Nov. 20, 2003
GETTING TO KNOW PSYCHE BUTLER
What is your craziest ambition?
To be the first woman to play basketball in the NBA.
What is one thing you wish you were better at?
Having more confidence in my game.
What is the best advice you have ever been given?
If you don't believe in yourself it doesn't matter if anyone else does.
What is your dream job?
Working with forensic science.
What is a place you have always wanted to visit but never had the chance?
The Palace of Wax.
Why did you choose to attend TCU?
I've always had family go here and it's the hometown school with a lot going for it.
OTHER TIDBITS ON BUTLER
Has several nicknames, including "Flight", "Baby J", "Butter", "Butler" and "PB"
Wears No. 41 because her favorite player is the Dallas Mavericks' Dirk Nowitzki
Says her favorite song is "Frontin'" by Pharrell Williams, Jay-Z and Neptunes/N.E.R.D
Butler's favorite junk food is Reese's
Cites her high school coach Rodney McFadden ("Coach Mac") as the most impressive person she knows
Her grandmother is the person she would most like to trade places with for a day
Current Lady Frog Ebony Shaw is the toughest player Butler has ever faced
Her favorite sport besides basketball is track and field
The one possession she would keep with her if she lost all but one would be a basketball
Would like to see Texas Tech added to the schedule more than any other team
Butler's best friend from another team is Erin Grant of Texas Tech
One of her most memorable moments in sports was when she drained two game-winning free throws
States that if a movie was made about her life it would be called "Rough Road" and the actress that would play her part would be Sanaa Lathan
Martin Luther King, Jr., is one person in history that Butler wishes she could meet
Psyché Damiana Bulter, the daughter of Leslie and Shirley Butler, was born May 7, 1985.
