Butler University Athletics

2024 – Graduate: Appeared in six games… Posted a 49.09 ERA… Struck out three batters over 3.2 innings… Walked seven batters… Allowed 12 hits… Struck out a season-high two batters in one full inning vs. Bradley (3/14)… Stuck out one batter in limited action at Morehead State (3/2)… Threw a season-high 36 pitches in his season debut at Florida State (2/16)… Threw one inning at Indiana (3/30)… Saw action vs. Evansville and Saint Louis.

Redshirt-Sophomore at Santa Clara (2022): Appeared in three games… tossed two innings… Two strikeouts… Made collegiate debut with first strikeouts at Cal Poly (March 29)... WCC All-Academic

Redshirt-Freshman at Santa Clara (2021): Appeared in two games, both in relief ... made his Bronco debut against Stanford (Feb. 26) pitching a scoreless inning ... his other appearance came against Sacramento State (March 6)... WCC All-Academic.  

Freshman at Santa Clara (2020): Did not appear in a game.  

High School: Graduated from San Ramon Valley High School in Danville, California... Team captain... Ranked as the 22nd best right-handed pitcher in California by Perfect Game who also named him Second-Team preseason All-American in 2018 ... Selected to the 2017 Oakland Athletics Area Code Underclass Team... Three-time selection to the North Coast Section Distinguished Scholastic Team.

Personal: Parents are Jim and Sue Putnam… Has two siblings, Nick and Katie.

Why Putnam Chose Butler
" I chose Butler for the coaches and the academics. I felt at home talking with the coaches and knew I wanted to be at Butler."