Former Wyoming volleyball star reveals how the SJSU trans scandal permanently ruined friendships on her team

Former University of Wyoming volleyball star Macey Boggs opened up about how a decision to forfeit to SJSU in the heat of the school's transgender scandal in 2024 ultimately permanently ruined friendships among teammates.

As San Jose State University approaches a critical deadline in its Title IX conflict against President Donald Trump's administration, another woman who was affected by the school's 2024 volleyball scandal has come forward. 

Former University of Wyoming volleyball star Macey Boggs said her team was "torn apart" over a decision whether or not to forfeit two matches to SJSU in 2024. The Spartans were embroiled in a national controversy at that time due to the presence of a biological male transgender athlete on the roster. 

Boggs said in a recent interview the players found out about the trans player, who they competed against two years prior, in the spring of 2024. When the fall rolled around, the locker room became a hive of tension and nerves due to the two scheduled matches between Wyoming and SJSU, and disagreements on whether to forfeit or not. 

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Former University of Wyoming volleyball star Macey Boggs (Courtesy of Macey Boggs)

"You could tell that things got a little bit hostile," Boggs told Fox News Digital.

"In between the whispering between each other's back, and then we were no longer one team, one unit, it was like these two separate islands." 

Friendships were permanently ruined for Boggs and the rest of the Cowgirls, she said. 

"Yeah," Boggs said when asked if the situation "permanently ruined friendships." 

"There were some of the girls who I really enjoyed and we got along great and then this situation came up, some conflict came up, and