Butler is a 6'3", 205-pound small forward from Baltimore, Maryland and attended Mount Saint Joseph College.
Then, as a junior in 2000–01, he jumped his season average to 19.4 points and 5.8 rebounds per game en route to being named the conference play of the year for the first time.
Butler's scoring average was the best in the Big South Conference and his 47.6% shooting from three-point range was the second best in the nation.
Butler repeated as the Big South Player of the Year and became just the third player in conference history to win the award multiple times (Dunkin was selected a national record four times, and UNC Asheville's Josh Pittman also won twice).
After trying out with several NBA teams to try to make a roster, Butler then headed overseas to play professional basketball.