Good morning. Something we will never forget… the 2024 men’s tennis season. Watch a recap of the season below!

What else are we mixing into today’s Brew?

🏀 Thiam joins MBB
⚾️ Four academic honors
🚀 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Welcome! The men’s basketball team gains 7’2” center Moustapha Thiam to the 2024-25 roster. Thiam was the top-ranked center in the class of 2025 before reclassifying to join the Knights for the upcoming season. He is the first five-star recruit in program history. Thiam had a composite ranking of .9943, according to 247Sports. He averaged 15.2 points, 7.2 rebounds and 3.7 blocks per game while shooting 60% from the floor.

🏀 Read more about Thiam here.

🔼 Grand Slam of Honors. The College Sports Communicators named four Knights to the 2024 CSC Academic All-District Team— Andrew Brait, Ben Vespi, Dominic Castellano and Kris Sosnowski. This was the second time Castellano had earned the honor in his career and the first time for the other three. To be eligible, the men had to hold a 3.50 GPA as well as be a key contributor on the field.

⚾️ Here’s more about the four athletes.

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🤔 TRIVIA FOR YOU

2nd The Best. It was Dominic Castellano’s second time being named to the CSC Academic All-District Team. This year, he was one of the top relief pitchers in the Big 12 Conference.

What was Castellano’s pitching win/loss record?

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

🚀 ONE BIG THING

Off To The Finals! The NCAA Outdoor Championships began and we had three Knights with great performances. Rayniah Jones ran a 12.79 in the 100m hurdles, automatically qualifying her for Saturday’s finals. Kiah Williams earned All-America honorable mention with a 19th-place finish in the 400m. Asherah Collins secured a 6.23m mark in the long jump to place 15th and garner a Second Team All-America honor.

👟 Read more about the athletes’ scores here.

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📅 THE WEEK AHEAD

Saturday 6/8

👟 Track and Field NCAA Outdoor Championships (Asherah Collins, Triple Jump @ 5:50pm ET) (Rayniah Jones, 100m Hurdles Finals @ 6:12pm ET) | Info | Schedule | Live Results | Watch

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 7-0!

🚀 Have a great Friday, y’all!