"Working to be the best you can be and meeting the challenges with your teammates taught us valuable lessons that still work for me in my life today."

A two-sport athlete, Buz set season and career records for total passing yards in football. In basketball, he achieved career records for rebounds, points, and scoring average. An NAIA basketball All-American two years in a row, he earned All-Conference honors three times in football. Buz also received the 1969 Howard L. Mitchell Athletic Award.