KANSAS CITY, Missouri — Trevon Butler, one of the catalysts in Husson University’s run to a North Atlantic Conference championship and an NCAA tournament berth, has added to his list of postseason honors.
The senior forward on Thursday was named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches’ Division III All-Northeast District First Team. He is the second player in program history to earn this honor, but is the first chosen for the first team.
Butler earned first-team All-NAC honors for the third time in his career and was tabbed conference player of the year and the tournament MVP for the second time in the last three years. He also was named to the Maine Men’s Basketball Coaches and Writers Association All-State First Team and D3hoops.com All-Northeast Region Second Team while helping Husson post a 21-7 record and its fifth NAC title in the last eight years.
This season, Butler led coach Warren Caruso’s team in scoring average (21.8), field-goal attempts (458), free-throw attempts (174), free throws made (140), rebounding average (7.4), assists per game (2.6) and steals per game (1.7). Butler ranked second in field goals made (204) and 3-pointers (63).
Butler also became the eighth Husson player to score 600 points in a single season and the first in 16 years to do so. He finished his career with 1,550 points, 627 rebounds, 202 assists and 158 steals.