Good Morning, Bronco Nation! Five Boise State men's basketball players earned NABC Honors Court recognition. Among the 11 MW institutions, only Boise State, Utah State and San Jose State were represented. The Broncos' five recipients were the most in the conference.
 
Highlighting excellence in the classroom, NABC Honors Court celebrates juniors, seniors and graduate students who finished the previous academic year with a 3.2 GPA or higher. Alvaro Cardenas (4.0 — interdisciplinary professional studies), Tyson Degenhart (3.757 — finance), Dominic Parolin (3.629 — interdisciplinary studies), Brennan Ramirez (3.379 — business administration) and O'Mar Stanley (3.207 — interdisciplinary professional studies) were the Broncos' honorees for 2024-25.
 
Additionally, the Broncos garnered the NABC Team Academic Excellence Award, which is bestowed upon programs who produced a 3.0 or higher team GPA for the 2024-25 academic year.

What else is mixed into today’s Brew? Scroll down below to find out!

🏀 Big WBB alumni news
🏈 Some more hot takes from Media Days
🏐 Coach Voigt steps away to make time for family
🔷 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 For Your Amusement. Former Boise State WBB player Abby Muse signed a professional contract with Alba Berlin of the Damen Basketball Bundesligen (DBBL).

Muse, who is the program's all-time leading rebounder (1,127), scored 1,190 points in her career. She is one of two Broncos to collect at least 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds in her career.
 
"My experience at Boise State helped prepare me, both as a person and an athlete, for this new challenge,” Muse said. “I could not be more grateful for the guidance received and lessons learned at this amazing place I've been so lucky to call home for the last five years."

🔼 Legacy Cemented. Boise State Beach Volleyball Head Coach Allison Voigt will be stepping down from the program, she announced on Thursday.

The winningest coach in program history, Voigt has amassed a 119-63 career coaching record since taking over the program prior to the 2019 season, and guided the squad through conference play after joining the SLC before the 2023 campaign.

🗣 "I've been blessed to work with the best student-athletes, coaches and staff members during my time with this program and am so grateful for all the relationships that I've developed here. I am extremely proud of all that we accomplished as a program in my time here and am looking forward to seeing what's next for this program as its number one fan." - Coach Voigt

🔼 When One Door Closes. Alex Venardos has been elevated to the head coach position of Boise State Beach Volleyball, Director of Athletics Jeramiah Dickey announced on Thursday. Venardos will succeed Allison Voigt, who decided to step down from the head coaching position earlier on Thursday.

Venardos has been a part of the program since 2016, when he joined as a practice player. He worked his way up into a volunteer assistant during the 2017 season and was promoted to a full-time assistant coaching role in 2019.

🗣 "He has served as the primary recruiter over the past few seasons and has experience building up a team that won a conference title and made the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history.” - A.D. Dickey

🔼 Culture Club. Praise for Boise State football coach Spencer Danielson has been pouring in, particularly during Media Days.

🔼 Say “Cheese” And Other Things. That’s a wrap for Media Days, and as always, Coach Danielson dropped some important pearls of wisdom on how he approaches the offseason and more.

It’s fine to have some fun with Media Days, too. 👇🏼

📱 FROM THE A.D.

🤔 BLUE TURF TRIVIA

A Spike in Honors. In three years of SLC play under Coach Voigt, how many times have Bronco beach volleyball duos taken home SLC Pair of the Week honors?

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🗓 LOOKING AHEAD

*All times in MT unless otherwise listed

Sunday, Aug. 17
⚽️ Women’s Soccer Opener @ Idaho State (Pocatello, Idaho) @ 7 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 21
⚽️ Women’s Soccer @ Southern Utah (Cedar City, Utah) @ 4 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 24
⚽️ Women’s Soccer @ Utah Tech (St. George, Utah) @ 10 a.m.

Thursday, Aug. 28
🏈 Football Opener @ South Florida (Tampa, Florida) @ 3:30 p.m. TV: ESPN Radio: Bronco Radio Network | WEAR BLUE
⚽️ Women’s Soccer Home Opener vs. Montana @ 7 p.m. | Watch | Tickets

Friday, Aug. 29
🏐 Women’s Volleyball vs. Navy (Orem, Utah) @ 10 a.m.
🏐 Women’s Volleyball vs. Montana (Orem, Utah) @ 5 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 30
🏐 Women’s Volleyball @ Utah Valley (Orem, Utah) @ 3 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 5
🏈 Football Home Opener vs. Eastern Washington @ 7 p.m. TV: FS1 Radio: Bronco Radio Network | ORANGE 🍊 BLUE STRIPEOUT

🔷 Go here to view the entire Boise State Athletics Calendar

ℹ️ TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 10!

In three years of SLC play under Coach Voigt, Bronco beach volleyball duos have taken home SLC Pair of the Week honors 10 times. Additionally, Boise State has claimed back-to-back Newcomer of the Year honors, and claimed the league's top pair in 2024.

🔷 Have an awesome weekend, Bronco Nation!