By: Nash Loibl, Advanced Graduate Assistant / Strategic Communications
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – For the third consecutive year, Colorado School of Mines’ senior Grayston DiBlasi is the 2024-25 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Men’s Wrestling Academic Athlete of the Year, the league announced Thursday. The 2024-25 Men’s Wrestling Academic All-RMAC Team and Academic Honor Roll selections were announced alongside DiBlasi’s award.
DiBlasi, a native of Thornton, Colorado, claims his third straight Academic Athlete of the Year honor with a 3.96 grade-point average in mechanical engineering. On the mat, DiBlasi posted a 22-6 record this season, securing his position as the No. 4 ranked wrestler at 141 pounds in both the National Wrestling Coaches Association and Open Mat rankings. With 95 career wins, the senior concluded his collegiate career with the third-most wins in Colorado School of Mines history.
DiBlasi leads a 10-member First Team Academic All-RMAC group with five of the league’s eight teams represented. Five student-athletes, including DiBlasi, are repeat honorees from the 2023-24 season, with Gus Dalton (Colorado Mesa), Denim Torgerson (Colorado Mesa), Oran Huff (Colorado Mesa), and Sage Harrison (Western Colorado) earning back-to-back selections.
In addition, the RMAC recognized 64 student-athletes, including the 10 Academic All-RMAC honorees, on its 2024-25 Men’s Wrestling 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 RMAC Men’s Wrestling Academic Athlete of the Year
Grayston DiBlasi, Colorado School of Mines
2024-25 First Team Academic All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
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| (as selected by RMAC athletics communications directors) |
| Student-Athlete |
School |
Class. |
Wt. |
GPA |
Major |
Hometown |
| Grayston DiBlasi (1, 3x) |
Colorado School of Mines |
Sr. |
141 |
3.96 |
Mechanical Engineering |
Thornton, Colo. |
| Ivan Smith Jr. |
New Mexico Highlands |
So. |
165 |
4.0 |
Social Work |
Farmington, NM. |
| Dayson Torgerson |
Colorado Mesa |
So. |
125 |
3.60 |
Civil Engineering |
Aurora, Utah |
| Owen Cline |
Colorado Mesa |
R-So. |
149/157 |
3.50 |
Business Administration |
Orting, Wash. |
| Gus Dalton (1, 3x) |
Colorado Mesa |
R-Jr. |
174 |
3.73 |
Business Administration |
Emery, Utah |
| Sage Harrison (1) |
Western Colorado |
R-So. |
197 |
388 |
Business Administration |
Laporte, Colo. |
| Denim Torgerson (1) |
Colorado Mesa |
R-Jr. |
141 |
3.73 |
Exercise Science |
Aurora, Utah |
| Oran Huff (1) |
Colorado Mesa |
R-Jr. |
133 |
3.74 |
Secondary Education |
Lyons, Colo. |
| Owen Gudmundson |
Simon Fraser |
R-Jr. |
197 |
3.94 |
Molecular Biology & Biochemistry |
Calgary, Alta. |
| Keyton Young |
Colorado Mesa |
R-Fr. |
141/149 |
4.0 |
Computer Information Systems |
Collbran, Colo. |
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. A (3x) indicates the student-athlete is a three-time First Team Academic All-RMAC honoree.