Wednesday, April 23
Boise, Idaho
6 p.m.
Boise State
vs
Idaho State
Photo by: Kenna Harbison
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Boise State wraps up the nonconference portion of its schedule, hosting Idaho State for a single game, April 23...final Mountain West road series of the season follows at San Jose State, April 25-27.
Game 47 (April 22, 6 p.m.)
Idaho State (32-13) at Boise State (29-17)
SERIES: Boise State 23-6
NOTES: Broncos lead 14-5 at home...Boise State won 8-3 at home, March 6 behind a home run each by Mykenzie Hanna, Megan Lake and Hollie Farmer...win marked Broncos' eighth straight at home against the Bengals.
Games 48-50 (April 25-27, 7 p.m., 4 p.m., 1 p.m.)
Boise State (8-8 MW) at San Jose State (19-23, 6-10)*
*Spartans play at Santa Clara, April 23
SERIES: San Jose State 22-20
NOTES: Boise State is 8-9 in San Jose against the Spartans and has won the last five meetings on the road...Broncos are 7-3 under head coach Justin Shults...Boise State is 31-11 in Mountain West road games under Shults.
PROMOTIONSÂ
vs. Idaho State - First 200 fans receive a Knight Watch poster highlighting the accomplishments of sophomore All-American candidate Sophia Knight.
FOLLOW THE ACTION
Live stats for all games are available on BroncoSports.com...game against Idaho State will be streamed on Mountain West Network...Garrett Jones (play-by-play) and Sydney Bruner (analyst) will provide the commentary...games at San Jose State will have live stats and live a live stream provided by the Spartans and accessible on BroncoSports.com...follow Boise State softball @BroncoSportsSB on X and @boisestatesoftball on Instagram.
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 is tied for the NCAA lead with 59 runs and has 47 RBI...Butt is tops among NCAA freshmen with 69 RBI and has 48 runs.
NCAA RANKINGS (Through April 21)
RBI Per Game (7.50) - Tied 3rd
Hits (450) - 4th
RBI (345) - Tied 4th
Runs (367) - 5th
Runs Per Game (7.98) - 6th
Batting Average (.353) - 8th
Home Runs (76) - 8th
Hit By Pitch (47) - Tied 8th
Home Runs Per Game (1.65) - 9th
On-Base Percentage (.447) - 9th
OPS (1.047) - 10thÂ
Slugging Percentage (.600) - 11th
Walks (177) - 22nd
Makenzie Butt (1.53 RBI Per Game) - 2nd
Makenzie Butt (20 Home Runs) - Tied 2nd
Makenzie Butt (69 RBI) - Tied 2nd
Makenzie Butt (0.44 HR Per Game) - Tied 6th
Makenzie Butt (122 Total Bases) - 12th
Makenzie Butt (.878 Slugging Percentage) - 24th
Mykenzie Hanna (59 Runs) - Tied 1st
Mykenzie Hanna (17 Hit By Pitch) - Tied 2nd
Mykenzie Hanna (1.28 Runs Per Game) - 5th
Mykenzie Hanna (0.37 HBP Per Game - 8th
Mykenzie Hanna (16 Home Runs) - Tied 21st
Sophia Knight (.520 Batting Average) - 1st
Sophia Knight (92 Hits) - 1st
Sophia Knight (2.00 Hits Per Game) - 1st
Sophia Knight (56 Runs) - Tied 9th
Sophia Knight (1.22 Runs Per Game) - 12th
RECORD-SETTING KNIGHT
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, 32-multi hit games, 46-game on-base streak and 24-consecutive games scoring a run...established Boise State record with five-career games of four hits or more...school and Mountain West record 92 hits...set Boise State sophomore records with 23 stolen bases and 56 runs...leads NCAA in hits and batting average (.520)...next-highest hit total nationally is 74...last time a player finished a season with  at least 10 more hits than anyone else in the country was 1997...needs eight hits in final-seven regular season games to reach the century mark...last time a player had 100 or more hits prior to conference tournaments or NCAA postseason was 2002.
SAVE THE DAY
Each of the five Boise State pitchers have recorded at least one save this season...ten saves as a team are a school record.
FRESHMAN IMPACT
Makenzie Butt has set the Boise State single-season RBI record at 69...her 20 home runs are a school-freshman record...leads the Mountain West and is the top freshman nationally in both categories...has four multi-home run games to tie a school single-season record...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 and tied the Mountain West mark with three doubles vs. Le Moyne, March 1...tied school record with four runs at UNLV, March 27...needs one RBI to become 12th freshmen in NCAA history with 20 home runs and 70 RBI.
BALANCE OF POWER
For the second time in school history, four players have reached double-digit home runs...Makenzie Butt (20) leads the way followed by Mykenzie Hanna (16), Brooklynn Pettis (13) and Sydney Groves (10).
SUCCESS IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST
Boise State has won 280 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).
ACCOLADES
Makenzie Butt
Softball America Freshman Watch List*
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
D1Softball No. 15 First Baseman*
Softball America Top 100*
All-Mountain West*
Mountain West Player of the Week, March 3
Mykenzie Hanna
All-Mountain West*
Chloe Hughes
Puerto Vallarta College Challenge All-Tournament, Feb. 13-15
Mountain West Freshman of the Week, Feb. 17
Sophia Knight
D1Softball No. 23 Outfielder*
D1Softball Top 100*
Mountain West Player of the Year*
All-Mountain West*
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
Megan Lake
Puerto Vallarta College Challenge All-Tournament, Feb. 13-15
*Preseason Accolade
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Game 47 (April 22, 6 p.m.)
Idaho State (32-13) at Boise State (29-17)
SERIES: Boise State 23-6
NOTES: Broncos lead 14-5 at home...Boise State won 8-3 at home, March 6 behind a home run each by Mykenzie Hanna, Megan Lake and Hollie Farmer...win marked Broncos' eighth straight at home against the Bengals.
Games 48-50 (April 25-27, 7 p.m., 4 p.m., 1 p.m.)
Boise State (8-8 MW) at San Jose State (19-23, 6-10)*
*Spartans play at Santa Clara, April 23
SERIES: San Jose State 22-20
NOTES: Boise State is 8-9 in San Jose against the Spartans and has won the last five meetings on the road...Broncos are 7-3 under head coach Justin Shults...Boise State is 31-11 in Mountain West road games under Shults.
PROMOTIONSÂ
vs. Idaho State - First 200 fans receive a Knight Watch poster highlighting the accomplishments of sophomore All-American candidate Sophia Knight.
FOLLOW THE ACTION
Live stats for all games are available on BroncoSports.com...game against Idaho State will be streamed on Mountain West Network...Garrett Jones (play-by-play) and Sydney Bruner (analyst) will provide the commentary...games at San Jose State will have live stats and live a live stream provided by the Spartans and accessible on BroncoSports.com...follow Boise State softball @BroncoSportsSB on X and @boisestatesoftball on Instagram.
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 is tied for the NCAA lead with 59 runs and has 47 RBI...Butt is tops among NCAA freshmen with 69 RBI and has 48 runs.
NCAA RANKINGS (Through April 21)
RBI Per Game (7.50) - Tied 3rd
Hits (450) - 4th
RBI (345) - Tied 4th
Runs (367) - 5th
Runs Per Game (7.98) - 6th
Batting Average (.353) - 8th
Home Runs (76) - 8th
Hit By Pitch (47) - Tied 8th
Home Runs Per Game (1.65) - 9th
On-Base Percentage (.447) - 9th
OPS (1.047) - 10thÂ
Slugging Percentage (.600) - 11th
Walks (177) - 22nd
Makenzie Butt (1.53 RBI Per Game) - 2nd
Makenzie Butt (20 Home Runs) - Tied 2nd
Makenzie Butt (69 RBI) - Tied 2nd
Makenzie Butt (0.44 HR Per Game) - Tied 6th
Makenzie Butt (122 Total Bases) - 12th
Makenzie Butt (.878 Slugging Percentage) - 24th
Mykenzie Hanna (59 Runs) - Tied 1st
Mykenzie Hanna (17 Hit By Pitch) - Tied 2nd
Mykenzie Hanna (1.28 Runs Per Game) - 5th
Mykenzie Hanna (0.37 HBP Per Game - 8th
Mykenzie Hanna (16 Home Runs) - Tied 21st
Sophia Knight (.520 Batting Average) - 1st
Sophia Knight (92 Hits) - 1st
Sophia Knight (2.00 Hits Per Game) - 1st
Sophia Knight (56 Runs) - Tied 9th
Sophia Knight (1.22 Runs Per Game) - 12th
RECORD-SETTING KNIGHT
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, 32-multi hit games, 46-game on-base streak and 24-consecutive games scoring a run...established Boise State record with five-career games of four hits or more...school and Mountain West record 92 hits...set Boise State sophomore records with 23 stolen bases and 56 runs...leads NCAA in hits and batting average (.520)...next-highest hit total nationally is 74...last time a player finished a season with  at least 10 more hits than anyone else in the country was 1997...needs eight hits in final-seven regular season games to reach the century mark...last time a player had 100 or more hits prior to conference tournaments or NCAA postseason was 2002.
SAVE THE DAY
Each of the five Boise State pitchers have recorded at least one save this season...ten saves as a team are a school record.
FRESHMAN IMPACT
Makenzie Butt has set the Boise State single-season RBI record at 69...her 20 home runs are a school-freshman record...leads the Mountain West and is the top freshman nationally in both categories...has four multi-home run games to tie a school single-season record...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 and tied the Mountain West mark with three doubles vs. Le Moyne, March 1...tied school record with four runs at UNLV, March 27...needs one RBI to become 12th freshmen in NCAA history with 20 home runs and 70 RBI.
BALANCE OF POWER
For the second time in school history, four players have reached double-digit home runs...Makenzie Butt (20) leads the way followed by Mykenzie Hanna (16), Brooklynn Pettis (13) and Sydney Groves (10).
SUCCESS IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST
Boise State has won 280 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).
ACCOLADES
Makenzie Butt
Softball America Freshman Watch List*
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
D1Softball No. 15 First Baseman*
Softball America Top 100*
All-Mountain West*
Mountain West Player of the Week, March 3
Mykenzie Hanna
All-Mountain West*
Chloe Hughes
Puerto Vallarta College Challenge All-Tournament, Feb. 13-15
Mountain West Freshman of the Week, Feb. 17
Sophia Knight
D1Softball No. 23 Outfielder*
D1Softball Top 100*
Mountain West Player of the Year*
All-Mountain West*
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
Megan Lake
Puerto Vallarta College Challenge All-Tournament, Feb. 13-15
*Preseason Accolade
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