Torrey Butler is an American

United States

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 expatriate professional basketball player. He has played in Ireland

Ireland

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 and currently plays in Austria

Austria

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. Butler played college basketball at Coastal Carolina University

Coastal Carolina University

Coastal Carolina University is an independent, state-supported, liberal arts university in Conway, South Carolina, USA, located eight miles west of Myrtle Beach. Founded in 1954, Coastal became an independent university in 1993. The University enrolls approximately 8,300 students on its campus...

 and was named the Big South Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Big South Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

The Big South Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an annual college basketball award given to the Big South Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1985–86 season, the first year the league competed in varsity basketball competition.The most...

 twice, in 2001 and 2003.

College

Butler is a 6'3", 205-pound small forward

Small forward

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 from Baltimore, Maryland and attended Mount Saint Joseph College

Mount Saint Joseph College

Mount Saint Joseph High School, is a private, Catholic high school located in Baltimore, Maryland in the community of Irvington. The campus consists of four academic buildings, an athletic field house, and housing for the school's chaplains. It was founded by the Xaverian Brothers in November 1876...

. He then enrolled to play basketball for the Chanticleers of Coastal Carolina in 1998–99

1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

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. Through his freshman

Freshman

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 and sophomore

Sophomore

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 seasons, he averaged only 9.3 points and 3.2 rebounds per game. Then, as a junior

Junior (education)

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 in 2000–01

2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

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, 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. He became the third player from Coastal Carolina to win the award behind Derek Wilson and Tony Dunkin

Tony Dunkin

Tony Dunkin is an American former college basketball standout for Coastal Carolina University. He is best known for being the only NCAA Division I men's basketball player to be honored as his conference player of the year all four times...

. Butler's scoring average was the best in the Big South Conference

Big South Conference

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 and his 47.6% shooting from three-point range

Three-point field goal

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 was the second best in the nation.

The following year, in what would have been Butler's senior

Senior (education)

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 season, he was forced to sit out due to a medical redshirt. When he finally did return in 2002–03

2002–03 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

The 2002–03 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 10, 2002, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Championship Game on April 7, 2003 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans,...

 for his belated final college season, he averaged 18.6 points and 6.4 rebounds per game. These averages were the second and sixth best in the conference, respectively. 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

Josh Pittman

Abdul Joshua "Josh" Pittman is an American expatriate professional basketball player. He has played in numerous countries throughout his career and currently plays in Argentina. Butler played college basketball at University of North Carolina at Asheville and was named the Big South Conference...

 also won twice).

Butler then went undrafted in the 2003 NBA Draft

2003 NBA Draft

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, which is considered one of the strongest NBA Draft

NBA Draft

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 classes in history.

Professional

After trying out with several NBA teams to try and make a roster, Butler then headed overseas to play professional basketball. His first stop was in Ireland to play for the UCC Demons

UCC Demons

UCC Demons is a basketball club based in Cork, Ireland. The team playsin the Irish Superleague. They have won the Irish Superleague 6 times.Blue Demons were founded in 1966 and are the second most successful club in Irish basketball's history. They were originally based in Sundays Well, Cork City...

. After several years he was traded to Allianz Swans Gmunden

Allianz Swans Gmunden

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in Austria.