Nathan Butler Season 2017-18

2015 Pac-12 Champion

As a Redshirt Senior (2017-18)

• The most decorated heavyweight in program history
• Only the ninth four-time NCAA qualifier in school history
• Finished his career ninth all-time at Stanford with 105 wins
• Tied Matt Gentry ('05) for 12th in career pins (17)
• 29-6 overall record and 9-2 mark in duals as a fifth-year senior
• Ranked as high as No. 5 nationally - highest of his career
• Reached the Round of 12 at the NCAA Championships in Cleveland, Ohio
• Runner-up at the Pac-12 Championships (March 1) in Corvallis, Ore.
• Pac-12 Wrestler of the Week (Jan. 10)
• Defeated eight ranked wrestlers, including five in the top 10
• Runner-up at the Hokie Open (Nov. 5)
• Recorded a fall in 32 seconds over Jarrod Snyder to give Stanford an 18-16 win against CSU Bakersfield (Nov. 11)
• Placed fourth at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (Dec. 1-2)
• Third-place finish at the Southern Scuffle (Jan. 1-2), knocking off three ranked opponents
• Fastest fall of the season was in 12 seconds over No. 13 Thomas Haines of Lock Haven (Jan. 2)
• Defeated No. 4 Tanner Hall in double overtime at No. 9 Arizona State (Jan. 19)
• Registered his 100th career win over Cal Poly's Spencer Empey (Jan. 26)
• Knocked off No. 10 Jordan Wood (Lehigh), 3-1 in sudden victory, to advance to the quarterfinals at the NCAA Championships (March 15)
• Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• NWCA Academic All-America
• Pac-12 All-Academic First Team

As a Redshirt Junior (2016-17)

• Team captain and starter at 285 pounds
• 23-11 overall record and 8-4 mark in duals
• Placed third at the Pac-12 Championships at Maples Pavilion (Feb. 26)
• Earned an automatic berth to the NCAA Championships in St. Louis, Mo., the third time in his career
• Pac-12 Wrestler of the Week (Jan. 25)
• Won the Roadrunner Open (Nov. 20)
• Placed fourth at the Southern Scuffle (Jan. 1-2) and fifth at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite (Dec. 2-3)
• Defeated three ranked opponents during the regular season, including fourth-ranked Tanner Hall (4-2 SV2) to help Stanford defeat Arizona State
• NWCA Academic All-America
• Pac-12 All-Academic First Team

As a Redshirt Sophomore (2015-16)

• Team captain and starter at 285 pounds
• Runner-up at the Pac-12 Championships (Feb. 27) in Tempe, Ariz.
• NCAA qualifier for the second straight season, went 2-2 at New York City's Madison Square Garden
• 27-9 overall record, 10-3 mark in duals
• Tied for the team-lead with eight pins
• Won the Hokie Open title (Nov. 8)
• Placed third at the Reno Tournament of Champions (Dec. 20) and seventh at the Southern Scuffle (Jan. 1-2)
• Two wins over Arizona State's Tanner Hall, ranked 10th (Jan. 23) and 12th (Feb. 27)
• Eight of his nine losses came at the hands of ranked opponents
• NWCA Academic All-America
• Pac-12 All-Academic First Team

As a Redshirt Freshman (2014-15)

• Pac-12 Champion at 285 pounds, just the fourth Cardinal freshman to win a conference title
• Compiled a 29-9 overall record, tying for the fourth-most wins by a freshman in school history
• NCAA qualifier, finished 1-2 at his first national tournament
• Turned in an 8-0 record against conference opponents
• Went 9-2 in duals
• Tied for the team-lead with four falls
• Finished third at the Roadrunner Open (Nov. 16), Keystone Classic (Nov. 23) and Reno Tournament of Champions (Dec. 21)
• NWCA Academic All-America
• Pac-12 All-Academic First Team

As a Freshman (2013-14)

• Redshirted his first season on The Farm
• Wrestled unattached at 285 pounds, posting a 23-6 record
• Won the San Francisco State Open, earning Most Outstanding Wrestler honors
• Placed second at the Mike Clock Open in Stockton, Calif., with a 3-1 record
• Finished third at the Roadrunner Open in Fresno, Calif.
• Was the runner-up at the Clackamas Open in January
• Took third at the California Collegiate Open in San Francisco in February

Freestyle

• Took fourth at the 2014 UWW Junior Nationals at 120 kg
• Won the 2015 UWW Junior Nationals at 120 kg
• Third-place finish at the 2015 UWW Junior World Championships at 120 kg
• Finished third at the 2015 University Nationals at 125 kg
• Placed seventh at the 2017 US Open at 125 kg
• Took fourth at the 2017 Senior World Team Trials at 125 kg

High School

• A 2013 graduate of Leavenworth High School in Leavenworth, Kan.
• A three-time Kansas high school state champion
• Holds the record for most career and season pins at Leavenworth
• 2013 Kansas NWCA Wrestler of the Year
• 2013 Kansas City Metro Wrestler and Athlete of the Year
• 2012 FILA Cadet Freestyle National Champion
• 2012 FILA Cadet Greco national runner-up
• 2013 Wrestling USA Scholastic All-American (Academic Team)
• Also lettered three times in football and once in golf
• A three-time all-league football player, earning all-state honorable mention

Personal

• Son of Jeff and Kelly Butler
• Father was a three-time Oregon high school state champion and a four-year wrestler at the U.S. Military Academy
• Has a younger brother, Daniel
• Major is computer science
• Born in Fort Lewis, Wash. 

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