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#3 John Butler
Position: Utility
Height: 6'0"
Year: Senior
City/State: Hillsborough, CA
High School: St. Ignatius College Prep
College: Roosevelt
Major: History
Experience: 3 Letters
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AS A SENIOR IN 2012: Led the Tritons in assists with 49 on the year, good for the seventh highest in a single season... Finished his four year career at UCSD earning the second highest total career assists with 134... Had a standout performance against Air Force posting three goals, three assists, three steals and one ejection drawn (10/18)... Team Captain along with classmates John Butler and Brian Donohoe... Named All-Western Water Polo Association (WWPA) and All-Tournament first team...

AS A JUNIOR IN 2011: Named ACWPC Division II All-America, First-Team All-Western Water Polo Association and First-Team All-WWPA Tournament ... Led the Tritons with 43 assists on the season and finished third on the team in goals (33) and steals (26) ... Recorded a season-high five steals against Santa Clara (11/4), the most in a single game for a any Triton player ... Matched a team season-high with four assists in a 12-11 win over Air Force (10/1) and a 10-6 win over UC Davis (10/28) ... Had four goals, five assists and two steals at the WWPA Tournament ... Scored at least a goal in nine consecutive matches (between 10/12-11/18) ... Shot .403 (33-for-82) on the year ... Second on the team with 10 field blocks ... Scored five goals at Triton Invite (9/3-9/4).

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2010:
Led the Tritons with 29 assists while scoring 19 goals and adding 16 steals ... Drew 27 ejections, second-most on the team ... Registered three assists in three consecutive matches against Navy (9/19), Chapman (9/23) and Stanford (10/2) ... Also dished out three assists against UC Irvine (11/5) ... Tallied four goals and four assists at the WWPA Championships ... Accounted for a pair of goals and had an assist in a 7-6 win over eventual WWPA Champion Loyola Marymount (10/3).

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2009: Scored five goals with 13 assists in his first season at UCSD ... Also named to the Western Water Polo Association All-Freshman squad.

HIGH SCHOOL:
Attended St. Ignatius College Prep in San Francisco ... Also a member of the Stanford Water Polo Club team for seven seasons ... Team earned the Bronze medal in 2009 Junior Olympics and a seventh-place finish in 2008 ... Earned All-American honorable mention honors in 2008 ... At the CCS swimming finals, finished 14th in the 200 and 500 -yard freestyle events.

PERSONAL: Born March 26, 1991 ... Parents are Chris and Tina Butler ... Parents are University of San Francisco graduates ... Has two siblings named Jennifer and Danielle ... Favorite pro teams as the San Francisco Giants, San Jose Sharks and the San Francisco 49ers ... A history major and business minor in Roosevelt College.


CAREER STATISTICS
Season G A Stl Pen Dr Ej Dr Shot % FB MA TO Ej Total
2009 5 13 15 1 17 .217 9 18 13 5 55
2010 19 29 16 1 27 .284 2 48 23 11 92
2011 33 43 26 0 14 .402 10 49 30 28 147
2012 23 49 30 1 15 .267 7 63 23 19 153
Totals 80
134 100 3 73 .293 28 178 89 63 447
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