Jared Butler selected as Big 12 Preseason Men’s Basketball Player of the Year
Published 12:02 am Saturday, October 31, 2020
- Jared Butler has made big strides since leaving Reserve and joining the Baylor University men's basketball team.
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WACO, Tx. — Jared Butler, a former basketball standout at Riverside Academy in Reserve, was recently chosen as the Big 12 Preseason Men’s Basketball Player of the Year in a vote among coaches in the league.
Butler was part of the all-Big12 team, along with Marcus Garrett, Austin Reaves, Cade Cunningham, Matt Coleman and Oscar Tshiebwe.
Butler is a 20-year-old junior guard for the Baylor Bears measuring 6’3” and weighing in at 195 pounds.
Butler has averaged 16 points per game and also had an average of 2.57 three-point field goals per game.
