2025 Butler Athletics Hall of Fame Induction: Brynn Minor
Feb 19, 2025
February 16, 2025
EL DORADO, Kan. – Four individuals saw themselves enter into the Butler Community College Athletics Hall of Fame on Saturday afternoon in a ceremony at the Power Plant between Butler's basketball doubleheader vs. Indy.
Melvin Lister (Track and Field student-athlete, 1997-98), Kwamie Lassiter (Football student-athlete, 1989-90), Brynn Minor (Softball student-athlete, 2016-17) and Doug Chance (Softball head coach, 2005-2022) became the 34th, 35th, 36th and 37th inductees into the Hall of Fame.
The Butler Athletics Hall of Fame was established in 2001 in honor of booster club charter members Woody Fisher and Bill Cummins. It honors the best Butler Community College Athletes over a rich history of team and individual success.
Minor spent two seasons in El Dorado, racking up an impressive amount of hardware through her two years as a Grizzly. She was named the Betty Jo Graber NJCAA Female Student-Athlete of the Year, NJCAA DI Softball Player of the Year, an NFCA First Team All-American, KJCCC Most Valuable Player, an NJCAA All-Tournament Team selection, a First Team All-American in her sophomore season and most importantly, won two national championships. She was also named the Greater Wichita Area Sports Commission's Female Junior College Athlete of the Year twice. Minor pitched and hit both seasons. In the circle she held a 1.03 career ERA across 149.0 innings pitched. She struck out 143 compared to just 23 walks, totaling a 17-0 record across two seasons. At the plate Minor hit .497 as a sophomore with a .541 on-base percentage, slugging 1.158. She racked up 91 hits as a sophomore including 30 home runs and 97 RBI. The 30 home runs is first all-time at Butler in a single-season as her name is scattered across the Butler records for both hitting and pitching records. In 2017, Minor played at the Canada Cup in Surrey, British Columbia where she helped the NJCAA All-Stars to a 6-6 record. Minor went on to play at the University of Kansas where she played in 64 games in the Crimson and Blue. She was named a Big 12 All-Academic First Team selection before graduating in December of 2019 with a Bachelor of Science in Education, Exercise Science. Minor was also inducted into the NJCAA Softball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2024. She is currently the assistant director of fastpitch for Building Champions Fast Pitch out of Olathe.
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