2020 Baseball Roster
Butler, Jonny
Auburn Regional Preview: Elliott Avent on ACC PM
Thursday, May 29
Game Three Press Conference: Athens Super Regional
Tuesday, June 11
Game Two Press Conference: Athens Super Regional
Sunday, June 09
Game One Press Conference - Athens Super Regional
Saturday, June 08
Jersey Number 14
Jonny Butler
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Channahon, Ill.
- High School:
- Minooka (Heartland CC)
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 205
Bio
Round 14, Pick 428 to Oakland Athletics in 2021 MLB Draft
2021 ACC Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2021 All-ACC Academic team
2021 First Team All-ACC
2021 DI Baseball Second Team All-American
2021 NCBWA Second Team All-American
2021 ABCA/Rawlings Second Team All-American
2021 Baseball America Third Team All-American
2021 ABCA/Rawlings First Team All-Region
2021 - Second-Year Junior Season
2020 - Junior Season
2019 - Sophomore Season
2018 - Freshman Season (Heartland Community College)
2021 ACC Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2021 All-ACC Academic team
2021 First Team All-ACC
2021 DI Baseball Second Team All-American
2021 NCBWA Second Team All-American
2021 ABCA/Rawlings Second Team All-American
2021 Baseball America Third Team All-American
2021 ABCA/Rawlings First Team All-Region
2021 - Second-Year Junior Season
- Named an All-American by four publications
- Selected as the 428th pick in the 14th round to the Oakland Athletics in the 2021 MLB Draft
- Named the 2021 ACC Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year, becoming the second player in program history to earn the honor
- Started 52 games in left field, missing four dur to COVID-19 protocols
- Led the ACC in batting average (.376) and finished fourth in slugging percentage (.663) and sixth in on-base percentage (.452), and all three of those numbers were the best among the Wolfpack squad
- Led the team with 53 RBIs and 16 stolen bases, and finished second with 76 hits and 14 homers
- Earned First Team All-ACC honors after finishing the regular season with a .406 batting average and turning in 11 consecutive multi-hit games down the stretch of the regular season
- Went 10-for-32 (.313) with a team-high 12 runs batted in NCAA Tournament play, highlighted by a 3-for-4 outing with a home run and career-best five RBIs in his College World Series debut versus Stanford on June 19
- Tabbed the 2021 ACC Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year, becoming the program’s second player in history to earn the distinction
- Led the team with 16 mutli-RBI games and finished second with 23 mutli-hit games
- Matched his career-best in hits on three separate occasions (April 2 vs. Clemson, April 25 vs. Virginia Tech and May 21 vs. Florida State)
- Had a career-best two-homer game on April 25 vs. Virginia Tech
2020 - Junior Season
- Received a redshirt from the NCAA with the season’s suspension on March 12 and cancellation due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
- Started all 17 games in the outfield, and finished the season with a .290 clip
- Tallied 18 hits, including four doubles, two triples and a home run
- Homered in his first at bat of the year
- Drove in 14 RBI and scored seven of his own
- Finished the year on a 13-game reached base streak
- Had a season-high three hits on Feb. 15 and 16 vs. James Madison
- Tallied three RBIs on Feb. 15 vs. James Madison and on March 1 at Minnesota in the CambriaCollegeClassic
- Turned in four multi-hit and multi-RBI games
- One of six players on the team to draw double-digit walks with 10
- Led the team with nine stolen bases, highlighted by a career-best 3-for-3 outing on Feb. 22 vs. Tennessee Tech
2019 - Sophomore Season
- Played in all 61 games in the 2019 season, starting in the outfield in 60 of them
- Batted .267 with 67 hits, 10 doubles, two triples, three homers and 29 RBIs
- Tallied 20 multi-hit games as the Wolfpack’s leadoff batter
- Went a career-best 4-for-4 on March 19 vs. Towson and on May 17 at UNC
- Scored a career-high four runs in the Towson game and drove in a career-best three runs on April 23 vs.Tennessee Tech
2018 - Freshman Season (Heartland Community College)
- Made 56 starts in his freshman season
- Tallied 18 multi-hit games and 17 multi-RBI performances, highlighted by a 5-for-6 outing with five RBIs and four runs scored vs. the Academy Baseball of Canada
- Batted .372 with 71 hits, 10 doubles, four triples and eight homers
- Tallied 55 RBIs and scored 65 runs
- Compiled a .444 on-base percentage and .592 slugging percentage