Bulldog Club Staff
Athletics
Graham Honaker joined the Butler Athletics staff in May of 2024 in the role of Associate Athletic Director for Development.
Honaker’s move to Athletics came after serving Butler University since 2013 in roles within the advancement department. As executive director of principal gifts (since 2018), Honaker worked closely with Athletics and the men’s basketball program in particular on major gifts and the campaign to renovate Hinkle Fieldhouse. He also was the lead fundraiser in Butler’s successful $250 million Butler Beyond Campaign, which included the $50 million Lacy School of Business and the largest donation in university history – the $25 million gift to name the college of business after Andre B. Lacy.
Honaker’s time at Butler also includes five years as senior director of development.
Prior to Butler, Honaker’s development experience included his work with the University of Louisville (2010-13).
His work in the community includes stints as the past president of both the Indianapolis Kiwanis Club and Indianapolis Kiwanis Club Foundation, and as a board member with Project 44 and the Milan ’54 Hoosiers Museum, among other initiatives. He also serves as Chair of the Trustees for the Robert Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership.
He is the author of The Cinderella Strategy: The Game Plan Behind Butler’s Rise to Prominence (March, 2021) and Unbracketed: Four College Basketball Programs and Their Journeys from the Bubble to the Big-Time (2022) and A Blessing Not a Burden (2024).
Honaker earned his undergraduate degree from Wake Forest and holds masters degrees from both Indiana University and Louisville.
Drew Autajay ’99 joined the athletics staff at his alma mater in September 2021. He serves as the Director of Athletic Development. In this role, Autajay manages a portfolio of current leadership and major gift donors and prospects for Butler Athletics.
Drew most recently served as a Senior Corporate Gift Officer at Riley Children’s Foundation since 2012. During his time at the Foundation, Drew raised over $15 million and worked with companies like Salesforce, Aflac, Speedway LLC, Messer Construction, and Huse Culinary. Prior to that, he served in corporate sales roles for several companies including Ecolab, GE, and Quest Safety Products.
Autajay is a 1999 graduate of Butler earning a degree in Chemistry and a native of Indianapolis. He earned master’s certificates in Project Management and Organizational Leadership from Villanova in 2010.
Drew, along with his wife Sarah and daughter Madelyn, reside in Westfield, IN.
Katie Suder joined the Butler Athletics staff in September of 2024 as the Development Assistant. She was promoted to Assistant Director of the Bulldog Club in May of 2025.
Suder arrived on the Butler staff with experience at the Pacers Athletic Center as a communications and marketing specialist. During her time as an undergraduate on the Butler campus, Suder was a member of Butler’s student advertising agency, five fountains.
Suder graduated from Butler in 2024 with a degree in strategic communication and a minor in creative media and entertainment.