2 Zakarra Butts
Zakarra Butts
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Cortland, N.Y.
  • High School:
    Cortland Junior-Senior
  • Position:
    MH/OH
  • m
    34
  • k/s
    1.08
  • h %
    .221
  • a/s
    0.26
  • b/s
    0.31
  • sa/s
    0.52
  • d/s
    0.75

Bio

AWARDS: Team Rookie of the Year (2012)...Team Most Valuable Player (2013)...Houghton All-Tournament Team (2013).

2014: Hit .221 on the year, posting 126 kills while committing only 48 errors on 353 total swings...Appeared in 117 sets on the year for Wells, posting 61 service aces to rank second on the team while chipping in with 88 digs defensively...Tied a career-high with four blocks against Potsdam St. on Aug. 30...Had eight service aces against Bard on Sept. 13...Had at least one kill in all but two matches on the year...Posted seven kills in each match of a doubleheader on Sept. 21, doing so against Bryn Athyn and Penn St.-Berks.

2013: Tied for the team lead in sets played (105) while recording a team-leading 54 service aces...Ranked second on the team with 162 total kills and a .174 hitting percentage...Ranked second on the team with 25 total blocks (12bs-13ba=25)...Contributed defensively with 122 digs (1.16 per set)...Recorded at least one kill in every match on the year...Posted 10 service aces against Johnson St. on Aug. 31...Tallied 10 kills in a five set match against Utica on Sept. 7...Notched seven kills alongside only one error in 15 total attacks (7-1-15) against Marywood on Sept. 13...Made nine kills alongside as many digs on Sept. 21 against St. Elizabeth...Posted five service aces against York (N.Y.) on Sept. 28...Hammered home nine kills in 21 chances without an error against Cazenovia on Oct. 6...Recorded 13 service aces without an error from Oct. 11 to Oct. 19...Made 11 kills against Utica on Oct. 12.

2012: Saw action in 96 sets for the Express, hammering home 142 kills for Wells and averaged 1.48 kills per set...Posted 16 service aces for the Express, chipping in defensively with 159 digs on the season...Recorded at least one kill in each set played on the season...Posted a season-best 13 kills against Green Mountain on Sept. 1...Posted a .385 hitting percentage (6-1-13) against Brockport on Sept. 8...Posted 10 kills alongside zero errors (10-0-17) against Cobleskill St. on Oct. 7...Notched at least five kills in her final four matches played...Posted four service aces against Old Westbury (Sept. 29) and Cazenovia (Oct. 6)...Posted a season-best eight digs against Penn St.-Abington (Sept. 22) and St. Elizabeth (Oct. 20)...Recorded four solo blocks against Cazenovia on Oct. 6...Named "Rookie of the Year" for the Wells Express.

PRIOR TO WELLS: 2012 graduate of Cortland Junior-Senior HS...Played field hockey, volleyball and softball for the Tigers...Recipient of the scholar-athlete award, the Coaches Award (volleyball and softball), and separate awards in history, spanish, english and science...Completed an Associate's Degree while in high school...Member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Charles Butts and Gladys Larson...Sister of Michael...Chemistry major...Brain and Cognitive Sciences minor...Enjoys volleyball and reading...Aspires to a career in research and development chemistry...Enjoys making bracelets out of Starburst wrappers.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 25 at Scranton L, 3-1
Oct 25 vs. Rutgers-Camden W, 3-0
Oct 28 Keuka W, 3-1
Nov 1 vs. La Roche W, 3-0
Nov 1 at Pitt.-Bradford W, 3-2
Nov 8 vs. Penn St.-Berks L, 3-1
  Overall Conf
Matches 34 12
Sets 117 42
Kills 126 48
Kills per set 1.08 1.14
Errors 48 19
Total Attacks 353 124
Hitting Percentage .221 .234
Assists 30 9
Assists per set 0.26 0.21
Service Aces 61 18
Service Errors 42 15
Service Aces per set 0.52 0.43
Receptions - -
Reception Errors 2 1
Digs 88 27
Digs per set 0.75 0.64
Block Solo 8 3
Block Assist 28 10
Block Total 36 13
Blocks per set 0.31 0.31
Block Errors 16 5
Ball Handling Errors 4 3
Points 209.0 74.0
Points per set 1.8 1.8
Matches started 13 3
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 29 D'Youville W, 3-1 - 1 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Aug 30 vs. Houghton L, 3-0 - 1 1 0 6 .167 0 1 1 - 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2.5
Aug 30 vs. Potsdam St. L, 3-2 - 5 6 3 16 .188 2 1 2 - 0 5 0 4 2 4 0 9.0
Sep 5 Keystone W, 3-1 1 4 5 3 19 .105 1 1 2 - 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
Sep 6 vs. Brockport St. W, 3-0 - 3 3 1 12 .167 0 1 0 - 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Sep 6 at Houghton L, 3-0 - 3 3 1 8 .250 1 0 1 - 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 3.0
Sep 12 at Oswego St. L, 3-0 1 3 2 1 8 .125 2 2 2 - 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 5.0
Sep 12 vs. St. Lawrence L, 3-2 - 5 4 3 17 .059 2 5 1 - 0 5 1 0 3 1 0 10.0
Sep 13 vs. Alfred W, 3-0 - 3 3 1 5 .400 0 1 0 - 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 5.0
Sep 13 vs. Bard W, 3-0 - 3 5 0 10 .500 2 8 1 - 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 13.5
Sep 20 Penn College W, 3-0 - 3 4 3 12 .083 0 0 0 - 0 5 0 1 2 1 0 4.5
Sep 20 Gallaudet L, 3-0 - 3 3 1 8 .250 0 1 0 - 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Sep 21 Bryn Athyn W, 3-0 - 3 7 4 13 .231 1 0 1 - 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 8.0
Sep 21 Penn St.-Berks W, 3-2 - 5 7 1 20 .300 3 6 1 - 0 5 0 1 2 1 1 13.5
Sep 27 vs. Pratt W, 3-0 1 3 3 2 8 .125 3 1 1 - 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Sep 27 at Gwynedd Mercy W, 3-0 1 3 5 3 9 .222 3 5 1 - 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 10.0
Oct 4 vs. Morrisville St. W, 3-0 - 3 6 3 12 .250 1 1 1 - 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Oct 4 vs. Cobleskill St. W, 3-0 - 3 1 2 4 -.250 0 2 1 - 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Oct 5 vs. SUNY Poly W, 3-1 - 4 2 1 5 .200 0 1 3 - 0 1 1 2 1 3 0 5.0
Oct 5 at Cazenovia W, 3-0 - 3 1 2 3 -.333 3 2 2 - 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 3.0
Oct 10 at Ithaca L, 3-1 1 4 6 1 11 .455 0 1 2 - 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 8.0
Oct 10 vs. Utica W, 3-0 1 3 6 0 12 .500 1 1 1 - 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 8.0
Oct 11 vs. Carnegie Mellon L, 3-0 - 3 4 0 10 .400 0 0 1 - 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 6.5
Oct 11 vs. King's (Pa.) W, 3-1 - 4 7 1 12 .500 1 1 4 - 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 9.5
Oct 17 vs. Penn St.-Abington W, 3-0 - 3 3 1 10 .200 1 1 2 - 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 5.0
Oct 17 at Lancaster Bible L, 3-2 1 5 6 0 17 .353 0 4 1 - 0 4 1 1 0 2 0 11.5
Oct 18 vs. St. Elizabeth W, 3-0 1 3 4 1 7 .429 0 0 1 - 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Oct 22 at Ithaca W, 3-2 1 5 5 1 12 .333 0 3 2 - 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 8.0
Oct 25 at Scranton L, 3-1 1 4 2 4 14 -.143 2 1 1 - 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Oct 25 vs. Rutgers-Camden W, 3-0 1 3 1 1 7 .000 0 2 0 - 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3.5
Oct 28 Keuka W, 3-1 1 4 4 0 13 .308 0 0 2 - 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Nov 1 vs. La Roche W, 3-0 - 3 4 1 9 .333 0 2 0 - 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6.0
Nov 1 at Pitt.-Bradford W, 3-2 - 5 0 1 9 -.111 1 5 3 - 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 5.0
Nov 8 vs. Penn St.-Berks L, 3-1 1 4 3 1 15 .133 0 1 1 - 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 5.0
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2012-13 33 109 156 1.43 76 478 .167 15 0.14 28 0.26 - 10 75 0.69 21 10 31 0.28 210.0 1.9
2013-14 30 105 162 1.54 79 476 .174 26 0.25 54 0.51 - 20 122 1.16 12 13 25 0.24 234.5 2.2
2014-15 34 117 126 1.08 48 353 .221 30 0.26 61 0.52 - 2 88 0.75 8 28 36 0.31 209.0 1.8
2015-16 29 105 49 0.47 28 168 .125 34 0.32 40 0.38 0 0 53 0.50 4 46 50 0.48 116.0 1.1
Total 126 436 493 1.13 231 1475 .178 105 0.24 183 0.42 0 32 338 0.78 45 97 142 0.33 769.5 1.8
    m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Event Total 34 117 126 1.08 48 353 .221 30 0.26 61 0.52 - 2 88 0.75 8 28 36 0.31 209.0 1.8
Conference 12 42 48 1.14 19 124 .234 9 0.21 18 0.43 - 1 27 0.64 3 10 13 0.31 74.0 1.8
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 7 23 30 1.30 12 85 .212 5 0.22 8 0.35 - 0 14 0.61 1 5 6 0.26 41.5 1.8
Away 9 35 30 0.86 14 91 .176 12 0.34 23 0.66 - 1 29 0.83 1 5 6 0.17 56.5 1.6
Neutral 18 59 66 1.12 22 177 .249 13 0.22 30 0.51 - 1 45 0.76 6 18 24 0.41 111.0 1.9
Result Wins 23 77 86 1.12 33 223 .238 21 0.27 44 0.57 - 1 64 0.83 4 14 18 0.23 141.0 1.8
Losses 11 40 40 1.00 15 130 .192 9 0.23 17 0.42 - 1 24 0.60 4 14 18 0.45 68.0 1.7
Month August 3 7 7 1.00 3 22 .182 2 0.29 2 0.29 - 0 6 0.86 0 5 5 0.71 11.5 1.6
September 13 44 54 1.23 24 149 .201 18 0.41 31 0.70 - 1 40 0.91 3 7 10 0.23 91.5 2.1
October 15 54 58 1.07 18 149 .268 9 0.17 20 0.37 - 1 33 0.61 5 14 19 0.35 90.0 1.7
November 3 12 7 0.58 3 33 .121 1 0.08 8 0.67 - 0 9 0.75 0 2 2 0.17 16.0 1.3