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From young pup to lead dawg

Mike Manning lines up defensively in a Butler game. Manning is the youngest team captain under head coach Jeff Voris. Photo by Chandler Hart.

DEVIN ABELL | STAFF REPORTER | dabell@butler.edu

Connor Reid was nervous.

He’d just transferred to Butler after two years out east, at the College of the Holy Cross.

Then, he received a text from Mike Manning.

“He was one of the first teammates to text me and welcome me to the Butler family,” Reid said. “[He] showed me right away that he was a leader that I could rely on.