Caitlyn "Butters" Butterfield, DPT, '11, '13G divided her athletic talents among three sports while attending Husson. She was a two-year letterwinner as an attacker on the women's lacrosse team from 2009-2010 and a guard on the women's basketball team from 2009-2012, but it was in soccer that Butterfield truly excelled.
Regarded as one of the best defenders in women's soccer program history, Butterfield helped the Eagles record a 59-24-1 (.708) win-loss mark in a four-year stretch playing for hall of fame member Keith Bosley from 2007-2010. She contributed to three North Atlantic Conference Championships and berths into the National Collegiate Athletics Association Division III National Championship in 2007, 2008 and 2009 with a NAC runner-up finish during her final season (2010) on the pitch. She also helped the 2008 team win the program's first national tournament game, a 2-0 shutout road victory over Norwich University.
The four-time all-conference selection entered the hall of fame tied as the program's all-time career leader in games played (84). The 2010 NAC defensive player of the year complied the most goals (8), assists (5), points (21) and shots (60) by a defender in program history - at the time of her induction.
She was also named to the NAC all-tournament team in 2009.
Off the pitch, Butterfield was a two-time member of the NAC all-academic team and was named a United Soccer Coaches All-East Scholar Athlete in 2010.
In women's basketball, Butterfield tallied 352 points, 207 rebounds, 129 steals and 190 assists in 99 career games played for hall of fame member Kissy Walker '03G. She averaged 3.6 points, 2.1 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 1.3 steals per game and shot 42.1 percent from the floor and 62.0 percent from the charity line.
At the time of her induction - Butterfield ranked 21st all-time in career assists and was tied for 25th in steals.
Butterfield helped the Eagles earn back-to-back NAC regular-season titles in 2010 and 2011 and the program's first back-to-back conference championships and berths into the National Collegiate Athletics Association Division III National Championship tournament in 2010 and 2011.
Off the hardwood, she was named to the NAC all-academic team twice in 2010 and 2012.
In women's lacrosse, Butterfield scored 43 goals with11 assists for a total of 54 points while recording 83 draw controls, 159 ground balls and 26 caused turnovers in 27 career games for coach Mark Hundhammer.
At the time of her induction, Butterfield ranked among the program's top-10 career leaders in ground balls per game (5.89, second), draw controls per game (3.07, third), game-winning goals (three, tied for third), draw controls (fourth), ground balls (tied for fourth), shots on goal per game (3.37, fifth), shots per game (4.30, sixth), women-up goals (four, tied for sixth), points per game (2.00, eighth), free-position shot percentage (.444, ninth) and free-position goals (eight, tied for ninth).
The two-year all-conference performer and the 2009 NAC rookie of the year helped the Eagles post a program-record at the time 11 victories while capturing the 2010 NAC east division championship.
In her final season on the lacrosse field, she set the program's single-season record for ground balls - at the time - with 96 en route to helping Husson lead the nation in ground balls per game with an average of 40.07.
She was also named to the NAC all-tournament team in 2009 and 2010.
Off the field, Butterfield was selected to the NAC all-academic squad in 2010.
Butterfield earned a bachelor of science in kinesiology from Husson in 2011 and a doctorate of physical therapy in 2013.
A native of Gorham, Maine, Butterfield attended Gorham High School.
