1 Lamont Butler

PERSONAL:
Born June 9 in Ontario, California … Parents are Carmicha and Lamont Butler Sr. … Has three siblings, Anaiqua, Amani and Asasha … Sister, Amani, played college basketball at Arizona and Seattle University … Earned a degree in business management with specialization in entrepreneurship from San Diego State … Most memorable moment as a basketball player is hitting the game-winning shot at the Final Four … Would choose teleportation as a superpower … When he’s not on the court, he is playing video games, doing puzzles, listening to and making music or playing board games … Can solve a Rubik’s Cube … Lists his favorite TV shows as Sponge Bob Square Pants and Martin … His family has been his life’s greatest influence … Kobe Bryant is his all-time favorite basketball player and John Wall is his favorite former Wildcat.

HIGH SCHOOL:
Four-year letterwinner at Riverside Poly High School … A four-star rated recruit by ESPN and three-star talent by Rivals.com and 247Sports.com … Named one of the class of 2020’s top-50 point guards nationally by ESPN (No. 30) … Compiled 91 wins in his high school career, culminating in a 27-7 record in 2019-20 including going 12-0 in Ivy League play and winning the conference championship … Named Ivy League Most Valuable Player as a senior, as well as a second-team Cal-Hi Sports all-state performer … A four-time All-Ivy League and all-state performer … A three-time all-county and all-CIF selection … Passed NBA Hall of Famer Reggie Miller as Poly’s all-time leading scorer with more than 1,800-career points … Other career numbers include 559 assists and 271 steals.

2020-21 (at San Diego State):
Mountain West Scholar-Athlete … Academic All-Mountain West … San Diego State Scholar-Athlete … Appeared in 28 games, including making two starts … Averaged 4.3 points and 1.7 rebounds in 12.4 minutes per game …  Was the only freshman to appear in every game and led his class in every statistical category … Scored in double figures five times, including a season-high 13 points at Utah State … His 13 pts at Utah State were the most by a San Diego State true freshman since Matt Mitchell scored 17 points at Air Force on Feb. 21, 2018 … Was the first Aztec true freshman to start back-to-back games since Nathan Mensah on March 15 and 16 in the 2018-19 season and is just the third freshman in the last four seasons to start a game for SDSU  … Recorded multiple rebounds in 15 games, including a back-to-back season-high five boards vs. San Jose State … Scored 10 points against Nevada in the conference tournament … Charted 11 points, five rebounds, two assists and two steals against San Jose State … Tallied 13 points and six assists against Wyoming … Totaled 13 points and swiped five steals against Utah State.

2021-22 (at San Diego State):
Mountain West All-Defensive Team (coaches) … Paycom Wooden Legacy All-Tournament Team… San Diego State Scholar-Athlete … A starter in 25 of the 27 games in which he appeared… Averaged 7.3 points and 2.1 rebounds in 25.4 minutes per game … Added 57 assists, 46 steals and four blocks … Shot 39.1% from the field, 32.9% from beyond the arc and 77.3% from the line … In two games in the Paycom Wooden Legacy, he averaged 12.5 points, 2.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 2.0 steals, and zero turnovers while shooting 50.0% from the floor and 66.7% from distance to earn inclusion on the all-tournament team … Set and then equaled a career-high with 16 points vs. Georgetown in the Paycom Wooden Legacy tournament and then matched it vs. Boise State in the championship game of the Mountain West tournament … Against Georgetown, went 6 of 6 from the field, including 3 of 3 from beyond the arc becoming the first Aztec in 26 seasons to post a perfect night shooting from the floor with at least six field goal attempts and at least three 3-point attempts … Also had double figure scoring games vs. Arizona State, Long Beach State, Colorado State, at Nevada and vs. Boise State … Dished out multiple assists in 16 games … Produced multiple steals in 15 contests … Missed five contests due to a wrist injury … Charted 11 points, six boards, four steals and three assists against Colorado State … Had 16 points, three assists and three steals vs. Georgetown … Posted 14 points, three assists and two steals against Arizona State.

2022-23 (at San Diego State):
NCAA All-Tournament Team … NCAA Tournament All-South Regional Team … Mountain West All-Defensive Team (coaches) … Third-Team All-Mountain West (coaches) … Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year (media) … Honorable Mention All-Mountain West (media) … Academic All-Mountain West… Appeared in 39 games, including starting 38 … Averaged 8.8 points and 2.7 rebounds in 25.9 minutes per game … Added 126 assists, 57 steals and four blocks … Shot 42.1% from the field, 34.2% from beyond the arc, and 73.1% from the line … Had two game-winning buzzer beating baskets including at New Mexico and vs. Florida Atlantic at the Final Four … Against Furman, became the second Aztec to record at least 12 points, six rebounds, and six assists in an NCAA Tournament game … Led the team in assists and steals and was third in minutes and points … Scored in double figures in 14 games … Finished with a career-high 23 points at Wyoming … Twice, at Wyoming and vs. Creighton at the Elite Eight, knocked down a career-high eight shots … Led the team in scoring four times and SDSU was undefeated in each of those games … Had 13 points, four rebounds and two assists in the National Championship vs. UConn … Logged 18 points against Creighton in the Elite Eight … Had 12 points and six assists against Furman in the second round … Totaled 16 points and five boards against Colorado State … Charted 11 points and six assists vs. Stanford … Swiped six steals against BYU … Registered 11 points, six assists and four steals against Cal State Fullerton.

2023-24 (at San Diego State):
Became the 38th player in program history to score 1,000 career points … Completed his Aztec career ranking No. 5 all-time in steals (183), No. 6 in conference victories (52), No. 9 in total victories (100) and No. 10 in assists (338) … Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year… Mountain West All-Defensive Team… Honorable Mention All-Mountain West by both the coaches and media … Started all 37 games … Averaged 9.3 points and 2.6 rebounds in 27.5 minutes per game … Added 112 assists, 56 steals and nine blocks in 1,018 minutes played … Shot a single-season-tying best 42.1% from the field and 30.2% from 3 … Finished 17 games with double-figure points, including matching his career high with 23 points vs. Wyoming … Recorded first collegiate double-double of 11 points and 10 rebounds vs. Colorado State … Had at least three assists in 26 games … Blocked a shot in eight games, with a career-best two vs. Connecticut in the Sweet 16 … Produced 11 multi-steal games … Had 15 points and four assists in the NCAA Tournament vs. UAB … Scored 16 points and swiped three steals against Utah State … Had 13 points, six boards and four steals against Boise State … Scored 23 points to go with five rebounds, four assists and a trio of steals against Wyoming … Had 18 points, four assists and four steals against Stanford … Logged 14 points and four assists vs. Long Beach State … Opened the season with eight points, seven assists, a steal and a block against Cal State Fullerton.

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