The Official Newsletter for Butler Athletics

TGIF, Butler Fam. Welp, that was kinda fun.

The best part? We’re only just getting started!

What all do we have stirring in today’s Brew? Check it out below!

🏀 Grand Opening
⚽️ Fearsome Foursome
📞 The Hall Call
🐶 And much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Grand Opening. There’s starting fast and then there’s what the Butler men’s hoops team did in their season opener.

The Bulldogs scored the first 17 points of the game and never looked back in an 88-58 win over the University of Southern Indiana at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
 
Both Michael Ajayi and Jamie Kaiser Jr. posted double-doubles in their respective Butler regular season debuts. Ajayi finished with 24 points, 12 rebounds and five assists for his 20^th double-double of his career.

Kaiser posted the first double-double of his career with 12 points and a career-high 10 rebounds.

🏀 The Full Recap

🔼 Fearsome Foursome. Four Bulldogs earned All-BIG EAST honors for the 2025 women's soccer season, as chosen by the BIG EAST coaches and announced by the conference office earlier this week.

Talia Sommer was selected as Co-Midfielder of the Year and landed on the First Team, while Lucia Englund landed on the Second Team.

Both Chloe Brecht and Léa Larouche earned Third Team recognition.

⚽️ More On The All-Conference Honorees

🔼 Poll Position. After winning the BIG EAST Championship for the fourth time in the past six seasons, Butler remained ranked No. 14 in this week's NCAA Division I Men's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll.

The Bulldogs are now preparing for the NCAA Great Lake Regional Championship in Evansville, Ind. next weekend, where they will look to punch their ticket to the NCAA Championships.

🔼 The Hall Call. Eight legends and one legendary team will forever be enshrined in Bulldog history. The Butler Athletics Hall of Fame announced its Class of 2025 this week.

The Class of 2025 includes the 1991 football team, Jenny (Esparza) Levengood (softball), Ron Griswold (football), Michael Mariscalco (men's soccer), Dale Mueller (baseball), Michele Nash (women's golf), Bill and Joanne Dugan (special service award), and Jon Hind (special service award).

This year's Hall of Fame class will be celebrated on campus Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026 in conjunction with the men's basketball game that evening against Seton Hall.

👏 More On This Year’s Class

🤔 BUTLER TRIVIA

With Michael Ajayi and Jamie Kaiser Jr. both posting double-doubles in Wednesday’s season-opener, they became the first pair of Butler teammates to post double-doubles in the same game since which two former Bulldogs?

Got a guess?

Scroll down to see if you know your stuff!

📆 LOOKING AHEAD

*all times EST

Friday, November 7th
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Columbia @ 6pm l Tickets
🏐 Volleyball at UConn @ 5:30pm
⚽️ Men’s Soccer at St. John’s @ 7pm

Saturday, November 8th
🏈 Football at Morehead State @ 1pm
🏊 Swimming at Valparaiso @ 3pm
🏐 Volleyball at Providence @ 4pm
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. IU Indy @ 5pm l Tickets

Tuesday, November 11th
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Chicago State @ 7pm l Tickets

Wednesday, November 12th
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Central Michigan @ 7pm l Tickets

🐶 Click here to see the full Butler Athletics Calendar

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Aaron Thompson and Bryce Nze against St. John’s (Feb. 9, 2001)

Thompson had 17 points and 10 assists, while Nze added 19 points and 10 rebounds.

🐶 Have a great weekend!