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Dear Bobcat Family,
I hope each of you enjoyed a great Thanksgiving holiday. We have so much to be thankful for as Montana State University and Bobcat fans. Your passion, pride, and unwavering support provided for each of our programs is what makes Bobcat Nation truly special. From record-setting crowds to championship-level performances, our student-athletes and coaches continue to raise the standard and represent Montana State with excellence.
As we begin our FCS playoff journey, we are excited to welcome fans back to Bobcat Stadium to create the best environment in all of FCS. We need all of you in the stands to help this team on its quest for a national championship. We are also equally excited to have Coach Vigen and staff continue to lead this team. Under Coach Vigen's direction, Bobcat Football has become one of the premier programs in the FCS—defined by toughness, consistency, and a culture that reflects the very best of Montana State. The quality of our student-athletes is the difference, and we are committed to ensuring that Coach Vigen and his staff have everything they need to continue building a program that competes for championships year after year.
But maintaining that level of excellence is a shared effort and a need for all our programs. The competitive landscape of college athletics is evolving quickly, and retaining top-tier coaches, supporting our student-athletes, and sustaining a championship-caliber program require resources that match our ambition. Your support directly fuels accomplishing those goals and provides the essential resources for each of our coaches to develop the next generation of Bobcat champions.
Click here to support Bobcat Football and here to support all MSU sports programs.
Hall of Fame
Please mark your calendars to join us in honoring the 2025 Hall of Fame class on Friday, January 16 in the SUB Ballroom. Inductees include President Waded Cruzado, Elvis Akpla (Football), Jasmine Hommes (Women's Basketball), Dan Johnson (Track and Field), Cody Kirk (Football), Christian Soratos (Track and Field). Click here for more information and to register.
We have had an incredible start to the 2025-26 athletic year, here are some of the highlights:
Football
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Montana State won its 18th Big Sky championship this season, its third in the last four years, all under head coach Brent Vigen. |
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MSU's run of seven consecutive playoff appearances is the longest stretch in school history. |
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Bobcat Stadium has hosted sellouts in 32 consecutive regular season games. |
Cross Country
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The Bobcat cross country program wrapped up its 2025 season in November, with both teams finishing third at the Big Sky Championship in Bozeman on Nov. 1 before placing 11th at the NCAA Mountain Regional in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Nov. 14. |
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Owen Smith (6th) and Sam Ells (10th) led the Bobcat men at the Big Sky Championship, taking home All-Big Sky honors after finishing in the top 10 at the conference meet. Additionally, Ryan Harrington (15th) was named Big Sky Freshman of the Year as the top-finishing freshman at the meet. |
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Madi Siana and Eva Koos placed 11th and 12th, respectively, at the Big Sky Championship to finish just shy of All-Conference honors. Siana was Montana State's top finisher at four of five meets this season while Koos earned an individual victory at the MSU Bobcat Twilight on Aug. 29. |
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Ells also emerged victorious once this season, breaking the tape in the men's 5k at the MSU Bobcat Twilight. |
Women's Volleyball
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The Bobcat volleyball team made its eighth consecutive Big Sky Conference Tournament appearance. |
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Senior libero Lauren Lindseth was a second-team All-Big Sky pick after leading the Big Sky in digs, averaging 4.68 per set. Her 4.68 dps ranked 33rd in the nation. Lindseth finished her career with 1,987 saves, which ranks second all-time at MSU and fifth in Big Sky history. |
Men's Basketball
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Montana State picked up a pair of wins over Nobel (92-55) and Long Beach State (78-72) to win the Battle at the Beach tournament, hosted by Long Beach State, on Nov. 21. Montana State went 2-0 and averaged 85.0 points per game during their time in Long Beach. |
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Patrick McMahon tallied 24 points while adding seven rebounds, 5 assists, and one steal while Bozeman native Seth Amunrud tallied 16 points and four steals to help the Bobcats defeat Summit League favorite St. Thomas in the Brick Wednesday night. The fame was Amunrud's DI debut. |
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Montana State is among the sharpest-shooting teams in the Big Sky Conference, ranking second in the league in effective field goal percentage (.578) and field goal percentage (49.5%), as well as third in three-point percentage (37.0%). The Bobcats also limit their opponents to 69.1 points per game, which ranks second in the conference. |
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The Bobcats are the highest ranked Big Sky team in the KenPom rankings at #153. |
Women's Basketball
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Bobcats defeated Colorado 71-70 at the CU Events Center on Nov. 30. The win marks the second straight season women's basketball has knocked off a Power-4 school. Last season, they defeated UCF at the UNLV Thanksgiving Classic. |
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Just a month into the season, sophomore guard Taylee Chirrick has been named Big Sky Conference Player of the Week in consecutive weeks. |
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The team is currently ranked No. 2 in the nation in steals per game and turnovers forced. |
Women's Golf
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Women's golf capped off a busy fall 2025 season in October, earning four top-four team finishes in six weekends, including their first team victory since 2002 at the Yellowstone Intercollegiate in Bozeman. |
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Eva Heinz (Yellowstone Intercollegiate) and Lauren Greeny (Diane Thomason Invitational) each earned an individual title in the fall. Heinz shot a school and Big Sky Conference-record 62 in the opening round of the Yellowstone Intercollegiate to power her victory (207) while Greeny shattered the Finkbine Golf Course record for low round (64) enroute to her Diane Thomason Invitational tournament-record score of 211. |
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The Bobcats are slated to compete in five regular-season tournaments in the spring, beginning with Mountain Classic Match Play in Palm Desert, Calif., on Feb. 9-11. Montana State will host one spring tournament, the Bobcat Desert Classic, in Goodyear, Ariz., from April 13-15 to wrap up the regular season. |
Rodeo
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The Bobcat men's and women's teams each hold leads in the Big Sky Region after four rodeos in the fall of 2025. |
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Cole Detton and Faith Marshall hold leads in the all-around standings after the fall season |
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Montana State's men and women have each won Big Sky Region championships every season under current head coach Kyle Whitaker. |
Women's Tennis
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Behind the play of sisters Angel and Lola Bean, the Bobcat women's tennis team had a strong fall season under the direction of first-year head coach Hailey Barrett. |
Men's Tennis
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Head coach Mateus Ceolin assembled a team of eight underclassmen – one junior, four sophomores, three freshmen – to compete during the fall season. |
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Oumar Diallo won nine fall matches, but every Bobcat logged multiple singles victories. |
Skiing
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The Bobcats ski team is busy preparing for the 2026 RMISA season which culminates with the NCAA Championships at Bridger Bowl and Crosscut Mountain. |
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Justine Lamontagne recently made a World Cup start in giant slalom at Copper Mountain in Colorado. |
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Tanner Perkins also had a World Cup start in men's super G at Copper Mountain. |
Track & Field
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Montana State track & field competed in the brand-new Kennedy-Stark Athletic Center for the first time on Dec. 4 when they hosted the one-day Bobcat Preview to kick off the indoor season. |
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The Bobcats will look to build on a strong 2024-25 campaign that saw the MSU men and women each finish second at the Big Sky Indoor and Outdoor Championships. |
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Montana State is set to host five meets, four indoors and one outdoors, during the 2025-26 season. |
Thank you for being the heartbeat of Bobcat Athletics. Together, we have built something remarkable—and together, we will keep striving for what's next!
Go Cats!
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