COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Metropolitan State University of Denver sophomore Alyssa Boyte claims the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference’s Academic Player of the Year award, leading the 15-member First Team Academic All-RMAC Team as selected by the league’s athletic communications directors.

Boyte, this year’s RMAC Defensive Player of the Year, adds another major accolade to her standout season by being named the 2025 RMAC Academic Player of the Year. Off the court, Boyte is a sophomore psychology major who boasts a perfect 4.00 grade-point average. On the court, she was a force at the net, leading the conference with 126 blocks, averaging 1.22 blocks per set. Her impact helped anchor one of the RMAC’s top defensive units, as the Roadrunners are first among RMAC teams in opponent assists (971 / 9.43 per set), opponent kills (1,069 / 10.38 per set), and opponent service aces (89 / 0.86 per set), while also placing second in opponent hitting percentage (.156) entering the NCAA South Central Regional Tournament. With Boyte’s presence elevating the Roadrunner defense, MSU Denver secured the 2025 RMAC Championship title and the South Central Region’s No. 1 seed in the 2025 NCAA Division II Volleyball Championship.

Boyte leads a 15-member First Team Academic All-RMAC group with nine of the conference’s 15 member institutions represented. MSU Denver’s Kryssa Moerman is the lone returner on the First Academic All-RMAC roster, while GabriElle Brewer, Taylor Cary, and Hailey Killett all made the jump from Honor Roll to First Team.
In addition, the RMAC recognized 103 student-athletes, including the 15 First Team Academic All-RMAC honorees, on its 2025 Volleyball 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 RMAC is a premier NCAA Division II conference located in Colorado Springs, Colo., with 15 member institutions. The RMAC sponsors 22 varsity NCAA sports and has produced 65 NCAA Division II national champions and 54 national runners-up since 1992.

2025 RMAC Volleyball Academic Player of the Year

Alyssa Boyte, MSU Denver