Good morning! College Football 25 is all the rage, and this Thursday, July 18, Bulldog football fans can pack Humphrey Coliseum to play for themselves. watch and play the game with current football student-athletes and NFL Bulldogs Emmanuel Forbes, Johnathan Abram, JT Gray and Bookie Watson before the game's official release on July 19.

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

⚾️ More drafted Diamond Dawgs
🥎 Update on the pros
🐶 And much, much more!

🎥 ALL-ACCESS

All-Access: First Responders Homerun Derby. Following the Bulldog's exciting win in softball against Florida, the Starkville police and fire departments went up against each other in their annual home run derby.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Keep Them Coming. Following day one of the 2024 MLB Draft which saw pitchers Jurrangelo Cjintje and Khal Stephen get drafted, four more Diamond Dawgs joined the party on day two. In the third round, pitcher Nate Dohm was selected by the New York Mets, standout outfielder Dakota Jordan was selected in the fourth round by the San Francisco Giants, pitcher Brooks Auger went to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the sixth round and Colby Holcombe rounded it out in the ninth round after being selected to the Blue Jays.

📚️ Read more about the four Diamond Dawgs selected on day two of the MLB Draft

🔼 Update From The Pros. Former Mississippi State softball players Brylie St. Clair and Madisyn Kennedy broke out the bats in the fourth week of the WPF and AFP schedules. Combined, the pair tallied 24 total bases on seven extra-base hits. Chloe Malau'ulu's Oklahoma City Spark played twice this week and won both games by a combined score of 10-2. Malau'ulu drew a pair of walks in Saturday's matchup and scored twice.

📚️ Read more about the Bulldog softball pros

🤔 BULLDOG TRIVIA

The Build-Up To Paris. Today’s trivia question…with a record number of Bulldogs competing in the 2024 Summer Olympics, do you know who Mississippi State’s first Olympian was?

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 24

🏐 Volleyball vs. Memphis @ 4:00pm in Memphis, TN

Saturday, August 31

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

🐶 Click here to see the full Mississippi State Athletics Calendar

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Don Scott!

Scott competed in track and field in the 1920 Antwerp Olympics and is the namesake of both Scott Field and Davis Wade Stadium.

🐶 Have a great Tuesday, y'all!