Good morning! This former Diamond Dawg earned weekly honors for his performance on the mound in the Midwest League.

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

👟 Thompson is headed to Paris
🏐 Bulldogs add another member to the team
🐶 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

🔼  Flight To Catch. Mississippi State track and field’s Curtis Thompson has qualified his way to Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics! Thompson took first place in the javelin semifinals at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials, and in the final round, beat his previous throw by four meters (83.04m) to punch his ticket to Paris next month.

🔼  Touch of Class. Three Mississippi State men's golfers picked up top-20 finishes over the weekend. Garrett Endicott tied for 12th at the prestigious 62nd Northeast Amateur. Meanwhile, at the Mississippi State Amateur Championship, Drew Wilson tied for fifth, and David Beard placed 17th.

📚️ Read more about each Bulldogs’ stellar weekend

🔼  Welcome to the Fam. Bulldog volleyball added incoming sophomore, Mele Corral-Blagojevich to its roster ahead of the team’s upcoming season. As a true freshman, Corral-Blagojevich played in all but one match at the University of Oklahoma and was one of five players to play in at least 100 sets. She ranked second on the team in service aces (24) and third in digs (173) while posting double-digit digs in seven matches.

📚️ Read more about Corral-Blagojevich’s time in volleyball

🔼  Cue The Music. Former Bulldog men’s tennis standout Giovanni Oradini came away with a trophy over the weekend at the ITF M25 Cattolica. Oradini, the former NCAA singles quarterfinalist and NCAA doubles semifinalist, defeated his opponent in three sets en route to another ITF title.

🤔 BULLDOG TRIVIA

Dream Come True. It is no surprise to Bulldog Nation that Curtis Thompson is headed to the Olympics to represent the Red, White and Blue in the javelin.

Our question today: How many U.S. Championships has Thompson now won in the event?

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: Four!

Thompson also won the U.S. title in 2018, 2021 and 2023. The three-time All-American won the NCAA Championship in 2016, becoming the first of three Bulldog javelin winners in four years (2016-19), and finished second in 2019.

🐶 Have a great Tuesday, y'all!