Samford University Athletics

Junior (2010-11): Earned the championship title of the 2011 Georgia Women’s Amateur . . . en route to the title, she carded a third-round score of 73 to hold off Auburn’s Caitlin Watts at the Golf Club at Cuscowilla . . . completed the 54-hole tournament with a score of 223 (74-76-73) . . . finished the season as the 20^th-ranked player in the Southern Conference with a 77.9 stroke average . . . proved to be the top performer on the team and competed in 10 tournaments for the Bulldogs . . . completed the season with a team-best seven top-20 performances, including a season-best fourth-place finish at the Low Country Intercollegiate with a two-round score of 154 (80-74) . . . placed fifth out of 78 competitors at the highly-acclaimed Pinehurst Challenge as she tallied a 54-hole total of 230 (77-76-77) . . . she also registered top-10 finishes at the 2011 USA Lady Jaguar Invite (T-8^th) and the Samford Invitational (T-10^th) . . . her low rounds of the season proved to be a trio of 73s that she achieved at the Jacksonville State University Tournament, USA Lady Jaguar Invite as well as the Samford Invitational . . . earned her third varsity letter.
 
Sophomore (2009-10): Competed in all nine tournaments for the Bulldogs and finished the season ranked No. 35 in the Southern Conference's final individual standings . . . ended the year with a stroke-per-round average of 79.3 . . . turned in her best performance of the season at the Samford University Women's Intercollegiate where she tallied a fourth-place finish . . . at the three-round competition held at Limestone Springs Golf Course in Oneonta, Ala., she carded a 54-hole score of 221 (76-74-71) . . . at the 2009 Sea Trail Intercollegiate Tournament hosted by Western Carolina University, she placed 14th in the individual standings by registering a two-round total of 152 (76-76) . . . she also turned in a 17th-place finish at the LPGA International hosted by Xavier University where she registered a 54-hole score of 226 (75-74-77) . . . earned her second varsity letter.
 
Freshman (2008-09): Competed in all 26 rounds for the Bulldogs and finished fourth on the team with a stroke average of 80.5 . . . concluded the season as the 37th-ranked player in the SoCon in stroke average . . . registered three top-20 finishes as a true freshman and turned in her best performance of the season with a ninth-place outing at the USA Lady Jaguar Invitational . . . she also carded a 14th-place finish at the Larry Nelson Collegiate Invitational and a 16th-place performance at the Birmingham-Southern Ann Rhoads Shootout . . . earned her first varsity letter.
 
High School: Attended Carrollton High School and led her team to the 2007 Georgia 3A State Championship . . . named the CHS Most Valuable Player all four years . . . received the Vincent J. Dooley Award for leadership among Georgia athletes . . . named a B-92.1 Country Radio Student-Athlete of the Week . . . two-time Southeastern Junior Golf Tour Southern Junior Champion . . . defending ladies champion at Sunset Hills Country Club . . . finished third out of 170 in the Georgia Peach High School Championship . . . named Most Valuable Player at CHS all four years and received the Top Academic Award in 2007 . . . graduated with Honors from CHS . . . earned Departmental Awards in both calculus and art . . . recipient of the Making It Count National Grand Scholarship.
 
Personal: Born Nov. 29, 1989 . . . parents are Liz and Frank Butts . . . father played football at Carson Newman College . . . brother played baseball at Mississippi State . . . majoring in psychology.