By: Cory Guinn, External Communications Assistant

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Fort Lewis College sophomore Jahan Sabzalian is the 2026 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer Summit Award winner, the conference announced Saturday, ahead of the Skyhawks' championship matchup in the 2026 RMAC Men’s Soccer Tournament.

Sabzalian, a native of Eugene, Oregon, earns Summit Award honors while maintaining a perfect 4.0 undergraduate GPA in Exercise Physiology across 60 credit hours. On the pitch, the midfielder has appeared in 12 games with two starts, registering one assist across 315 minutes this season. His efforts have contributed to an offensie unit that has outscored opponents 42-23 this year with an average of 2.21 goals per game. Fort Lewis wrapped up the 2026 regular season with a 10-5-2 overall record and a 7-3 mark in conference play, securing the No. 3 seed in the RMAC Tournament.

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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