2024 Baseball Roster
Butler, Kevin
Jersey Number 24
Kevin Butler
- Position:
- Catcher
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-11 / 210
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Naperville, Ill.
- High School:
- Neuqua Valley
- Prev School:
- Bellarmine
- Bats/Throws:
- L/R
Bio
CAREER NOTES
Academic: 2023-24 NSIC All-Academic ... ASUN Honor Roll (2021).
2024 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR): Made 23 starts and played in 37 games in second season with the Huskies, hitting .212 with a .350 on-base percentage … Had five doubles, three RBI and 14 runs … Had three multi-hit games with one three-hit game … Went 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored in win over UC Colorado Springs (Feb. 25) … Went 2-for-4 with an RBI in win over Northern State (April 6) … Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored in win over Bemidji State (May 3).
2023 Season: Made his debut as a Huskey after transferring from Bellarmine... appeared in 39 games and made 20 starts as catcher with a .400/.457/.486 slash line for a .943 OPS while scoring 15 runs, smashed three doubles, one homer and drove in 13 RBI... drew walks at a consistent 12.8% clip, punching out at 12.8% of his plate appearances... had seven multi-hit games... committed to just two errors for a .990 fielding percentage.. Southwest Baptist (2/3): Made his career debut as a pinch hitter... Missouri Southern (2/3): Made his first start as a Husky... Ark. Monticello (2/11): Served as a starter going 1-for-3 and plated a run... Ark. Monticello (2/12): Was retired going 0-for-2 in game two of the doubleheader... Nova Southeastern (3/10-11): Started two games of the series, went 2-for-4 scoring a run and recording an RBI... went 0- for-1 and drew a walk... Caldwell (3/13): Went 0-for-1 as a starter and drew a walk... Caldwell (3/15): Served as a started scoring a single run and an RBI... Southwest Minn. State (3/23): Was retired at bat... Augustana (3/25): Was retired going 0-for-1... Winona (4/2): Recorded an RBI... Concordia-St. Paul (4/7): Went 1-for-1... Sioux Falls (4/17): Recorded back-to-back RBI in the doubleheader... went 3-for-5 while ripping his first homer of the season and plating a run... Mary (4/23): Served as a starter in game two of the doubleheader, ripped a double and scored a run... Bemidji State (4/27): Went 2-for-4 and drew a walk in the doubleheader... Minnesota Duluth (4/29-30): Went 1-for-3 and scored an RBI in the doubleheader... went 0-for-1 in the final game of the series... Northern State (5/2): Scored two runs and three RBI going 1-for-1 and drawing a couple walks... Wayne State (5/5): Served as a starter... went 4- for-2 and scored two runs... NSIC Tournament (5/10-14): Recorded a run and an RBI against Southwest Minnesota... served as a starter against Augustana going 3-for-5, scored a run and an RBI... went 2-for-4 ripped a double and scoring two runs and an RBI against Minnesota State... scored four runs and an RBI to help the team win the NSIC Tournament against Minnesota State... Warrensburg Regional (5/18-20): Served as a starter all three games in the tournament... went 1-for-3 against Central Missouri... went 1- for-4 against Ouachita Baptist... went 1-for-4 and ripped a double against Central Missouri...
2022 (BELLARMINE) | RS-FRESHMAN SEASON:
Season: Served as Bellarmine’s starting catcher in his debut campaign before an injury ended his season early, playing in eight games with seven starts…caught 60.2 innings behind the dish, committing just one error in 46 chances for a .978 fielding percentage…threw out two runners for a 25.0% caught stealing rate…hit .077 before his season was cut short…belted a double and knocked in two, drawing a walk and scoring a run…produced one multi-hit game…
Virginia (2/18): Entered late as a defensive replacement… Gardner-Webb (2/19-20): Went 0-for-4 in his first collegiate start… Southeast Missouri State (2/26-27): Started two games on the weekend, drawing a walk in game two… Austin Peay State (3/1): Collected a host of collegiate firsts in a 2-for-4 day at the plate, crossing home once while crushing a double and driving in a run… Murray State (3/2): Knocked in a run and threw out his first collegiate basestealer… Presbyterian (3/4-6): Started two of three games on the weekend, throwing out a baserunner…
2021 (BELLARMINE) | REDSHIRT SEASON:
Season: Redshirted in his first season at Bellarmine…named to the ASUN Honor Roll…
Prep: A 2020 graduate of Neuqua Valley High School…named a Preseason All-American by both Rawlings and Perfect Game entering his senior year…led his program to three DuPage Valley Conference Championships along with a 2019 Region Championship…earned All-DuPage Valley Conference honors while leading the team to a Section Final appearance…named a Tri-Captain as a senior…
Personal: The son of Jay and Cheryl Butler…brother Matt played for St. Cloud State from 2015-19, earning All-NSIC honors as the Huskies closer during his redshirt-senior season…sister Mallory played soccer at Southern Wesleyan…sister Brittany played soccer at Florida Southern…Finance major…2020 Illinois State Scholar…earned DuPage Valley All-Academic honors at Neuqua Valley…enjoys watching sports, playing Xbox and traveling…
Academic: 2023-24 NSIC All-Academic ... ASUN Honor Roll (2021).
2024 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR): Made 23 starts and played in 37 games in second season with the Huskies, hitting .212 with a .350 on-base percentage … Had five doubles, three RBI and 14 runs … Had three multi-hit games with one three-hit game … Went 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored in win over UC Colorado Springs (Feb. 25) … Went 2-for-4 with an RBI in win over Northern State (April 6) … Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored in win over Bemidji State (May 3).
2023 Season: Made his debut as a Huskey after transferring from Bellarmine... appeared in 39 games and made 20 starts as catcher with a .400/.457/.486 slash line for a .943 OPS while scoring 15 runs, smashed three doubles, one homer and drove in 13 RBI... drew walks at a consistent 12.8% clip, punching out at 12.8% of his plate appearances... had seven multi-hit games... committed to just two errors for a .990 fielding percentage.. Southwest Baptist (2/3): Made his career debut as a pinch hitter... Missouri Southern (2/3): Made his first start as a Husky... Ark. Monticello (2/11): Served as a starter going 1-for-3 and plated a run... Ark. Monticello (2/12): Was retired going 0-for-2 in game two of the doubleheader... Nova Southeastern (3/10-11): Started two games of the series, went 2-for-4 scoring a run and recording an RBI... went 0- for-1 and drew a walk... Caldwell (3/13): Went 0-for-1 as a starter and drew a walk... Caldwell (3/15): Served as a started scoring a single run and an RBI... Southwest Minn. State (3/23): Was retired at bat... Augustana (3/25): Was retired going 0-for-1... Winona (4/2): Recorded an RBI... Concordia-St. Paul (4/7): Went 1-for-1... Sioux Falls (4/17): Recorded back-to-back RBI in the doubleheader... went 3-for-5 while ripping his first homer of the season and plating a run... Mary (4/23): Served as a starter in game two of the doubleheader, ripped a double and scored a run... Bemidji State (4/27): Went 2-for-4 and drew a walk in the doubleheader... Minnesota Duluth (4/29-30): Went 1-for-3 and scored an RBI in the doubleheader... went 0-for-1 in the final game of the series... Northern State (5/2): Scored two runs and three RBI going 1-for-1 and drawing a couple walks... Wayne State (5/5): Served as a starter... went 4- for-2 and scored two runs... NSIC Tournament (5/10-14): Recorded a run and an RBI against Southwest Minnesota... served as a starter against Augustana going 3-for-5, scored a run and an RBI... went 2-for-4 ripped a double and scoring two runs and an RBI against Minnesota State... scored four runs and an RBI to help the team win the NSIC Tournament against Minnesota State... Warrensburg Regional (5/18-20): Served as a starter all three games in the tournament... went 1-for-3 against Central Missouri... went 1- for-4 against Ouachita Baptist... went 1-for-4 and ripped a double against Central Missouri...
2022 (BELLARMINE) | RS-FRESHMAN SEASON:
Season: Served as Bellarmine’s starting catcher in his debut campaign before an injury ended his season early, playing in eight games with seven starts…caught 60.2 innings behind the dish, committing just one error in 46 chances for a .978 fielding percentage…threw out two runners for a 25.0% caught stealing rate…hit .077 before his season was cut short…belted a double and knocked in two, drawing a walk and scoring a run…produced one multi-hit game…
Virginia (2/18): Entered late as a defensive replacement… Gardner-Webb (2/19-20): Went 0-for-4 in his first collegiate start… Southeast Missouri State (2/26-27): Started two games on the weekend, drawing a walk in game two… Austin Peay State (3/1): Collected a host of collegiate firsts in a 2-for-4 day at the plate, crossing home once while crushing a double and driving in a run… Murray State (3/2): Knocked in a run and threw out his first collegiate basestealer… Presbyterian (3/4-6): Started two of three games on the weekend, throwing out a baserunner…
2021 (BELLARMINE) | REDSHIRT SEASON:
Season: Redshirted in his first season at Bellarmine…named to the ASUN Honor Roll…
Prep: A 2020 graduate of Neuqua Valley High School…named a Preseason All-American by both Rawlings and Perfect Game entering his senior year…led his program to three DuPage Valley Conference Championships along with a 2019 Region Championship…earned All-DuPage Valley Conference honors while leading the team to a Section Final appearance…named a Tri-Captain as a senior…
Personal: The son of Jay and Cheryl Butler…brother Matt played for St. Cloud State from 2015-19, earning All-NSIC honors as the Huskies closer during his redshirt-senior season…sister Mallory played soccer at Southern Wesleyan…sister Brittany played soccer at Florida Southern…Finance major…2020 Illinois State Scholar…earned DuPage Valley All-Academic honors at Neuqua Valley…enjoys watching sports, playing Xbox and traveling…
St Cloud State Baseball Vs Southwest Minnesota State Game 4
Sunday, March 16
St Cloud State Baseball Vs Southwest Minnesota State Game 3
Sunday, March 16
St Cloud State Baseball Vs Southwest Minnesota State Game 2
Thursday, March 13
St Cloud State Baseball Vs Southwest Minnesota State Game 1
Thursday, March 13
