Tynita Butts (2025) - ECU Athletics Hall of Fame - East Carolina University Athletics

Tynita Butts

Induction:
2025
Class:
2014

Tynita Butts (ECU '14) finished her time in the Purple and Gold as the most decorated high jumper in program history. A six-time All-America selection, she set and currently owns the indoor (6-02.75 set in 2013) and outdoor (6-03.25 in 2014) high jump records while setting and sharing the outdoor (20-05.00 in 2019) long jump mark. During her four-year tenure, Butts tallied 39 career wins, was a seven-time Conference USA high jump champion and helped ECU to three conference championships titles (2012 indoor, 2014 indoor, 2014 outdoor). As a freshman, she was the conference indoor high jump runner-up and placed third in the outdoor high jump as a junior in the conference championships. Butts gained national attention her last two years in the program after earning NCAA runner-up status in the 2013 indoor high jump and the 2014 outdoor high jumps. Following her collegiate career, Butts participated in the USA Championships, world championships and was a member and participant for Team USA in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.