2013 RMAC Soccer Summit Award Recipients
Men's Summit Award: Garrett Seitz, Regis ..... Women's Summit Award: Laura Tita, Fort Lewis
Kelsey Helgeson, RMAC Media Relations
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.- The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference is recognizing Garrett Seitz of Regis University and Laura Tita of Fort Lewis College as the 2013 Summit Award winners for Men’s and Women’s Soccer.
The RMAC Summit Award is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at the finals sites for each of the RMAC's championships. All GPAs are based on a straight grading scale to ensure consistency among institutions. Any tie is broken by the number of credits completed.
Eligible student-athletes are sophomores or above who have participated in their sport for at least two years with their school. They must be an active member of the team, traveling and competing at the championships.
A member of the 2013 RMAC Regular Season Championship team, senior defender Garrett Seitz has led the Regis Ranger back line for the past four years. Playing in 61 games for the Rangers, Seitz has earned an impressive 46 starts, including 17 starts in 19 appearances as a true freshman. He has logged over 4,000 minutes of play for Regis and compiled six points from the back line, netting one goal and four assists in his career. The Biological and Biomedical Sciences major has maintained an astounding 3.93 cumulative grade point average and collected a host of academic accolades including: 2011 and 2012 RMAC All-Academic Second Team, 2012 CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-District First Team, 2012 CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-America Third Team, 2013 RMAC All-Academic First Team, and 2013 CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-District.
Laura Tita, a sophomore defender for the Skyhawks, has already become an important member of a No. 24 nationally ranked Fort Lewis program that is currently competing for the 2013 RMAC Championship. Tita has played in 20 matches to date for FLC and has even gotten in on the attack from the back line, recording three points off of a goal and an assist earned as a freshman. She boasts a perfect 1.00 SOG% and a .500 Shot%. A 2013 RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll selection, the Cellular and Molecular Biology major has maintained a near perfect 3.95 cumulative grade point average as a Skyhawk student-athlete.
Both recipients will be honored during the semifinal round of the RMAC Tournament on Friday, Nov. 8, at their respective host sites. Seitz will receive his award prior to the 2 p.m. semi-final match at host school Regis University in Denver, Colo. Tita will be honored prior to the 6:30 p.m. semi-final match at host school Colorado Mines in Golden, Colo.