MOREHEAD, Ky. - For the first time in recent memory, a Morehead State University student-athlete will be the speaker for Morehead State University's Spring Commencement. Heather Butt of Middletown, Ohio, the captain of the women's tennis team, will do the honor for the Saturday, May 9, exercises.
During the ceremony, that begins at 10:30 a.m. in the Academic-Athletic Center, President Wayne D. Andrews will confer degrees on more than 1,000 graduate and undergraduate students.
An honorary Doctor of Communications degree will be presented to MSU alumnus Steve Inskeep of Washington, D.C., during the exercises. Inskeep is the co-host of National Public Radio's Morning Edition.
Butt is a candidate for a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in the College of Business. Her emphasis was accounting and she minored in mathematics.
She has been recognized for her distinguished achievements throughout her college experience by attaining a 3.955 grade point average on a 4.0 scale.
Butt was president of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and a math tutor.
She was named outstanding sophomore and junior of the year in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. Butt also was outstanding senior accounting student.
The Bishop Fenwick High graduate was an Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner's Medal of Honor recipient for 2005-06 and 06-07 and was on the OVC Honor Roll 2005-08.
She is the daughter of Todd and Sandi Butt of Trenton, Ohio, and Doreen Hampton and Rodney Hampton of Middletown, Ohio.