SJSU women’s volleyball team, Fall, 2024. Brayden “Blaire” Fleming wearing #3 at far left, seated.
We should give a significant measure of thanks to Brayden Fleming, the male volleyball player who claimed to be a girl named “Blaire”, for inspiring the courage of the real women on volleyball teams, as Mr Fleming’s presence on the San José State University women’s volleyball team got the players from several Mountain West Conference to choose to forfeit rather than play SJSU. Real women had to make personal sacrifices to protest males horning in on their sports. This caused enormous publicity in the fall of 2024, as the presidential election was coming up.
Then some of the SJSU players stepped up as well, suing their coach and the school for accepting and allowing a male on their team. Though Mr Fleming was good enough with his deception that even his teammates didn’t know he was male, something pretty impressive considering athletic locker rooms and shared accommodations on trips to away games, the University knew, as LGBTQ Nation reported that he “has been compliant with NCAA requirements for testosterone levels throughout this entire period, and has never violated the requirements.” The University wouldn’t have been testing his testosterone levels regularly, for three years, if they hadn’t known.
It was also revealed that SJSU concealed from players being recruited that there would be a ‘transgender’ player on the team.
As we reported here, seven of the thirteen SJSU players with remaining eligibility — Mr Fleming’s eligibility had been exhausted — entered the transfer portal, and the current roster, accessed on Wednesday, February 12, 2025, shows only six players.
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