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Natalie Busch
- Position:
- Defensive Back / Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 5-5
- Eligibility:
- Y-2
- Hometown:
- Navarre, Fla.
- High School:
- Navarre
- Prev School:
- Baker
EMU: Transferred into Eastern Michigan after one season as Baker University in Baldwin City, Kan.
BAKER: 2026: Appeared in 20 games in her freshman season at Baker… Defensively, recorded 87 tackles for the Wildcats, including 12.0 TFLs (32 yards) and 9.0 sacks (69 yards)… Intercepted four passes and recorded 13 breakups… Offensively, was 2-for 3 passing for 16 yards and one touchdown… Added eight carries for 94 yards and two scores… Returned 14 punts for 39 total yards, including a long of 16 yards… Helped the Wildcats to a 15-5 record and an 8-2 mark in KCAC play… Baker reach the final of the KCAC Women’s Flag Football Championship game where they fell to top-seeded Ottawa… Competed in the NAIA Flag Football Invitational, going 1-2 in the national event.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Navarre High School… Played two years for the Raiders’ flag football team and four with the soccer program… On the gridiron, served as a team captain twice… Posted 1,858 passing yards with 27 touchdowns while accounting for 1,192 yards, including 775 yards rushing and 417 yards receiving with five touchdowns through the air… Tallied 80 tackles, 9.0 sacks, and seven interceptions on defense… Named her team’s defensive player of the year as a sophomore and the team MVP as a junior and senior… Shared PNJ player of the year honors in her junior and senior seasons… Earned a spot on the state all-star team as a senior… Selected to the 2024 US Army Bowl where she earned All-America honors… Named second team all-area in soccer as well.
PERSONAL: Full name: Natalie Grace Busch… Daughter of Brian and Misty Busch… Has two brothers, Gavyn and Kholton, and two sisters, Adreahna and Madysin… Undeclared major.
BAKER: 2026: Appeared in 20 games in her freshman season at Baker… Defensively, recorded 87 tackles for the Wildcats, including 12.0 TFLs (32 yards) and 9.0 sacks (69 yards)… Intercepted four passes and recorded 13 breakups… Offensively, was 2-for 3 passing for 16 yards and one touchdown… Added eight carries for 94 yards and two scores… Returned 14 punts for 39 total yards, including a long of 16 yards… Helped the Wildcats to a 15-5 record and an 8-2 mark in KCAC play… Baker reach the final of the KCAC Women’s Flag Football Championship game where they fell to top-seeded Ottawa… Competed in the NAIA Flag Football Invitational, going 1-2 in the national event.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Navarre High School… Played two years for the Raiders’ flag football team and four with the soccer program… On the gridiron, served as a team captain twice… Posted 1,858 passing yards with 27 touchdowns while accounting for 1,192 yards, including 775 yards rushing and 417 yards receiving with five touchdowns through the air… Tallied 80 tackles, 9.0 sacks, and seven interceptions on defense… Named her team’s defensive player of the year as a sophomore and the team MVP as a junior and senior… Shared PNJ player of the year honors in her junior and senior seasons… Earned a spot on the state all-star team as a senior… Selected to the 2024 US Army Bowl where she earned All-America honors… Named second team all-area in soccer as well.
PERSONAL: Full name: Natalie Grace Busch… Daughter of Brian and Misty Busch… Has two brothers, Gavyn and Kholton, and two sisters, Adreahna and Madysin… Undeclared major.
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