Good morning! Bulldog men’s basketball head coach Chris Jans and his crew are back in the gym working towards the 2024-25 season.

What else did we throw into today’s Bulldog Brew?

⚾️ Four Dawgs named to South All-Region Team
⏰ More dates and times announced for Bulldog football
🐶 And much, much more!

🎥 ALL-ACCESS

All-Access: Graduation 2024. Congratulations seniors! Hear what Mississippi State has meant to our student-athletes as they begin the next chapter of their lives.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼  Super Seven. Following the conclusion of the NCAA Outdoor Championships, seven Bulldog track and field competitors earned All-American honors for their performances. Peyton Bair led the way with two All-America honors, achieving first-team honors in the decathlon and second-team acclaim as the anchor in the 4x100m relay. In all, State finished with two student-athletes on the First Team and six on the Second Team.

📝 See the full list of Bulldog track and field All-Americans

🔼  Southern Dawgs. A group of four Diamond Dawgs were honored for their efforts throughout the regular season and postseason with selections to the ABCA/Rawlings DI South All-Region Team. Dakota Jordan, Khal Stephen and Jurrangelo Cijntje were named to the South All-Region First Team while David Mershon was named to the second team. The three Diamond Dawgs selected First Team All-Region were the second most by a single school on the first-team list.

🔼  More Dates, More Times. In addition to the previously announced game times, the Bulldogs learned the kickoff times for two more games this season. State will host Florida at 11 a.m. on Sept. 21 with the game televised on either ABC or ESPN. MSU's homecoming game against UMass is scheduled for a 3:15 p.m. kickoff with the contest airing on SEC Network.

🐶 Check out Bulldog football’s game themes for the 2024 season

🔼  Overseas Signee. Bulldog women’s tennis will welcome Italian standout Caroline Triano to StarkVegas for the 2024-25 season. Troiano comes to the Bulldogs as one of Italy's top tennis prospects. The Rome native won the ITF J60 in Pescara, Italy in 2023 and currently holds an ITF singles ranking of 217.

🗣️ “Once we began speaking to Carolina, she immediately saw the vision that Chris has implemented here to develop players at the highest level to help them become professionals. Carolina is hungry to keep getting better and I know that she will fit in with and help grow our culture as a teammate." - Noah Tippen, assistant coach

🤔 BULLDOG TRIVIA

Swing and a Miss. The Diamond Dawgs had a lot of batters heading back to the dugout this season after accumulating 639 strikeouts, the eighth-most in DI baseball.

Our question today: do you know which two pitchers punched out 100+ batters?

Think you got it? Scroll to the bottom of the Bulldog Brew to see if you know your stuff!

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📆 LOOKING AHEAD

Saturday, August 31

🏈 Football vs. Eastern Kentucky @ 5:00pm in Starkville, MS

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Khal Stephen and Jurrangelo Cjintje!

Cjintje led the team with 113 strikeouts and Stephen closed out the 2024 season with 107 Ks.

🐶 Have a great Wednesday, y'all!