Good morning. It’s game week! Hear what UCF football head coach Gus Malzahn said ahead of the Knights’ season-opening contest with New Hampshire on Thursday, Aug. 29, at 7 p.m.

What else are we mixing into today’s Brew?

⚽️ Highest individual honor
🚀 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 High Honor. The United Soccer Coaches added Lucca Dourado to the 2024 Hermann Trophy Watch List. Dourado is the 16th player to be added to the list. The award is the nation’s highest individual honor recognizing the National Player of the Year.

⚽️ Read more about Dourado and the award.

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🤔 TRIVIA FOR YOU

Guess Who’s Back. The cross country season is about to begin. Get to know the team now!

How many returners are on the cross country team?

Think you got it? Scroll on down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

🚀 ONE BIG THING

Welcome! The women’s basketball program added two new staff members— Michelle McLeod and Reegan McCue. McLeod will be the executive assistant after spending the last seasons as the director of operations and Chief of Staff at Georgia Southern. McCue is the new video coordinator for the team. He is a recent Auburn graduate who spent five years with the men’s basketball program as a student manager.

🏀 Here’s more about McLeod.
🏀 Read more about McCue.

📅 THE DAYS AHEAD

Thursday, August 29

🏈 Football vs. New Hampshire @ 7pm ET | Watch

Friday, August 30

👟 Cross Country UCF Invitational | Info and site map

Saturday, August 31

🏐 Volleyball at Virginia Tech @ 5:30pm ET | Live Stats | Watch
⚽️ Men’s Soccer vs. Wake Forest @ 7pm ET | Live Stats | Watch 

Sunday, September 1

🏐 Volleyball at Charlotte @ 3pm ET | Live Stats | Watch 
⚽️ Women’s Soccer vs. Georgia @ 6pm ET | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 8!

🚀 Have a great Tuesday, y’all!