Bowling Green State University Athletics
Butler Named MAC Female Scholar-Athlete of the Week
May 11, 2022 | Women's Track and Field
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – Bowling Green State University track & field student-athlete Kaila Butler was named the MAC Female Scholar-Athlete of the Week, as announced by the Mid-American Conference on Wednesday (May 11).
Butler (Port Coquitlam, B.C.) posted a personal best in the hammer throw, with a throw of 69.35m at Michigan's Len Paddock Invitational. That throw is the best in the MAC and the ninth-best in the nation thus far this season. Only two throws have gone farther in BGSU history (both by Brooke Pleger).
The Scholar-Athlete of the Week Award is presented to a MAC male and/or female student-athlete who has a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better and performs well during that week's competition. An institution can nominate up to one male and one female student-athlete per week in any of that current season's sports. The winners are selected by a MAC's Faculty Athletics Representatives (FARs).
Butler has a 4.00 and graduated with her master of education degree last week.
Butler (Port Coquitlam, B.C.) posted a personal best in the hammer throw, with a throw of 69.35m at Michigan's Len Paddock Invitational. That throw is the best in the MAC and the ninth-best in the nation thus far this season. Only two throws have gone farther in BGSU history (both by Brooke Pleger).
The Scholar-Athlete of the Week Award is presented to a MAC male and/or female student-athlete who has a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better and performs well during that week's competition. An institution can nominate up to one male and one female student-athlete per week in any of that current season's sports. The winners are selected by a MAC's Faculty Athletics Representatives (FARs).
Butler has a 4.00 and graduated with her master of education degree last week.
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