2020-21 #RMACvb All-RMAC Team Announced
RMAC Media, Matt Kennedy
FULL RELEASE
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) has announced the 2020-21 Volleyball All-Conference awards. Colorado Mesa’s Maddi Foutz and Sabrina Vanderlist, Regis’ Haley Kennedy and Colorado School of Mines’ Drew Stokes headline the All-RMAC teams receiving Player of the Year honors.
The major award winners and the First and Second All-RMAC teams were nominated and voted on by the conference’s 14 competing volleyball head coaches. Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own student-athletes.
Major Award Winners
Player of the Year- Maddi Foutz, Colorado Mesa
Setter of the Year – Drew Stokes, Colorado School of Mines
Defensive Player of the Year – Haley Kennedy, Regis
Freshman of the Year – Sabrina VanDeList, Colorado Mesa
Coach of the Year – Dave Fleming, Colorado Mesa
RMAC Players of the Year
In her second year with the program after transferring from Colorado State University, Colorado Mesa’s Maddi Foutz has been voted the RMAC Player of the Year after she led the Mavericks to their first RMAC Regular Season Championship since the 2014 by going an undefeated 14-0.
Foutz is known for getting it done all across the floor as an outside hitter and libero/defensive specialist. The Bayfield native leads the team with 3.45 points per set and in digs with 144 total on the season. Foutz was also the RMAC Player of the Week back in Week 1 of the season.
Haley Kennedy led the Regis Rangers and the entire conference in digs this season with 255 which is also 20th best in the entire nation. Kennedy led the Rangers defense that was the fourth best in the conference this year with an opponent hitting percentage of .153.
Drew Stokes is the Setter of the Year following a season where she led the entire conference in assists per set with 11.36. Stokes was the RMAC Setter of the Week four times this season.
CMU’s Sabrina VanDeList got the Freshman of the Year nod in a season where she dished out 328 assists which led the team and was ninth in the conference in assists per set. VanDeList was also named RMAC Setter of the Week on multiple occasions this season.
RMAC Coach of the Year
Dave Fleming from Colorado Mesa has been named this year’s RMAC Coach of the Year. This is the fourth time Fleming has won the award after being with the Mavericks since the 2005 season. Fleming led his team to their first regular season title since 2014 and accomplished the only undefeated regular season in RMAC history.
First Team All-RMAC
Caitlyn Burroway, Regis
Elle Duis, Colorado School of Mines
Jazzy Espinoza, CSU Pueblo
Maddi Foutz, Colorado Mesa
Taylor Hicken, Colorado School of Mines
Rylee Hladky, MSU Denver
Avaline Lai, MSU Denver
Mara LeGrand , Regis
Savannah Spitzer, Colorado Mesa
Payton Stack, CSU Pueblo
Drew Stokes, Colorado School of Mines
Sabrina VanDeList, Colorado Mesa
Kayla White, MSU Denver
Maddy Wisniewski,CSU Pueblo
Second Team All-RMAC
Maddie Burns, Colorado Christian
Ember Canty, MSU Denver
Amanda Donais, Colorado School of Mines
Audrey Green, Westminster
Hanna Hendrickson, Western Colorado
Haley Kennedy, Regis
Jacey Koethe, South Dakota Mines
Kerstin Layman, Colorado Mesa
Mikayla McClinton, MSU Denver
Haedyn Rhoades, Black Hills State
Holly Schmidt, Colorado Mesa
Lauryn Shockley , UCCS
Rachel Siurek, Regis
Jordyn Todd, Western Colorado
*Student-athletes are listed in alphabetical order.
Honorable Mention
Shannon Mulkey, Adams State
Mackenzie Swanson, Adam State
Sierra Ward, Black Hills State
Chandler Hageman, Chadron State
Alexia, Hurtado, Chadron State
Jasa Scheierman, Colorado Christian
Sierra Hunt, Colorado Mesa
Julia Eiken, Colorado School of Mines
Elaine Thibadeau, CSU-Pueblo
Alexa Treguboff, Fort Lewis
Rylee Johnson, Fort Lewis
Kamyrn Lopez, Fort Lewis
Jessica Megenhardt, MSU Denver
Joli Sadler, MSU Denver
Shyann Bastian, South Dakota Mines
Lily Bartling, South Dakota Mines
Anna Thomas, South Dakota Mines
Caroline Parker, Western Colorado