AUGUSTA, GA (WJBF)- This week's scholar athlete is Maci Butler from Curtis Baptist School. Maci is a three-sport standout, playing volleyball, basketball and track. She's the UGA certificate of merit recipient for 2024-25, an SCISA scholar athlete of the year and she's top of her class.

She also helped last year's Curtis Baptist girls' basketball team to a state championship and was named to the all-state tournament team for the second straight year. She's been an all-region performer for both basketball and volleyball each year of her high school career, doing all that while overcoming injuries.

"Especially dealing with the pain and also dealing with wanting to win," Butler said.

"So going through that and all the adversity may have been the hardest thing I've overcome through the year

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