Sturtevant (right) and Owens (left) before a game. Sturtevant serves as a co-head manager for the Butler men’s basketball team. Jimmy Lafakis/Collegian file photo.
JOSHUA DOERING | SPORTS EDITOR | jdoering@butler.edu
The first time someone approached senior Sam Sturtevant about being a basketball manager, he was less than enthused about the idea.
“When you think about manager, you think about passing out water, wiping up sweat, carrying gear bags,” he said. “I was still only a 15-year-old kid. I was like, ‘What would my friends think?’”
After thinking it over for a couple weeks and talking with his parents, Sturtevant decided becoming a manager was the best path to the career in sports he knew he desired, even though he wasn’t exactly sure what he wanted it to look like.