2017-18
• Second Team All-Conference honors after placing eighth individually at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championship.
• Led the epee squad in wins during the regular season, recording a mark of 36-18.
• Placed eighth in epee at NCAA Midwest Regional Championship.
• Earned Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (3.0 GPA+) laurels.
2016-17
• Ranked second among men's epee fencers with 41 bout victories total.
• Went 33-32 during the regular season in the epee.
• Placed ninth out of 12 in the epee at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championship.
• Earned
21st individually at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championship, going 6-2.
• Tallied 13 victories during the Titan Invitational.
• Finished fifth in the epee at Wayne State's season-opening
Danosi Open.
Prior to Detroit Mercy
• Earned 2015-16 All-Academic Team First Team honors from USA Fencing.
• Earned "B" fencing classification in 2016 after earning a "C" rating in 2015 in the epee.
• Lettered two years in fencing.
• Has won two mixed epee titles and was a Junior Olympic Team Epee captain in 2016.
Personal
• Full name is
Tahj Alfonso Butler.
• Son of Wayne & Tanya Butler.
• Has three siblings,
Tylen,
Alanah and
Aniah.
• Born in Charlotte, N.C.
• Major is Biology/Pre-Med.
2017-18
• Second Team All-Conference honors after placing eighth individually at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championship.
• Earned Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (3.0 GPA+) laurels.
2016-17
• Ranked second among men's epee fencers with 41 bout victories.
• Went 33-32 during the regular season in the epee.
• Placed ninth out of 12 in the epee at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championship.
• Earned 21st individually at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championship, going 6-2.
• Tallied 13 victories during the Titan Invitational.
• Finished fifth in the epee at Wayne State's season-opening Danosi Open.
Prior to Detroit Mercy
• Earned 2015-16 All-Academic Team First Team honors from USA Fencing.
• Earned "B" fencing classification in 2016 after earning a "C" rating in 2015 in the epee.
• Lettered two years in fencing.
• Has won two mixed epee titles and was a Junior Olympic Team Epee captain in 2016.
Personal
• Full name is Tahj Alfonso Butler.
• Son of Wayne & Tanya Butler.
• Has three siblings, Tylen, Alanah and Aniah.
• Born in Charlotte, N.C.
• Major is Biology/Pre-Med.
