By: A.J. Vazquez, Strategic Communications & Marketing Intern

PUEBLO, Colo. – Chadron State College’s Madison Clause is the 2025-26 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Women’s Outdoor Track Field Summit Award winner, the conference announced Sunday at the conclusion of the 2026 RMAC Outdoor Track & Field Championship. Clause wins her second Summit Award this year, earlier winning the 2025-26 RMAC Indoor Track & Field Summit Award.

Clause, a senior pole vaulter for the Eagles, has maintained a perfect 4.00 grade-point average with 143 credit hours while majoring in family and consumer sciences. The Billings, Montana, native posted a season-best clearance of 3.23 meters (10 feet, 7 inches) at the Central Nebraska Challenge earlier this season. Clause’s top finish came at the Grubby’s Easter Classic, hosted by South Dakota Mines, where she placed fourth in a field of RMAC competitors. She entered the 2026 championship ranked No. 17 in the RMAC in the pole vault.

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.
 
Women's Cross Country: Margaux Basart, Colorado School of Mines 
Men's Cross Country: Chase Brown, Colorado Mesa 
Women's Soccer: Dannon Yake, Fort Lewis
Men's Soccer:  Charlie Matsumoto, MSU Denver 
Volleyball:  Mia Accomazzo, MSU Denver 
Football: Regan Baker, CSU Pueblo 
Women's Wrestling: Shania Wear, Chadron State
Men’s Wrestling: Ben Tonnessen, Adams State
Women's Swimming & Diving: Ryley Martinez, Adams State
Men's Swimming & Diving: Joseph Lev-Tov, Colorado School of Mines
Women’s Indoor Track & Field: Madison Clause, Chadron State
Men’s Indoor Track & Field: Owen Johnson, South Dakota Mines
Women’s Golf: Aubree Heinsma, Chadron State
Men’s Golf: Aiden Pavey, Westminster
Women’s Lacrosse: Sydnee-Anne Moeller, UCCS
Men’s Lacrosse: Caleb Schreiber, Colorado Mesa
Men’s Outdoor Track & Field: Owen Johnson, South Dakota Mines
 
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 71 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.