University of Wyoming women's volleyball player Macey Boggs testifies at state Senate hearing about her team's 2024 decision over transgender player Blaire Fleming's controversy Lost two games to San Jose State.

Boggs, one of 11 former or current Mountain West volleyball players involved in a lawsuit against SJSU and the conference, spoke in support of a bill that would require participation in athletic competition to be limited to an athlete's biological sex at birth in the state.

But for Boggs, no amount of legislation will give her another chance to compete in the volleyball playoffs. Wyoming's two losses to SJSU on Oct. 5 and Nov. 14 cost the team a chance to compete in the Mountain West tournament, and her career is now over.

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“My team was punished with two losses for refusing to play against the opposing team’s male athletes, an injustice that ultimately cost us a trip to the Mountain West Championship,” Boggs said. "I was denied the opportunity to play my last college game because we were faced with a situation that no woman should have to face, either competing against a team with male athletes on female scholarships or forfeiting the remainder of our season .No woman should have to face a decision like this.

"We should be competing against athletes who are biologically matched to us, not against male standards."

Sacrificing her chance to compete for a championship to keep herself and her teammates safe left a lasting impression on Boggs that she won't soon forget.

"My team was told we didn't deserve safety on the field, that we weren't important enough for fair play and that women should remain silent for the benefit of men," she said. "This issue isn't just about winning or losing. It's about whether we respect women and girls."

Wyoming Republican Sen. Wendy Schuler, a former college athlete, is the sponsor of the bill and chairs the Senate Education Committee. Boggs urged state lawmakers to pass the bill to protect future female athletes from similar situations. The bill passed with a vote of 4-1.

Twenty-five states currently have laws banning transgender athletes from competing in women's and girls' sports. The House has passed a bill to prevent this from happening at the national level.

Boggs hopes her experience will spur lawmakers to ensure this doesn't happen elsewhere.

"While it may be too late for me to end my career on the terms that my team won, it's not too late for the young girls behind us," she said. “Forcing women to compete or antagonize biological males is fundamentally unfair, unsafe and a violation of women’s rights.”

Boggs said she believes gender is determined by birth, "not by feeling."

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Other plaintiffs in the lawsuit include SJSU co-captain Brooke Slusser, Alyssa Sugai, Elle Patterson, Nicanora Clarke, Kaylie Ray, Sia Li'ili'i, Sierra Grizzle, Jordan Sandy, Katelyn Van Kirk and Kiersten Van Kirk. Former SJSU assistant volleyball coach Melissa Batie-Smoose, who was suspended from San Jose State University after filing a Title IX complaint alleging the university gave preferential treatment to transgender players, is also a plaintiff.

Riley Gaines, a former NCAA swimmer and prominent conservative influencer, has frequently organized with other female athletes affected by transgender inclusion and filed lawsuits against the NCAA over the issue. A hearing was held Jan. 9 in Idaho.

"They're being emotionally blackmailed into thinking they're the problem," Gaines said of the players, adding that Boise State is the only university to offer administrative support to players who wish to waive.

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"The vast majority of them don't want this to happen to them. No one asked for this. This is not a situation they want," Gaines added. "These girls are scared. They're scared to stand up. They're scared to stand up for themselves. They're scared of what might happen if they just say, 'Men and women are different.'"

Mahi Smith, co-founder of the legal advocacy group Independent Commission for Women in Sports, testified that the female athletes who joined the lawsuit felt threatened by university retaliation if they spoke out against transgender inclusion.

"What will they do to us if we speak up?" players often ask this question, according to Smith.

Smith elaborated on the players' issues in a follow-up statement to Fox News Digital.

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"They often feared losing their scholarship or being kicked off the team. At San Jose State, administrators used those fears to tell them to keep quiet because it was Blair Fleming's story, not theirs," Smith said.

Louisiana Tech volleyball head coach Amber McCray confirmed to Fox News Digital that her team was not aware of Fleming's natural birth gender until the day after the game through a rumor from her parents.

LA Tech athletic director Ryan Ivey said in an email obtained by Fox News Digital that the team "would have pursued a different outcome" had officials known Fleming's natural birth gender.

Slasser claims in the lawsuit that she had to share a bedroom and dressing room with Fleming, an experience she told Fox News Digital that was "traumatic."

“This season has been so painful for me, I don’t even have a proudest moment,” Slusser said.

SJSU also acknowledged a recent crop of volleyball players entering the transfer portal. Nearly all of the remaining players who are still eligible want to leave the program.

"We have the utmost respect for student-athletes' ability to make decisions regarding their college athletic careers," a statement said.

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