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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
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
Troy vs. LaGrange (Full Highlights)
Sunday, December 07
Players Postgame Press Conference (LaGrange)
Sunday, December 07
Scott Cross Postgame Press Conference (LaGrange)
Sunday, December 07
Postgame Press Conference (James Madison)
Saturday, December 06
