By: Cody Bush, Associate Commissioner / Strategic Communications

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Western Colorado University senior quarterback Drew Nash and Chadron State College senior linebacker Logan O’Brien are the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Football Academic Players of the Year and lead the league’s First Team Academic All-RMAC Team and Academic Honor Roll, released Friday.

Nash, a Torrance, California, native, adds another accolade to an outstanding campaign that saw him named the RMAC Offensive Player of the Year and a Harlon Hill Award Finalist. Academically, he brought a 3.67 GPA into the season as a double major in exercise and sport science at Western Colorado. In addition to earning the Offensive Academic Player of the Year recognition, he is a First-Team All-RMAC selection for the second consecutive year.

O’Brien, from Kearney, Nebraska, also added to his impressive 2025 campaign as the Defensive Academic Player of the Year after earning the RMAC Defensive Player of the Year award earlier. He owned a 3.97 GPA as a business marketing major entering the season at Chadron State. It is the third consecutive year O’Brien has earned First Team Academic All-RMAC recognition.

Joining O’Brien as a three-time honoree were CSU Pueblo kick returner and running back Moosah Alsaffar, Western Colorado senior defensive end Ricky Freymond, and Colorado School of Mines safety Will Ramsey. They lead a 27-member First Team Academic All-RMAC group that represents nine of the league’s football-sponsoring institutions. 

In addition, the RMAC recognized 241 student-athletes, including the 27 First Team Academic All-RMAC honorees, on its 2025 Football Academic Honor Roll.

The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Academic Honor Roll recognizes student-athletes in each conference-sponsored sport who academically maintain at least a 3.30 cumulative grade-point average, have completed two consecutive semesters at their current institution, and have used a season of competition.

Each institution’s athletic communications directors nominate student-athletes who academically maintain at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average, along with the other criteria for the Academic Honor Roll, for recognition on the First Team Academic All-RMAC in each sport. The league’s athletic communications directors for that sport vote to compose the First Team Academic All-RMAC and select the Academic Player of the Year. They are not permitted to vote for their own student-athletes.

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.

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2025 First Team Academic All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference: Football
(as selected by RMAC athletics communications directors)
Student-Athlete	School	Class.	Pos	GPA	Major	Hometown
Offense
Drew Nash	Western Colorado	RSr.	QB	3.67	Exercise Science	Torrance, Calif.
Gage Baker	South Dakota Mines	RFr.	QB	3.90	Electrical Engineering	Surprise, Ariz.
Max Barnes	Colorado School of Mines	RSo.	RB	3.62	Chemical Engineering	Austin, Texas
Luke Duby	Black Hills State	RSr.	QB	4.00	Strategic Leadership	Lexington, Ky.
Tyler Dvorak (1)	CSU Pueblo	Sr.	TE	3.72	Economics/Finance	Englewood, Colo.
Cameron Goods	Black Hills State	Sr.	RB	3.63	Business Administration	Irvine, Calif.
Cole Hansen	Colorado Mesa	RJr.	QB	3.96	Business Administration	Centennial, Colo.
Trek Keyworth	Colorado Mesa	RSo.	WR	3.79	Business Administration	Windsor, Colo.
Zack Rakowsky	CSU Pueblo	Sr.	WR	3.62	Health Sciences	Loveland, Colo.
Garet Schlabs	Chadron State	RSo.	WR	4.00	Health & Physical Education	Cheyenne, Wyo.
Chance Wiening (1)	Western Colorado	Gr.	OL	3.90 3.97	B.S. Exercise & Health Sciences Exercise & Health Sciences	Trinidad, Colo.
Defense
Logan O’Brien (1, 3x)	Chadron State	RSr.	LB	3.97	Business Marketing	Kearney, Neb.
Kash Bradley (1)	Colorado Mesa	Sr.	DB	3.90	Exercise Science	Bushland, Texas
Cooper Brown	Black Hills State	RSr.	DE	3.72	Business Administration & Human Resources	Gilbert, Ariz.
Joel Diaz (1)	Colorado School of Mines	RSr.	S	3.83 4.00	B.S. Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering	Gilbert, Ariz.
Ricky Freymond (1, 3x)	Western Colorado	RSr.	DE	3.63	Business Administration	Chino, Calif.
Drew Johnson	Western Colorado	RSo.	DE	3.68	Accounting	Salida, Colo.
Ian Loomis	Western Colorado	Jr.	LB	3.62	Exercise & Sport Science	Loveland, Colo.
Kade Musser	Western Colorado	RSo.	LB	3.58	Business Administration	Eastvale, Calif.
Sutton Pohlman	Chadron State	Sr.	CB	3.91 4.00	B.A. Business Administration Business Administration	Stanton, Neb.
Will Ramsey (1, 3x)	Colorado School of Mines	RJr.	S	3.89	Computer Science	Argyle, Texas
Gary Seidenberger	CSU Pueblo	Jr.	LB	3.73	Pre-Business	Fredericksburg, Texas
Special Teams
Moosah Alsaffar (1, 3x)	CSU Pueblo	Jr.	KR	3.89	Accounting	Aurora, Colo.
Regan Baker	CSU Pueblo	Jr.	P	4.00	Exercise Science	Brisbane, Australia
Brodie Eisenbraun (1)	Chadron State	Sr.	P	3.97 4.00	B.S. Sport, Fitness, & Recreation Digital Marketing	Sturgis, S.D.
Preston Kyle	Colorado School of Mines	RFr.	K	3.66	Mechanical Engineering	Houston, Texas
Lucas LeSieur	Colorado School of Mines	RFr.	P	4.00	Mechanical Engineering	Walnut Creek, Calif.
Notes: A gold background indicates the RMAC Academic Player of the Year for that position group; (1) indicates the student-athlete was a 2024 First-Team Academic All-RMAC honoree; (3x) indicates a three-time First-Team Academic All-RMAC honoree.