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Butcher, Will
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Jersey Number 15
Will Butcher
- Position:
- INF
- B/T:
- R/R
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Arden, N.C.
- High School:
- T.C. Roberson HS
- Prev School:
- Charlotte
Bio
Career Accolades
Charlotte
• Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American (2021)
• Conference USA Second Team (2021)
• All-Freshman Team (2021)
Troy
• All-Sun Belt Second Team (2024)
• Sun Belt Player of the Week (Week 1, 2024)
• D1Baseball.com National Player of the Week (Week 1, 2024)
Senior (2024)
Named to All-Sun Belt 2nd Team... Started all 59 games for the Trojans, hitting .273 in 231 at-bats... Led Troy with 21 doubles, which ranked third in the Sun Belt Conference and 38th nationally... Finished second on the team and eighth in the Sun Belt Conference with a career-best 16 home runs... Recorded 73 RBIs, which ranked third in the SBC and 28th nationally... Had a .571 slugging percentage which was second on the team... Ranked seventh in the SBC with five sac flies... Ranked eighth in the SBC in ISO at .300... Had a 128 wRC+... Tallied 63 hits, 37 extra base hits, 41 walks, 12 hit-by-pitches, five stolen bases and 56 runs scored... Recorded a career-high four hits against SIU-Edwardsville on February 17... Drove in a career-high nine RBIs in that same game... Hit first home run as a Trojan with a grand slam against SIU-Edwardsville on February 18... Named Week 1 Sun Belt Player of the Week and D1Baseball National Player of the Week after going 9-for-16 at the plate with 15 RBIs, six doubles and a grand slam against SIU-Edwardsville... Blasted three home runs at Indiana on March 9... Hit two home runs against Louisiana on May 5, including a game-tying grand slam in the bottom of the ninth... Reached base safely in 51-of-59 games... Fielded .990 with just five errors in 485 at chances at first base
Charlotte (2021-2023)
Junior
Played in 62 games and made 54 starts … Totaled a .266 batting average on 57 hits, a career-high 11 doubles and 10 homers … Ranked fourth for Charlotte in hits, fifth in home runs and sixth in RBIs (39) … Opened a season-best nine-game hitting streak against Ball State with two hits and two RBIs … Hit a two-double game with two runs against No. 11 Virginia Tech … Drilled a three-run homer at Atrium Health Ballpark against UNCW … Hit the game-tying home run at No. 3 Clemson to eliminate the site host from the Regional as part of a two-hit game in Charlotte’s highest-ranked opponent ever defeated … Had a hit in three of the four NCAA Regional contests but reached base in all four games
Sophomore
Started in 55 games with 58 appearances … Finished with a .259 batting average on 51 hits, 33 runs scored, seven doubles and 11 homers … Four of his 11 home runs were grand slams to finish third for Charlotte on 53 RBIs … Launched first homer against Gardner-Webb … Drove in three runs against WKU and three more in the Conference-USA Championships against Middle Tennessee … Drilled first grand slam of the season against App State
Redshirt Freshman
Made 43 starts in 58 appearances … Hit a .328 with eight homers and 40 RBIs to earn Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American, Conference USA Second Team and All-Freshman Team … Hammered first collegiate homer against William & Mary … Drilled two homers against No. 14-ranked Tennessee – ended at 3-for-5 and five RBIs … Blasted the first-ever homer in Atrium Health Ballpark history against App State … Finished the year with a team-best 20 two-out RBI hitting .385 when down to the last out of an inning, finished third with 18 multi-hit games and fourth with eight multi-RBI games … Registered a three-hit game to lead Charlotte over Maryland, 13-10, in the NCAA Greenville Regional – led all hitters in the regional with a .500 (6-for-12) batting average … Dominated against No. 20 Old Dominion with a .467 in the series, a .417 in a four-game sweep over FAU and a .412 in a sweep against FIU
NC State (2020)
Freshman
Did not compete
High School
Competed for TC Roberson, where he was named all-conference from 2017-19 and earned all-state honors in 2018 and All-American in 2019 … Collected IMG All-Tournament Team honors in 2018 and was named the Spring Break Tournament MVP in 2019 … Won the North Carolina State Championship in 2017
Personal
Born Sept. 27, 2001, in Arden, N.C. … Son of Chad and Shawna with one sister, Kassi … Hobbies include fishing and hiking … His sister, Kassi, played softball at Milligan College (2015-19) … Helped as a Ted E. Tourist special needs baseball helper with the Asheville Tourists ... Majoring in sport management
Charlotte
• Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American (2021)
• Conference USA Second Team (2021)
• All-Freshman Team (2021)
Troy
• All-Sun Belt Second Team (2024)
• Sun Belt Player of the Week (Week 1, 2024)
• D1Baseball.com National Player of the Week (Week 1, 2024)
Senior (2024)
Named to All-Sun Belt 2nd Team... Started all 59 games for the Trojans, hitting .273 in 231 at-bats... Led Troy with 21 doubles, which ranked third in the Sun Belt Conference and 38th nationally... Finished second on the team and eighth in the Sun Belt Conference with a career-best 16 home runs... Recorded 73 RBIs, which ranked third in the SBC and 28th nationally... Had a .571 slugging percentage which was second on the team... Ranked seventh in the SBC with five sac flies... Ranked eighth in the SBC in ISO at .300... Had a 128 wRC+... Tallied 63 hits, 37 extra base hits, 41 walks, 12 hit-by-pitches, five stolen bases and 56 runs scored... Recorded a career-high four hits against SIU-Edwardsville on February 17... Drove in a career-high nine RBIs in that same game... Hit first home run as a Trojan with a grand slam against SIU-Edwardsville on February 18... Named Week 1 Sun Belt Player of the Week and D1Baseball National Player of the Week after going 9-for-16 at the plate with 15 RBIs, six doubles and a grand slam against SIU-Edwardsville... Blasted three home runs at Indiana on March 9... Hit two home runs against Louisiana on May 5, including a game-tying grand slam in the bottom of the ninth... Reached base safely in 51-of-59 games... Fielded .990 with just five errors in 485 at chances at first base
Charlotte (2021-2023)
Junior
Played in 62 games and made 54 starts … Totaled a .266 batting average on 57 hits, a career-high 11 doubles and 10 homers … Ranked fourth for Charlotte in hits, fifth in home runs and sixth in RBIs (39) … Opened a season-best nine-game hitting streak against Ball State with two hits and two RBIs … Hit a two-double game with two runs against No. 11 Virginia Tech … Drilled a three-run homer at Atrium Health Ballpark against UNCW … Hit the game-tying home run at No. 3 Clemson to eliminate the site host from the Regional as part of a two-hit game in Charlotte’s highest-ranked opponent ever defeated … Had a hit in three of the four NCAA Regional contests but reached base in all four games
Sophomore
Started in 55 games with 58 appearances … Finished with a .259 batting average on 51 hits, 33 runs scored, seven doubles and 11 homers … Four of his 11 home runs were grand slams to finish third for Charlotte on 53 RBIs … Launched first homer against Gardner-Webb … Drove in three runs against WKU and three more in the Conference-USA Championships against Middle Tennessee … Drilled first grand slam of the season against App State
Redshirt Freshman
Made 43 starts in 58 appearances … Hit a .328 with eight homers and 40 RBIs to earn Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American, Conference USA Second Team and All-Freshman Team … Hammered first collegiate homer against William & Mary … Drilled two homers against No. 14-ranked Tennessee – ended at 3-for-5 and five RBIs … Blasted the first-ever homer in Atrium Health Ballpark history against App State … Finished the year with a team-best 20 two-out RBI hitting .385 when down to the last out of an inning, finished third with 18 multi-hit games and fourth with eight multi-RBI games … Registered a three-hit game to lead Charlotte over Maryland, 13-10, in the NCAA Greenville Regional – led all hitters in the regional with a .500 (6-for-12) batting average … Dominated against No. 20 Old Dominion with a .467 in the series, a .417 in a four-game sweep over FAU and a .412 in a sweep against FIU
NC State (2020)
Freshman
Did not compete
High School
Competed for TC Roberson, where he was named all-conference from 2017-19 and earned all-state honors in 2018 and All-American in 2019 … Collected IMG All-Tournament Team honors in 2018 and was named the Spring Break Tournament MVP in 2019 … Won the North Carolina State Championship in 2017
Personal
Born Sept. 27, 2001, in Arden, N.C. … Son of Chad and Shawna with one sister, Kassi … Hobbies include fishing and hiking … His sister, Kassi, played softball at Milligan College (2015-19) … Helped as a Ted E. Tourist special needs baseball helper with the Asheville Tourists ... Majoring in sport management
Player Postgame Press Conference (Luke Hodge, Tray Taylor) - No. 8 Clemson
Sunday, September 07
Gerad Parker Postgame Press Conference - No. 8 Clemson
Sunday, September 07
Troy at No. 8 Clemson (Full Highlights)
Sunday, September 07
Josh Lauer Postgame Press Conference - Jackson State
Saturday, September 06
