2017-18 Brechler Awards Announced
RMAC Media Relations
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) announced the 2017-18 Brechler Award Winners on Wednesday.
The Brechler Awards recognize the conference’s top team grade point average (GPA) in each of its 23 sports. Grades were used from the 2017-18 academic year. All student-athletes that were on the institution’s NCAA eligibility list were included in the teams’ GPA calculation. The team GPA is calculated by dividing the total quality points for each semester by the total number of credits for each semester. Team GPAs were submitted to the RMAC Office by each institution’s compliance administrator.
The award is named after Paul W. Brechler, a former RMAC Commissioner (1976-1990), who along with wife Wanda, were the first inductees into the RMAC Hall of Fame. Paul was also the former athletic director of the University of Iowa and served as Commissioner of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).
This year, Westminster led all RMAC institutions earning seven Brechler Awards in men’s basketball, women’s cross country, men’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s indoor track and field, and men’s and women’s outdoor track and field. Regis followed with the second highest amount of Brechler Awards with a total of four.
Each team will be presented with a plaque at the 2018 RMAC Hall of Fame and Awards Banquet on Friday, July 13 at the Colorado Springs Marriott Hotel. For more information on the event,
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Brechler Award Winners
Baseball – Colorado School of Mines 3.399 Jerod Goodale
Men’s Basketball – Westminster 3.407 Norm Parrish
Women’s Basketball – Regis 3.647 Molly Marrin
Men’s Cross Country – New Mexico Highlands 3.522 Bob DeVries
Women’s Cross Country – Westminster 3.688 Dan Quinn
Football – Chadron State 2.935 Jay Long
Men’s Golf – Colorado Mesa 3.662 Matt Ward
Women’s Golf – Colorado Mesa 3.584 Scott Hansen
Men’s Lacrosse – Westminster 3.432 Mason Goodhand
Women’s Lacrosse – Lindenwood 3.584 Jack Cribbin
Men’s Soccer – Regis 3.555 Tony McCall
Women’s Soccer – Regis 3.713 J.B. Belzer
Softball – Regis 3.478 Daven Bond
Men’s Swimming & Diving – Colorado School of Mines 3.372 Nate Rothman
Women’s Swimming & Diving – Oklahoma Christian 3.511 Josh Davis
Men’s Tennis – CSU-Pueblo 3.473 Mark Schleif
Women’s Tennis – Colorado Christian 3.705 John Goodrich
Men’s Indoor Track & Field – Westminster 3.291 Dan Quinn
Women’s Indoor Track & Field – Westminster 3.597 Dan Quinn
Men’s Outdoor Track & Field – Westminster 3.291 Dan Quinn
Women’s Outdoor Track & Field – Westminster 3.597 Dan Quinn
Volleyball – MSU Denver 3.661 Jenny Glenn
Wrestling – Colorado School of Mines 3.478 Austin DeVoe