San Jose State's women's volleyball team has two players on this year's Mountain West all-conference honorable mention list, and they are also on opposite sides of the explosives lawsuit.
Senior Blair Fleming came in fourth on the list, and Brooke Slusser came in fifth.
Mr. Slusser filed two lawsuits alleging that the university and Mr. Fleming actively tried to prevent Mr. Slusser and other players on the team from learning that Mr. Fleming was biologically male. Participating in litigation.
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San Jose State's Blair Fleming and Brooke Slusser were selected as all-conference honorable mentions for the 2024 Mountain West volleyball season. (Courtesy of Mountain West)
On the court, Fleming and Slusser anchored one of the best offenses in the Mountain West.
The Spartans finished the regular season with the third-best batting average in the conference.
Slusser finished in the top 10 in individual batting average in the conference.
Fleming was second in the conference in kills per set with .386, but was still far behind Colorado State's Malaya Jones, who led with .457.
Fleming had a defining moment on Senior Day in the season's penultimate home game against No. 1 Colorado State. Fleming led the game with 24 kills and total attack, and clinched the victory with an ace on match point in the fifth set.
Immediately after the play, Fleming's teammates flocked to congratulate him. Slasher also participated. The group's celebration came days after Slusser and other Mountain West players filed a second lawsuit against San Jose State and the conference over Fleming's presence on the team. .
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Slusser previously joined a lawsuit against the NCAA represented by former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines over the governing body's policies on gender ideology that have allowed transgender athletes to compete as women.
In both lawsuits, Slusser claimed Fleming's spike speed was 80 mph.
“Brooke estimates that Fleming's spike was in excess of 130 miles per hour, which is the fastest she has ever seen a woman hit a volleyball,” Slusser's complaint states. “It was.” “Although the girls were doing their best to avoid Fleming's spikes, they were still unable to fully protect themselves.”
Fleming previously set a single-game record at John Champe High School with 30 kills in a game, and set a single-season record for the school's girls volleyball team with 266 kills.
Footage from the athlete's huddle page of a school-record 30-kill match in September 2019 shows just how hard and fast Fleming spikes against girls at the high school level.
Brooke Slusser (left) and Blair Fleming of the San Jose State Spartans call the plays during the first set against the Air Force Falcons on Oct. 19, 2024, on Falcon Court in the East Gym in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Andrew Webbers/Getty Images)
President-elect Trump also commented on footage of Fleming spiking the ball to San Diego State's Kyra Herron in a game earlier this season.
“I saw a slam. It was a slam. I've never seen a ball hit so hard,” Trump said at a Fox News town hall before winning his second term. “But other people are permanently hurt, even in volleyball. I mean, they're really hurt badly. Women playing against men.”
In another game against New Mexico on October 18, one of Fleming's spikes knocked an opposing player to the court.
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Despite the lawsuits and controversies, Slusser and the rest of his teammates took to court with Fleming during a season that included several forfeits.
San Jose State finished with a conference record of 12-6 and earned the No. 2 seed in the Mountain West Tournament. The team achieved six of its 12 wins by forfeit as Utah, Boise State, Nevada and Wyoming all declined to join the program amid ongoing controversy surrounding Fleming. Boise State and Wyoming State each forfeited two games against San Jose State.
Fleming's spiking ability has been central to the team's strategy in games thus far. Even Thrasser was involved in a lawsuit alleging safety concerns about Fleming, one of the cleats feared by athletes all season.
The team is preparing to play in the Mountain West Tournament this week in Las Vegas, where it will face a team that has already forfeited its game against San Jose State.
Blair Fleming of the San Jose State Spartans hits the net during the first set against the Air Force Falcons on Oct. 19, 2024, on Falcon Court in the East Gym in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Andrew Webbers/Getty Images)
Utah State and Boise State will compete in the quarterfinals for a spot, and after the Spartans receive a bye in the first round, they will face San Jose State in the semifinals.
Slusser previously told Fox News Digital that he did not know whether the Spartans' upcoming tournament opponents would play against them.
“Our biggest question is, if we go there, will teams play us? Because of everything that's happened this season. '' Slusser said. “Every few days it seems like the weather is nice and everything is normal, and then something else happens. So everyone's just taking things day by day and taking the punches that come. I really think so.”
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