Kelsie Butts

Freshman season (2007) - Saw significant playing time in her first season, sparkling on defense as a libero ... Was third on the team in digs, averaging 2.37 per game ... Had 15 digs in a five-game victory over George Fox ... Led the defense with a match-high 24 digs in a 3-1 win over Linfield ... Collected a match-high 26 digs in a five-game loss to Puget Sound.

Prep - Played three varsity seasons for coach John Lengphounprosuet at Southridge High, serving as a senior captain as the Suns advanced to the state championship tournament ... Named first-team all-conference libero as a junior and senior ... First-team all-area and second-team all-state as a senior ... Second-team all-area and honorable mention all-state as a junior ... Team awards include Best Hustle Award (three consecutive seasons) and the Coaches Award (best academics) in 2004 ... Played one season of club volleyball for the Columbia Juniors ... Also played three seasons of varsity golf at Southridge, twice earning honorable mention all-conference honors and qualifying for the state championship as a senior ... Received her golf team's Outstanding Freshman Award in 2004.

Academics - Planning to major in environmental biology with a minor in politics ... Interested in issues of water restoration ... In high school, was the president of IGNITE Freshman Mentoring, secretary of Chamber Choir, athletic trainer for the boys basketball team as a junior and senior ... Also participated in Calvary Chapel Youth Leadership and Debate and Mock Trial ... Sang with her high school Chamber and Jazz choirs ... Two-year member of the National Honor Society in high school ... Winner of the Outstanding Achievement Award for junior girls at Southridge, presented by a local Masonic Officers Assn. ... At Whitman, she is a member of SAAC, Adopt-A-Grandparent, and Whitman Christian Fellowship

Personal - Kelsie Marie Butts was born on June 23, 1989, in Richland, Wash. ... Daughter of Amy and David Butts ... Father was a two-time state community college wrestling champion at Columbia Basin College (named Outstanding Wrestler at the 1975 state tournament) who completed his career at Arizona State, where he still holds the school record with a .830 winning percentage; also won two A.A.U. state titles in Arizona and was invited to the 1976 Olympic Trials ... Has one older sister Kadi Lamberson ... Cousin Matthew Butts graduated from Whitman in 2003 after playing four seasons of varsity soccer and has since completed his medical degree in surgery ... Competes on an intramural soccer team ... After Whitman, plans to join the Peace Corps and focus on water restoration ... Has played the piano for 11 years ... Enjoys the outdoors, hiking, camping, water skiing, swimming, and reading.

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