Some Boise State football, soccer players set to begin workouts; Hodgins going pro
Boise State has begun the process of bringing student-athletes back to campus.
A first wave of football and soccer players returned to Boise over the past week, undergoing testing for COVID-19 followed by movement screenings and physicals.
Athletes who are cleared can begin voluntary workouts and use of Boise State’s athletic facilities starting Monday.
A second wave of football and soccer players, in addition to other fall sport athletes, will undergo the same process next week. Those who are cleared will be eligible to start voluntary activities on June 15. This process will continue through men’s and women’s basketball and other Olympic programs over the course of the next several weeks.
Even after being medically cleared to return, athletes will continue to undergo daily health screenings, as will coaches and staff members.
Athletes, coaches and staff also will follow physical distancing and other guidelines from federal, state and local public health officials and medical advisors while on campus.
Should anyone test positive for the coronavirus, that individual will follow the advice of healthcare providers before returning to campus.
Hodgins headed to Germany
The Saarlouis Royals of Germany’s Damen-Basketball-Bundesliga recently announced the signing of former Boise State guard Braydey Hodgins.
The DBBL is the top professional women’s basketball league in Germany, and the 2020-21 season is scheduled to begin in late September.
“With Braydey we get a young, talented player from a good college program,” said Royals coach Marc Hahnemann in a press release. “She has already taken on a lot of responsibility there. With its fast playing style and high level of commitment, it fits very well with our concept. Braydey also has a great attitude ... winner mentality and the urge to constantly improve.”
DBBL teams begin training about four weeks before their first games, and Hodgins said she’ll likely have to quarantine for two weeks once she arrives in Germany. She plans to head overseas toward the beginning of August.
“I really liked what they had in mind for me as a player and the style of play and the team and where they were at,” Hodgins told the Idaho Statesman in a phone interview on Saturday. “The offer came back and it was too good to turn down.”
Hodgins wrapped up her Boise State career earlier this spring as one of only 22 Broncos in program history to score 1,000 points or more. She was the 2019 Mountain West Tournament MVP and helped the Broncos win four straight conference tournament titles. Hodgins and the Broncos qualified for their fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance this past March, but the tournament was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Hodgins finished her collegiate career with 1,150 points (16th in program history) and 319 assists (seventh). She ranks fifth all-time at Boise State for 3-point percentage (35.7%), seventh in free throws made (283), eighth in free-throw percentage (78%) and 10th in 3-pointers made (145). She also owns the second-highest single-game points total in program history, notching 37 points against Nevada on March 11, 2019.
“They play more of an up tempo, positionless basketball,” Hodgins said of the Royals. “... It’s going to be more fast paced, more pressure defense. There’s more decision making on the court, less structure. So I’m super excited about that.”
This story was originally published June 6, 2020 at 2:04 PM.
