COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Colorado Mesa University senior swimmer Dejan Urbanek is the 2024-25 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Academic Player of the Year, leading a 16-member First Team Academic All-RMAC Team as selected by the league’s athletic communication directors.

The Novi Sad, Serbia native entered the spring semester with a 3.87 grade-point average as a computer science major at Colorado Mesa. At the RMAC Championships, Urbanek won five events: the 100 Butterfly, 200 Butterfly, and 200 Medley Relay, and was a member of the Mavericks, winning 400 Medley Relay and 800 Freestyle Relay units. He finished his career as a 16-time RMAC Champion and 19-time All-RMAC honoree.

Urbanek earned All-American honors three times at this season’s NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships, earning honors as a member of the Mavericks’ 800 Freestyle Relay, 200 Medley Relay, and 400 Medley Relay teams. He also competed individually in the 100 and 200 Butterfly events.

The 16-member First Team Academic All-RMAC group is highlighted by Colorado Mesa graduate student Gavin Anderson, who earned his fourth Academic All-RMAC honor. Colorado School of Mines Jaron O'Grady and Colorado Mesa’s Jacob Troescher also earned their third Academic All-RMAC recognition.

In addition, the RMAC recognized 58 student-athletes, including the 16 Academic All-RMAC honorees, on its 2024-25 Men’s Swimming & Diving 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.
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2024-25 Men’s Swimming & Diving First Team Academic All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
(as selected by RMAC athletics communications directors)
Student-Athlete	School	Class.	GPA	Major	Hometown
Dejan Urbanek (1)	Colorado Mesa	Sr.	3.87	Computer Science	Novi Sad, Serbia
Gavin Anderson (1, 4x)	Colorado Mesa	Gr.	3.90 4.00	B.S. Accounting M.B.A.	Sycamore, Ill.
Max Ayres	Colorado Mesa	So.	3.75	Exercise Science	Cary, N.C.
Thomas Bakica	Simon Fraser	Jr.	3.66	Environmental Science	Whitehorse, Yukon
Lucas Hoke	Colorado School of Mines	Jr.	3.79	Engineering Physics	Houston, Texas
Jeremy Koch (1)	Colorado Mesa	Sr.	3.92	Physics	Ocean Springs, Miss.
Ronan Lauinger	Colorado School of Mines	Sr.	3.55	Mechanical Engineering	Alexandria, Va.
Joseph Lev-Tov	Colorado School of Mines	So.	4.00	Electrical Engineering	Boulder, Colo.
Jameson McEnaney	Colorado Mesa	So.	3.76	Environmental Science	Charlotte, Vt.
Jaron O'Grady (1, 3x)	Colorado School of Mines	RSr.	3.93 3.81	B.S. Computer Science & Electrical Engineering Computer Science (graduate)	Englewood, Colo.
Austin Patterson (1)	Colorado Mesa	Sr.	3.69	Exercise Science	Houston, Texas
Brayden Stalcup	Adams State	Sr.	3.68	Business Administration	Tucson, Ariz.
Matthew Tidwell	Adams State	So.	3.91	History, Anthropology, Philosophy, & Political Science	Sycamore, Ill.
Jacob Troescher (1, 3x)	Colorado Mesa	Sr.	3.79	Computer Science	Boise, Idaho
John Walgast (1)	Colorado Mesa	Sr.	3.81	Secondary Education & History	Fort Collins, Colo.
Xander Zappas	Colorado Mesa	So.	4.00	Mechanical Engineering	Laguna Niguel, Calif.
Notes: Gold background indicates RMAC Academic Player of the Year.  A (1) indicates the student-athlete was a 2023-24 First Team Academic All-RMAC honoree, and a 3x or 4x indicates the student-athlete is a three-time or four-time First Team Academic All-RMAC selection.