DENVER, Colo. – Colorado Mesa redshirt senior Sabrina VanDeList is the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference’s Summit Award, the league announced Thursday during the semifinal rounds of the 2024 RMAC Volleyball Tournament.
 
VanDeList earns the award for a third consecutive year with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average in Elementary Education. On the court, VanDeList is a crucial contributor to the Mavericks attack, totaling 1,140 assists and 270 digs so far this season. Her efforts throughout the 2024 regular season earned her the coveted RMAC Setter of the Year award for the second time in her illustrious career. VanDeList led the Mavericks into the semifinal round of the 2024 RMAC Volleyball Championship as the No. 2 seed, and they face No. 6 seed Colorado Christian in Friday’s semifinal match.
 
The RMAC’s Summit Award is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA competing at the finals site of their respective sport’s championship. Summit Award winners must have competed in 20 percent of available competitions throughout the current season. All GPAs are based on a straight-grading scale to ensure consistency among nominees. All ties are broken by the total number of credit hours completed through the most recently concluded semester.
 
To be eligible for the award, student-athletes must be sophomores or above and have participated in their sport at their institution for at least two years. They must also be active members of their teams and travel to and compete at the RMAC championship event.