The Official Newsletter for Butler Athletics

Good Morning, Butler Fam. Who doesn’t love Indy in December?

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

🏀 Battlin’ The Buzz
👟 Top Dawgs
⏱️ Countin’ Down
🐶 And much more!

🔼 Battlin’ The Buzz. Get your holiday shopping done early this year because you won’t want to miss Saturday, December 19th.

This week, Indiana Sports Corp, in conjunction with Pacers Sports & Entertainment and Russ Potts Productions, Inc., announced the matchups for the fifth annual Indy Classic with Butler scheduled to take on Georgia Tech, while Purdue will face Colorado in a premier college basketball doubleheader at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

The Indy Classic returns to downtown Indianapolis, bringing together four nationally recognized programs for one of the marquee non-conference events of the college basketball season. Ticket information, game times, and television details will be announced at a later date. 

🏀 More On The Announcement

🔼 Top Dawgs. Three Bulldogs earned 2025-26 Academic All-America honors, as announced by College Sports Communicators this week.

Jesse Hamlin, Matthew Forrester and William Zegarski were named to the Academic All-America second team, joining 151 other student-athletes across all NCAA divisions to earn a spot on one of the teams.

The 2025-26 Academic All-America teams recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances in the classroom and during the cross country/track & field season.

👟 More On The Academic Success

🔼 Holding Court. On the court wasn’t the only place the Butler men’s hoops squad had success this past year.

This week, Butler was among the list of recipients of the 2025-26 NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards. The ‘Dawgs also had five members of its 2025-26 roster recognized with Honors Court awards: Michael Ajayi, Jalen Jackson, Jamie Kaiser Jr., Ethan McComb, and Yohan Traore.

The NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards recognize programs that completed the 2025-26 academic year with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher. The NABC Honors Court, meanwhile, includes junior, senior and graduate student men's basketball players who finished the 2025-26 year with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher.

🏀 More On The Recognition

Throughout the summer, we will be counting down the days
to the return of Butler Football this fall. The Bulldogs will
host Georgetown College on August 29 at 1 p.m.

We love having Indiana’s own as part of the program.

A native of Granger, Indiana, #4️⃣3️⃣ Gage Goralski is ready to take a step up as part of the Butler tight end room.

Entering his redshirt sophomore year, Goralski has seen action in three games over the past two seasons.

Before arriving at Butler, he was a three-year starter at Penn High School where he earned all-Conference accolades and captained his squad to a 10-2 overall record during his senior year.

Prior to this year’s Indy Classic in December, how many times has Butler and Georgia Tech squared off on the hardwood?

Got a guess?

Scroll down to see if you know your stuff!

*all times EST

Sunday, August 16
⚽️ Women’s Soccer at Wright State

Thursday, August 20
⚽️ Men’s Soccer vs. Northern Illinois @ 5 pm
⚽️ Women’s Soccer vs. Ball State @ 7:30 pm

Sunday, August 23
⚽️ Women’s Soccer at Miami (OH) @ 7 pm
⚽️ Men’s Soccer vs. Bradley @ 7 pm

Thursday, August 27
⚽️ Men’s Soccer at Indiana @ 8 pm

Friday, August 28
🏐 Volleyball vs. Western Carolina @ 2 pm (Clemson, S.C.)

Saturday, August 29
🏈 Football vs. Georgetown College @ 1 pm
🏐 Volleyball at Clemson @ 5 pm

🐶 Click here to see the full Butler Athletics Calendar

Answer: Trick question - this year will be the first-ever meeting between the two programs

🐶 Have a great one!