the most impressive part of the start yet. The former Abbotsford Cardinal and Langley Blaze hurler struck out 14 Blue Raider hitters. 

The effort lowered his ERA to 3.82 and he now has 49 strikeouts over 35 1/3 innings pitched. 

Micah Bucknam is the Canadian Baseball Network College Player of the Week for March 17 to 23. 

Canadian Baseball Network College Player of the Week:  

Week 1: OF David Alvarez (Woodbridge, Ont.) - Northwest Florida State College  

Week 2: RHP Carter Krawchuk (St. Catharines, Ont.) - Seminole State College of Florida 

Week 3: INF Alfonso Villalobos (Kirkland, Que.) - Southeastern University 

Week 4: OF Jude Hall (Chilliwack, BC) - Southeastern Louisiana University 

Week 5: LHP/INF Cory Wouters (Saskatoon, Sask.) - McCook Community College 

Week 6: INF Core Jackson (Wyoming, Ont.) - University of Utah 

Week 7: RHP Blake Gillespie (Lucan, Ont.) - University of North Carolina at Charlotte 

Week 8: C/OF Kyle Yip (Calgary, Alta.) - University of British Columbia  

Week 9: RHP Micah Bucknam (Abbotsford, BC) - Dallas Baptist University