By: A.J. Vazquez, Strategic Communications & Marketing Intern
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Colorado School of Mines redshirt freshman Cody Wyman is the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Men's Cross Country Academic Player of the Year and leads the league's First Team Academic All-RMAC and Academic Honor Roll, released Thursday.
Academically, Wyman boasts a 3.963 GPA while majoring in Metallurgical & Materials Engineering at Colorado School of Mines. The redshirt freshman from Lake George, Colorado adds another accolade in his first complete campaign with the Orediggers that saw him earn the RMAC Men's Cross Country Freshman of the Year title, named to the 2025 United States Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association All-South Central Region team and debuted his first national championship as the second fastest redshirt freshman in the nation's best field. Additionally, he earned Freshman of the Meet honors after a 20th-place finish at the RMAC Cross Country Championship, also earning a spot on the All-RMAC Second Team. Wyman was also a pivotal piece in the Orediggers' third-place finish at the 2025 NCAA Division II Cross Country National Championship.
In addition to Wyman's honor, the RMAC recognized 104 student-athletes, including the 14 First Team Academic All-RMAC honorees, on its 2025 Men's Cross Country Academic Honor Roll. 10 out of 15 of the league's institutions have at least one student-athlete on the First Team Academic All-RMAC list. Chase Brown, Matthew Storer, and Klay Grant were named to the Academic All-RMAC team for the third time in their careers.
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.
2025 RMAC Men's Cross Country Academic Player of the Year
Cody Wyman, Colorado School of Mines |
2025 First Team Academic All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
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(as selected by RMAC athletics communications directors)
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Student-Athlete
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School
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Class
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GPA
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Major
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Hometown
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Adam Beard
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Chadron State
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Jr.
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3.89
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Business Administration
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Berthoud, Colo.
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Chase Brown (3x, 1)
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Colorado Mesa
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R-Jr.
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4.00
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Civil Engineering
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Bloomingdale, Mich.
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Koy Cunningham
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UCCS
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R-Jr.
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3.74
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Human Physiology
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Monument, Colo.
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Oliver Diaz
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Western Colorado
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So.
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3.57
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Art & Graphic Design
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Los Teques, Venezuela
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Klay Grant (3x, 1)
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Colorado Christian
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Sr.
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4.00
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English History
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Muskegon, Mich.
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Darren Hayden
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MSU Denver
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So.
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4.00
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Music
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Greeley, Colo.
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Housem Hrabi
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Adams State
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Jr.
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3.71
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Kinesiology
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Doha, Tunisia
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Joran Lamoreaux
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South Dakota Mines
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Sr.
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3.73
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Computer Engineering
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Woodland, Wash.
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Joseph Impellitteri
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UCCS
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R-Jr.
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3.71
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Communications
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Hebron, Kent.
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Matthew Storer (3x, 1)
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Colorado Christian
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Gr.
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3.71
4.00
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Business
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Colorado Springs, Colo.
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Jacob Schwarting
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Colorado School of Mines
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R-Fr.
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3.73
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Electrical Engineering
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Erie, Colo.
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Johnathan Sweepe
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CSU Pueblo
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So.
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3.82
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Construction Management
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Peoria, Ariz.
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Jeremiah Vaille (1)
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Colorado School of Mines
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R-Sr.
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3.73
3.97
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B.S. Civil Engineering
M.S. Civil Engineering
M.S. Engineering & Technology Management
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Dillon, Colo.
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Cody Wyman
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Colorado School of Mines
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R-Fr.
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3.96
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Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
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Lake George, Colo.
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Notes: A gold background indicates the RMAC Academic Player of the Year; (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.
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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 69 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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