COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Colorado State University Pueblo senior Katherine Higgins is the 2024-25  Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Women’s Indoor Track & Field Academic Player of the Year, leading a 15-member First Team Academic All-RMAC Team as selected by the league’s athletic communication directors.

Higgins, a product of Mead, Colorado, finished the fall semester with a 4.00 cumulative grade-point average as an education major at CSU Pueblo. She was also one of five student-athletes to repeat as a First Team Academic All-RMAC squad member. Higgins won the shot put title at the RMAC Indoor Track & Field Championships and finished fifth in the weight throw. A multiple All-American during her career, she claimed the silver medal at the 2025 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships in Indianapolis. Higgins throw of 15.78m (51’ 9.25”) throw at the national championships was the best in the RMAC during the indoor season.

The First Team Academic All-RMAC unit consisted of 11 of its 15 members who brought a 4.00 grade-point average into the spring semester. Led by Higgins, eight of the league’s institutions were represented, with Colorado School of Mines leading the way with five first-team selections.

Additionally, the RMAC recognized 176 student-athletes, including the 15 Academic All-RMAC honorees, on its 2024-25 Women’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.  

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.

 

2024-25 Women’s Indoor Track & Field First Team Academic All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
(as selected by RMAC athletics communications directors)
Student-Athlete	School	Class	GPA	Major	Hometown
Katherine Higgins (1)	CSU Pueblo	Sr.	4.00	Education	Mead, Colorado
Margaux Basart (1)	Colorado School of Mines	RJr.	4.00	Engineering Physics	West Des Moines, Iowa
Allison Beasley (1*)	Western Colorado	Jr.	3.99	Graphic Design	Westminster, Colorado
Jordan Burnett (1, 3x)	Colorado Mesa	RJr.	3.94	Exercise Science	Fairplay, Colorado
Anna Fauske	UCCS	Sr.	3.62	Nursing	Sherwood, Wisconsin
Hannah Hartwell	Fort Lewis College	Jr.	4.00	Environmental Biology: Wildlife, Plant, and Ecological Science	Carlsbad, California
Jadyn Herron	CSU Pueblo	Jr.	3.96	Social Work	Queen Creek, Arizona
Lieke Hoogsteen	Adams State	Jr.	3.99	Biology	Nymegen, Netherlands
Shannon King (1)	Colorado Christian	Sr.	4.00 4.00	B.S. Psychology Clinical Mental Health Counseling (grad.)	Arvada, Colorado
Emily LaMena	Colorado School of Mines	RFr.	4.00	Geophysical Engineering	Huntington, N.Y.
Maggie McCleskey	Adams State	Jr.	4.00	Biology	Louisville, Colorado
Autumn McQuitty	Colorado Mesa	So.	4.00	Mass Communications	Alamosa, Colorado
Jenna Ramsey-Rutledge	Colorado School of Mines	RSr.	3.84	Applied Mathematics & Statistics	Hutchinson, Kansas
Grace Strongman	Colorado School of Mines	RJr.	4.00	Metallurgical & Materials Engineering	Prairie Village, Kansas
Dale Thompson	Colorado School of Mines	Sr.	4.00 4.00	B.S. Biochemistry Chemistry (grad.)	Portland, Oregon
Notes: Gold background indicates the RMAC Academic Player of the Year.  A (1) indicates the student-athlete was a 2023-24 First Team Academic All-RMAC honoree, a (1*) indicates the student-athlete was a 2022-23 First Team Academic All-RMAC Honoree, and a 3x indicates the student-athlete is a three-time First Team Academic All-RMAC selection.