Amanda Butler

Class:
Senior
High School:
Lamoni
Hometown:
Lamoni, Iowa

Season	Events	Rounds	Strokes	Avg.	Low Rd.	Top-25
Spring 2011	6	15	1,205	80.33	73	1
Fall 2010	5	13	1,036	79.69	74	3
Spring 2010	6	17	1,377	81.00	77	0
Fall 2009	5	15	1,215	81.00	76	1
Spring 2009	7	21	1,724	81.10	77	2
Fall 2008	5	11	918	83.45	77	0
Career	34	94	7,557	80.39	73	7

as a Junior (Spring 2011): Competed in all six events in the spring, posting one top-15 finish ... finished the season with an 80.33 scoring average over 15 rounds ... carded a career-low round of 73 at the Lumberjack Shootout at Wigwam (March 15) ... helped the Zips break the school record for a single-round team score (293) and three-round team score (891) at the Lumberjack Shootout at Wigwam (March 14-16) ... posted her best finish at the weather-shortened BGSU Falcon Invitational (April 16-17), finishing in a tie for 11th place with a score of 82 (+10) ... finished tied for 30th place at the Lumberjack Shootout at Wigwam with a season-best three-round score of 10-over 226.

as a Junior (Fall 2010): Finished the fall with the third-best scoring average on the team (79.69) over 13 rounds ... her round of 74 at the Cincinnati Fall Classic (Sept. 21) was a then-career-best and tied for the third-best round for the squad during the fall schedule ... recorded the first top-10 finish of her career (tied for ninth), firing a three-round score of 238 (80-76-82) to help the Zips win the Third-Annual Zippy Invitational (Oct. 11-12), the first team title in program history ... posted two top-25 finishes, including a tie for 21st place at the Mid-American Conference Preview (Oct. 18-19) with a score of 163 (81-82) ... finished in a 22nd-place tie at 235 (82-78-74) at the Cincinnati Fall Classic (Sept. 20-21).

as a Sophomore (Spring 2010): NGCA Academic All-American for the second-consecutive season (2009-10) ... named to the MAC Academic Honor Roll (2009-10) ... competed in all six events, posting an average score of 81.00 over 17 rounds ... recorded two top-30 finishes, including a tie for 28th place at the Claud Jacobs Intercollegiate (March 14-15) with a three-round total of 240 (81-80-79) and a 29th-place tie at the Mid-American Conference Championship (April 23-25) with a total of 243 (80-82-81) ... posted a season-best round of 77 during the first round of the Rio Verde Collegiate Invitational (March 5).

as a Sophomore (Fall 2009): Competed in all five events, finishing 15 rounds with an 81.00 scoring average ... carded 76 strokes in the second round at the Cardinal Cup (79-76-77) as part of a 232 three-round score and 32nd-place finish (Sept. 21-22) ... tallied a personal high six birdies at the Cardinal Cup ... placed 22nd (84-76-84) with 244 strokes at the Second-Annual Zippy Invitational (Oct. 5-6).

as a Freshman (Spring 2009): Earned NGCA Academic All-America status (2008-09) ... competed in all seven events, finishing 21 rounds with an 82.10 scoring average ... finished 13th (244; 78-86-80) at the Tina Barrett Longwood Invite (March 30-31) ... notched another top-25 finish at the MAC Championship, capturing 25th place (83-86-83-82) at the Longaberger Golf Club (April 24-26) ... fired a low round of 77 strokes during the final round of the Canes and Cardinals Classic (April 17).

as a Freshman (Fall 2008): Competed in all five events, finishing with 918 strokes over 11 rounds for an 83.45 scoring average ... fired a season-low round of 77 on the first day of the Waterlefe Invitational (Oct. 6).

at Lamoni High School: Competed as an individual as there was no high school team ... two-time state champion ... finished the year as the top-ranked golfer in the state by the Iowa High School Golf Coaches Association ... named to all-state tournament team as a sophomore, junior and senior ... won the state championship by 16 strokes as a senior and by eight strokes as a junior ... named Iowa High School Golf Player of the Year in 2008 ... four-year honor roll scholar ... claimed the district championship as a freshman and the regional championship as a sophomore ... was an all-conference performer on the basketball team as a freshman and sophomore.

Personal: Parents are Opie and Kyong Butler ... born in South Korea ... father is the head women's basketball coach at Graceland University ... didn't start playing golf until March of her freshman year of high school ... majoring in sports management ... named to the Dean's List for the 2010 spring and fall semesters.