William & Mary Athletics

REDSHIRT SENIOR YEAR/2020
Made five appearances, four out of the bullpen and one start in the abbreviated season… Threw 1.0 innings vs. top-20 ECU (2/15) and 2.0 innings at top-20 Duke (2/18)... Started the game at Virginia (2/25)... Threw 3.1 innings of scoreless ball allowing three hits and giving up zero walks against George Washington (3/3)... Struck out three and gave up zero earned runs in 3.0 innings in a win over Merrimack (3/6)... Threw 11.0 innings on the year… Thrown 84.0 innings over 37 appearances… Struck out 59 batters.

REDSHIRT JUNIOR YEAR / 2019
Made 14 appearances with three starts during his redshirt junior season … Finished the year with a 4.64 ERA, and a 3-1 record … Tossed 33 innings allowing 26 hits, 21 runs (17 earned), and fanned 23 batters, while opposing hitters batted .210 against him … Made his season debut as he tossed two scoreless innings at Norfolk State (3/5) … Earned his first win of the season as he pitched a season-high four innings, with four strikeouts, and just two hits against Northeastern (3/24) … Fanned a batter, but didn’t surrender a hit in two scoreless innings at UNCW (3/30) … Made his first start of the season pitching three innings, allowing a hit, and striking out two against George Washington (4/17) … Fanned three batters in 3.1 innings of a scoreless start at George Mason (4/23) … Earned the win as he went 1.2 innings with a strikeout in the series finale at Hofstra (5/18) … Made the start in the CAA Tournament against Elon (5/25).

REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE YEAR / 2017
Saw action in a career-high 35 games with 17 combined starts as both pitcher and outfielder…Stepped on the mound 18 times with six starts and logged 40 innings of work…Struck out 32 batters and boasted a 3.83 ERA after surrendering just 19 runs (17 earned) on 33 hits…Restricting batters to a .224 average helped own a winning record of 3-1…Struck out two in a scoreless inning at then-ranked No. 12 Clemson (2/17)…Turned around to fan three batters in two innings during a start vs. VCU (2/21)…Didn’t surrender an earned run, while punching in three strikeout over three innings at then-ranked No. 18 Virginia (2/28)…Made a career-best five batters whiff and allowed just one earned run in 4.2 innings against High Point (3/3)…Started in a shutout win over ETSU (3/16), tossing two innings with a strikeout…Gained first win by firing in two strikeouts and allowing just two hits in two shutout innings at Old Dominion (3/28)…Blanked Maryland (4/3) across four innings, adding a pair of strikeouts…Tossed 2.1 effective innings of two-hit ball to gain another win over Old Dominion (4/10)…Administered two shutout innings with just one hit for his third win vs. Norfolk State (4/17)…Twirled three-innings of three-hit ball against Delaware (4/11)…Recorded best appearance at Virginia Tech (4/15), hurling a career-high five shutout innings of one-hit ball…Received a spot in the Tribe lineup 18 times with 11 starts, tallying seven hits, two doubles and five RBI…Platted a run via sacrifice fly and doubled in the first game of a mid-week series with Radford (3/6)…Totaled two hits and RBI apiece, adding a double, in two games at Campbell (3/9-10)…Came off the bench to deliver a walk-off RBI single in a rubber match with ETSU (3/18)…Reached safely twice on a base hit and walk at James Madison (4/13).

SOPHOMORE YEAR / 2017
Saw action in five games…Owned a .286 batting average… Scored a run and drew a walk in a conference win against James Madison (4/23)…Made a start at CAA foe Hofstra (5/19) as he doubled twice, notched a RBI and scored two runs…Came in as a pinch hitter during the second game of the CAA Tournament against UNCW (5/25) .. Earned a medical redshirt for his sophomore season.

FRESHMAN YEAR / 2016
Appeared in nine games with two starts, but missed a majority of his freshman season with an injury … Finished the season 2-for-14 at the plate … Added a run scored Made his collegiate debut with a pinch hit walk and run scored in a win at Charlotte (2/21) … Made his first career start in a win over Holy Cross (2/28) … Picked up his first career hit at nationally ranked Virginia (3/1) … Made the start at San Diego (3/8) … went 1-for-3 in his CAA debut at Elon (3/18).

HIGH SCHOOL
Played four years of baseball and a year of volleyball at Manchester High School in Chesterfield, Virginia … Won his team’s Pitcher of the Year award, and Coach’s Award following his senior season … Tabbed First-Team All-Conference Pitcher after his senior season … Earned Conference Player of the Year following his senior year … Named to the first-team all-region, second-team all-state, and first-team all-metro following his senior year … Helped his team to a Conference 12 Championship as a senior … Tabbed to the Perfect Game Preseason All-American High-Honorable Mention  … Earned his team’s Pitcher of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year following his junior year … Earned Richmond Times-Dispatch Player of the Week honors … Earned First-Team All-Conference as a pitcher as a junior, while also being on the all-metro team as a second baseman … Earned All-Region honorable mention honors as a junior … During his sophomore season tabbed as the April Athlete of the Month at Manchester … Won his first of three straight Manchester Pitcher of the Year Awards as a sophomore … Tabbed First-Team All-Conference in 2013 … Won the Manchester’s Rookie of the Year following his freshman year of high school … Hit .338 with four homers, six doubles, and scored 10 runs during his senior year … On the mound, he posted a 9-3 record with a 0.39 ERA, 87 strikeouts, in 72.1 innings as a senior … Played his club baseball for the Virginia Cardinals throughout high school … Also played for the Chesterfield Lightning, RISE, VA Predators, Southside Dirt Dogs,  and RBA South … Played in the BRONCO World Series, where he placed second in the home run derby.
 
PERSONAL
Son of Paul and Christine Butts … Majors in kinesiology at the College … Enjoys watching football and basketball during his spare time.