UCCS' Austin Leads #RMACtf All-Academic Team

UCCS' Austin Leads #RMACtf All-Academic Team

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RMAC Media, Ryan Cruz

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COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO— Maia Austin of University of Colorado – Colorado Springs was named the 2019-20 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) Indoor Track & Field Academic Athlete of the Year.
 
Austin, along with the other First Team All-Academic team members, were voted on by the conference’s sports information directors. To be eligible for consideration, a student-athlete must carry a 3.30 cumulative grade point average and must have been an active student at the institution for at least two consecutive semesters or three consecutive quarters.
 
All student-athletes who meet those requirements, but were not voted First Team, automatically qualify for Honor Roll.
 
Austin, a junior from Colorado Springs, Colorado is majoring in exercise science and possesses a 4.00 grade-point average (GPA). Austin was the 2020 RMAC Summit Award winner for women’s indoor track and field who obtained a silver medal finish in the women’s mile at the Indoor RMAC Championships. She ran the 15th fastest mile in the division II and qualified for the Division II National Championships in the mile & Distance
 
Colorado School of Mines had the most representatives on the All-Academic list with 18 total and five being named to first team. In all a total of 132 student-athletes received All-Academic honors.
 
RMAC All-Academic First Team
Maia Austin*                        Jr.             UCCS                                Colorado Springs, Colo.            4.00        Exercise Science
Zoe Baker                            Fr.         Colorado School of Mines Longmont, Colo.                       4.00        Computer Science
Kaylee Bogina                    Jr.           Adams State                      Kalispell, Mont.                         3.75        Business Administration
Nicole Bouma                    Jr.           CSU-Pueblo                       Kalispell, Mont.                         3.85        Biology
Sarah Cerrone                   Jr.           Colorado Mesa                  Lakewood, Colo.                       4.00        English
Kaija Crowe                        Jr.          UCCS                                 Milaca, Minn.                            3.57       Communications: Digital Film Making
Erica Keeble                       Sr.          South Dakota Mines         Nashville, Tenn.                        3.77       
Bailey Sharon                     Jr.          Western Colorado             Lakewood, Colo.                       3.87        Chemistry/Mathematics              
Hailey Streff                       Jr.           CSU-Pueblo                      Madison, S.D.                           3.94                Biology
Annie Topal                        Jr.           New Mexico Highlands     Rabaul, Papua New Guinea     3.76       Forestry
 
* - Academic Athlete of the Year
- Student-Athletes are listed in alphabetical order.