2006 Softball Roster
Roster
Butler, Charity
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Jersey Number 20
Charity Butler
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Pensacola, Fla.
- High School:
- Tate HS
Bio
Awards/Honors:
2005 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American
2005 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District
2004 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District The starter at second base ... One of six seniors on the team ... Started 60-of-61 games there last season ... Enjoyed her best season at the plate last season, finishing second on the team with a .323 batting average ... Also ranked third on the team in hits (52) and tied for third in doubles (eight) ... Works extremely hard and is perhaps the team[apos]s most competitive player ... One of the team[apos]s leaders ... Plays solid defense with good range ... President[apos]s List ... ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VI First Team and First Team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American. School Records: Tied for the school game record in hits (four) ... Ranks eighth in games played (166) and seventh in starts (152) ... Ranks sixth in chances (605) and eighth in putouts (328) ... Ranks third in assists (238) and fourth in double plays turned (21). 2005 (Jr.): Finished with a .323 batting average, with 52 hits, 25 runs, 22 RBI, eight doubles, one triple, one home run and 12 stolen bases ... Hit her first career home run against UAB (4/30) ... Had 14 games with multi-hits and five games with multi-RBI ... Had 12 games with two hits and two games with three hits ... Also had four games with two RBI and one with four ... Finished with a career-high four RBI in game two against Jackson State (2/5), with three hits and three runs scored in the game ... Also had three hits in game two against Charlotte (3/5). 2004 (So.): Played in all 59 games, starting 58 of them ... Finished third on the team with a .298 batting average ... Recorded nine multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games ... Tied Diane Hammes with a season best four hits, accomplished against Saint Louis (3/7), which tied a school game record ... Registered three hits against DePaul (4/24) ... Also recorded two hits in seven other games ... Season-high three RBIs against Charlotte (4/17). 2003 (Fr.): Worked her way into the lineup and emerged as the starter as the season progressed ... Saw action in 46 games, starting 34 of them ... Finished with 15 hits, 10 runs and seven RBIs ... Hit safely in 13 games last season ... Went 2-for-2 with two runs scored at Northwestern (La.) State (3/11) ... Finished 2-for-4 with a run scored at Louisville (3/29) ... Plated a pair of runs twice, against Mississippi State (4/3) and against Charlotte (4/11) ... Fourth on the team with 55 assists and added 67 putouts. Prep: Attended J.M. Tate High School and played for Charlene Varnell ... Received the 2002 National Gatorade Will-to-Win Athlete of the Year Award ... Pensacola News Journal Player of the Week honors ... Pensacola News Journal All-Area Softball Team ... Florida Class 5A All-State softball team ... Tate High School Hall of Fame ... Wendy[apos]s High School Heisman Award ... Posted a career batting average of .411 and led the 2001 Florida Class 5A state runner-up team in seven offensive categories ... Won the NSA National Championship Tournament Batting Title with an .867 average ... Four-year letterwinner in basketball ... Named to Pensacola News Journal All-Area Basketball Team ... Northwest Florida Fellowship of Christian Athletes Above-the-Rim Award ... Tate High School Scholar Athlete of the Year Award winner ... Academic All-State Team ... U.S. Army Reserve National Scholar Athlete Award ... Florida Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association Scholar Athlete Award ... Class of 2002 Valedictorian ... Escambia County Board of County Commissioners Academic and Athletic Excellence Award ... National Honor Roll Award ... Award for Excellence in Honors English I and II ... Award for Excellence in geometry ... Award for Excellence in physics ... Award for Excellence in college algebra/trigonometry ... Award for Excellence in dual- enrollment calculus ... Tate High School Science Student of the Year ... Tate Honor Guard `A[apos] Honor Roll Award ... Who[apos]s Who Among American High School Students ... Received an exclusive invitation to the National Student Leadership Conference ... Foundation for Excellence Academic Award ... United States Marine Corps Scholastic Excellence Award ... National Honor Society, serving as secretary ... National Beta Club ... Rho Kappa Honor Society ... Youth for Christ ... Active Youth Group member at Olive Baptist Church ... Fellowship of Christian Athletes ... Student Council ... Campfire USA Awareness Team Member. Travel Ball: Played two summers for the Pensacola Bombers ... Played one summer for Total Impact ... Played two seasons for Extreme Velocity. Personal: Daughter of Skip and Karen Butler ... Majoring in marketing ... Born Sept. 12, 1983.
2005 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American
2005 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District
2004 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District The starter at second base ... One of six seniors on the team ... Started 60-of-61 games there last season ... Enjoyed her best season at the plate last season, finishing second on the team with a .323 batting average ... Also ranked third on the team in hits (52) and tied for third in doubles (eight) ... Works extremely hard and is perhaps the team[apos]s most competitive player ... One of the team[apos]s leaders ... Plays solid defense with good range ... President[apos]s List ... ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VI First Team and First Team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American. School Records: Tied for the school game record in hits (four) ... Ranks eighth in games played (166) and seventh in starts (152) ... Ranks sixth in chances (605) and eighth in putouts (328) ... Ranks third in assists (238) and fourth in double plays turned (21). 2005 (Jr.): Finished with a .323 batting average, with 52 hits, 25 runs, 22 RBI, eight doubles, one triple, one home run and 12 stolen bases ... Hit her first career home run against UAB (4/30) ... Had 14 games with multi-hits and five games with multi-RBI ... Had 12 games with two hits and two games with three hits ... Also had four games with two RBI and one with four ... Finished with a career-high four RBI in game two against Jackson State (2/5), with three hits and three runs scored in the game ... Also had three hits in game two against Charlotte (3/5). 2004 (So.): Played in all 59 games, starting 58 of them ... Finished third on the team with a .298 batting average ... Recorded nine multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games ... Tied Diane Hammes with a season best four hits, accomplished against Saint Louis (3/7), which tied a school game record ... Registered three hits against DePaul (4/24) ... Also recorded two hits in seven other games ... Season-high three RBIs against Charlotte (4/17). 2003 (Fr.): Worked her way into the lineup and emerged as the starter as the season progressed ... Saw action in 46 games, starting 34 of them ... Finished with 15 hits, 10 runs and seven RBIs ... Hit safely in 13 games last season ... Went 2-for-2 with two runs scored at Northwestern (La.) State (3/11) ... Finished 2-for-4 with a run scored at Louisville (3/29) ... Plated a pair of runs twice, against Mississippi State (4/3) and against Charlotte (4/11) ... Fourth on the team with 55 assists and added 67 putouts. Prep: Attended J.M. Tate High School and played for Charlene Varnell ... Received the 2002 National Gatorade Will-to-Win Athlete of the Year Award ... Pensacola News Journal Player of the Week honors ... Pensacola News Journal All-Area Softball Team ... Florida Class 5A All-State softball team ... Tate High School Hall of Fame ... Wendy[apos]s High School Heisman Award ... Posted a career batting average of .411 and led the 2001 Florida Class 5A state runner-up team in seven offensive categories ... Won the NSA National Championship Tournament Batting Title with an .867 average ... Four-year letterwinner in basketball ... Named to Pensacola News Journal All-Area Basketball Team ... Northwest Florida Fellowship of Christian Athletes Above-the-Rim Award ... Tate High School Scholar Athlete of the Year Award winner ... Academic All-State Team ... U.S. Army Reserve National Scholar Athlete Award ... Florida Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association Scholar Athlete Award ... Class of 2002 Valedictorian ... Escambia County Board of County Commissioners Academic and Athletic Excellence Award ... National Honor Roll Award ... Award for Excellence in Honors English I and II ... Award for Excellence in geometry ... Award for Excellence in physics ... Award for Excellence in college algebra/trigonometry ... Award for Excellence in dual- enrollment calculus ... Tate High School Science Student of the Year ... Tate Honor Guard `A[apos] Honor Roll Award ... Who[apos]s Who Among American High School Students ... Received an exclusive invitation to the National Student Leadership Conference ... Foundation for Excellence Academic Award ... United States Marine Corps Scholastic Excellence Award ... National Honor Society, serving as secretary ... National Beta Club ... Rho Kappa Honor Society ... Youth for Christ ... Active Youth Group member at Olive Baptist Church ... Fellowship of Christian Athletes ... Student Council ... Campfire USA Awareness Team Member. Travel Ball: Played two summers for the Pensacola Bombers ... Played one summer for Total Impact ... Played two seasons for Extreme Velocity. Personal: Daughter of Skip and Karen Butler ... Majoring in marketing ... Born Sept. 12, 1983.
Butler[apos]s Career Hitting Statistics Year G/GS AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI S/SH SB BB SO 2003 (Fr.) 46-34 .150 100 10 15 2 0 0 7 0/8 4 4 25 2004 (So.) 59-58 .298 151 24 45 8 0 0 21 0/3 6 11 27 2005 (Jr.) 61-60 .323 161 25 52 8 1 1 22 1/2 12 19 31 Totals 166-152 .272 412 59 112 18 1 1 50 1/13 22 34 83
Butler[apos]s 2005 Game Highs Hits: 3, two times (last, Charlotte, 3/5) Runs: 3, two times (last, Marist, 2/25) RBI: 4, vs. Jackson State (2/5) 2B: 1, eight times (last, ECU, 5/7) HR: 1, vs. UAB (4/30)
Butler[apos]s Career Highs Hits: 4, vs. Saint Louis (3/7/04) Runs: 3, three times (last, Marist, 2/25/05) RBI: 4, vs. Jackson State (2/5/05) 2B: 1, 18 times (last, ECU, 5/7/05) HR: 1, vs. UAB (4/30/05)
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