As a Redshirt Sophomore (2015-16)

• Team captain and starter at 285 pounds
• Runner-up at the Pac-12 Championships (Feb. 27) in Tempe, Arizona
• NCAA qualifier for the second straight season
• 25-7 overall record, 10-3 mark in duals
• Tied for the team-lead with eight pins
• Won the Hokie Open title (Nov. 8)
• Placed third at the Reno Tournament of Champions (Dec. 20) and seventh at the Southern Scuffle (Jan. 1-2)
• Holds two wins over Arizona State's Tanner Hall, ranked 10th (Jan. 23) and 12th (Feb. 27)
• Six of his seven losses have come at the hands of ranked opponents

As a Redshirt Freshman (2014-15)

• Pac-12 Champion at 285 pounds, just the fourth Cardinal freshman to win a conference title
• Compiled a 29-9 overall record, tying for the fourth-most by a freshman in school history
• NCAA qualifier, finished 1-2 at his first national tournament
• Turned in an 8-0 record against conference opponents
• Went 9-2 in duals
• Tied for the team-lead with four falls
• Finished third at the Roadrunner Open (Nov. 16), Keystone Classic (Nov. 23) and Reno Tournament of Champions (Dec. 21)
• NWCA Academic All-America
• Pac-12 All-Academic First Team

As a Freshman (2013-14)

• Redshirted his first season on The Farm
• Wrestled unattached at 285 pounds, posting a 23-6 record
• Won the San Francisco State Open, earning Most Outstanding Wrestler honors
• Placed second at the Mike Clock Open in Stockton, Calif., with a 3-1 record
• Finished third at the Roadrunner Open in Fresno, Calif.
• Was the runner-up at the Clackamas Open in January
• Took third at the California Collegiate Open in San Francisco in February

High School

• A 2013 graduate of Leavenworth High School in Leavenworth, Kan.
• A three-time Kansas high school state champion
• Holds the record for most career and season pins at Leavenworth
• 2013 Kansas NWCA Wrestler of the Year
• 2013 Kansas City Metro WRestler and Athlete of the Year
• 2012 FILA Cadet Freestyle National Champion
• 2012 FILA Cadet Greco national runner-up
• 2013 Wrestling USA Scholastic All-American (Academic Team)
• Also lettered three times in football and once in golf
• A three-time all-league football player, earning all-state honorable mention

Personal

• Son of Jeff and Kelly Butler
• Father was a three-time Oregon high school state champion and a four-year wrestler at the U.S. Military Academy
• Has a younger brother, Daniel
• Major is computer science
• Born in Fort Lewis, Wash.