Beth Couture

[5] Originally from Greenville, SC, Couture was a four-time women's basketball MVP at Erskine College, where she graduated in 1984.

She was also selected as a Kodak All-American honoree as a senior and was inducted into the Erskine College Hall of Fame in December 1989.

[7] During Butler's most successful women's basketball season to date in 2009–10, Couture battled breast cancer, eventually entering radiation therapy following a mastectomy after undergoing chemotherapy.

[9] Since entering remission in 2010, Couture is one of the Indianapolis community's leaders in the fight against the disease, participating in several breast cancer awareness events.

[11] In addition, the women's basketball team has worn pink uniforms to raise breast cancer awareness.