COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Colorado Mesa University’s redshirt junior cross country athlete, Chase Brown, received the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference’s Summit Award on Saturday at the conclusion of its 2025 Cross Country Championship.

Brown, now in his third season competing for the Mavericks, has a 4.00 grade-point average while majoring in civil engineering and has completed 84 credit hours. Brown has led Colorado Mesa in two races and was the Mavericks’ No. 2 finisher in the other. He previously earned the Summit Award for both indoor and outdoor track & field in 2025 and was a member of the 2024 United States Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association’s (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Cross Country Team. 

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 compete 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.
 
About the RMAC
The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, headquartered in Colorado Springs, is a premier NCAA Division II conference with 15 institutions located in Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, and Utah. The RMAC currently competes in 22 NCAA Division II sports and has earned 67 national championships and 53 national runners-up since 1992. Founded in 1909, the RMAC is the most historic athletic conference in the western United States and Division II.