His mom, diagnosed with multiple sclerosis when Clay was in high school, recently moved to Boise to live with family.
All indications are senior Brian Clay will be making his first start for the Huskies against No. 23 Boise State on Friday night, and there is no one he would rather share that night with than his mom, Mary Jane.
In a rare treat, she will be there in person.
“In all that blue and orange,” he said, “she’s going to be wearing purple. It’s going to be awesome.”
Clay was high school sophomore in Vacaville, Calif.