By: Cody Bush, Associate Commissioner / Strategic Communications
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Colorado State University Pueblo’s Reggie Retzlaff and Western Colorado University’s Ricky Freymond, the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference football Players of the Year, are the 2024 NCAA Division II Conference Commissioner’s Association’s (D2CCA) Super Region 4 Players of the Year, announced Thursday.
Retzlaff and Freymond lead a group of 21 RMAC student-athletes named to the D2CCA All-Super Region 4 Football Teams, listed below. A total of 52 student-athletes were named to the All-Super Region 4 squads, representing the 33 teams from the RMAC, Lone Star Conference, and Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.
Retzlaff finished the regular season with 64 receptions for 1,169 yards and 12 touchdowns. Retzlaff set or tied the CSU Pueblo single-season marks in all three categories and is the program’s second receiver to record 1,000 yards in a season. He was third among Division II receivers with 116.9 yards per game and eighth in receiving touchdowns. Retzlaff did his best work in RMAC play, with 50 receptions for 854 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns.
Freymond led the RMAC with 20 tackles for loss and 9.5 sacks during the regular season, averaging 5.1 tackles per game. Freymond was fifth among Division II athletes with 1.8 tackles for loss per game and ninth with 0.86 sacks per game. He carried that effort into league play, where he had league-bests with 18 tackles for loss and 8.5 sacks.
The Division II Conference Commissioners Association encourages and promotes Division II athletics and high standards of sportsmanship as important elements of higher education. The CCA is a key communications link among the conferences as they discuss views, policies and regulations that impact Division II intercollegiate athletics and works closely with the NCAA as a communications channel to NCAA Division II member colleges and universities.
First Team All-Super Region 4
Nic Van de Graaf, offensive lineman, Colorado School of Mines
Reggie Retzlaff, wide receiver, CSU Pueblo
Flynn Schiele, wide receiver, Colorado School of Mines
Howard Russell V, running back, CSU Pueblo
Kash Bradley, return specialist, Colorado Mesa
Connor Taylor, placekicker, South Dakota Mines
Ricky Freymond, defensive lineman, Western Colorado
Colin Stuhr, linebacker, Colorado Mesa
Blake Doud, punter, Colorado School of Mines
Second Team All-Super Region 4
Henry Dryden, tight end, South Dakota Mines
Senon Chapple, offensive lineman, CSU Pueblo
Domingo Prince II, offensive lineman, CSU Pueblo
Max McLeod, wide receiver, Colorado School of Mines
Drew Nash, quarterback, Western Colorado
Hunter O’Connor, defensive lineman, Chadron State
Jaden Healy, linebacker, Colorado School of Mines
Adrian Moreno, linebacker, Colorado School of Mines
Daniel Bone III, safety, CSU Pueblo
Dax Yeradi, safety, Chadron State
Donovan English, cornerback, CSU Pueblo
JaCari Williams, cornerback, Colorado Mesa
About the RMAC
The RMAC is a premier NCAA Division II conference located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with 15 member schools. The RMAC sponsors 22 varsity NCAA sports and has produced 67 NCAA Division II national champions and 52 national runners-up since 1992.
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