Good Morning, Bronco Nation! Former Boise State football running back Ashton Jeanty was named 2024-25 Mountain West Male Athlete of the Year. He is the sixth Bronco to secure a MW Athlete of the Year honor, with the group combining for a league-high nine awards. Jeanty joins Avery Williams (2020-21) as the only Boise State football players to be recognized.

Jeanty's 2024 campaign was one of the most prolific in college football history, finishing with 2,601 rushing yards, the second-highest single-season total in FBS history. He was the Heisman Trophy runner-up and won the Maxwell Award, Doak Walker Award, Bobby Bowden Trophy and Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award. The team captain became the program's first Unanimous All-American and was also crowned MW Offensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive year.

🏈 MUCH MORE ON HOW JEANTY GOT HERE

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🎟️ Important Volleyball & Soccer Ticketing Info
👀 Maddux Madsen Named to Davey O'Brien Award Watch List
🔷 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 You’re on the Hot Seat. Boise State Athletics is officially launching the waitlist for North End Zone Club Seats, an exclusive, all-inclusive premium experience in the North End Zone at Albertsons Stadium. Bronco fans can lock in their spots for a deposit of $50 per seat, securing priority access to the upcoming seat selection process. These coveted club seats will be available through a five-year agreement at $3,500 annually.

The North End Zone Project will add approximately 1,600 seats and feature 12 field-level suites, 44  loge boxes, 148 ledge seats, 872 club seats with all-inclusive food and beverage amenities on game days. As announced in April, the loge boxes have already sold out.

🏈 MORE ON THE STATE-OF-THE-ART AMENITIES ℹ️

🔼 He’s On the Hot Route. Boise State QB Maddux Madsen was selected to the Davey O'Brien Award Watch List. The award is presented annually to the nation's best quarterback. Madsen, the Preseason Mountain West Player of the Year, was a member of the Davey O'Brien Quarterback Class of 2024. He is one of 36 players on this season's watch list. Madsen and Colorado State's Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi are the only student-athletes from the MW. 

Madsen, who is also featured on the Maxwell Award and Walter Camp Award watch lists, completed 247-of-396 passes for a conference-high 3,018 yards and 23 touchdowns last year. The team captain was named Preseason All-MW First Team by Athlon Sports and Phil Steele.

🔼 Leaders on the Links. When Kailin Downs was a rising senior for the New Mexico women’s golf team, she received what she considered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: the privilege to represent the United States on the international stage. She helped Team USA to a 32-28 victory at the 2004 Fuji Xerox USA vs. Japan Collegiate Golf Championship, played in Ichihara, Japan. That year’s team was led by UCLA head coach Carrie Forsyth, who is a two-time national champion and National Golf Coaches Association Hall of Famer. Forsyth saw potential for Downs to be a coach after witnessing her leadership with that team.

“She takes everybody under her wing. She wants to be helpful,” Forsyth explained. “Those are wonderful traits for a leader and a friend.”

💙 READ THE B1: FEATURE: “LEADING TEAM USA”

🔼 A Spike in Priority. Boise State Athletics announced Thursday that single-match tickets for volleyball are now available to purchase. Additionally, a limited number of general admission season tickets are still available.

The Broncos have already sold out of their reserved season tickets for 2025, marking the fourth-consecutive year that reserved tickets have sold out.

There are 15 home matches scheduled for Bronco Gym. The "Blue-Orange Scrimmage" will take place next Thursday, Aug. 14, at 6 p.m. MT. The season opener is Aug. 29 against Navy at the Utah Valley Invitational in Orem, Utah.

🎟️ TICKETING INFO ℹ️

🔼 Serious Soccer Stuff. Boise State soccer single-match tickets went on sale Thursday. Boise State will play 10 regular-season home matches in 2025. Additionally, the Broncos are hosting the MW Championship at Boas Soccer Complex.

The home opener is set for August 28 against Montana. Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. MT. The Broncos open Mountain West play against Wyoming, Thursday, Sept. 25, at home with a 7 p.m. kickoff.

🗣 "We really believe we have the talent and chemistry to go very far this year.” - Kenzie MacMillan, senior forward

⚽️ TICKETING 🎟️

🔼 Big, Fat Greek Win. The WBB team notched a dub while on its tour of Greece!

More scenes from the tour… ✈️ 👀 👇🏼

📱 FROM THE A.D.

🤔 BLUE TURF TRIVIA

“I Gotchu.” - This Guy, Probably. Last year, when legendary Bronco RB Ashton Jeanty was slowed by an injury in the road game at Wyoming, which squad member came through with the game-winning touchdown late in the fourth quarter in what became a pivotal victory for the run to the College Football Playoff?

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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: Jambres “Breezy” Dubar!

Jambres “Breezy” Dubar is entering his third year as a Bronco, a career that started in 2023 when he ran for 335 yards on 62 carries over 12 games as a true freshman. Last year, when Jeanty was slowed by an injury in the road game at Wyoming, he came through with the game-winning touchdown late in the fourth quarter in what became a pivotal victory for the run to the College Football Playoff.

🔷 Happy Weekend, Bronco Nation!