Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference

2022 RMAC Women’s Soccer All-Academic Release

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Colorado Mesa’s Lila Dere is the 2022 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Women’s Soccer Academic Player of the Year, the league announced Monday. Dere’s award was announced alongside the RMAC All-Academic First Team and Honor Roll rosters.
 
Dere claims the league’s top academic honor after closing out the 2022 campaign with 48 points and 23 goals, both of which lead the nation. The Mavs’ redshirt sophomore led her squad to a postseason appearance at the 2022 RMAC Women’s Soccer Tournament as the No. 5 seed with an 8-4-0 conference record. Dere stamped goals in 13 of the Mavericks’ 19 matches on the season, secured seven multi-goal performances and closed the year with a .521 shots-on-goal percentage. In the classroom, the Grand Junction, Colo., native holds a 3.73 grade-point average as a business entrepreneurship major.
 
Regis leads the RMAC All-Academic first team with four selections, while MSU Denver claims a trio of honorees. Colorado Mesa and Colorado School of Mines each account for two selections apiece, followed by Black Hills State and University of Colorado Colorado Springs with one honoree each.
 
BHSU’s Makayla Dannelly, Colorado Mesa’s Michaela Dangler, Colorado School of Mines’ Katie Koehler, Regis’ Sophia Leone and UCCS’ Abby Barhydt headline the first-team roster with perfect 4.0 GPAs.