2016-17 Women's Basketball Roster
Biography
HONORS AND AWARDS
2016-17 Sun Belt Academic Commissioner's List
2016-17 Sun Belt All-Conference Second Team
2015-16 Sun Belt Academic Commissioner's List
2016 Stetson Classic All-Tournament Team
2014-15 Sun Belt Academic Commissioner's List
2013-14 SoCon Academic Honor Roll
REDSHIRT SENIOR (2016-17)
Earned her first all-conference honor in 2017, being named to the 2017 Sun Belt All-Conference Second Team ... Scored her 1,000th career point between her three years at Georgia Southern and her first year playing at Furman during the Eagles game against South Alabama on Jan. 5 ...  Scored a career-high 28 points against Arkansas State on Feb. 25 ... Tallied over 500 rebounds in her career during the Eagles game against Georgia State with a career total of 513 ... Ranks 16th in school history in blocks ... Was the only Georgia Southern player to start and play in all 30 games ... led GS in multiple categories including field goals made (158), field goal percentage (43.4%), rebounds (211/7.0 per game) and blocks (26/0.9 per game) ... Sat at the top of several Sun Belt Conference categories including scoring (4th), rebounding (8th), field goal percentage (9th), free-throw percentage (5th), blocked shots (8th), 3-point percentage/FG made (13th) and both offensive and defensive rebounds (15th/6th).
REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2015-16)
Scored her 800th career collegiate point (between both Furman and GS) against App State on 2/25/16 ... Ended the season in the midst of a stretch of nine games where she scored in double figures ... Averaged 24.2 minutes per game while playing in all 29 games for GS ... Was second on the team in scoring, averaging 12.6 points per contest ...  Led the team shooting 45.2% from the field and was second on the team shooting 36.6% from beyond the arc ... Averaged 5.3 rebounds per game, tied for tops on the squad ... Scored a season-high 25 points against Charleston Southern (12/14/15) ... Logged two double-doubles on the season (Savannah State- 17 points and 10 rebounds; App State- 17 points and 10 rebounds).
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2014-15)
Played in 27 games with 18 starts for the Eagles in 2014-15 ... Averaged 12.2 points per game while shooting 37% from long range (20-54 3 PT) ... Saw an average of 20.1 minutes per game and shot a team best 48% FG ... Season high 24 points vs South Alabama (2/21) ... Logged a season high 32 minutes twice (UL-Monroe-1/24; Appalachian State-1/29).
SOPHOMORE (2013-14)
Sat out the 2013-14 campaign in accordance with NCAA transfer rules.Â
PRIOR TO GEORGIA SOUTHERN
Played 24 games and averaged 5.5 points and 3.0 rebounds a game as a freshman at Furman in 2012-13 ... Shot 52 percent from the field and 65.9 percent from the free-throw line ... Scored 16 points vs. Davidson Jan. 5 ... Tallied 13 points vs. the Eagles Feb. 25 and followed that with 13 at Wofford March 2 ... Also scored 12 against UNCG Jan. 12 and netted 10 vs. Samford Feb. 4.
HIGHSCHOOL
An ESPN HoopGurlz three-star recruit as a prep at Norcross High School for coach Angie Hembree and helped lead the Lady Blue Devils to the 2011 state championship and a 29-3 record ... Spent two years at Stephenson High School before attending Norcross ... Played for Georgia Metros in the summer ... Also played AAU basketball for the Georgia Hoopstars and coach J.D. Davis ... Averaged nine points and six rebounds in high school and was named Gwinnett County All-Academic as a senior ... Graduated with honors and a 3.8 grade point average ... Gwinnett County All-Academic in 2012.
PERSONAL
Born Patrice Victoria Butler Jan. 5, 1994, in Stone Mountain, Ga. ... Daughter of Patrick and Angela Butler ... Has two siblings, Sierra and Samrawit; sister, Sierra, is also a member of the Georgia Southern women’s basketball team.
MAJOR
Graduate Student
Statistics
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Historical Player Information
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2013-14Sophomore
Forward/Center
6'2"
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2014-15Sophomore
Forward/Center
6'2"
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2015-16Junior
Forward/Center
6'2"
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2016-17Senior
Forward/Center
6'2"
