2x WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll "Gold" Honors (2022-23, 2023-24)
2023 All-WCC First Team
2023 WCC All-Academic First Team
Two-Time WCC Honorable Mention (2020 & 2022)
2022 WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention
2020 All-WCC Freshman Team
JUNIOR (2023): Named All-WCC First Team and WCC All-Academic First Team ... team captain ... preseason all-conference selection ... appeared in 16 games, starting in all ... led team with 1,351 minutes of playing time ... played full 90 minutes in nine games ... tallied nine points on four goals (career-high) and an assist including scoring a brace against No. 17 Georgetown (Aug. 24) on a season-high four shots ... also scored against LMU (Oct. 21) and Gonzaga (Nov. 4) ... recorded lone assist of the season against Incarnate Word (Sept. 7) on Adem Hamdaoua's game-winning goal.
JUNIOR (2022): Named WCC Honorable Mention and WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention ... team co-captain ... appeared in 13 matches, starting in all ... third on the team with 1090 minutes of action ... had two assists on the year ... both assists came in league play against San Francisco (Oct. 26) on Bar Hazut's game-winning goal and against Saint Mary's (Nov. 12) that finished in a 1-all draw ... four of seven shots were on target ... had a season-high three shots against UC San Diego (Aug. 28) ... both shots against San Francisco (Oct. 26) were on frame.
SOPHOMORE (2021): Appeared in 17 matches, starting in all ... second on the team in minutes played with 1,550 ... tallied two assists, both coming against San Diego (Oct. 23) including on Joshua Dabora's game-winning goal ... one of nine Broncos to have two or more assists ... four of eight shots were on frame.
FRESHMAN (2020 - played in the spring of 2021): Named WCC Honorable Mention and WCC All-Freshman ... first Broncos since Luis Urias in 2015 to be recognized for both honors ... appeared in all eight matches, starting in four ... logged 498 minutes of action ... tied for second on the team in goals including the golden goal in the 100th minute against Pacific (March 14) and against Gonzaga (March 28) ... third on the team in shots with seven ... five of his shots were on frame ... led the team with a .714 shot-on-goal percentage ... tied for second on the team with one game-winning goal.
HIGH SCHOOL: 2020 graduate of Bishop Gorman High in Las Vegas, Nevada … named 2019-20 Gatorade Nevada Boys Soccer Player of the Year ... one of 250 high school juniors selected out of nearly 800,000 players across the country to the first-ever Allstate All-America soccer program … played in the 2019 High School All-American game in Orlando, Florida … three-time captain at Bishop Gorman … helped lead the Gaels to a state championship during senior season … three-time Class 4A All-State … thrice been recognized to the NIAA Nevada All-State Academic Team … named the Bishop Gorman Scholar-Athlete as a sophomore.
GET TO KNOW CADEN: Son of Shawn and Brenda Buckley … has two older brothers, Connor and Cody … father, Shawn, played baseball at UNLV … enjoys snowboarding, mountain biking, wakeboarding, hiking, traveling and volunteering.
