At Connecticut: Played in 63 games in two seasons, scoring 1,136 points (18.0 per game)... Made himself available for the NBA Draft on April 18, 2002... Is the 33rd player in school history to reach the 1,000-point plateau in his career and was the third fastest to do so...Also averaged 7.6 rebounds per game in his career... Scored in double figures in his final 49 consecutive games and 62 of his 63 career contests... Represented United States and won a gold medal as key member of USA team at World Championship For Young Men Tournament played in Japan during August of 2001…Started all eight games for unbeaten USA squad, averaging 10.6 points per game and adding 4.3 rebounds per game…Shot 51.5% from the field (35-of-68) and added 19 assists and 11 steals…Led team in scoring in two games (17 vs. Japan, 21 vs. Israel)…Scored 15 points with four rebounds, three steals, two assists in 89-80 gold medal victory over Croatia.

As a Sophomore in 2001-2002: Named to the 10-member John Wooden All-American team, Basketball News First Team All-American, Sporting News Second Team All-American, Basketball Times Third Team All-American and Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American... Finalist for the Naismith Player of the Year Award and the John R. Wooden Award, honoring the nation’s top collegiate player...Named the BIG EAST Co-Player of the Year along with Pittsburgh’s Brandin Knight... Named 2002 ConAgra Foods BIG EAST Tournament MVP with an average of 19 points and nine rebounds per game... Unanimous selection to the All-BIG EAST First Team... Named to the NABC All-District I First Team... Started all 34 games... Led the team in scoring at 20.3 points per game and was No. 2 in rebounding at 7.5 per contest... Scored in double figures in all 34 games... Also averaged 3.0 assists and 2.1 steals per game... Had 18 games with 20 or more points and seven games with 25 or more points... Had six double-doubles... Led the team in scoring on 24 occasions... Scored 106 points (No. 3 in the 2002 NCAA Tournament) in four NCAA Tournament contests (26.5 per game) and was named to the NCAA East Region All-Tournament Team... His 26.5-point average is the best in UConn NCAA Tournament history... Butler is the only player in UConn history to score 30 points two times in NCAA Tournament play... Had 32 points, seven rebounds and four assists in NCAA Final Eight loss to eventual national champion Maryland... Named CBS Player of the Game in UConn’s Second Round NCAA tourney game versus NC State after notching a career-high 34 points on 10-of-13 shooting and hitting 12-of-12 from the line... Hit five free throws in as many attempts in the final 11 seconds to seal the win over NC State... Butler’s 34 points in a NCAA tournament game was the second most in UConn history behind Ray Allen’s 36 vs. UCLA in 1995... Had matched his previous career-high of 29 points on three occasions during the season... Earned BIG EAST Player of the Week honors on three occasions, January 7, February 25 and March 3... Had 29 points in the win over Virginia Tech on January 2... Scored 29 points in only 28 minutes of play in rout of North Carolina on January 19, earning CBS Player of the Game honors... Had 29 points and 15 rebounds at St. John’s on February 9 and made three free throws with five seconds left to force overtime... Had 20 points in loss to Maryland in BB&T Classic on December 3 and was named to BB&T Classic All-Tournament Team... Earned the team’s Most Valuable Player Award at the team banquet.

As a Freshman in 2000-2001: Named to the All-BIG EAST Third Team and was a unanimous selection to the BIG EAST All-Rookie Team... Also named NABC All-District I First Team... Started 28 of 29 games played during the season... Sat out the first three games of the season... Finished the season No. 1 on the team in scoring at 15.3 points per game... One of eight freshman in UConn history to reach the 400-point plateau (445)... Led the team in rebounding (7.6 per game) and steals (63, 2.2 per game)... Scored in double figures in all but one game (Texas)... Two-time CBS Player of the Game (vs. Arizona and Seton Hall)... Led the team in scoring in BIG EAST play at 15.8 points per game... Had 12 points, eight rebounds and three steals in NIT Second Round contest vs. Detroit... Had 14 points and seven rebounds in NIT First Round win over South Carolina... Led the team with 18 points, seven rebounds and three steals in BIG EAST Tournament vs. Syracuse... Recorded only the third triple-double in UConn history, vs. Rhode Island, totaling 14 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists... Three-time BIG EAST Rookie of the Week (January 2, January 8 and February 26)... Had career-highs of 29 points and 13 rebounds vs. Boston College on January 3... Had 25 points and nine rebounds vs. Miami on January 20... Recorded seven double-doubles during the season, including one triple-double... Second on the team in assists (89, 3.1 per game)... Led the team in scoring nine times, rebounding 14 times, assists 13 times and steals 16 times.

Before UConn: A Top 20 national recruit…Considered the top prep school player in the nation in 1999-2000…Played two years at Maine Central Institute…Averaged 26.2 points and 13.3 rebounds per game in 1999-2000…Averaged 18.9 points, 12.1 rebounds, 3.7 assists, and 3.2 steals per game in 1998-1999… MVP of U.S. Team in the USA Hoops Challenge (May 2000) with 27 points, 18 rebounds and three steals on 11-28 shooting in 33 minutes of action…Scored 15 points and added 10 rebounds at Roundball Classic All-Star game (April 2000) in helping East record a 146-131 victory…Averaged 24.3 points and 11.1 rebounds per game as a junior in 1997-98 at Park HS in Racine, Wisconsin.

Personality Profile: Caron Butler…Born March 13, 1980... Liberal Arts major.