The Official Newsletter for Butler Athletics

Good Morning, Butler Fam. Mark your calendars now! You don’t want to miss this one!

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

⚾️ Smash Brothers
🏀 Hey Now, They’re An All-Star
🥎 Home Sweet Home
🐶 And much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Smash Brothers. Need to win a HR Derby contest? We’ve got a guy for you.

Junior Michael Rhoades continued his torrid start to the 2026 season for Butler baseball, launching two more HRs in a 4-for-5 effort on Wednesday, leading the ‘Dawgs to a 14-10 road win at Ball State.

With 14 HRs on the year, Rhoades currently sits second nationally.

Charlie Schebler and Gunnar Duncan combined for five hits, four runs scored and three RBIs, with each hitting a HR, in the win.

⚾️ The Full Recap

🔼 Hey Now, They’re An All Star. Before even putting on a Butler uniform, incoming women’s basketball signees Joslyn Bricker and Laniah Willis are already building quite a resume in the state of Indiana.

This week, the new ‘Dawgs were named 2026 Indiana All-Stars by the IndyStar.

Bricker, the Warsaw product, poured in 24.8 points per game on 55 percent shooting while sinking 53 percent of her shots from behind the arc. Bricker averaged 6.4 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 2.4 steals per game during her senior year campaign. She helped lead her squad to a 24-3 record this season which ended in the sectional finals.

Wills helped lead Lapel to a 22-5 record in 2025-26, which saw Lapel win the 2A Regional Championship. Wills is one of three players in state history to score more than 2,000 points, as the Anderson, Ind. native totaled 2,407 points in her high school career.

🏀 More On The Incoming Bulldogs

🔼 And Another One. Add another line to the lengthy resume of Michael Ajayi for the 2025-26 Butler basketball season.

After earning NABC All-District Accolades earlier this week, Ajayi was named an AP All-America honorable mention selection on Tuesday evening.

Ajayi ranks fifth nationally in rebounding (11.1 per game) and fourth with 19 double-doubles on the season. In addition to leading the BIG EAST in rebounding, he is fourth in scoring (16.4 points per game) and also ranks among the conference's Top 15 in minutes played (third), field goal percentage (sixth), blocked shots (eighth), and assists (12th). Ajayi's 356 rebounds this season set a new Butler single-season record.

🤔 BUTLER TRIVIA

It may have taken a month, but the Butler softball team hosts its first home game of the 2026 season this weekend when Seton Hall rolls into town for a three-game BIG EAST series.

Entering this weekend, how many statistical categories does Makena Alexander lead the BIG EAST in?

Got a guess?

Scroll down to see if you know your stuff!

📆 LOOKING AHEAD

*all times EST

Friday, March 20th
🥍 Women’s Lacrosse vs. Wofford @ 2pm (Maryville, Tenn.)
🥎 Softball vs. Seton Hall @ 3pm
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. Bellarmine @ 3pm
⚾️ Baseball at Ohio State @ 6pm
👟 Track & Field at Blizzard Buster (Oxford, Ohio)

Saturday, March 21st
🥎 Softball vs. Seton Hall @ 1pm
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. Southern Indiana @ 2:30pm
⚾️ Baseball at Ohio State @ 3pm

Sunday, March 22nd
🥎 Softball vs. Seton Hall @ 12pm
⚾️ Baseball at Ohio State @ 1pm
🎾 Women’s Tennis at Southern Indiana @ 1pm

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Five (on-base percentage (.618), batting avg. (.525), slugging pct. (1.051), RBIs (35) and HRs (8))

🐶 Have a great one!