updates on golf, basketball, soccer, and track and field

BOISE, Idaho (CBS 2) — BSU sports has some updates for fans from the golf, basketball, soccer, and track and field programs. Here's the latest:

Boise State Track and Field sent two runners to the World University Games. The games began July 1 in Naples, Italy, and will conclude July 14.

• Representing Australia is a distance runner Clare O'Brien, a junior from Queensland, and representing Somalia is sophomore Ahmed Muhumed, a cross country runner.
• O’Brien is a three-time All-American at Boise State, in addition to being a two-time Mountain West Champion. She has also been named to the All-Mountain West Track & Field team five times, including in the 10,000m in 2018 and 2019.
• Muhumed was named the Mountain West Cross Country Freshman of the Year in 2017 and was named to the All-Mountain West First Team for cross country in 2018.

Boise State Women's Golf had two student-athletes named All-American Scholars by the women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA).

• Nicole Suppelsa and Lexi Perry were each named All-American Scholars.
  
• This is the second-straight such honor in as many seasons with the Broncos for each of the sophomores.
  
• In order to be named a WGCA All-American Scholar, one of the most stringent academic awards in collegiate athletics, individuals must carry a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 3.50.
• During the 2018-19 season, Perry appeared in each of the Broncos’ tournaments, registering six top-25 finishes. Suppelsa made 10 appearances, earning three top 10s and a top 25.
• Earlier this season the women’s golf team received a Public Recognition Award from the NCAA for having a multi-year Academic Progress Rate in the top-10 percent nationally among women’s golf programs. It was the sixth-straight season earning the accolade, the longest streak for any of the Broncos’ athletic programs.

Boise State Men's Basketball head coach Leon Rice announced the hiring of R-Jay Barsh as an assistant coach, Tuesday.

• Barsh spent the last seven seasons as the head coach at Southeastern University (NAIA) in Lakeland, Fla.
• While with SEU, Barsh led the Fire to three NAIA Division II National Tournament appearances, the first for the program in school history. In his second season, SEU went 27-7 and reached the NAIA Fab Four during its first postseason tournament run, ultimately earning Barsh a nod as a finalist for the Don Meyer National Coach of the Year Award.
• Barsh also led the Fire to tournament appearances following the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons.
• Barsh also served as an assistant coach at the University of Puget Sound, his alma mater, from 2005-07. In his first season with the Loggers, the program finished with a 26-5 mark and an NCAA D-III Elite Eight appearance.

Boise State Soccerannounced its 2019 schedule, Tuesday.

• The 2018 Mountain West regular-season champions will play 11 home games and nine road games before hosting the 2019 Mountain West Women's Soccer Championship (Nov. 5 – Nov. 9) at the Boas Soccer Complex.
  
• Six of the Broncos' nine nonconference games will be played at home in Boise.
  
• The Broncos earned the right to host this year's Mountain West Championship after claiming the No. 1 seed last season. The 2018 regular-season conference title was a first for the program, as will be hosting this year's MW Championship.
  
• As usual, the top six teams in the MW regular-season standings will qualify for the conference championship.
  
• The Blue and Orange will kick off the 2019 season with a road game at Idaho on Friday, Aug. 23. The Broncos most recently defeated the Vandals 2-1 last season at the Boas Soccer Complex.

Boise State Football is bringing back the Blue Collar Pass for the 2019 campaign, the department announced Monday.

• The Blue Collar Pass includes each of the Broncos' 2019 home football games for $180.
• Seat locations will be assigned in one of Albertsons Stadium's reserved sections, and tickets will be delivered via e-mail 48 hours prior to kick, allowing purchasers to experience the world-famous blue turf from a new perspective every week.

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