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Jersey Number 0
Elon Butler
- Position:
- Utility
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Archbishop Mitty HS
- Hometown:
- San Jose, Calif.
RECORD BOOK
First Duck to hit for the cycle in program history (April 4, 2026, vs. Iowa)
School and Big Ten single-game record six hits and tied the UO record with four runs vs. April 4, 2026, Iowa
Set or tied six UO season records in 2026:
- Broke the program season records for runs (66), extra base hits (40), total bases (144) and slugging percentage (.881)
- Tied UO season records for doubles (18) and home runs (19)
At the time of her graduation in 2026, no other hitter owned more than two single-season records
Tied for sixth on the UO single-season RBI list with 59 in 2026
Tied for ninth on the UO single-season walks list with 55 in 2026
AUSL
Signed by the Chicago Bandits from the AUSL reserve pool in May of 2026
SENIOR (2026)
- 2026 NFCA All-America First Team
- 2026 D1 Softball All-America First Team
- 2026 NFCA All-Mountain Region First Team
- 2026 All-Big Ten Second Team
Started all 55 games ... Led the team in batting average (.399), runs (66), hits (67), doubles (18), home runs (19), RBI (59), walks (35), slugging percentage (.881) and on-base percentage (.512) ... Had a career-best 13-game hitting streak Feb. 19-March 6 ... Third in the Big Ten in doubles (27th nationally) ... Ranked fifth in the league in slugging percentage (28th nationally) ... Was seventh in the Big Ten in batting average, runs and total bases (148) ... Eighth in the conference in on base percentage and 10th in home runs ... Went 2-for-3 with a double and a triple Feb. 7 vs. Liberty ... Was 2-for-3 with a double and drove in two runs Feb. 13 vs. Fullerton ... Hit .471 (8-of-17) at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic (Feb. 19-21) with two doubles, a home run and three RBI ... Had a hit in all five games of the MNCC ... Homered Feb. 19 vs. No. 11 Texas A&M ... Went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBI Feb. 21 vs. No. 20 Duke ... Went 11-for-17 (.647) with five doubles, two homer runs and 12 RBI at the Oregon Classic (Feb. 27-March 1) ... Slugged 1.294 with a .684 on-base percentage ... Had a hit in all five games of the Oregon Classic and had two-or-more hits in the first four games ... Had a grand slam as part of a career-best six RBI day against Stetson (Feb. 27) ... Drove in two more runs, including the game-winning walk-off double in the eighth inning, against Idaho State (Feb. 17) ... Homered again Feb. 28 against Stetson and drove in two runs ... Knocked in two more runs on her fifth double of the tournament vs. Samford (Feb. 28) ... Hit a grand slam and had six RBI March 4 at Oregon State ... Was walked six times and scored nine runs at the Jane Sanders Classic (March 6-8) where she hit .308 ... Had a double and a homer March 6 vs. Sacramento State ... Drove in eight runs in the Penn State series (March 13-15) and hit .500 (5-for-10) with a double and three home runs ... Homered twice and knocked in three runs vs. Penn State (March 13); her fourth career two-homer game ... Had a double and a home run to drive in five runs vs. Penn State (March 14) ... Scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh vs. Penn State (March 15) on an Emma Cox sacrifice fly ... Hit her third grand slam of the season March 23 at Indiana, where she also had her third six-RBI game of 2026 ... Also had a triple against Indiana as part of a 3-for-6 day ... Hit .333 (3-for-9) with two doubles in the Northwestern series (March 26-28) and recorded her 200th career hit ... Was named the Softball America and Big Ten player of the week after hitting .583 (7-for-12) with five runs, a double, a triple, two home runs and five RBI in the Iowa series (April 3-5) where she also became the first player in program history to hit for the cycle ... Slugged 1.333 and had a .583 on-base percentage as the Ducks swept the Hawkeyes ... Cycle came in the middle game against Iowa on April 4 ... She singled in the first, tripled in the second, homered in the fourth and doubled in the seventh ... She also set a Big Ten and UO record with six hits against the Hawkeyes ... Threw out a runner at third, threw out a runner at home and made a diving catch in right field during the Washington series (April 17-19) ... Hit a pair of home runs in the 3-1 win against Washington (April 19) ... Hit her 15th home run of the season vs. Oregon State (April 22) ... Hit her 16th home run of the seasona and drove in five runs in the Ohio State series (April 24-26) ... Hit .500 (4-for-8) in the UCLA series (May 1-3) with a double and her 17th home run of the season ... Her 18th home run of the year May 7 vs. Wisconsin was a bright spot at the Big Ten Toournament ... Tied the UO season record with her 19th home run in her last game as a Duck at the NCAA Eugene Regional vs. Saint Mary’s (May16).
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BEFORE OREGON
In three seasons at California, hit 25 doubles, 37 home runs and drove in 112 runs … Hit .328 in 168 games played (164 starts) … Scored 107 runs and stole 28 bases … Career slugging percentage of .621 … As a junior (2025) was an NFCA All-West Region Third Team honoree ... Led team in walks (38) and stolen bases (16) ... Ranked sixth in the ACC in stolen bases and walks per game (0.66) … Second on team in batting average (.361) and runs (46) ... Third on team in slugging percentage (.602), hits (60), home runs (10) and total bases (100) ... Recorded eight doubles and one triple ... Strung together six consecutive multi-hit games between Feb. 22 and March 1 … Hit a grand slam against Northwestern (Feb. 23) ... Had a two home runs against Saint Mary's on April 15 ... Collected at least three RBIs in six games ... Stole two or more bases four times … Named an NFCA Second Team All-American as a sophomore (2024) … NFCA Pacific Region First Team honoree ... Named to the All-Pac-12 Second Team ... Led team and ranked second in the league in home runs (17) … Was fourth in the Pac-12 in slugging percentage (.760) and sixth in RBI (44) … Third on team in batting average (.351) ... Hit three home runs with seven RBI in the Oregon series, driving in a career-high six runs against the Ducks on March 8 … As a freshman in 2023, played in 54 games with 50 starts ... Named Third Team All-Pac-12 and Pac-12 All-Freshman ... Garnered Third Team NFCA All-Region Honors ... Earned Pac-12 Freshman of the Week on April 3 after hitting .500 with five RBI, two home runs and a double in the series against No. 24 Utah ... Blasted a 3-run shot in the third inning and a solo shot in the sixth frame that turned out to be the game-winner in series-clinching win over the Utes ... Homered in first-career at-bat at Easton Invitational in Los Angeles ... Tied for second on team with 10 home runs ... Third on team with 31 RBI.
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CAREER HIGHS
Hits: 3, 11x, last at Saint Mary’s (Apr. 16, 2025)*
Runs: 3, 4x, last at Saint Mary’s (Apr. 16, 2025)*
RBIs: 6, at Oregon (Mar. 8, 2024)*
Doubles: 2, at Howard (Mar. 25, 2025)*
Triples: 1, 2x, last vs. Southern Utah (Mar. 1, 2025)*
Home Runs: 2, 3x, last at Saint Mary’s (Apr. 16, 2025)*
Stolen Bases: 3, at Fresno State (Mar. 1, 2025)*
Hitting Streak: 11 games, Feb. 10-24, 2024*
Career Multiple-hit games: 44
Career Multiple-RBI games: 31
* while at California
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HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Archbishop Mitty High School ... West Catholic Athletic League CCS champions in 2019 ... Competed for the Corona Angels club team ... Compiled numerous national rankings including No. 13 in Flo Softball's top 100 players for the class of 2022 … An Extra Innings Elite 100 selection ... Ranked in the Top 40 Bay Area Softball players by the San Jose Mercury News ... Prep career stats included a .410 batting with a .478 on-base percentage, 55 hits, 44 RBI and 35 runs.
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PERSONAL
Born in Hayward, Calif. … Daughter of LaDonna and Howard Butler ... Both parents played varsity sports at San Jose State … Mother LaDonna was a basketball player, while father Howard played football and after college, was signed by the Arena League’s San Jose Sabercats ... Majoring in sociology.
First Duck to hit for the cycle in program history (April 4, 2026, vs. Iowa)
School and Big Ten single-game record six hits and tied the UO record with four runs vs. April 4, 2026, Iowa
Set or tied six UO season records in 2026:
- Broke the program season records for runs (66), extra base hits (40), total bases (144) and slugging percentage (.881)
- Tied UO season records for doubles (18) and home runs (19)
At the time of her graduation in 2026, no other hitter owned more than two single-season records
Tied for sixth on the UO single-season RBI list with 59 in 2026
Tied for ninth on the UO single-season walks list with 55 in 2026
AUSL
Signed by the Chicago Bandits from the AUSL reserve pool in May of 2026
SENIOR (2026)
- 2026 NFCA All-America First Team
- 2026 D1 Softball All-America First Team
- 2026 NFCA All-Mountain Region First Team
- 2026 All-Big Ten Second Team
Started all 55 games ... Led the team in batting average (.399), runs (66), hits (67), doubles (18), home runs (19), RBI (59), walks (35), slugging percentage (.881) and on-base percentage (.512) ... Had a career-best 13-game hitting streak Feb. 19-March 6 ... Third in the Big Ten in doubles (27th nationally) ... Ranked fifth in the league in slugging percentage (28th nationally) ... Was seventh in the Big Ten in batting average, runs and total bases (148) ... Eighth in the conference in on base percentage and 10th in home runs ... Went 2-for-3 with a double and a triple Feb. 7 vs. Liberty ... Was 2-for-3 with a double and drove in two runs Feb. 13 vs. Fullerton ... Hit .471 (8-of-17) at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic (Feb. 19-21) with two doubles, a home run and three RBI ... Had a hit in all five games of the MNCC ... Homered Feb. 19 vs. No. 11 Texas A&M ... Went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBI Feb. 21 vs. No. 20 Duke ... Went 11-for-17 (.647) with five doubles, two homer runs and 12 RBI at the Oregon Classic (Feb. 27-March 1) ... Slugged 1.294 with a .684 on-base percentage ... Had a hit in all five games of the Oregon Classic and had two-or-more hits in the first four games ... Had a grand slam as part of a career-best six RBI day against Stetson (Feb. 27) ... Drove in two more runs, including the game-winning walk-off double in the eighth inning, against Idaho State (Feb. 17) ... Homered again Feb. 28 against Stetson and drove in two runs ... Knocked in two more runs on her fifth double of the tournament vs. Samford (Feb. 28) ... Hit a grand slam and had six RBI March 4 at Oregon State ... Was walked six times and scored nine runs at the Jane Sanders Classic (March 6-8) where she hit .308 ... Had a double and a homer March 6 vs. Sacramento State ... Drove in eight runs in the Penn State series (March 13-15) and hit .500 (5-for-10) with a double and three home runs ... Homered twice and knocked in three runs vs. Penn State (March 13); her fourth career two-homer game ... Had a double and a home run to drive in five runs vs. Penn State (March 14) ... Scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh vs. Penn State (March 15) on an Emma Cox sacrifice fly ... Hit her third grand slam of the season March 23 at Indiana, where she also had her third six-RBI game of 2026 ... Also had a triple against Indiana as part of a 3-for-6 day ... Hit .333 (3-for-9) with two doubles in the Northwestern series (March 26-28) and recorded her 200th career hit ... Was named the Softball America and Big Ten player of the week after hitting .583 (7-for-12) with five runs, a double, a triple, two home runs and five RBI in the Iowa series (April 3-5) where she also became the first player in program history to hit for the cycle ... Slugged 1.333 and had a .583 on-base percentage as the Ducks swept the Hawkeyes ... Cycle came in the middle game against Iowa on April 4 ... She singled in the first, tripled in the second, homered in the fourth and doubled in the seventh ... She also set a Big Ten and UO record with six hits against the Hawkeyes ... Threw out a runner at third, threw out a runner at home and made a diving catch in right field during the Washington series (April 17-19) ... Hit a pair of home runs in the 3-1 win against Washington (April 19) ... Hit her 15th home run of the season vs. Oregon State (April 22) ... Hit her 16th home run of the seasona and drove in five runs in the Ohio State series (April 24-26) ... Hit .500 (4-for-8) in the UCLA series (May 1-3) with a double and her 17th home run of the season ... Her 18th home run of the year May 7 vs. Wisconsin was a bright spot at the Big Ten Toournament ... Tied the UO season record with her 19th home run in her last game as a Duck at the NCAA Eugene Regional vs. Saint Mary’s (May16).
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BEFORE OREGON
In three seasons at California, hit 25 doubles, 37 home runs and drove in 112 runs … Hit .328 in 168 games played (164 starts) … Scored 107 runs and stole 28 bases … Career slugging percentage of .621 … As a junior (2025) was an NFCA All-West Region Third Team honoree ... Led team in walks (38) and stolen bases (16) ... Ranked sixth in the ACC in stolen bases and walks per game (0.66) … Second on team in batting average (.361) and runs (46) ... Third on team in slugging percentage (.602), hits (60), home runs (10) and total bases (100) ... Recorded eight doubles and one triple ... Strung together six consecutive multi-hit games between Feb. 22 and March 1 … Hit a grand slam against Northwestern (Feb. 23) ... Had a two home runs against Saint Mary's on April 15 ... Collected at least three RBIs in six games ... Stole two or more bases four times … Named an NFCA Second Team All-American as a sophomore (2024) … NFCA Pacific Region First Team honoree ... Named to the All-Pac-12 Second Team ... Led team and ranked second in the league in home runs (17) … Was fourth in the Pac-12 in slugging percentage (.760) and sixth in RBI (44) … Third on team in batting average (.351) ... Hit three home runs with seven RBI in the Oregon series, driving in a career-high six runs against the Ducks on March 8 … As a freshman in 2023, played in 54 games with 50 starts ... Named Third Team All-Pac-12 and Pac-12 All-Freshman ... Garnered Third Team NFCA All-Region Honors ... Earned Pac-12 Freshman of the Week on April 3 after hitting .500 with five RBI, two home runs and a double in the series against No. 24 Utah ... Blasted a 3-run shot in the third inning and a solo shot in the sixth frame that turned out to be the game-winner in series-clinching win over the Utes ... Homered in first-career at-bat at Easton Invitational in Los Angeles ... Tied for second on team with 10 home runs ... Third on team with 31 RBI.
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CAREER HIGHS
Hits: 3, 11x, last at Saint Mary’s (Apr. 16, 2025)*
Runs: 3, 4x, last at Saint Mary’s (Apr. 16, 2025)*
RBIs: 6, at Oregon (Mar. 8, 2024)*
Doubles: 2, at Howard (Mar. 25, 2025)*
Triples: 1, 2x, last vs. Southern Utah (Mar. 1, 2025)*
Home Runs: 2, 3x, last at Saint Mary’s (Apr. 16, 2025)*
Stolen Bases: 3, at Fresno State (Mar. 1, 2025)*
Hitting Streak: 11 games, Feb. 10-24, 2024*
Career Multiple-hit games: 44
Career Multiple-RBI games: 31
* while at California
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HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Archbishop Mitty High School ... West Catholic Athletic League CCS champions in 2019 ... Competed for the Corona Angels club team ... Compiled numerous national rankings including No. 13 in Flo Softball's top 100 players for the class of 2022 … An Extra Innings Elite 100 selection ... Ranked in the Top 40 Bay Area Softball players by the San Jose Mercury News ... Prep career stats included a .410 batting with a .478 on-base percentage, 55 hits, 44 RBI and 35 runs.
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PERSONAL
Born in Hayward, Calif. … Daughter of LaDonna and Howard Butler ... Both parents played varsity sports at San Jose State … Mother LaDonna was a basketball player, while father Howard played football and after college, was signed by the Arena League’s San Jose Sabercats ... Majoring in sociology.
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