The Butler Grizzlies are the sports teams of
Butler Community College located in
El Dorado
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,
Kansas, United States. They participate in the
National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) and in the
Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference
The Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference (KJCCC) is a college athletic conference that is a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). As of 2007, the KJCCC was home to more than 3,000 student-athletes in the 19 me ...
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Sports
Men's sports
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cross country
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Football
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Track & field
Women's sports
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Basketball
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Cross country
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Soccer
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Softball
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Track & field
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Volleyball
Facilities
Butler Community College has five athletics facilities.
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* BG Products Veterans Sports Complex – home of the Grizzlies football team
Records
Butler Softball has currently won 88 consecutive games, dating back to March 3, 2016, when the Grizzlies beat Barton Community College 9–1. This includes the 2016 NJCAA Div. I National Championship.
Butler Football is tied for the most national championships by any junior college football program. Troy Morrell won three of those national titles (2003, 2007, 2008) before resigning with a 154–22 record in 2014.
National Championships
* Football: 6 (1981, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2008)
* Basketball: 1 (1953)
* Softball: 1 (2016)
* Men's cross country: 2 (1970, 1995)
* Women's cross country: 1 (2002)
Notable Grizzlies
* Tony Allen, NBA
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guard
* William Bartee
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, NFL
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defensive back
* Heath Bell, MLB pitcher
* Roger Bernhardt
Roger Bernhardt (born October 14, 1949) is a former American football guard. He played for the New York Jets in 1974 and for the Kansas City Chiefs
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, NFL
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offensive guard
* Willie Blade, NFL defensive tackle
* Chris Carson, NFL running back
* Branden Dozier
Branden Dozier (born November 28, 1993) is an American gridiron football defensive back for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football with the UNC-Charlotte 49ers.
Early life and college career
Doz ...
, CFL defensive and special teams player
* Ron Fellows, NFL cornerback
* Ted Gilmore
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, College Football and NFL Assistant Coach
* Robert Goff, NFL defensive lineman
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* Jamie Holland
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, NFL wide receiver
* Willie Hordge, sprinter
* David Irons, NFL cornerback
* Bruce Irvin, NFL player
* Stephen Jackson, NBA basketball player
* Rudi Johnson, NFL running back
* Kwamie Lassiter
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, NFL cornerback
* DeMarcus Lawrence, NFL defensive end
* Betty Lennox, WNBA guard
* Elbert Mack, NFL defensive back
* Zach Mettenberger, NFL quarterback
* Kasib Powell, NBA forward
*Byron Pringle
Byron Pringle (born November 17, 1993) is an American football wide receiver of the National Football League (NFL). Pringle first played college football at Butler Community College before transferring to finish his collegiate career at Kansas ...
, NFL wide receiver
* Jerry Quick, NFL offensive lineman
* Damarious Randall, NFL cornerback
* Butch Reynolds, Olympian track and field athlete
* Nate Robertson, MLB pitcher
* James Robinson, NFL wide receiver
* Shaun Smith, NFL defensive lineman
* Press Taylor, NFL assistant coach
* Zac Taylor, NFL Head Coach and NFL/ CFL quarterback
* Fred Torneden, long-distance runner and fastest American marathon runner in 1984
* Dave Thomas Dave may refer to:
Film, television, and theater
* Dave (film), ''Dave'' (film), a 1993 film starring Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver
* Dave (musical), ''Dave'' (musical), a 2018 stage musical adaptation of the film
* Dave (TV channel), a digital ...
, NFL cornerback
* Mao Tosi
Falemao "Mao" Tosi (born December 12, 1976) is a former American football player, a defensive tackle for two seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He is the only Samoan to date to be named Alaska's high school basketball player of th ...
, NFL defensive tackle (played only basketball at Butler)
* Seth Wheeler, former player and current Emporia State University coach
* Markus White
Markus White (born November 25, 1987) is a former American football defensive end. He was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the seventh round of the 2011 NFL Draft. He played college football at Florida State University. Prior to playing fo ...
, NFL linebacker
* Jonathan Wilhite
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Wilhite has also been a member of the ...
, NFL cornerback
* Ivory Williams
Ivory Williams (born May 2, 1985) is an American sprint athlete who specializes in the 100 meters.
Born in Jefferson County, Texas, Williams attended Central High School in Beaumont, where he was a two-sport athlete. As a wide receiver and a ...
, sprinter
* Jermaine Williams, former NFL running back
References
External links
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Sports teams in Kansas
Butler Community College
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