Good Morning, Bronco Nation!

New Boise State softball head coach Andrew Rich sat down one-on-one with Bronco Studios to talk about Rich’s exciting move back to Boise.

What else is mixed into today’s edition of Good Morning, Bronco Nation?

🏐 Block Party
🎾 Hold Serve
🔹 And so much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Thank You. The Nicolaysen family and ES-O-EN Management have made a second $1 million gift to Boise State Athletics, supporting scholarships for men's and women's basketball, the Bronco men's basketball enhancement fund, and the North End Zone Project. The contribution matches their 2022 gift and extends the family's legacy of community investment, which also includes the Taco Bell Leadership Scholarship that has supported 46 Boise State students since 2008.

🔼 Block Party. Boise State beach volleyball's Allyson Alden raised $8,740 through her Block Party fundraiser, which asked donors to pledge per ace or block during the 2026 season. She finished with 77 aces and 84 blocks. All donations support BroncoBOLD, the student-athlete-led mental health advocacy committee, and its High School Ambassador program.

🎙️ Listen Now: Off The Blue featuring Allyson Alden

🔼 Empowering Women’s Sports. Boise State Athletics and locally-owned Maddyn Homes teamed up for a winning first year of EmpowHER Play, raising more than $30K to support female student-athletes during the 2025-26 academic year, with every donation matched by Maddyn Homes to double the impact. Bronco Nation showed up beyond the donation page, too, with women's sports attendance jumping 16% over the previous year. Maddyn Homes owners Kyle and Jade Enzler called the partnership a success and said they're already looking ahead to building on the momentum in the years to come. Fans can continue to support female Bronco student-athletes by donating at EmpowHER Play.

🔼 Hold Serve. Congratulations to Carla Grignac of Boise State women’s tennis! She earned her first career WTA point after defeating Germany’s Anastasiya Kuparev, 6-7, 6-4, 6-2, at the W15-Dinard.

📱 FROM THE A.D.

🤔 BLUE TURF TRIVIA

Carla Grignac is a dual citizen of two countries. Can you name them?

Got a guess? Scroll down for the answer reveal!

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🗓 THE SCHEDULE AHEAD

*All times in MT unless otherwise listed 

Wednesday, August 12
⚽ Soccer vs. CSUN @ 7 p.m.

Sunday, August 16
⚽ Soccer @ Weber State @ 7 p.m. (Ogden, Utah)

Thursday, August 20
⚽ Soccer @ SMU - TBA (Dallas, Texas)

Saturday, August 23
⚽ Soccer @ Texas Tech @ 7 p.m. (Lubbock, Texas)

Friday, August 28
🏐 Volleyball vs. UNC Asheville (Host) (Asheville, N.C.) | Watch

Saturday, August 29
🏐 Volleyball vs. UNC Asheville (Host) (Asheville, N.C.) | Watch

🔷 Go here to view the entire Boise State Athletics Calendar

ℹ️ TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: France and Senegal.

🔷 Have a great Friday, Bronco Nation!