By: Cody Bush, Associate Commissioner / Strategic Communications

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Colorado Mesa University junior forward Olivia Reed Thyne repeats as the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Academic Player of the Year, leading a 10-member First Team Academic All-RMAC Team as selected by the league’s athletic communication directors.

The Windsor, Colorado native also repeated as the 2024-25 RMAC Player of the Year as selected by the league’s head coaches. She received both awards before Friday's RMAC Women’s Basketball Championships semifinal round. She entered the postseason with a 3.93 grade-point average as a fitness and health promotion major at Colorado Mesa.

Reed Thyne enters NCAA postseason play averaging 21.9 points, 10.9 rebounds, and 2.9 assists per game for the Mavericks. She ranked sixth among Division II athletes in scoring and 12th in rebounding. Reed Thyne led the RMAC in field-goal percentage (267-of-462, .578) and was fourth in free-throw percentage (117-of-145, .807). She also recorded her 18th double-double of the season, the fifth most in Division II, in the RMAC quarterfinals.  She made an early statement with a 45-point outing against Pittsburg State in December, one of four 40-plus point outings in the RMAC this season. Reed Thyne had seven 30-point games this season, five of those in RMAC play.

Reed Thyne leads a 10-member First Team Academic All-RMAC group with seven of the league’s women’s basketball-sponsoring institutions represented. Four selections are repeat honorees, including Reed Thyne: Western Colorado senior center Rachel Cockman, Colorado Mesa senior guard Kylie Kravig, and University of Colorado Colorado Springs senior forward Maison White.

In addition, the RMAC recognized 70 student-athletes, including the 10 Academic All-RMAC honorees, on its 2024-25 Women’s Basketball 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 67 NCAA Division II national champions and 54 national runners-up since 1992.
       

2024 First Team Academic All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
(as selected by RMAC athletics communications directors)
Student-Athlete	School	Class.	Pos	GPA	Major	Hometown
Olivia Reed Thyne (1)	Colorado Mesa	Jr.	F	3.93	Fitness and Health Promotion	Windsor, Colo.
Juliana Aragon	New Mexico Highlands	Jr.	G	3.76	Human Performance and Sport	Bernalillo, N.M.
Kalla Bertram	Black Hills State	Sr.	G	3.77	Exercise Science	Colome, S.D.
Rachel Cockman (1)	Western Colorado	Sr.	C	3.88	Exercise and Sport Science	Cantwell, Alaska
Morgan Hammerback	Black Hills State	Gr.	F	3.92	Business Administration	Hammill, S.D.
Kylie Kravig (1, 3x)	Colorado Mesa	Sr.	G	3.99	Exercise Science	Greeley, Colo.
Savea Mansfield	South Dakota Mines	Jr.	F	3.76	Pre-Professional Health	Washougal, Wash.
Jenna Siebert	Colorado School of Mines	RJr.	G	3.85	Mechanical Engineering	Parker, Colo.
Emma Sixta	Colorado School of Mines	So.	G	3.97	Mechanical Engineering	Portland, Ore.
Maison White (1, 3x)	UCCS	Sr.	F	3.62	Criminal Justice	Grantsville, Utah
Notes: Gold background indicates RMAC Academic Player of the Year.  A (1) indicates the student-athlete was a 2023 First Team Academic All-RMAC honoree, and a 3x indicates the student-athlete is a three-time First Team Academic All-RMAC selection.