Wednesday, May 7
San Diego, Calif.
4 p.m.
Boise State
vs
Utah State
Broncos and Aggies Meet in Mountain West Postseason
5/6/2025 3:00:00 PM | Softball
Boise State opens the 2025 Mountain West Softball Championship, Wednesday, May 7 at 3 p.m. PT/4 p.m. MT against Utah State in San Diego, California. The Broncos swept the Aggies in a three-game series at home to close the regular season and earn the No. 4 seed. Utah State is the No. 5 seed.
GAME 54 (May 7, 4 p.m.)
Utah State (26-25, 11-11 MW) vs. Boise State (33-20, 11-11)
SERIES: Boise State 33-13
NOTES: Broncos and Aggies have met twice on a neutral field...Boise State won 2-0 at San Diego State in March 2013...Broncos posted a 10-2 run-rule victory in Ogden, Utah in the 2017 National Invitational Softball Championship...Boise State outscored Utah State 26-9 in the three-game sweep at home last weekend.
FOLLOW THE ACTION
Live stats and live stream for all games are available on BroncoSports.com with coverage provided by the Mountain West...David Gentile (play-by-play) and Tammy Blackburn (analyst) will provide the commentary...follow Boise State softball @BroncoSportsSB on X and @boisestatesoftball on Instagram.
CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
In 2023, Boise State won the Mountain West regular season before going 1-2 at the MW Championship...last season, the Broncos went 3-2 as the No. 6 seed and lost to top-seed San Diego State in the final...Boise State was 5-6 in three championships as a member of the WAC (2009-11).
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST
Freshman of the Year - Makenzie Butt
First Team - Makenzie Butt
First Team - Sophia Knight
Second Team - Mykenzie Hanna
Second Team - Leah McAnally
Honorable Mention - Megan Lake
Honorable Mention - Brooklynn Pettis
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 (55 runs/76 RBI) and Mykenzie Hanna (67 runs/52 RBI) have both joined the club this year.
NCAA RANKINGS (Through May 5)
RBI (385) - 4th*
RBI Per Game (7.26) - 5th*
Runs (410) - 6th*
Runs Per Game (7.74) - 6th*
Home Runs (84) - 8th*
Home Runs Per Game (1.58) - 9th*
Hits (509) - 2nd*
Batting Average (.350) - 10th*
On-Base Percentage (.443) - 10th*
Slugging Percentage (.592) - 11th*
Hit By Pitch (50) - Tied 11th
OPS (1.025) - 12th*
Walks (202) - Tied 25th*
*Leads MW
Makenzie Butt (76 RBI) - 2nd*
Makenzie Butt (1.46 RBI Per Game) - 2nd*
Makenzie Butt (22 Home Runs) - Tied 6th*
Makenzie Butt (0.42 HR Per Game) - 7th*
Makenzie Butt (134 Total Bases) - 14th
*Leads MW
Mykenzie Hanna (67 Runs) - 4th*
Mykenzie Hanna (17 Hit By Pitch) - Tied 4th*
Mykenzie Hanna (1.26 Runs Per Game) - 5th*
Mykenzie Hanna (0.32 HBP Per Game - Tied 15th*
Mykenzie Hanna (18 Home Runs) - Tied 25th
*Leads MW
Sophia Knight (100 Hits) - 1st*
Sophia Knight (1.89 Hits Per Game) - 1st*
Sophia Knight (.498 Batting Average) - 3rd*
Sophia Knight (63 Runs) - Tied 6th
Sophia Knight (1.19 Runs Per Game) - 12th
*Leads MW
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, 34-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 100 hits...first player in D1 since 2002 to have 100 hits in regular season...set Boise State sophomore records with 26 stolen bases and 63 runs...leads NCAA in hits...next-highest hit total nationally is 85...last time a player finished a season with  at least 10 more hits than anyone else in the country was 1997...currently batting .498 (school and MW records are .476)...All-Mountain West First Team honoree...first Bronco outfielder to be name All-Mountain West First Team in consecutive years since Tara Glover in 2013-14.
FRESHMAN IMPACT
Makenzie Butt has set the Boise State single-season home run and RBI records at 22 and 76, respectively...her home runs tied a Mountain West freshman record and our tied for fifth in conference history...leads the Mountain West and is the top freshman nationally in both home runs and RBI...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...seventh freshman in NCAA history with 20+ home runs and 75+ RBI.
BALANCE OF POWER
For the second time in school history, four players have reached double-digit home runs...Makenzie Butt (22) leads the way followed by Mykenzie Hanna (18), Brooklynn Pettis (14) and Sydney Groves (10).
SAVE THE DAY
Each of the five Boise State pitchers on the 2025 rosters has recorded at least one save this season...eleven saves as a team are a school record.
COMEBACK KIDS
Boise State leads the Mountain West with 15 come-from-behind victories this season.
SUCCESS IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST
Boise State has won 284 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).
RECORD-SETTING BRONCOS
Boise State has tied or broken over 40 school records this season...several are listed below.
Season - Individual
Hit By Pitch - 17 (Mykenzie Hanna)
Hits - 100 (Sophia Knight)
Home Runs - 22 (Makenzie Butt)
Multi-Hit Games - 34 (Sophia Knight)
Multi-RBI Games - 22 (Makenzie Butt)
Outfield Assists - 9 (Mykenzie Hanna)
RBI - 76 (Makenzie Butt)
Runs - 67 (Mykenzie Hanna)
Walks - 39 (Makenzie Butt)
Career - Individual
Hit By Pitch - 32 (Mykenzie Hanna)
Hitting Streak - 32 (Sophia Knight, May 10, 2024-March 22, 2025)
On-Base Streak - 44 (Sophia Knight, April 19, 2024-March 22, 2025)
Outfield Assists - 17 (Mykenzie Hanna)
Run Streak - 24 (Sophia Knight, Feb. 7-March 9)
Season - Team
Home Runs - 84
RBI - 385
Runs - 410
Saves -11
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
NFCA Top 25 Freshman
Mountain West Freshman of the Year
All-Mountain West First Team
Sydney Groves
D1Softball No. 15 First Baseman*
Softball America Top 100*
Mountain West Player of the Week, March 3
Mykenzie Hanna
Mountain West Player of the Week, May 5
All-Mountain West Second Team
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*
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
All-Mountain West First Team
Megan Lake
Puerto Vallarta College Challenge All-Tournament, Feb. 13-15
All-Mountain West Honorable Mention
Leah McAnally
All-Mountain West Second Team
Brooklynn Pettis
All-Mountain West Honorable Mention
Quinn Southerland
Mountain West Freshman of the Week, May 5
*Preseason
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GAME 54 (May 7, 4 p.m.)
Utah State (26-25, 11-11 MW) vs. Boise State (33-20, 11-11)
SERIES: Boise State 33-13
NOTES: Broncos and Aggies have met twice on a neutral field...Boise State won 2-0 at San Diego State in March 2013...Broncos posted a 10-2 run-rule victory in Ogden, Utah in the 2017 National Invitational Softball Championship...Boise State outscored Utah State 26-9 in the three-game sweep at home last weekend.
FOLLOW THE ACTION
Live stats and live stream for all games are available on BroncoSports.com with coverage provided by the Mountain West...David Gentile (play-by-play) and Tammy Blackburn (analyst) will provide the commentary...follow Boise State softball @BroncoSportsSB on X and @boisestatesoftball on Instagram.
CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
In 2023, Boise State won the Mountain West regular season before going 1-2 at the MW Championship...last season, the Broncos went 3-2 as the No. 6 seed and lost to top-seed San Diego State in the final...Boise State was 5-6 in three championships as a member of the WAC (2009-11).
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST
Freshman of the Year - Makenzie Butt
First Team - Makenzie Butt
First Team - Sophia Knight
Second Team - Mykenzie Hanna
Second Team - Leah McAnally
Honorable Mention - Megan Lake
Honorable Mention - Brooklynn Pettis
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 (55 runs/76 RBI) and Mykenzie Hanna (67 runs/52 RBI) have both joined the club this year.
NCAA RANKINGS (Through May 5)
RBI (385) - 4th*
RBI Per Game (7.26) - 5th*
Runs (410) - 6th*
Runs Per Game (7.74) - 6th*
Home Runs (84) - 8th*
Home Runs Per Game (1.58) - 9th*
Hits (509) - 2nd*
Batting Average (.350) - 10th*
On-Base Percentage (.443) - 10th*
Slugging Percentage (.592) - 11th*
Hit By Pitch (50) - Tied 11th
OPS (1.025) - 12th*
Walks (202) - Tied 25th*
*Leads MW
Makenzie Butt (76 RBI) - 2nd*
Makenzie Butt (1.46 RBI Per Game) - 2nd*
Makenzie Butt (22 Home Runs) - Tied 6th*
Makenzie Butt (0.42 HR Per Game) - 7th*
Makenzie Butt (134 Total Bases) - 14th
*Leads MW
Mykenzie Hanna (67 Runs) - 4th*
Mykenzie Hanna (17 Hit By Pitch) - Tied 4th*
Mykenzie Hanna (1.26 Runs Per Game) - 5th*
Mykenzie Hanna (0.32 HBP Per Game - Tied 15th*
Mykenzie Hanna (18 Home Runs) - Tied 25th
*Leads MW
Sophia Knight (100 Hits) - 1st*
Sophia Knight (1.89 Hits Per Game) - 1st*
Sophia Knight (.498 Batting Average) - 3rd*
Sophia Knight (63 Runs) - Tied 6th
Sophia Knight (1.19 Runs Per Game) - 12th
*Leads MW
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, 34-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 100 hits...first player in D1 since 2002 to have 100 hits in regular season...set Boise State sophomore records with 26 stolen bases and 63 runs...leads NCAA in hits...next-highest hit total nationally is 85...last time a player finished a season with  at least 10 more hits than anyone else in the country was 1997...currently batting .498 (school and MW records are .476)...All-Mountain West First Team honoree...first Bronco outfielder to be name All-Mountain West First Team in consecutive years since Tara Glover in 2013-14.
FRESHMAN IMPACT
Makenzie Butt has set the Boise State single-season home run and RBI records at 22 and 76, respectively...her home runs tied a Mountain West freshman record and our tied for fifth in conference history...leads the Mountain West and is the top freshman nationally in both home runs and RBI...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...seventh freshman in NCAA history with 20+ home runs and 75+ RBI.
BALANCE OF POWER
For the second time in school history, four players have reached double-digit home runs...Makenzie Butt (22) leads the way followed by Mykenzie Hanna (18), Brooklynn Pettis (14) and Sydney Groves (10).
SAVE THE DAY
Each of the five Boise State pitchers on the 2025 rosters has recorded at least one save this season...eleven saves as a team are a school record.
COMEBACK KIDS
Boise State leads the Mountain West with 15 come-from-behind victories this season.
SUCCESS IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST
Boise State has won 284 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).
RECORD-SETTING BRONCOS
Boise State has tied or broken over 40 school records this season...several are listed below.
Season - Individual
Hit By Pitch - 17 (Mykenzie Hanna)
Hits - 100 (Sophia Knight)
Home Runs - 22 (Makenzie Butt)
Multi-Hit Games - 34 (Sophia Knight)
Multi-RBI Games - 22 (Makenzie Butt)
Outfield Assists - 9 (Mykenzie Hanna)
RBI - 76 (Makenzie Butt)
Runs - 67 (Mykenzie Hanna)
Walks - 39 (Makenzie Butt)
Career - Individual
Hit By Pitch - 32 (Mykenzie Hanna)
Hitting Streak - 32 (Sophia Knight, May 10, 2024-March 22, 2025)
On-Base Streak - 44 (Sophia Knight, April 19, 2024-March 22, 2025)
Outfield Assists - 17 (Mykenzie Hanna)
Run Streak - 24 (Sophia Knight, Feb. 7-March 9)
Season - Team
Home Runs - 84
RBI - 385
Runs - 410
Saves -11
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
NFCA Top 25 Freshman
Mountain West Freshman of the Year
All-Mountain West First Team
Sydney Groves
D1Softball No. 15 First Baseman*
Softball America Top 100*
Mountain West Player of the Week, March 3
Mykenzie Hanna
Mountain West Player of the Week, May 5
All-Mountain West Second Team
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*
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
All-Mountain West First Team
Megan Lake
Puerto Vallarta College Challenge All-Tournament, Feb. 13-15
All-Mountain West Honorable Mention
Leah McAnally
All-Mountain West Second Team
Brooklynn Pettis
All-Mountain West Honorable Mention
Quinn Southerland
Mountain West Freshman of the Week, May 5
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