Butler University Athletics

2024 – Freshman Season: Second Team Freshman All-American (Perfect Game)… BIG EAST Freshman of the Year… Second Team All-BIG EAST selection… Played in 53 games, making 51 starts… Led the team and the BIG EAST Conference with a .377 batting average… Recorded 78 hits in 207 at-bats… Ranked second in the BIG EAST in hits (78) and total bases (128)… Ranked third in the BIG EAST in RBIs (51) and slugging percentage (.618)… Ended the year with 12 doubles, a team-high four triples and 10 home runs… Scored 43 runs… Walked 18 times and was hit by a pitch six times to raise his on-base percentage to .436… Had three sacrifice flies… Stole three bases… Had 267 putouts… Assisted on 30 outs… Posted a .987 fielding percentage… Hit two home runs in the final game of the Morehead State series (3/3)… First home run of his collegiate career was a two-run shot in game one at Alabama A&M (2/23)… Hit a home run and a triple the next day to record three RBIs and score three runs (2/24)… Had a homer and two RBIs in the first meeting vs. Ball State (3/20)… Went 2-for-3 vs. Indiana with a home run and three RBIs (3/28)… Hit a home run in three-straight games from March 30 – April 5… Came up with a season-high five RBIs in the final game at Indiana (3/30)… Homered in his final game against UConn as part of a 3-for-4 game (5/18)… Scored three runs in the getaway game at Villanova (5/12)…  Went 3-for-5 vs. Bradley with a triple, three RBIs and two runs scored (3/15)… Had three more hits and three more RBIs the next day vs. Bradley after hitting a triple and a double (3/16)… Had three hits and an RBI vs. Georgetown (4/13)… Went 2-for-5 at St. John’s with a double and three RBI’s (4/20)… Had four hits and four RBIs in game one vs. Xavier (5/3)… Opened the UConn series with a three-hit game (5/16)... Came up with multiple hits in 10-straight games from March 15-28… Ended the year with 25 multi-hit games… Had multiple RBIs in 13 games… Reached base safely in 27-straight contests… Longest hitting streak covered 14 games.

High School: Two-year starter at Sartell High School… Set school records in batting average, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, runs, home runs, runs batted in and total bases… Two-time All-Conference selection… Two-time All-State honoree… Team Captain as a senior… Minnesota 4A Player of the Year… Minnesota Mr. Baseball Finalist… Hit .505 as a senior with 10 doubles and seven home runs… Recorded 35 RBI and scored 41 runs… Helped his team post a 20-7 overall as a senior… Part of two Sectional Championship Teams… Went 3-for-5 in the first round of sectionals with two home runs, a double and nine RBI.
 
Personal: Son of Kai and Kristin Lewis… Has three siblings; Kalen, Karson, and Kameron… Business major… Scholar Distinction Award Winner with a 3.9 GPA.
 
Why Lewis Chose Butler
“Butler is a great school with a beautiful campus. It has a great business school and I made a connection with the coaching staff.”