Thursday, May 1
Boise, Idaho
6 p.m.
Boise State
vs
Utah State
Broncos Host Aggies
4/30/2025 6:03:00 PM | Softball
Boise State wraps up the regular season by hosting Utah State in a three-game Mountain West series, May 1-3.
ON THE LINE
The following scenarios exist regarding Boise State's seed in the Mountain West Softball Championship, May 7-10.
4 Seed: 3-0 AND San Jose State is 1-2/0-3 at San Diego State.
5 Seed: 3-0 AND San Jose State is 3-0/2-1 at San Diego State.
5 Seed: 2-1 AND San Jose State is 0-3 at San Diego State.
6 Seed: 2-1 AND San Jose State is 3-0/2-1/1-2 at San Diego State.
6 Seed: 1-2
6 Seed: 0-3 AND Colorado State is 2-1/1-2/0-3 at Nevada.
ELIMINATED: 0-3 AND Colorado State is 3-0 at Nevada.
GAMES 51-53 (May 1-3, 6 p.m./6 p.m./Noon)
Utah State (26-22, 11-8 MW) at Boise State (30-20, 8-11)
SERIES: Boise State 30-13
NOTES: Broncos lead 21-10 since 2014 when Utah State joined the Mountain West...Boise State is 14-6 at home and has won the last 10 meetings in the Treasure Valley...in 2023, the Broncos outscored the Aggies 31-6 in three five-inning run-rule wins...Utah State won two of three in Logan last year...Aggies and Broncos opened Dona Larsen Park, March 15, 2013 in a game won 5-3 in eight innings by Utah State.
FOLLOW THE ACTION
Live stats for all games are available on BroncoSports.com...Garrett Jones (play-by-play) and Sydney Bruner (analyst) will provide the commentary...follow Boise State softball @BroncoSportsSB on X and @boisestatesoftball on Instagram.
50/50 CLUB
Entering the season, Kathy Cox (2012) and Rebekah Cervantes (2018) were the only two players in Boise State history to score 50 or more runs and collect 50 or more RBI in the same season...Makenzie Butt became the third Bronco to achieve the feat and the freshman first baseman currently sits at 51 runs and 73 RBI...senior Mykenzie Hanna has 62 runs and needs two RBI to join the 50/50 group.
SENIOR DAY
Following Saturday's game against Utah State, Boise State softball will honor its four 2025 seniors: Mykenzie Hanna, Megan Lake, Brooklynn Pettis and Brook Thompson.
NCAA RANKINGS (Through April 28)
RBI (359) - 4th
Hits (475) - Tied 4th
RBI Per Game (7.18) - 8th
Runs (384) - 8th
Home Runs (79) - 9th
Home Runs Per Game (1.58) - 9th
Runs Per Game (7.68) - 11th
OPS (1.024) - 12thÂ
Hit By Pitch (48) - Tied 12th
On-Base Percentage (.438) - 13th
Slugging Percentage (.586) - 13th
Batting Average (.345) - 14th
Walks (186) - Tied 25th
Makenzie Butt (73 RBI) - 2nd
Makenzie Butt (1.49 RBI Per Game) - 2nd
Makenzie Butt (21 Home Runs) - Tied 5th
Makenzie Butt (0.43 HR Per Game) - 7th
Makenzie Butt (127 Total Bases) - 19th
Mykenzie Hanna (17 Hit By Pitch) - Tied 3rd
Mykenzie Hanna (62 Runs) - 4th
Mykenzie Hanna (1.24 Runs Per Game) - 6th
Mykenzie Hanna (0.34 HBP Per Game - Tied 12th
Mykenzie Hanna (17 Home Runs) - Tied 24th
Sophia Knight (95 Hits) - 1st
Sophia Knight (1.90 Hits Per Game) - 1st
Sophia Knight (.500 Batting Average) - 4th
Sophia Knight (59 Runs) - 11th
Sophia Knight (1.18 Runs Per Game) - 15th
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 95 hits...set Boise State sophomore records with 24 stolen bases and 59 runs...leads NCAA in hits...next-highest hit total nationally is 79...last time a player finished a season with  at least 10 more hits than anyone else in the country was 1997...needs five hits in final-three 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 on the 2025 rosters has 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 73...her 21 home runs tie a school record and set a Boise State freshman mark...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...12th freshman 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 (21) leads the way followed by Mykenzie Hanna (17), Brooklynn Pettis (14) and Sydney Groves (10).
SUCCESS IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST
Boise State has won 281 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
D1Softball Top 10 First Baseman March and April
Softball America Top 10 First Baseman in Position Power Rankings, March, April and May
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, April and May
Softball America No. 15 Outfielder in Power Position Rankings, March and May
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
ON THE LINE
The following scenarios exist regarding Boise State's seed in the Mountain West Softball Championship, May 7-10.
4 Seed: 3-0 AND San Jose State is 1-2/0-3 at San Diego State.
5 Seed: 3-0 AND San Jose State is 3-0/2-1 at San Diego State.
5 Seed: 2-1 AND San Jose State is 0-3 at San Diego State.
6 Seed: 2-1 AND San Jose State is 3-0/2-1/1-2 at San Diego State.
6 Seed: 1-2
6 Seed: 0-3 AND Colorado State is 2-1/1-2/0-3 at Nevada.
ELIMINATED: 0-3 AND Colorado State is 3-0 at Nevada.
GAMES 51-53 (May 1-3, 6 p.m./6 p.m./Noon)
Utah State (26-22, 11-8 MW) at Boise State (30-20, 8-11)
SERIES: Boise State 30-13
NOTES: Broncos lead 21-10 since 2014 when Utah State joined the Mountain West...Boise State is 14-6 at home and has won the last 10 meetings in the Treasure Valley...in 2023, the Broncos outscored the Aggies 31-6 in three five-inning run-rule wins...Utah State won two of three in Logan last year...Aggies and Broncos opened Dona Larsen Park, March 15, 2013 in a game won 5-3 in eight innings by Utah State.
FOLLOW THE ACTION
Live stats for all games are available on BroncoSports.com...Garrett Jones (play-by-play) and Sydney Bruner (analyst) will provide the commentary...follow Boise State softball @BroncoSportsSB on X and @boisestatesoftball on Instagram.
50/50 CLUB
Entering the season, Kathy Cox (2012) and Rebekah Cervantes (2018) were the only two players in Boise State history to score 50 or more runs and collect 50 or more RBI in the same season...Makenzie Butt became the third Bronco to achieve the feat and the freshman first baseman currently sits at 51 runs and 73 RBI...senior Mykenzie Hanna has 62 runs and needs two RBI to join the 50/50 group.
SENIOR DAY
Following Saturday's game against Utah State, Boise State softball will honor its four 2025 seniors: Mykenzie Hanna, Megan Lake, Brooklynn Pettis and Brook Thompson.
NCAA RANKINGS (Through April 28)
RBI (359) - 4th
Hits (475) - Tied 4th
RBI Per Game (7.18) - 8th
Runs (384) - 8th
Home Runs (79) - 9th
Home Runs Per Game (1.58) - 9th
Runs Per Game (7.68) - 11th
OPS (1.024) - 12thÂ
Hit By Pitch (48) - Tied 12th
On-Base Percentage (.438) - 13th
Slugging Percentage (.586) - 13th
Batting Average (.345) - 14th
Walks (186) - Tied 25th
Makenzie Butt (73 RBI) - 2nd
Makenzie Butt (1.49 RBI Per Game) - 2nd
Makenzie Butt (21 Home Runs) - Tied 5th
Makenzie Butt (0.43 HR Per Game) - 7th
Makenzie Butt (127 Total Bases) - 19th
Mykenzie Hanna (17 Hit By Pitch) - Tied 3rd
Mykenzie Hanna (62 Runs) - 4th
Mykenzie Hanna (1.24 Runs Per Game) - 6th
Mykenzie Hanna (0.34 HBP Per Game - Tied 12th
Mykenzie Hanna (17 Home Runs) - Tied 24th
Sophia Knight (95 Hits) - 1st
Sophia Knight (1.90 Hits Per Game) - 1st
Sophia Knight (.500 Batting Average) - 4th
Sophia Knight (59 Runs) - 11th
Sophia Knight (1.18 Runs Per Game) - 15th
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 95 hits...set Boise State sophomore records with 24 stolen bases and 59 runs...leads NCAA in hits...next-highest hit total nationally is 79...last time a player finished a season with  at least 10 more hits than anyone else in the country was 1997...needs five hits in final-three 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 on the 2025 rosters has 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 73...her 21 home runs tie a school record and set a Boise State freshman mark...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...12th freshman 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 (21) leads the way followed by Mykenzie Hanna (17), Brooklynn Pettis (14) and Sydney Groves (10).
SUCCESS IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST
Boise State has won 281 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
D1Softball Top 10 First Baseman March and April
Softball America Top 10 First Baseman in Position Power Rankings, March, April and May
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, April and May
Softball America No. 15 Outfielder in Power Position Rankings, March and May
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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