Jennifer Butler

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Jennifer Butler
Personal information
Born (1981-04-21) April 21, 1981 (age 41)
Brooklyn, New York
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Career information
High school Murry Bergtraum
(New York City, New York)
College UMass (1999–2003)
WNBA draft 2003 / Round: 2 / Pick: 15th overall
Selected by the Cleveland Rockers
Position Center

Jennifer Ruth Butler is a basketball player who was selected by the Cleveland Rockers in the 2003 WNBA Draft. She is the first player from UMass to be drafted by a WNBA franchise. [1]

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Massachusetts statistics

Source [2]

Ratios
YEARTeamGPFG%3P%FT%RBGAPGBPGSPGPPG
1999-00Massachusetts2848.3%44.0%10.500.790.891.898.89
2000–01Massachusetts2839.3%0.0%57.9%9.600.801.202.1012.70
2001–02Massachusetts3043.4%51.7%11.770.871.502.0013.20
2002–03Massachusetts2846.0%62.1%14.711.891.252.4317.46
Career11444.0%0.0%55.2%11.651.081.222.1013.07
Totals
YEARTeamGPFGFGA3P3PAFTFTAREBABKSTPTS
1999-00Massachusetts289920551116294222553249
2000–01Massachusetts2812531801106183269223458356
2001–02Massachusetts301523500192178353264560396
2002–03Massachusetts2817938900131211412533568489
Career11455512620238068813281231392391490

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References

  1. "WNBA team drafts Butler". www.umass.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  2. "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-06-26.