[break] [break] Butler, a junior from Knoxville, Tennessee, sports a 3.82 grade point average and is double-majoring in biology and exercise & sport science. She is on track to graduate with two degrees in May 2016 and then plans to attend medical school. Butler has been named to the Dean’s List four semesters at Georgia and is a member of the Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society.
[break] [break] “This honor is well deserved,” head coach Andy Landers said. “Marjorie has excelled on the court and in the classroom and is the epitome of what a student-athlete represents. I think it speaks volumes about her commitment to her academics that she’s achieved the GPA she has while taking biologies and chemistries and physics, arguably the toughest of the toughest courses on our campus.”
[break] [break] Butler has started all 23 games for the Lady Bulldogs this season, who have been ranked as high as No. 14 in the nation. She is averaging 5.3 points per game leads the team in minutes played (29.6 mpg), assists (3.7 apg) and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.5). In statistical leaders for SEC games only, Butler ranks No. 3 in minutes played (35.1 mpg), No. 4 in assists (3.8 apg) and No. 4 in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.3).
[break] [break] Butler has scored in double figures four times during the 2014-15 campaign, including a career-high 13 points at No. 10 Kentucky. She also has been clutch in late-game situations for the Lady Bulldogs, converting on 14-of-15 trips to the free throw line in the final 30 seconds of victories over TCU, Ohio State, Georgia Tech, Furman and Texas A&M.
[break] [break] The national first-, second- and third-team Capitol One Academic All-America honorees will be named later this month. District 4 encompasses schools in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Puerto Rico and South Carolina.
[break] [break] Three Lady Bulldogs have earned national Academic All-America accolades from CoSIDA. Bernadette Locke was a second-team selection in 1981; Kelly Miller was a third-team pick in 2000 and a second-team honoree in 2001; and Coco Miller was a third-team choice in 2001.