Thursday, April 17
Boise, Idaho
6 p.m.
Boise State
vs
San Diego State
Broncos and Aztecs Meet in Crucial Three-Game Conference Series
4/15/2025 4:44:00 PM | Softball
Boise State continues a seven-game homestand with a three-game set against Mountain West rival San Diego State.
Games 44-46 (April 17-19, 6 p.m., 6 p.m., Noon)
San Diego State (27-15, 11-5) at Boise State (28-15, 7-6)
SERIES: San Diego State 22-15
NOTES: Boise State and San Diego State split two games in the regular season before the Aztecs won both meetings at the 2024 Mountain West Championship...San Diego State holds a 12-8 advantage in games played in Boise.
PROMOTIONSÂ
Thursday - Mental Health Awareness Game
Friday - KTIK Night at DLP
Saturday - Postgame Easter Egg Hunt.
FOLLOW THE ACTION
Live stats for all games are available on BroncoSports.com...series will be streamed on Mountain West Network...Garrett Jones (play-by-play) will be joined by analysts Sydney Bruner (Thursday-Friday) and Craig Lawson (Saturday) to provide the commentary...follow Boise State softball @BroncoSportsSB on X and @boisestatesoftball on Instagram.
LEADING OFF
Last season, center fielder Sophia Knight collected 85 hits to lead NCAA freshmen and rank fourth nationally...first Freshman All-American in school history...multiple hits in each of the first-10 games this season set a school record...set school records with 34-game hitting streak, 46-game on-base streak and 24-consecutive games scoring a run...leads NCAA with 86 hits and .515 batting average.
50/50 CLUB
Kathy Cox (2012) and Rebekah Cervantes (2018) are the only two players in Boise State history to score 50 or more runs and collect 50 or more RBI in the same season...both Mykenzie Hanna and Makenzie Butt could achieve the feat this season...Hanna leads the country with 57 runs and has 46 RBI...Butt is tops among NCAA freshmen with 63 RBI and has 46 runs.
NCAA RANKINGS (Through April 14)
Hits (425) - 3rd
RBI Per Game (7.63) - 3rd
RBI (328) - 5th
Runs (348) - 6th
Runs Per Game (8.09) - 6th
Home Runs (70) - 7th
Batting Average (.354) - 9th
Home Runs Per Game (1.63) - 10th
Hit By Pitch (42) - 11th
OPS (1.048) - 11thÂ
On-Base Percentage (.449) - 13th
Slugging Percentage (.599) - 13th
Walks (170) - Tied 18th
Makenzie Butt (1.50 RBI Per Game) - Tied 3rd
Makenzie Butt (63 RBI) - Tied 4th
Makenzie Butt (18 Home Runs) - Tied 5th
Makenzie Butt (0.43 HR Per Game) - 10th
Makenzie Butt (113 Total Bases) - Tied 12th
Makenzie Butt (.876 Slugging Percentage) - 23rd
Mykenzie Hanna (57 Runs) - Tied 1st
Mykenzie Hanna (15 Hit By Pitch) - Tied 2nd
Mykenzie Hanna (1.33 Runs Per Game) - 3rd
Mykenzie Hanna (0.35 HBP Per Game - 11th
Mykenzie Hanna (16 Home Runs) - Tied 14th
Mykenzie Hanna (0.37 HR Per Game) - Tied 21st
Sophia Knight (.515 Batting Average) - 1st
Sophia Knight (86 Hits) - 1st
Sophia Knight (2.00 Hits Per Game) - 1st
Sophia Knight (53 Runs) - Tied 7th
Sophia Knight (1.23 Runs Per Game) - 11th
FRESHMAN IMPACT
Makenzie Butt has set the Boise State single-season RBI record at 63...her 18 home runs are a school-freshman record...leads the Mountain West and is the top freshman nationally in both categories...has three multi-home run games, first freshman in school history to accomplish the feat...tied a school record with 11 total bases at UC Davis, Feb. 9...tied a freshman school record with four hits against the Aggies...set a school record with three doubles vs. Le Moyne, March 1...tied school record with four runs at UNLV, March 27.
SAVE THE DAY
Each of the five Boise State pitchers on the current roster have recorded at least one save this season...only team in the NCAA with five pitchers having at least one save...ten saves as a team are a school record.
SUCCESS IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST
Boise State has won 279 games since the beginning of the 2017 season, the most by a Mountain West school in that span...Broncos have posted six 30-plus win seasons over the last-eight years...captured the regular-season title in 2018 and 2023, finished runner-up in 2022 and the 2024 MW Championship, and earned NCAA regional bids in 2018 (automatic) and 2019 (at-large).
TICKETS ON SALE NOW
Fans can purchase single-game tickets for 2025 by visiting BroncoSports.com.
PRESEASON ACCOLADES
Makenzie Butt
Softball America Freshman Watch List
Sydney Groves
D1Softball No. 15 First Baseman
Softball America Top 100
All-Mountain West
Mykenzie Hanna
All-Mountain West
Sophia Knight
D1Softball No. 23 Outfielder
D1Softball Top 100
Mountain West Player of the Year
All-Mountain West
SEASON HONORS
Makenzie Butt
Mountain West Freshman of the Week, Feb. 24, March 3, March 31
Softball America Top 10 First Baseman in Position Power Rankings, March and April
Softball America No. 2 Mid-Majors Freshman in Power Rankings, March 26
Sydney Groves
Mountain West Player of the Week, March 3
Chloe Hughes
Puerto Vallarta College Challenge All-Tournament, Feb. 13-15
Mountain West Freshman of the Week, Feb. 17
Megan Lake
Puerto Vallarta College Challenge All-Tournament, Feb. 13-15
Sophia Knight
Puerto Vallarta College Challenge MVP, Feb. 13-15
D1Softball Top 10 Power Outfielder, February, March and April
Softball America No. 15 Outfielder in Power Position Rankings, March
Softball America No. 10 Outfielder in Power Position Rankings, AprilÂ
Mountain West Player of the Week, March 10
Games 44-46 (April 17-19, 6 p.m., 6 p.m., Noon)
San Diego State (27-15, 11-5) at Boise State (28-15, 7-6)
SERIES: San Diego State 22-15
NOTES: Boise State and San Diego State split two games in the regular season before the Aztecs won both meetings at the 2024 Mountain West Championship...San Diego State holds a 12-8 advantage in games played in Boise.
PROMOTIONSÂ
Thursday - Mental Health Awareness Game
Friday - KTIK Night at DLP
Saturday - Postgame Easter Egg Hunt.
FOLLOW THE ACTION
Live stats for all games are available on BroncoSports.com...series will be streamed on Mountain West Network...Garrett Jones (play-by-play) will be joined by analysts Sydney Bruner (Thursday-Friday) and Craig Lawson (Saturday) to provide the commentary...follow Boise State softball @BroncoSportsSB on X and @boisestatesoftball on Instagram.
LEADING OFF
Last season, center fielder Sophia Knight collected 85 hits to lead NCAA freshmen and rank fourth nationally...first Freshman All-American in school history...multiple hits in each of the first-10 games this season set a school record...set school records with 34-game hitting streak, 46-game on-base streak and 24-consecutive games scoring a run...leads NCAA with 86 hits and .515 batting average.
50/50 CLUB
Kathy Cox (2012) and Rebekah Cervantes (2018) are the only two players in Boise State history to score 50 or more runs and collect 50 or more RBI in the same season...both Mykenzie Hanna and Makenzie Butt could achieve the feat this season...Hanna leads the country with 57 runs and has 46 RBI...Butt is tops among NCAA freshmen with 63 RBI and has 46 runs.
NCAA RANKINGS (Through April 14)
Hits (425) - 3rd
RBI Per Game (7.63) - 3rd
RBI (328) - 5th
Runs (348) - 6th
Runs Per Game (8.09) - 6th
Home Runs (70) - 7th
Batting Average (.354) - 9th
Home Runs Per Game (1.63) - 10th
Hit By Pitch (42) - 11th
OPS (1.048) - 11thÂ
On-Base Percentage (.449) - 13th
Slugging Percentage (.599) - 13th
Walks (170) - Tied 18th
Makenzie Butt (1.50 RBI Per Game) - Tied 3rd
Makenzie Butt (63 RBI) - Tied 4th
Makenzie Butt (18 Home Runs) - Tied 5th
Makenzie Butt (0.43 HR Per Game) - 10th
Makenzie Butt (113 Total Bases) - Tied 12th
Makenzie Butt (.876 Slugging Percentage) - 23rd
Mykenzie Hanna (57 Runs) - Tied 1st
Mykenzie Hanna (15 Hit By Pitch) - Tied 2nd
Mykenzie Hanna (1.33 Runs Per Game) - 3rd
Mykenzie Hanna (0.35 HBP Per Game - 11th
Mykenzie Hanna (16 Home Runs) - Tied 14th
Mykenzie Hanna (0.37 HR Per Game) - Tied 21st
Sophia Knight (.515 Batting Average) - 1st
Sophia Knight (86 Hits) - 1st
Sophia Knight (2.00 Hits Per Game) - 1st
Sophia Knight (53 Runs) - Tied 7th
Sophia Knight (1.23 Runs Per Game) - 11th
FRESHMAN IMPACT
Makenzie Butt has set the Boise State single-season RBI record at 63...her 18 home runs are a school-freshman record...leads the Mountain West and is the top freshman nationally in both categories...has three multi-home run games, first freshman in school history to accomplish the feat...tied a school record with 11 total bases at UC Davis, Feb. 9...tied a freshman school record with four hits against the Aggies...set a school record with three doubles vs. Le Moyne, March 1...tied school record with four runs at UNLV, March 27.
SAVE THE DAY
Each of the five Boise State pitchers on the current roster have recorded at least one save this season...only team in the NCAA with five pitchers having at least one save...ten saves as a team are a school record.
SUCCESS IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST
Boise State has won 279 games since the beginning of the 2017 season, the most by a Mountain West school in that span...Broncos have posted six 30-plus win seasons over the last-eight years...captured the regular-season title in 2018 and 2023, finished runner-up in 2022 and the 2024 MW Championship, and earned NCAA regional bids in 2018 (automatic) and 2019 (at-large).
TICKETS ON SALE NOW
Fans can purchase single-game tickets for 2025 by visiting BroncoSports.com.
PRESEASON ACCOLADES
Makenzie Butt
Softball America Freshman Watch List
Sydney Groves
D1Softball No. 15 First Baseman
Softball America Top 100
All-Mountain West
Mykenzie Hanna
All-Mountain West
Sophia Knight
D1Softball No. 23 Outfielder
D1Softball Top 100
Mountain West Player of the Year
All-Mountain West
SEASON HONORS
Makenzie Butt
Mountain West Freshman of the Week, Feb. 24, March 3, March 31
Softball America Top 10 First Baseman in Position Power Rankings, March and April
Softball America No. 2 Mid-Majors Freshman in Power Rankings, March 26
Sydney Groves
Mountain West Player of the Week, March 3
Chloe Hughes
Puerto Vallarta College Challenge All-Tournament, Feb. 13-15
Mountain West Freshman of the Week, Feb. 17
Megan Lake
Puerto Vallarta College Challenge All-Tournament, Feb. 13-15
Sophia Knight
Puerto Vallarta College Challenge MVP, Feb. 13-15
D1Softball Top 10 Power Outfielder, February, March and April
Softball America No. 15 Outfielder in Power Position Rankings, March
Softball America No. 10 Outfielder in Power Position Rankings, AprilÂ
Mountain West Player of the Week, March 10
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