COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Colorado School of Mines redshirt senior Hunter Potrykus is the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Men’s Indoor Track & Field Academic Athlete of the Year, the conference announced Tuesday. Potrykus leads a 16-member First Team Academic All-RMAC Team as selected by the league’s athletic communication directors.

Potrykus capped off the 2024-25 indoor track and field season with a second-place finish in the pole vault at the RMAC Men’s Indoor Track & Field Championships. His vault of 5.07 meters (16’ 7.5”) not only earned him First Team All-RMAC honors but also contributed to Colorado School of Mines’ strong performance, helping his team earn 160 points. Nationally, Potrykus was tied for the seventh-best vault in Division II this season, having cleared 5.23 meters (17’ 1.75”) at the Mines Alumni Classic to kick off the season. His consistency throughout the season secured him a spot at the 2025 NCAA DII Indoor Track & Field Championships, where he finished fourth with a mark of 5.44 meters (17’ 10.25”). As a result of his performance during the indoor season, Potrykus earned a spot on the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association First Team All-America roster.

Potrykus leads a 16-member First Team Academic All-RMAC group with seven of the league’s men’s indoor track & field-sponsoring institutions represented. Six selections, including Potrykus, are repeat honorees: Colorado School of Mines’ Loic Scomparin and Everett Delate, Colorado Christian’s Matthew Storer and Klay Grant, University of Colorado Colorado Springs’ Thorben Hast, and Chadron State’s Christopher Jennings.

In addition, the RMAC recognized 168 student-athletes, including the 16 Academic All-RMAC honorees, on its 2024-25 Men’s Indoor Track & Field 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.  
   

2024-25 Men’s Indoor Track & Field Academic Athlete of the Year Hunter Potrykus, Colorado School of Mines First Team Academic All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
(as selected by RMAC athletics communications directors)
Student-Athlete	School	Class	GPA	Major	Hometown
Hunter Potrykus (3x)	Colorado School of Mines	R-Sr.	3.93 4.0	Mechanical Engineering	Berthoud, Colo.
Loic Scomparin (3x)	Colorado School of Mines	R-Sr.	3.95 3.85	Environmental Engineering Hydrology	Dublin, Calif.
Romain Legendre	Adams State	Sr.	3.61	Business Administration	Carpentras, France
Everett Delate (3x)	Colorado School of Mines	R-SR.	3.80 3.88	Mineral & Energy Economy Economics	Centennial, Colo.
Chase Brown	Colorado Mesa	R-So.	4.0	Civil Engineering	Bloomingdale, Mich.
Chayton Bynes	Chadron State	R-So.	3.51	Criminal Justice	Chadron, Neb.
Matthew Storer (1)	Colorado Christian	Sr.	3.71 4.0	Business Business Administration	Colorado Springs, Colo.
Thorben Hast (3x)	UCCS	R-Sr.	3.93	Business	Stelle, Niedersachsen
Christopher Jennings (1)	Chadron State	Jr.	3.90	Biology	O’Neill, Neb.
Jonah Fallon	Colorado School of Mines	R-So.	3.85	Computer Science	Batavia, Ill.
Kyle Demos	UCCS	Jr.	3.98	Business	Colorado Springs, Colo.
Parker Gonser	Chadron State	Sr.	4.0 3.56	Sport Management MBA	Windsor, Colo.
Klay Grant (1)	Colorado Christian	Jr.	4.0	English	Muskegon, Mich.
Jagger Zlotoff	UCCS	R-Jr.	3.57	Computer Science	Gilbert, Ariz.
Joseph Hamilton	UCCS	R-Jr.	3.99	Biochemistry	Mesa, Ariz.
Jace Johnson	Black Hills State	So.	3.92	Exercise Science	Rapid City, S.D.
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, (3x) indicates the student-athlete is a three time First Team Academic All-RMAC honoree.

 
 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.