Good morning! We don’t really feel like we need a good excuse to talk about how great Aaron Burbridge was for the Spartans in 2015, but the Big Ten gave us one yesterday.

So, how great was Aaron Burbridge for the Spartans in 2015?!?

What else are we serving in to today's Brew?

🏈 Meet the QB: Sam Leavitt Edition
🏀 Xavier Booker shares his story
💚 And much, much more

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Meet The QB. Michigan State freshman QB Sam Leavitt is from a football family—his dad played at BYU and his brother played at Utah State before making it into the NFL where he’s going six years strong.

Take a walk around campus with the Spartan signal-caller and hear why he chose to attend Michigan State after growing up in Oregon, which former quarterback he compares himself to, and more!

🎥 Get To Know: QB Sam Leavitt

🔼 Are We There Yet? No, not yet. But we are Dillon Tatum days away from Spartan football game day against Central Michigan!

The sophomore defensive back played in all 12 games during his true freshman season in 2022, including a start against Penn State in Michigan State’s regular season finale. Big things ahead for No. 21!

🔼 Throwing It Forward. Michigan State track & field fans, join us in welcoming Derrick Vicars to East Lansing!

Director of Cross Country/Track & Field Lisa Breznau announced that Derrick Vicars has been hired as an assistant coach for the Spartans. He arrives after one year as the throws coach at Pitt, and before that he spent six years in the same role at Bowling Green.

🤔 SPARTAN TRIVIA

Receiving praise. Speaking of 2015, Aaron Burbridge really was amazing that season for the Big Ten champion Spartans.

Take a guess—do you remember how many catches and yards he had that year? (Get within 10 catches and 100 yards and we’ll give you a virtual high-five…)

Think you got it? Scroll down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

💚 ONE BIG THING

Hey there, Xavier! “The main reason I chose Michigan State is because of [Coach] Izzo.”

Spartan basketball fans, get to know the newest freshman forward for Michigan State men’s basketball.

🎥 ”From Indianapolis, Indiana—No. 34, Xavier Booker!”

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📅 COMING SOON

Thursday 8/17

⚽ Women’s Soccer vs. Cincinnati @ 7:30pm ET (Home Opener) | Live Stats | Tickets

Thursday 8/24

⚽ Men’s Soccer vs. Loyola University Chicago @ 7:00pm ET (Home Opener)

Friday 9/1

🏈 Football vs. Central Michigan @ 7:00pm ET on FS1 (Home Opener)

Friday 9/8

🏑 Field Hockey vs. St. Joseph’s @ 6:00pm ET (Home Opener)

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 85 catches for 1,258 yards!

And he added seven touchdowns for good measure.

💚 Have a great weekend, everyone!