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Welcome to Sliders, a weekly in-season MLB column that focuses on both the timely and timeless elements of the game.

The text message came to Isaac Collins from Garrett Schilling, a teammate on the 2022 Hartford Yard Goats. It was early December of that year, and Schilling was following the minor-league phase of the Rule 5 draft, being held at the winter meetings in San Diego.

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Collins, relaxing at home in Arizona, was not.

“It said, ‘Brewers,’ exclamation mark,” Collins said. “And I was like, ‘Uh…what?’”

That punchy declaration – Brewers! – is overtaking Major League Baseball this summer. Milwaukee has swept four series in a row, with a 12-game winning streak propelling the team to the majors’ best record, at 76-44. It’s as if Bernie Brewer is sliding upwards, somehow, on an anti-gravity joyride.

“We have a group of guys that are just humble enough to understand that what’s most important is winning, not my stats and how much I’m getting paid,” Collins said. “It’s ‘Let’s win, and this will elevate all of us.’”

Collins — a switch-hitting outfielder drafted for $24,000 from the Colorado Rockies’ farm system — beat the New York Mets last Sunday with his eighth home run of the season and first walk-off blast of his life. He’s hitting .288 with a .384 on-base percentage and .448 slugging percentage, and his .833 OPS leads all National League rookies with at least 300 plate appearances.

Some rookies have more homers, like Miami’s Agustín Ramírez (17) and Atlanta’s Drake Baldwin (13), but Collins could be the leading candidate for NL Rookie of the Year. His team almost never loses when he’s in the lineup: the Brewers are 56-18 (.757) when Collins starts.

“He’s a winning player,” manager Pat Murphy said. “It started to shine through when given the opportunity early in the season, and then we couldn’t get them out of there.”

Opportunity is the word that Mike Collins, Isaac’s father, has always stressed to his sons. Sports offer precious few chances, so seizing them is critical. A starting defensive back for West Virginia in the early 1990s, Mike Collins roamed the pro ranks for a job: cut by the Buffalo Bills and injured in NFL Europe tryouts, he retired after a season in Arena Football with the St. Louis Stampede.

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That was all before Isaac was born in 1997. He grew up consumed by sports, constantly dribbling a basketball, learning to switch-hit so he could bat lefty like his older brother, Roman (who went on to play in the minors for Kansas City), and dreaming of playing college football for the Mountaineers, like his dad.

Collins’ own family will grow in the next few days, as he’s expected to miss this weekend’s series against the Reds for the birth of his first son.

“I would tell Roman and Isaac, just from my experience, play as long as you can,” Mike Collins said. “Because once it’s over, it’s over.”

For Mike Collins, it was basically over with the 1994 Sugar Bowl, a 41-7 humiliation by Florida that ruined an undefeated season. The polls had squeezed West Virginia out of the Orange Bowl — which matched No. 1 Florida State and No. 2 Nebraska — and the Mountaineers, he said, could not shake that letdown.

“The difference between that experience and what the Brewers are doing now is that the Brewers have everything within their control,” Mike Collins said. “They don’t have to rely on somebody putting them into a game. All they’ve got to do is continue to win and play the way they’re playing — being selfless and next man up — which is what they’ve done all season.”

The Brewers will almost surely reach the postseason for the seventh time in the past eight years, still searching for the first championship in franchise history. Their summer streak could be another tease, but they’ve overcome plenty just to get here.

Milwaukee opened the season in the Bronx, losing three to the Yankees by a combined score of 36-14. Collins was there, but only because another outfielder, Blake Perkins, had broken his shin with a foul ball in spring training. The team was unsure of Collins’ defense — he’d played more second base in the minors — and his bat.

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“We didn’t think he’d be with us full-time; we thought he’d be an up-and-down guy, to be honest,” Murphy said. “He didn’t show the ability to swing left-handed last year. And even in spring, we were like, ‘Eh, he’s a right-handed hitter off the bench.’ But it was a nice security blanket — and he’s the right kid, we knew that. He gets it.”

For the Brewers, there was a lot to like. In selecting Collins from the Rockies — who had left him off their 38-man Triple-A roster after the 2022 season — they saw a versatile switch-hitter with speed (30 steals in Double A) who understood the strike zone. Those qualities always help.

“We sometimes joke about dumpster diving here in a way that is actually a lot of fun,” general manager Matt Arnold said. “We have a lot of guys that have been overlooked for a lot of years, and you always have to try to find value in (those) spots. I think it shows up all over our roster, but especially with somebody like Isaac Collins.”

The opening series was a “yard sale,” Arnold said, so it was easy to miss what Collins did. He didn’t start, but in his first at-bat of the opener, he saw nine pitches before grounding out. In the ninth inning, he drove a one-hop double off the wall in deep right-center. The next afternoon, Collins went 1-for-2 again.

The opportunities kept coming, and Collins kept producing. He has stayed sharp on the mental side by working with the team’s sports psychologists and said that makes a difference, too.

“For me, it was just ‘What’s within my control?’” Collins said. “That’s my mind, body and craft. And if I can really get the best out of all three of those three things, then I’m going to give myself the best chance to win.”

The Brewers – the Brewers!  – are making the most of those chances, and winning more than anybody else.

Gimme Five

Seattle’s Matt Brash on the slider

The Seattle Mariners travel to Williamsport, Pa., for Sunday’s Little League Classic against the Mets. If aspiring young pitchers want to learn a new pitch, they should seek out tips from Matt Brash.

Brash, a 27-year-old right-hander from Kingston, Ont., deploys one of baseball’s most devastating sliders. No American League pitcher (min. 30 innings) throws the slider more often than Brash, who uses it more than 60 percent of the time. And why not? Batters are hitting .188 off Brash’s slider, with no extra-base hits until Jackson Holliday beat him with a double in Baltimore on Wednesday.

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A fourth-round pick from Niagara University in 2019, Brash was traded from San Diego to Seattle at the 2020 deadline for righty Taylor Williams. After leading the majors in appearances in 2023 with 78, Brash underwent Tommy John surgery and returned this May. As the primary setup man for All-Star Andrés Muñoz, Brash has a 1.42 ERA.


A look at Matt Brash’s slider grip. (Tyler Kepner / The Athletic)

Here are some thoughts on his signature pitch:

A teammate’s tip made the difference: “I’ve always been able to spin the ball really well, just from childhood. I used to throw a knuckle curve more going into college. In my junior year one of my teammates, Tyler Howard, threw a lot of sliders. I think he only threw in the low 80s, but it was a really good slider and I was like, ‘What’s your grip?’ You know, just ballplayers shooting the (bull). And I started trying it and it was okay, but once I got into pro ball, my velo started to tick up and the slider has gotten better and better each year. Now I’m just super comfortable with it, and I can throw it in any count, at any time.”

The old guys were nasty, too: “My dad’s a huge Jays fan, and I was a huge Jays fan growing up. So I’ve seen some of Dave Stieb’s stuff, maybe just like old clips of it, and he had a great slider. I love seeing some of the older pitchers throwing crazy stuff. I feel like we throw really good stuff now, but back in the day, there were still big sliders, big sweepers, whatever you want to call it.”

A trade and a year off helped: “I just saw it as a new opportunity. The Padres were kind of trying to change some stuff with my delivery — maybe they didn’t love the way I threw — but when I got to the Mariners, they were like, ‘Hey, just keep doing what you’re doing.’ And it helped after the COVID year I went from mid-90s to touching 100 that next spring. I worked really hard in the COVID year. I feel like my arm maybe needed a little break and I got my shoulder healthy and probably gained another 15 pounds and I did a real throwing program for the first time, maybe, ever.”

Play that funky movement: “I’ve had hitters, especially righties, say that it doesn’t get that normal depth and sweep on it. They think it’s going to drop, but it kind of just stays across and sweeps across the zone, so I get a lot of guys swinging underneath it. I think that paired with my velo, there’s just something about it. It’s a good pitch and I get whiff on it, so I throw it a lot.”

Dos and Don’ts: “When I get underneath it, it sometimes just gets spinny and isn’t as sharp. So I try to stay on top of it, almost like a curveball, and when I catch a seam, I get that good horizontal (movement). I always tell guys: ‘Middle finger inside the horseshoe, index is actually off the ball when I release. Throw it like a heater and let the grip do its thing.’ A lot of guys try to throw the big slider and sometimes you can see them trying to manipulate the ball. I feel like the good ones are coming right off your heater grip, same arm speed, obviously, and just with a lot of conviction. I feel like that’s why mine’s really good, too: I’m not trying to get big sweeping numbers, I don’t really care. As long as I’m throwing it hard and (with) full conviction, that’s what I’m going for.”

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Off the Grid

Pat Zachry, Phillies and Dodgers

Whenever the Immaculate Grid asks for someone who played for the Phillies and Dodgers, I think of Pat Zachry. This is unusual, I know — his rarity score was .05, meaning that just .05 percent of some 46,000 Grid players chose Zachry for that spot.

But we’re all a product of our experiences, right? And Zachry pitched mop-up relief for the Dodgers in Games 3 and 4 of the 1983 National League Championship Series at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia. I was there, eight years old, totally enraptured by the whole scene. Two years later, Zachry ended his career with the Phillies. So that’s why he came to my mind.

Most people remember Zachry for something else. When he died last year, the headline of Zachry’s obituary said he was “known for a lopsided trade.” That’s true enough; it was Zachry’s fate to be the one pitcher the Mets acquired from the Reds when they foolishly traded The Franchise, Tom Seaver, to Cincinnati in 1977.

Zachry went 41-46 with a 3.63 ERA in six seasons with the Mets. His peak would always be 1976, when he was the co-Rookie of the Year and helped the Big Red Machine win a championship. He started and won Game 3 of the World Series, the first at the renovated Yankee Stadium, which gave writers the chance to share something truly memorable about Pat Zachry.

Here’s Stan Hochman in the next day’s Philadelphia Daily News. Never accuse Hochman of burying the lead:

Baseball, see, is a game of inches. Fractions of an inch, sometimes. Like the way the brass bullet barely missed shattering Pat Zachry’s spine back in Waco, Tex., nine years ago.

“I had this little accident with a gunshot,” Zachry said before going out to pitch the Reds past the Yankees on a raw, windy night.

“I was where I didn’t belong and the guy mistook me for a prowler,” Zachry said. “The bullet went through my kidney, through my lower intestine. Missed my spine by an eighth of an inch.

“Trying to steal something? Nah, just some old guy’s daughter. Lucky it was a brass bullet, a .22. They gave me lots of blood and I came out of it okay. I remember my daddy getting there, seeing me laying down in the ambulance. He said to me, ‘Maybe next time you’ll use the front door and ring the doorbell.’ I know from then on it was a long time before I went in anybody’s yard after dark.”

Pat Zachry ventured into somebody’s backyard after dark last night. The Yankees’ backyard.

That, folks, is sportswriting at its finest. Rest in peace, Pat Zachry.

Classic clip

It was 60 years ago today, the Beatles played a gig at Shea

On Aug. 15, 1965, the greatest band in rock history reached the pinnacle of its fame at Shea Stadium. The Beatles had never played before a crowd so big — 55,600 fans, screeching so wildly that John Lennon played the organ with his elbows; sound quality didn’t matter, anyway.

“At Shea Stadium,” Lennon would say years later, “I saw the top of the mountain.”

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The Mets, who shut out the Astros in Houston that day, will be home on Friday at Citi Field, on the site of the old Shea parking lot. Ushers who worked at that 1965 Beatles concert will throw out the first pitch.

Howie Rose, the Mets’ venerable radio voice, was not there; he was only 11 years old then. But Rose cares as deeply and passionately about the Beatles as he does the Mets, which is saying something. The fact that those worlds once collided — even for just 30 minutes, many decades ago — has always had a powerful impact.

“In 2006, when we had the 1986 reunion, it was the first time they set me up as the emcee out at second base, which is where the stage was,” Rose said. “So I’m not exaggerating, the entire time I was out there, I’m looking up and I’m thinking, ‘This is exactly the view that the Beatles had.’ And some of these (players) had become friends over the years, right? These are guys I like and I want to punch up the introductions. (But) I’m just sailing through introducing these baseball players, and it was all I could do to stop myself from breaking out into ‘I’m Down’ or ‘Baby’s in Black,’ which I thought were the two best numbers in that concert.”


A wall at Citi Field commemorates The Beatles’ show at Shea Stadium in 1965. (Tyler Kepner / The Athletic)

On the ground floor at Citi Field, which opened in 2009, the hallway walls commemorate some of the great moments at Shea. To Rose, the image of the Beatles transcends the baseball highlights.

“We couldn’t have foreseen that, 60 years later, their music would still be a part of the culture that exists three generations out,” Rose said. “I’ll look at that picture, without fail, every night on my way to my car. I look at it and I go, ‘Wow — wow! That happened here.’”

(Top photo of Isaac Collins: John Fisher / Getty Images)

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Assistant Women’s Volleyball Coach in Cleveland, TN for Lee University

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Lee University is a private, comprehensive university located in Cleveland, Tennessee, in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Lee is emerging as a leader in higher education in the southeastern region and is consistently ranked in the “Top Tier” of the Best Regional Universities in the South by U.S. News & World Report.

Over the past two decades, Lee has become one of the largest Christ-centered private institutions in Tennessee and the largest in the Appalachian College Association. During that period, the university has seen a remarkable transformation that has included significant growth in its academic programs, student enrollment, faculty expertise, and diversity, as well as an expanded sense of mission and vision.



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Wilson aiming for Olympic heights following graduation

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Tyus Wilson is grabbing his degree and raising the bar to new heights in his future. 

The decorated University of Nebraska–Lincoln track and field athlete is among the December class of 2025 and has his sights set on the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. 

In August, after he ended his collegiate career with a Big Ten championship and gold medal in the 2025 NCAA Indoor high jump, Wilson won the USA high jump championship, securing a spot on Team USA.

And then, this fall, he had to complete his final assignment before graduation — student teaching fifth graders.

“The first few days are just lots of comments and questions, ‘how are you so tall?’” the 6-foot, 8-inch elementary education major said. 

Tyus Wilson clears the high jump bar at an indoor track and field meet.

Tyus Wilson clears the high jump bar for the Huskers at an indoor track and field meet.

Wilson’s parents are both educators and athletes themselves, and two of his five siblings work in education in some way, even though they started college thinking they’d do something else.

“I started in elementary education, because I did some coaching and things in high school and enjoyed it, but I wondered if I’d find something else,” he said. “When I started doing practicums in the classrooms, it was apparent that I wanted to keep doing it. I really liked being around the kids and helping them learn.

“Every single classroom that I’ve been in has been so different in its own little way. I love being around these kids and seeing those light bulb moments. Even on the bad days, you’ll look back and see their success, and that is why you do it.”

Wilson was 10 — around fifth grade himself — the first time he tried high jump. His dad, still teaching and coaching the high school track and field team in his hometown of Sterling, Kansas, recognized his son’s natural athleticism and helped him hone it. Wilson was a standout athlete in football and basketball, too, but his heart was in high jump. 

Tyus Wilson jumps for a dunk on a basketball court in Sterling, Kansas.

Wilson was a standout athlete in basketball and football, too, but he wanted to do high jump in college.

By freshman year, Wilson was clearing a seven-foot bar.

“My dad said, ‘yeah, you’re going somewhere.’”

Wilson began his junior year of high school in 2019 and was being recruited by many Division I schools. In the spring, he’d planned to make campus visits, but the COVID pandemic and ensuing shutdowns scuttled those opportunities.

Wilson worked the phones instead. Recruitment usually includes a lot of phone time with coaches, but Wilson also connected with athletes at the various programs to feel out the culture and communities within the programs. 

“That was a turning point for me,” he said. “My parents were checking in and asking me what I was thinking, and getting to talk to some of the athletes, I felt like I meshed with the people in Nebraska better.”

It was a decision that served him well when, during his freshman year, he developed a stress injury in his shin, derailing his inaugural college season. A month later, his dad was diagnosed with stage III lung cancer. The double whammy shook Wilson. He internalized the stress, often isolating himself. He leaned on his Christian faith and started unpacking his “why.”

“What’s my purpose in life? Where do I find my hope and my joy?” he said. “If all my joy and all my hope for the future is coming from how high I’m going to jump over a stick — that’s just not going to be fulfilling. In isolation, by myself, was a good time for me to kind of reflect on my purpose.”

Despite his tendency to withdraw, his teammates, coaches and friends he met in Fellowship of Christian Athletes lifted him up and helped pull him out of the rut. Wilson realized he’d found a community in Lincoln, and that he would come out of the experience a better person.

“It was a very humbling experience, something I definitely needed to get to where I am today, and to handle it the way that I’m handling it now,” he said. 

Now a Team USA athlete, Wilson is still training on campus. Following graduation, he will continue training 20 to 25 hours a week while substitute teaching when he can. 

“It’s nice that I can continue having training partners, working with the team,” he said. “There’s only so much you can do to your body before it starts to talk back to you, and you can get burned out. I’m going to keep other things going so that my brain doesn’t run with the same thing over and over every day.”

 He and his wife, McKenna, a Husker cross country athlete who graduated in May, will stay in Omaha while McKenna finishes her Doctor of Physical Therapy at Creighton University. They hope to keep their home base in Nebraska, while traveling to Wilson’s meets — and to L.A. — for as long as they can. 

“As long as it still makes sense to keep going, I will,” he said. “But it’s never promised. James 4:13-15 says to not boast about the future. You don’t even know what will happen tomorrow.”

Tyus Wilson poses with this track medals his senior year of high school.

Wilson poses with this track medals his senior year of high school. He was recruited by many Division I schools and chose Nebraska. 



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Pitt Falls In National Semifinal

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KANSAS CITY – Pitt Volleyball (30-5, 18-2 ACC) lost 3-0 to Texas A&M (28-4, 14-1 SEC) in the National Semifinal Thursday night at the T-Mobile Center, 27-29, 21-25, 20-25. The Panthers hit .344 and were led by Olivia Babcock’s 22 kills on her .463 hitting percentage.

Set 1: 27-29

A back-and-forth first set went to the Aggies. The set featured 17 ties and eight lead changes, with neither team leading by more than three points the entire set. Texas A&M hit .410 to Pitt’s .366. Olivia Babcock had seven first-set kills and Blaire Bayless added six for the Panthers.

Set 2: 21-25

The second set was a set of runs, as Texas A&M jumped out to an 11-7 lead before Pitt rattled off eight straight to take a 15-11 lead off the serve of Izzy Masten. The Aggies responded with a 4-0 run and 7-1 run. For the second straight set, the score evened at 21 apiece before Texas A&M scored the last four to take a 2-0 lead.

Set 3: 20-25

Pitt led 10-7 in the third set and looked poised to force a fourth set, but Texas A&M responded with a run of 5-0 and 10-3 to jump ahead 17-13. The Panthers scored three straight and evened the score at 18-18, but Texas A&M ended the match on a 7-2 run to earn the sweep.

Brooke Mosher had a double-double with 31 assists and 10 digs.

Texas A&M hit .382 for the match and added six services aces to Pitt’s two.

Pitt finishes the 2025 season with 30 victories and a fifth-straight trip to the final four. The Panthers are one of just four teams – and the first since Texas (2012-16) – in NCAA volleyball history to make at least five straight National Semifinals.



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The 2025 Bowerman Finalists and Watch List for men’s and women’s NCAA track and field

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It’s time for a look at potential winners of the Bowerman, an annual award presented to the most outstanding athletes in collegiate track and field.

Here’s the latest on some of the best in DI track and field.

THE BOWERMAN: Complete history of the track and field honor

Update: Arkansas’ Jordan Anthony won the 2025 men’s Bowerman and Alabama’s Doris Lemngole won the 2025 women’s Bowerman

Finalists

gender athlete school events
Women Pamela Kosgei New Mexico Distance
  Doris Lemngole Alabama Distance
  Savannah Sutherland Michigan Sprints/Hurdles
Men Jordan Anthony Arkansas Sprints
  Nathaniel Ezekiel Baylor Sprints/Hurdles
  Ja’Kobe Tharp Auburn Hurdles

Watch lists from the season

Check out every 2025 watch list below.

Semifinalists

The Bowerman watch list semifinalists (June 25/26)
Gender Athlete School Events
Women Aaliyah Butler  Georgia Sprints
  JaMeesia Ford South Carolina Sprints
  Pamela Kosgei New Mexico Distance
  Elena Kulichenko Georgia Jumps
  Mya Lesnar Colorado State Throws
  Doris Lemngole* Alabama Distance
  Amanda Moll Washington Pole Vault
  Hana Moll Washington Pole Vault
  Savannah Sutherland Michigan Sprints/Hurdles
  Roisin Willis Stanford Mid-Distance
Men Mykolas Alekna** California Discus
  Jordan Anthony Arkansas Sprints
  James Corrigan BYU Mid-Distance/Steeple
  Nathaniel Ezekiel Baylor Sprints/Hurdles
  Ishmael Kipkurui New Mexico Distance
  Carlie Makarawu Kentucky Sprints
  Ralford Mullings Oklahoma Throws
  Brian Musau Oklahoma State Distance
  Ethan Strand North Carolina Mid-Distance/Distance
  Ja’Kobe Tharp Auburn Hurdles

*Two-time Semifinalist
**Three-time Semifinalist

PREDICTING: How the Bowerman watch lists predict the award’s final winner

2025 watch list dates

Below you’ll find all of the Bowerman watch list dates for 2025. 

Update Women’s Date Men’s Date
Preseason Wednesday, Jan. 8 Thursday, Jan. 9
1 Wednesday, Feb. 5 Thursday, Feb. 6
2
(Post-Indoor Conferences)		 Wednesday, March 5 Thursday, March 6
3
(Post-NCAA Indoor)		 Wednesday, March 26 Thursday, March 27
4 Wednesday, April 16 Thursday, April 17
5 Wednesday, May 7 Thursday, May 8
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(Post-Outdoor Conferences)		 Wednesday, May 21 Thursday, May 22
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(Post-NCAA prelims)		 Wednesday, June 4 Thursday, June 5
Semifinalists
(Post-NCAA Outdoor)		 Wednesday, June 25 Thursday, June 26
Finalists Monday, July 7 Tuesday, July 8
Winners Thursday, Dec. 18 Thursday, Dec. 18

All dates subject to change

PAST BOWERMANS: 2024 – Leo Neugebauer | 2024 – Parker Valby | 2023 – Jaydon Hibbert | 2023 – Julien Alfred | 2022 – Trey Cunningham | 2022 – Abby Steiner

Date of the winner of the Bowerman

The 2025 winners will be announced on Thursday, Dec. 18 at the 2025 USTFCCCA convention at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas.

Past watch lists

Watch list update No. 7

The seventh update to the Bowerman women’s watch list was announced on Wednesday, June 4, with the men’s watch list announced on Thursday, June 5.

The Bowerman watch list update No. 7 (June 4/5)
Gender Athlete School Events
Women Şilan Ayyildiz Oregon Mid-Distance
  Alexis Brown Baylor Sprints/Jumps
  Aaliyah Butler  Georgia Sprints
  JaMeesia Ford South Carolina Sprints
  Pamela Kosgei New Mexico Distance
  Doris Lemngole Alabama Distance
  Indya Mayberry TCU Sprints
  Amanda Moll Washington Pole Vault
  Michaela Rose LSU Mid-Distance
  Jayden Ulrich Louisville Throws
Men Mykolas Alekna California Discus
  Jordan Anthony Arkansas Sprints
  James Corrigan BYU Mid-Distance/Steeple
  Nathaniel Ezekiel Baylor Sprints/Hurdles
  Ishamel Kipkurui New Mexico Distance
  Liam Murphy Villanova Mid-Distance/Distance
  Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan Ole Miss Throws
  Habtom Samuel New Mexico Distance
  Ethan Strand North Carolina Mid-Distance/Distance
  Ja’Kobe Tharp Auburn Hurdles

*Watch list career debut

The following athletes received votes:

  • Women
    • Temitope Adeshina, Texas Tech (Jumps)
    • Lexy Halladay-Lowry, BYU (Steeple/Distance)
    • Meghan Hunter, BYU (Mid-Distance)
    • Klaudia Kazimierska, Oregon (Mid-Distance/Distance)
    • Brynn King, Roberts Wesleyan (Pole Vault)
    • Mya Lesnar, Colorado State (Throws)
  • Men
    • Makanakaishe Charamba, Auburn (Sprints)
    • Micahi Danzy, Florida State (Sprints)
    • Geoffrey Kirwa, Louisville (Steeple/Distance)
    • Angelos Mantzouranis, Minnesota (Hammer/Throws)
    • Tinoda Matsatsa, Georgetown (Mid-Distance/Distance)
    • Samuel Ogazi, Alabama (Sprints)
    • Abdul-Rasheed Saminu, South Florida (Sprints)
    • Kendrick Smallwood, Texas (Sprints/Hurdles)
    • Kostas Zaltos, Minnesota (Throws)

Watch list update No. 6

The sixth update to the Bowerman women’s watch list was announced on Wednesday, May 21, with the men’s watch list announced on Thursday, May 22.

The Bowerman watch list update No. 6 (May 21/22)
Gender Athlete School Events
Women Şilan Ayyildiz Oregon Mid-Distance
  Alexis Brown* Baylor Sprints/Jumps
  Aaliyah Butler  Georgia Sprints
  JaMeesia Ford South Carolina Sprints
  Pamela Kosgei New Mexico Distance
  Doris Lemngole Alabama Distance
  Indya Mayberry TCU Sprints
  Amanda Moll Washington Pole Vault
  Michaela Rose LSU Mid-Distance
  Jayden Ulrich Louisville Throws
Men Mykolas Alekna California Discus
  Jordan Anthony* Arkansas Sprints
  James Corrigan BYU Mid-Distance/Steeple
  Nathaniel Ezekiel Baylor Sprints/Hurdles
  Ishmael Kipkurui New Mexico Distance
  Liam Murphy Villanova Mid-Distance/Distance
  Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan Ole Miss Throws
  Habtom Samuel New Mexico Distance
  Ethan Strand North Carolina Mid-Distance/Distance
  Parker Wolfe North Carolina Distance

*Watch list career debut

The following athletes received votes:

  • Women
    • Temitope Adeshina, Texas Tech (Jumps)
    • Lianna Davidson, Georgia (Javelin)
    • Rachel Glenn, Arkansas (Hurdles/Jumps)
    • Lexy Halladay-Lowry, BYU (Steeple/Distance)
    • Brynn King, Roberts Wesleyan (Pole Vault)
    • Mya Lesnar, Colorado State (Throws)
    • Jadin O’Brien, Notre Dame (Combined Events)
  • Men
    • Micahi Danzy, Florida State (Sprints)
    • Geoffrey Kirwa, Louisville (Steeple/Distance)
    • Angelos Mantzouranis, Minnesota (Hammer/Throws)
    • Jamar Marshall, Jr., Houston (Sprints/Hurdles)
    • Tinoda Matsatsa, Georgetown (Mid-Distance/Distance)
    • Kendrick Smallwood, Texas (Sprints/Hurdles)
    • Ja’Kobe Tharp, Auburn (Hurdles)
    • Kostas Zaltos, Minnesota (Throws)

Watch list update No. 5

The fifth update to the Bowerman women’s watch list was announced on Wednesday, May 7, with the men’s watch list announced on Thursday, May 8.

The Bowerman watch list update No. 5 (May 7/8)
Gender Athlete School Events
Women Şilan Ayyildiz Oregon Mid-Distance
  Aaliyah Butler  Georgia Sprints
  Rachel Glenn Arkansas Hurdles/Jumps
  Brynn King Roberts Wesleyan Pole Vault
  Pamela Kosgei New Mexico Distance
  Doris Lemngole Alabama Distance
  Indya Mayberry TCU Sprints
  Amanda Moll Washington Pole Vault
  Michaela Rose LSU Mid-Distance
  Jayden Ulrich Louisville Throws
Men Mykolas Alekna California Discus
  Nathaniel Ezekiel Baylor Sprints/Hurdles
  Ishmael Kipkurui New Mexico Distance
  Geoffrey Kirwa* Louisville Steeple/Distance
  Angelos Mantzouranis* Minnesota Hammer/Throws
  Liam Murphy Villanova Mid-Distance/Distance
  Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan Ole Miss Throws
  Habtom Samuel New Mexico Distance
  Ethan Strand North Carolina Mid-Distance/Distance
  Ja’Kobe Tharp Auburn Hurdles

*Watch list career debut

The following athletes received votes:

  • Women
    • Margot Appleton, Virginia (Mid-Distance/Distance)
    • Lianna Davidson, Georgia (Javelin)
    • JaMeesia Ford, South Carolina (Sprints)
    • Lexy Halladay-Lowry, BYU (Steeple/Distance)
    • Jadin O’Brien, Notre Dame (Combined Events)
    • Manuela Rotundo, Georgia (Javelin)
  • Men
    • Kanyinsola Ajayi, Auburn (Sprints)
    • Jordan Anthony, Arkansas (Sprints)
    • Makanakaishe Charamba, Auburn (Sprints)
    • Nathan Green, Washington (Mid-Distance)
    • Garrett Kaalund, Southern California (Sprints)
    • Carli Makarawu, Kentucky (Sprints)
    • Gary Martin, Virginia (Mid-Distance/Distance)
    • Tinoda Matsatsa, Georgetown (Mid-Distance/Distance)
    • Ralford Mullings, Oklahoma (Throws)
    • Auhmad Robinson, Texas A&M (Sprints)
    • Daniel Reynolds, Wyoming (Throws)
    • Kendrick Smallwood, Texas (Sprints/Hurdles)
    • Keyshawn Strachan, Nebraska (Javelin)
    • Parker Wolfe, North Carolina (Distance)

Watch list update No. 4

The fourth update to the Bowerman women’s watch list was announced on Wednesday, April 16, with the men’s watch list announced on Thursday, April 17.

The Bowerman watch list update No. 4 (April 16/17)
Gender Athlete School Events
Women Aaliyah Butler  Georgia Sprints
  Rachel Glenn Arkansas Hurdles/Jumps
  Brynn King* Roberts Wesleyan Pole Vault
  Pamela Kosgei New Mexico Distance
  Doris Lemngole Alabama Distance
  Indya Mayberry TCU Sprints
  Amanda Moll Washington Pole Vault
  Manuela Rotundo* Georgia Javelin
  Jayden Ulrich* Louisville Throws
  Isabella Whittaker Arkansas Sprints
Men Mykolas Alekna California Discus
  James Corrigan BYU Mid-Distance/Steeple
  Nathaniel Ezekiel Baylor Sprints/Hurdles
  Ishmael Kipkurui* New Mexico Distance
  Liam Murphy* Villanova Mid-Distance/Distance
  Auhmad Robinson* Texas A&M Sprints
  Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan Ole Miss Throws
  Habtom Samuel New Mexico Distance
  Ethan Strand North Carolina Mid-Distance/Distance
  Ja’Kobe Tharp Auburn Hurdles

*Watch list career debut

The following athletes received votes:

  • Women
    • Şilan Ayyildiz, Oregon (Mid-Distance)
    • Lianna Davidson, Georgia (Javelin)
    • JaMeesia Ford, South Carolina (Sprints)
    • Hana Moll, Washington (Pole Vault)
    • Jadin O’Brien, Notre Dame (Combined Events)
  • Men
    • Jordan Anthony, Arkansas (Sprints)
    • Johnny Brackins, Jr., Southern California (Hurdles/Jumps)
    • Simen Guttormsen, Duke (Pole Vault)
    • Garrett Kaalund, Southern California (Sprints)
    • Trey Knight, CSUN (Throws)
    • Carli Makarawu, Kentucky (Sprints)
    • Gary Martin, Virginia (Mid-Distance/Distance)
    • Tinoda Matsatsa, Georgetown (Mid-Distance/Distance)
    • Chinecherem Nnamdi, Baylor (Javelin)
    • Daniel Reynolds, Wyoming (Throws)
    • Kendrick Smallwood, Texas (Sprints/Hurdles)
    • Keyshawn Strachan, Nebraska (Javelin)
    • Kostas Zaltos, Minnesota (Throws)

Watch list update No. 3

The third update to the Bowerman women’s watch list was announced on Wednesday, March 26, with the men’s watch list announced on Thursday, March 27.

The Bowerman watch list update No. 3 (March 26/27)
Gender Athlete School Events
Women Aaliyah Butler  Georgia Sprints
  Lianna Davidson* Georgia Javelin
  Rachel Glenn Arkansas Hurdles/Jumps
  Axelina Johansson Nebraska Throws
  Doris Lemngole Alabama Distance
  Indya Mayberry* TCU Sprints
  Amanda Moll Washington Pole Vault
  Hana Moll Washington Pole Vault
  Jadin O’Brien* Notre Dame Combined Events
  Isabella Whittaker* Arkansas Sprints
Men Mykolas Alekna California Discus
  James Corrigan* BYU Mid-Distance/Steeple
  Nathaniel Ezekiel Baylor Sprints/Hurdles
  Simen Guttormsen* Duke Pole Vault
  Carli Makarawu* Kentucky Sprints
  Gary Martin Virginia Mid-Distance/Distance
  Daniel Reynolds* Wyoming Throws
  Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan Ole Miss Throws
  Ethan Strand North Carolina Mid-Distance/Distance
  Ja’Kobe Tharp Auburn Hurdles

*Watch list career debut

The following athletes received votes:

  • Women
    • Şilan Ayyildiz, Oregon (Mid-Distance)
    • Alexis Brown, Baylor (Sprints/Jumps)
    • Dajaz Defrand, Southern California (Sprints)
    • JaMeesia Ford, South Carolina (Sprints)
    • Elena Kulichenko, Georgia (Jumps)
    • Wilma Nielsen, Oregon (Mid-Distance)
  • Men
    • Jordan Anthony, Arkansas (Sprints)
    • Favour Ashe, Oregon (Sprints)
    • Johnny Brackins, Jr., Southern California (Hurdles/Jumps)
    • Nathan Green, Washington (Mid-Distance)
    • Brian Musau, Oklahoma State (Distance)
    • Chinecherem Nnamdi, Baylor (Javelin)
    • Jonathan Seremes, Missouri (Jumps)
    • JC Stevenson, Southern California (Sprints/Jumps)

Watch list update No. 2

The second update to the Bowerman women’s watch list was announced on Wednesday, March 5, with the men’s watch list announced on Thursday, March 6.

The Bowerman watch list update No. 2 (March 5/6)
Gender Athlete School Events
Women Silan Ayyildiz* Oregon Mid-Distance
  Aaliyah Butler Georgia Sprints
  JaMeesia Ford South Carolina Sprints
  Rachel Glenn Arkansas Hurdles/Jumps
  Tacoria Humphrey* Illinois Jumps
  Axelina Johansson Nebraska Throws
  Doris Lemngole Alabama Distance
  Amanda Moll* Washington Pole Vault
  Hana Moll Washington Pole Vault
  Julitette Whittaker Stanford Mid-Distance
Men Mykolas Alekna California Discus
  Johnny Brackins Jr. Southern California Hurdles/Jumps
  Nathaniel Ezekiel* Baylor Sprints/Hurdles
  Gary Martin* Virginia Mid-Distance/Distance
  Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan Ole Miss Throws
  Habtom Samuel New Mexico Distance
  JC Stevenson* Southern California Sprints/Jumps
  Ethan Strand North Carolina Mid-Distance/Distance
  Ja’Kobe Tharp Auburn Hurdles
  Parker Wolfe North Carolina Distance

*Watch list career debut

The following athletes received votes:

  • Women
    • Anthaya Charlton, Florida (Jumps)
    • Mya Lesnar, Colorado State (Throws)
    • Indya Mayberry, TCU (Sprints)
    • Jadin O’Brien, Notre Dame (Combined Events)
    • Hilda Olemomoi, Florida (Distance)
    • Michaela Rose, LSU (Mid-Distance)
    • Isabella Whittaker, Arkansas (Sprints)
  • Men
    • Favour Ashe, Oregon (Sprints)
    • Makanakaishe Charamba, Auburn (Sprints)
    • Eli Kosiba, Grand Valley State (Jumps)
    • Tinoda Matsatsa, Georgetown (Mid-Distance/Distance)
    • Aidan McCarthy, Cal Poly (Mid-Distance)
    • Chinecherem Nnamdi, Baylor (Javelin)
    • Daniel Reynolds, Wyoming (Throws)
    • Jonathan Seremes, Missouri (Jumps)
    • Aleksandr Solovev, Texas A&M (Pole Vault)
    • Keyshawn Strachan, Nebraska (Javelin)
    • Sam Whitmarsh, Texas A&M (Mid-Distance)

Watch list update No. 1

The first update to the Bowerman women’s watch list was announced on Wednesday, Feb. 5, with the men’s watch list announced on Thursday, Feb. 6. 

The Bowerman watch list update No. 1 (Feb. 5/6)
Gender Athlete School Events
Women Aaliyah Butler* Georgia Sprints
  Anthaya Charlton* Florida Jumps
  JaMeesia Ford South Carolina Sprints
  Rachel Glenn Arkansas Hurdles/Jumps
  Doris Lemngole Alabama Distance
  Hilda Olemomoi Florida Distance
  Laura Pellicoro* Portland Mid-Distance
  Jaida Ross Oregon Throws
  Chloe Timberg Rutgers Pole Vault
  Julitette Whittaker Stanford Mid-Distance
Men Mykolas Alekna California Discus
  Johnny Brackins Jr. Southern California Hurdles/Jumps
  Trey Knight* CSUN Throws
  Wanya McCoy* Florida Sprints
  Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan Ole Miss Throws
  Habtom Samuel New Mexico Distance
  Ethan Strand North Carolina Mid-Distance/Distance
  Ja’Kobe Tharp Auburn Hurdles
  Sam Whitmarsh Texas A&M Mid-Distance
  Parker Wolfe North Carolina Distance

*Watch list career debut

The following athletes received votes:

  • Women
    • Axelina Johansson, Nebraska (Throws)
    • Pamela Kosgei, New Mexico (Distance)
    • Elena Kulichenko, Georgia (Jumps)
    • Mya Lesnar, Colorado State (Throws)
    • Indya Mayberry, TCU (Sprints)
    • Amanda Moll, Washington (Pole Vault)
    • Hana Moll, Washington (Pole Vault)
    • Wilma Nielsen, Oregon (Mid-Distance)
    • Jadin O’Brien, Notre Dame (Combined Events)
    • Michaela Rose, LSU (Mid-Distance)
    • Savannah Sutherland, Michigan (Sprints/Hurdles)
  • Men
    • Favour Ashe, Oregon (Sprints)
    • Graham Blanks, Harvard (Distance)
    • Nathaniel Ezekiel, Baylor (Sprints/Hurdles)
    • Eli Kosiba, Grand Valley State (Jumps)
    • Abdullahi Hassan, Mississippi State (Mid-Distance)
    • Chinecherem Nnamdi, Baylor (Javelin)
    • Samuel Ogazi, Alabama (Sprints)
    • Tarsis Orogot, Alabama (Sprints)
    • Jonathan Seremes, Missouri (Jumps)
    • Aleksandr Solovev, Texas A&M (Pole Vault)
    • JC Stevenson, Southern California (Sprints/Jumps)
    • Keyshawn Strachan, Nebraska (Javelin)

Preseason watch list

The women’s preseason watch list was announced on Wednesday, Jan. 8, with the men’s preseason watch list announced on Thursday, Jan. 9. 

The Bowerman preseason watch list (Jan. 8/9)
Gender Athlete School Events
Women Kaylyn Brown* Arkansas Sprints
  JaMeesia Ford South Carolina Sprints
  Rachel Glenn Arkansas Hurdles/Jumps
  Axelina Johansson Nebraska Throws
  Doris Lemngole*+ Alabama Distance
  Brianna Lyston LSU Sprints
  Hilda Olemomoi* Florida Distance
  Michaela Rose LSU Mid-Distance
  Jaida Ross# Oregon Throws
  Juliette Whittaker+ Stanford Mid-Distance
Men Mykolas Alekna California Discus
  Johnny Brackins Jr. Southern California Hurdles/Jumps
  Chinecherem Nnamdi* Baylor Javelin
  Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan*+ Ole Miss Throws
  Tarsis Orogot Alabama Sprints
  Habtom Samuel+ New Mexico Distance
  Ethan Strand* North Carolina Mid-Distance/Distance
  Ja’Kobe Tharp Auburn Hurdles
  Sam Whitmarsh Texas A&M Sprints/Mid-Distance
  Parker Wolfe+ North Carolina Distance

*Watch list career debut
#Returning finalist
+Returning semifinalist

The following athletes received votes:

  • Women | Aaliyah Butler, Georgia (Sprints)
    • Rosey Effiong, Arkansas (Sprints)
    • Brynn King, Roberts Wesleyan (Pole Vault)
    • Pamela Kosgei, New Mexico (Distance)
    • Elena Kulichenko, Georgia (Jumps)
    • Jadin O’Brien, Notre Dame (Combined Events)
    • Savannah Sutherland, Michigan (Sprints/Hurdles)
    • Chloe Timberg, Rutgers (Pole Vault)
  • Men
    • Nathan Green, Washington (Mid-Distance)
    • Kenneth Ikeji, Harvard (Throws)
    • Eli Kosiba, Grand Valley State (Jumps)
    • Rivaldo Marshall, Arkansas (Mid-Distance)
    • Tinoda Matsatsa, Georgetown (Mid-Distance/Distance)
    • Nathan Mountain, Virginia (Mid-Distance)
    • Samuel Ogazi, Alabama (Sprints)
    • Godson Oghenebrume, LSU (Sprints)
    • Colin Sahlman, Northern Arizona (Mid-Distance)



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Jordan Anthony Wins the 2025 Bowerman Award

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On Thursday evening, Jordan Anthony was awarded with the 2025 Bowerman Title; the most prestigious honor in NCAA Cross-Country/Track and Field.

One of the highlight stars of the NCAA this year, Arkansas’ Jordan Anthony made it known that he would be someone to look out for on the oval, opening up his 2024/2025 indoor season with a personal best of 6.57 in the 60m Dash back in January, and followed that up with an NCAA #6 All-Time of 6.47 in the preliminary rounds at the NCAA Division I Indoor Championships prior to winning his first NCAA title.

During Anthony’s first 100m of the outdoor season, he clocked a scorching 9.98 to dip under the elusive sub-10 seconds barrier for the first time and later went on to win the 100m/200m sprint double at the SEC Outdoor Championships while also throwing down a new personal best and one of the fastest times of the year with his 19.93 in the 200m finals.

It doesn’t stop here however, as Anthony continued to shine in the spotlight at the NCAA Division I West Regionals with a nearly wind legal 9.75 in the 100m and playing a key role in qualifying Arkansas’ 4x100m relay to nationals; where he found himself on the podium three times (100m, 200m, 4x100m), with the crown in the 100m.

Following receiving his award, Anthony started his speech with, “First and foremost, I give all Glory to God,” and followed up with showing recognition to fellow finalists, JaKobe Tharp and Nathaniel Ezekiel.

“Life has a way of redirects towards purposes we never imagined ourselves,” as he referenced with his background in football and how he got started with track and field.

 He closed out his speech with, “Thank you for pushing me, challenging me, and demanding excellence. Your intensity on the field came from a place of belief and I will always respect that,” and acknowledged the leadership of Coach Buck and Coach Case.

Anthony closes out a historic year as one of the top sprinters in NCAA history and inked a professional contract with Adidas back in June earlier this year

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Wisconsin volleyball vs Kentucky score today: Final Four live updates

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10:35 pm CT

Wisconsin calls last timeout while in 11-7 deficit

John Steppe

Wisconsin has showed some more life lately, but the Badgers still are in a deep hole here. Kentucky has an 11-7 lead. The Wildcats are hitting .500 in the set while the Badgers are hitting .200.

10:31 pm CT

Kentucky goes on 7-1 scoring run as teams switch sides

John Steppe

Wisconsin is in quite the hole here, trailing 8-2 as the teams switch sides halfway through the fifth set. UK has five kills on five total attacks.

10:27 pm CT

Wisconsin falls into 4-1 deficit in fifth set

John Steppe

Kentucky has all the momentum here in the fifth set, jumping to a 4-1 lead with four straight points. Wisconsin has called a timeout. UW has a short runway for another resurgence like what it had in the fourth set against Texas.

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Wisconsin vs Kentucky stats comparison through four sets

John Steppe

  • Hitting percentage: Wisconsin .382, Kentucky .231
  • Kills: Wisconsin 67, Kentucky 54
  • Attack errors: Wisconsin 15, Kentucky 20
  • Service errors: Kentucky 8, Wisconsin 13
  • Blocks: Wisconsin 10, Kentucky 7



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