Leigh Buttner
14 Leigh ButtnerHear how to pronounce Leigh Buttner
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    St. Petersburg, Fla.
  • High School:
    Lakewood HS
  • Position:
    OH
  • Major:
    Psychology
  • m
    13
  • k/s
    0.68
  • h %
    .063
  • a/s
    0.04
  • b/s
    0.44
  • sa/s
    0.00
  • d/s
    0.20
Bio

As a Senior: SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll... Earned the DII ADA Academic Achievement Award... Competed in 13 matches and 25 sets...Recorded a total of 17 kills.

As a Junior: SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll… Participated in 17 matches and 28 sets... Collected two kills for the season hitting at a .286 percentage... Tallied three assists... Notched a career best 32 digs for the season... Recorded five digs on three occasions versus Southwest Minnesota State (9/12), West Alabama (10/17), and Florida Tech (11/12).

As a Sophomore: SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll…Participated in 17 matches while playing in 27…Opened the season against No. 5 Central Missouri with one dig and a perfect service percentage (9/5)…Recorded a service ace versus No. 24 Indianapolis (9/6)…Registered three digs on three occasions…Captured a kill against Lee, Tenn. in the South Region Crossover (10/17)…Saw action during the NCAA South Regional versus Claflin, tallying two digs (11/20).

As a Freshman: SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll...Saw action in seven matches…Made Spartan debut versus Belmont Abbey tallying a season-high of four kills (9/6)…Slugged a lone service ace facing SSC opponent Nova Southeastern (10/12)…Concluded her premier season with four kills, an ace and dig apiece.

High School: Attended Lakewood High School, where she played for coaches Penkethman and Rodak…Was a two-time South County first-team selection for the Spartans…Named offensive MVP…Selected to play at 2012 Junior Olympics and 2012 Pinellas Senior All-Star match…Played club volleyball for Tampa Bay One and coach Jeff Lamm.

Personal: Volunteered with Keeping Pinellas Beautiful and Christmas Toy Shop…Member of the Center for Advanced Technology…Member of Honor Roll and National Honor Society…Full name is Leigh Alden Buttner...Daughter of Bill and Martha Buttner…Has two older brothers, William and Hayden…Father is the current head golf coach at Eckerd College…Psychology major…Born September 29.

SINGLE-MATCH HIGHS [all-time ranking]:
Kills: 7, at Florida Tech, Sep 29, 2016 
Attacks: 19, at Florida Tech, Sep 29, 2016 
Assists: 2, Indianapolis, 09/06/2014 
Serve aces: 1, vs Southwest Minnesota, 09/12/2014 ; Nova Southeastern, 10/12/2013 
Digs: 5, vs West Alabama, 10/17/2015 ; Florida Tech, 11/12/2015 ; vs Southwest Minnesota, Sep 12, 2015 
Blocks: 3, at Indianapolis, Sep 09, 2016 ; at Florida Tech, Sep 29, 2016 
Block solo: 1, at Indianapolis, Sep 09, 2016 
Block assist: 3, at Florida Tech, Sep 29, 2016 

Recent games
Date Opponent Result
Nov 11 at Barry W, 3-2
Nov 12 at Lynn L, 3-1
Nov 18 at #10 Palm Beach Atlantic L, 3-0
Nov 19 at Nova Southeastern W, 3-1
Dec 1 vs. Lynn W, 3-1
Dec 2 vs. Florida Southern L, 3-0
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Matches 13 6
Sets 25 12
Kills 17 11
Kills per set 0.68 0.92
Errors 13 7
Total Attacks 64 35
Total Attacks per set 2.56 2.92
Hitting Percentage .063 .114
Assists 1 0
Assists per set 0.04 0.00
Service Aces 0 0
Service Errors 2 1
Service Aces per set 0.00 0.00
Receptions 14 8
Reception Errors 0 0
Digs 5 5
Digs per set 0.20 0.42
Block Solo 1 0
Block Assist 10 6
Block Total 11 6
Blocks per set 0.44 0.50
Block Errors 0 0
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 23.0 14.0
Points per set 0.9 1.2
Matches started 1 1
Game Log - Offense
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a pts
Sep 2 Franklin Pierce W, 3-0 - 1 0 0 0 - 0 0.0
Sep 2 Henderson State L, 3-2 - - - - - - - -
Sep 3 Pitt-Johnstown W, 3-1 - 1 0 0 0 - 0 0.0
Sep 3 Minnesota State-Mankato L, 3-1 - 4 3 2 11 .091 0 3.0
Sep 9 at Indianapolis W, 3-0 - 3 1 1 5 .000 1 3.0
Sep 9 vs. Lock Haven W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 10 vs. Ashland W, 3-1 - 2 1 1 5 .000 0 1.0
Sep 16 at Eckerd W, 3-1 - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 Saint Leo L, 3-1 - 1 0 0 0 - 0 0.0
Sep 23 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) W, 3-1 - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 Rollins W, 3-0 - 2 2 2 6 .000 0 2.5
Sep 27 at #21 Florida Southern L, 3-2 - 2 0 0 0 - 0 0.0
Sep 29 at Florida Tech W, 3-1 - 4 7 2 19 .263 0 8.5
Oct 7 Lynn W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 vs. Christian Brothers W, 3-0 - 1 0 2 7 -.286 0 1.0
Oct 14 vs. Shorter W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 vs. Union (Tenn.) W, 3-0 - 1 1 0 1 1.000 0 1.0
Oct 18 at Saint Leo L, 3-1 - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 Nova Southeastern W, 3-1 - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 #12 Palm Beach Atlantic L, 3-1 - - - - - - - -
Oct 25 Eckerd W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 at Rollins W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 at Embry-Riddle (Fla.) W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Nov 1 Florida Southern W, 3-1 - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 Florida Tech W, 3-1 1 2 2 3 10 -.100 0 3.0
Nov 9 Barry W, 3-2 - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 at Barry W, 3-2 - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 at Lynn L, 3-1 - - - - - - - -
Nov 18 at #10 Palm Beach Atlantic L, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Nov 19 at Nova Southeastern W, 3-1 - 1 0 0 0 - 0 0.0
Dec 1 vs. Lynn W, 3-1 - - - - - - - -
Dec 2 vs. Florida Southern L, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Game Log - Defense
Date Opponent Score ms s digs bs ba be tot bhe
Sep 2 Franklin Pierce W, 3-0 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 2 Henderson State L, 3-2 - - - - - - - -
Sep 3 Pitt-Johnstown W, 3-1 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 3 Minnesota State-Mankato L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 9 at Indianapolis W, 3-0 - 3 0 1 2 0 3 0
Sep 9 vs. Lock Haven W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 10 vs. Ashland W, 3-1 - 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 16 at Eckerd W, 3-1 - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 Saint Leo L, 3-1 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 23 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) W, 3-1 - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 Rollins W, 3-0 - 2 0 0 1 0 1 0
Sep 27 at #21 Florida Southern L, 3-2 - 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 29 at Florida Tech W, 3-1 - 4 2 0 3 0 3 0
Oct 7 Lynn W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 vs. Christian Brothers W, 3-0 - 1 0 0 2 0 2 0
Oct 14 vs. Shorter W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 vs. Union (Tenn.) W, 3-0 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 18 at Saint Leo L, 3-1 - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 Nova Southeastern W, 3-1 - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 #12 Palm Beach Atlantic L, 3-1 - - - - - - - -
Oct 25 Eckerd W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 at Rollins W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 at Embry-Riddle (Fla.) W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Nov 1 Florida Southern W, 3-1 - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 Florida Tech W, 3-1 1 2 2 0 2 0 2 0
Nov 9 Barry W, 3-2 - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 at Barry W, 3-2 - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 at Lynn L, 3-1 - - - - - - - -
Nov 18 at #10 Palm Beach Atlantic L, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Nov 19 at Nova Southeastern W, 3-1 - 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Dec 1 vs. Lynn W, 3-1 - - - - - - - -
Dec 2 vs. Florida Southern L, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Game Log - Serve/Receive
Date Opponent Score ms s ta sa se r re
Sep 2 Franklin Pierce W, 3-0 - 1 2 0 1 2 0
Sep 2 Henderson State L, 3-2 - - - - - - -
Sep 3 Pitt-Johnstown W, 3-1 - 1 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 3 Minnesota State-Mankato L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 9 at Indianapolis W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 4 0
Sep 9 vs. Lock Haven W, 3-0 - - - - - - -
Sep 10 vs. Ashland W, 3-1 - 2 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 16 at Eckerd W, 3-1 - - - - - - -
Sep 17 Saint Leo L, 3-1 - 1 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 23 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) W, 3-1 - - - - - - -
Sep 24 Rollins W, 3-0 - 2 0 0 0 1 0
Sep 27 at #21 Florida Southern L, 3-2 - 2 0 0 0 3 0
Sep 29 at Florida Tech W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 4 0
Oct 7 Lynn W, 3-0 - - - - - - -
Oct 14 vs. Christian Brothers W, 3-0 - 1 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 14 vs. Shorter W, 3-0 - - - - - - -
Oct 15 vs. Union (Tenn.) W, 3-0 - 1 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 18 at Saint Leo L, 3-1 - - - - - - -
Oct 21 Nova Southeastern W, 3-1 - - - - - - -
Oct 22 #12 Palm Beach Atlantic L, 3-1 - - - - - - -
Oct 25 Eckerd W, 3-0 - - - - - - -
Oct 28 at Rollins W, 3-0 - - - - - - -
Oct 29 at Embry-Riddle (Fla.) W, 3-0 - - - - - - -
Nov 1 Florida Southern W, 3-1 - - - - - - -
Nov 5 Florida Tech W, 3-1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 9 Barry W, 3-2 - - - - - - -
Nov 11 at Barry W, 3-2 - - - - - - -
Nov 12 at Lynn L, 3-1 - - - - - - -
Nov 18 at #10 Palm Beach Atlantic L, 3-0 - - - - - - -
Nov 19 at Nova Southeastern W, 3-1 - 1 1 0 1 0 0
Dec 1 vs. Lynn W, 3-1 - - - - - - -
Dec 2 vs. Florida Southern L, 3-0 - - - - - - -
m s k k/s e ta ta/s pct a a/s pts pts/s
2013-14 7 8 4 0.50 4 15 1.88 .000 2 0.25 5.0 0.6
2014-15 17 27 1 0.04 0 1 0.04 1.000 5 0.19 2.0 0.1
2015-16 17 28 2 0.07 0 7 0.25 .286 3 0.11 2.0 0.1
2016-17 13 25 17 0.68 13 64 2.56 .063 1 0.04 23.0 0.9
Total 54 88 24 0.27 17 87 0.99 .080 11 0.13 32.0 0.4

Career Stats: Offense

m s digs d/s bs ba tot b/s
2013-14 7 8 1 0.13 0 0 0 0.00
2014-15 17 27 18 0.67 0 0 0 0.00
2015-16 17 28 32 1.14 0 0 0 0.00
2016-17 13 25 5 0.20 1 10 11 0.44
Total 54 88 56 0.64 1 10 11 0.13

Career Stats: Defense

m s ta sa sa/s se r re
2013-14 7 8 9 1 0.13 1 6 1
2014-15 17 27 42 1 0.04 15 41 4
2015-16 17 28 19 0 0.00 4 52 4
2016-17 13 25 3 0 0.00 2 14 0
Total 54 88 73 2 0.02 22 113 9

Career Stats: Serve/Receive

m s k k/s e ta ta/s pct a a/s pts pts/s
Event
Total 13 25 17 0.68 13 64 2.56 .063 1 0.04 23.0 0.9
Conference 6 12 11 0.92 7 35 2.92 .114 0 0.00 14.0 1.2
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 6 11 7 0.64 7 27 2.45 .000 0 0.00 8.5 0.8
Away 4 10 8 0.80 3 24 2.40 .208 1 0.10 11.5 1.1
Neutral 3 4 2 0.50 3 13 3.25 -.077 0 0.00 3.0 0.8
Result
Wins 10 18 14 0.78 11 53 2.94 .057 1 0.06 20.0 1.1
Losses 3 7 3 0.43 2 11 1.57 .091 0 0.00 3.0 0.4
Month
September 9 20 14 0.70 8 46 2.30 .130 1 0.05 18.0 0.9
October 2 2 1 0.50 2 8 4.00 -.125 0 0.00 2.0 1.0
November 2 3 2 0.67 3 10 3.33 -.100 0 0.00 3.0 1.0

Splits Stats: Offense

m s digs d/s bs ba tot b/s
Event
Total 13 25 5 0.20 1 10 11 0.44
Conference 6 12 5 0.42 0 6 6 0.50
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 6 11 2 0.18 0 3 3 0.27
Away 4 10 3 0.30 1 5 6 0.60
Neutral 3 4 0 0.00 0 2 2 0.50
Result
Wins 10 18 5 0.28 1 10 11 0.61
Losses 3 7 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
Month
September 9 20 2 0.10 1 6 7 0.35
October 2 2 0 0.00 0 2 2 1.00
November 2 3 3 1.00 0 2 2 0.67

Splits Stats: Defense

m s ta sa sa/s se r re
Event
Total 13 25 3 0 0.00 2 14 0
Conference 6 12 1 0 0.00 1 8 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 6 11 2 0 0.00 1 3 0
Away 4 10 1 0 0.00 1 11 0
Neutral 3 4 0 0 0.00 0 0 0
Result
Wins 10 18 3 0 0.00 2 11 0
Losses 3 7 0 0 0.00 0 3 0
Month
September 9 20 2 0 0.00 1 14 0
October 2 2 0 0 0.00 0 0 0
November 2 3 1 0 0.00 1 0 0

Splits Stats: Serve/Receive

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