A clip of transgender volleyball star Blaire Fleming warming up for the Mountain West Championship final on Saturday night has gone viral, with fans claiming San Jose State should have been made to forfeit the game.
Fleming and the team went on to lose to Colorado State in the Las Vegas showpiece, but it did not stop X users from commenting on her ability after watching the clip.
In the short, seven-second video posted by reporter Dan Zaksheske, Fleming can be seen approaching the net before leaping high and playing a vicious kill shot back over to her opponent.
The clip quickly racked up nearly 300,000 views, and many users were keen to make their feelings heard about Fleming, who has endured a controversial few weeks in the spotlight.
‘This is disgusting,’ one fan wrote, while another added: ‘The way she easily springs into [sic] is nasty work. This can’t be allowed.’
Another noted: ‘Thankfully they lost but that dude can jump at LEAST 20 inches more than the women he is playing with.’
Blaire Fleming warmed up ahead of the Championship final by smashing a hard shot over the net
Fleming, who stands at 6-foot-1, was born on an Air Force Base in Nebraska in 2002 and multiple media reports claim she did not begin identifying as transgender with her teammates until April 2024.
Her presence on the San Jose State team has led to multiple opponents forfeiting games citing safety concerns, while Louisiana Tech claimed after facing Fleming that they did not know their opponents had a biological male on the team.
In recent weeks, even president-elect Donald Trump has spoken out about Fleming, citing a video which appeared to show her spiking a ball at a rival player.
Fleming has now finished her college career, losing in the final of the Mountain West
Fleming has courted controversy over the past few months, with multiple opponents forfeiting
Even president-elect Donald Trump weighed in on Fleming after seeing a video online
‘I saw the slam, it was a slam. I never saw a ball hit so hard, hit the girl in the head,’ Trump said. ‘But other people, even in volleyball, they’ve been permanently, I mean, they’ve been really hurt badly. Women playing men. But you don’t have to do the volleyball.
‘We stop it. We stop it. We absolutely stop it. You can’t have it.’
San Jose State was beaten by Colorado State 27-25, 25-20, 23-25, 25-16 in Saturday’s all-important final.
It means Fleming has now played college volleyball for the very last time, with the Rams instead receiving the conference’s automatic bid to the 64-team NCAA Tournament.
