COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – For the third time in as many years that the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference has sponsored women’s wrestling, Chadron State’s Shania Wear is the RMAC Summit Award winner, this time for the 2025-26 season. Wear’s latest achievement was announced at the 2026 RMAC Women’s Wrestling Championship in Colorado Springs.

Wear, a senior from Gothenburg, Nebraska, earns her latest Summit Award with an unblemished 4.00 grade-point average in physical sciences, while completing 116 credit hours. On the mat, Wear is just as impressive, as she has competed in five duals and four open competitions for Chadron State. So far this season, Wear has 11 wins and is looking to carry momentum into the 2026 RMAC Championship, where she is competing in the 117-pound weight class.

The RMAC’s Summit Award is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA competing at the finals site of their respective sport’s championship. Summit Award winners must compete in 20 percent of available competitions throughout the current season. All GPAs are based on a straight-grading scale to ensure consistency among nominees. All ties are broken by the total number of credit hours completed through the most recently concluded semester.
 
To be eligible for the award, student-athletes must be sophomores or above and have participated in their sport at their institution for at least two years. They must also be active members of their teams and travel to and compete at the RMAC championship event.
 
About the RMAC
The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, headquartered in Colorado Springs, is a premier NCAA Division II conference with 15 institutions located in Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, and Utah. The RMAC currently competes in 22 NCAA Division II sports and has earned 67 national championships and 53 national runners-up since 1992. Founded in 1909, the RMAC is the most historic athletic conference in the western United States and Division II.

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