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Jessica Butler
Jessica Butler
  • Height:
    5-6
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Coral Springs, Fla.
  • High School:
    Saint Thomas Aquinas HS
  • Major:
    Environmental Science

Bio

As a Senior: All-Sunshine State Conference…SSC Runner of the Year… All-South Region… SSC all-championship team… NCAA South Regional all-championship team…SSC Runner of the Week (10/10)…USTFCCCA all-academic…SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll...D2ADA Academic Achievement Award…Opened season at UT Early Bird Classic, finishing 20th with 5K time of 18:51.09…Was 13th at Florida State Invitational (9/23) with time of 18:20.36…Ran to 20th-place showing at Lehigh Invitational (9/30)…Placed second at both the Disney Classic (10/8) and SSC Championships (10/22)…Ran a season-best 5K time of 18:17.60 at the Disney Classic…Top 6K time came at the SSC Championships, where she was timed at 21:48.06…Was third at the NCAA South Regional (11/5), running the 6K in 22:11…Ended season at NCAA Championships (11/19), placing 69th overall with a time of 23:21.8…Finished in the top-20 in six of seven races, including three top-five results.

As a Junior:  Named to the SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll…Did not compete in any meets.

As a Sophomore: All-SSC…All-South Region …SSC all-tournament team…NCAA South Regional all-tournament team…SSC Player of the Week (9/28)…SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll…Earned four top-three finishes including a second place finish at the Florida Tech Invitational, SSC Championship and NCAA South Regional…Earned a third place finish at the Pre-Nationals…Placed 11th of 228 at the Florida Invitational…Finished 22nd at the FSU Invitational…Placed 49th of 184 at the NCAA Championships.

As a Freshman: Placed third at the UT Early Bird Classic before sustaining season-ending injury. Received a medical redshirt.

High School: Won state championship in the 3200m run at the 2007 FHSAA Track Championships...Was also the runner-up in the state 1600m race as a senior...Placed 10th at the NIKE Nationals in the 5000m. Holds the St. Thomas Aquinas school record in the 1600m at 5:00.5, the 3200m at 11:01.5 and the 5000m at 17:54...Was part of the 4x800 relay which was the state runner-up and finished in fifth place in the 1600m as a sophomore...Attended Coral Glades High School as a freshman, where she set school records in the 800m, 1600m, 3200m and 5000m...Placed third in the 1600m race with a time of 5:09 at the FHSAA state meet .

Personal: Volunteered at the MS Walk…Daughter of Steven and Trish Butler...Environmental science major...Birthdate: 9/6/89.