By: Cody Bush, Associate Commissioner / Strategic Communications
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Concordia University Irvine senior attacker Max Texter is the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference’s 2026 Men’s Lacrosse Academic Player of the Year and leads a 13-member First Team Academic All-RMAC Team and an 88-member Academic Honor Roll selected by the RMAC men’s lacrosse athletic communications directors.
Texter, a senior from Irvine, California, has a 3.84 grade-point average as a kinesiology major at Concordia University Irvine. He is now a two-time First Team Academic All-RMAC selection and has been a member of the league’s academic honor roll three times during his career.
On the field, Texter played in 17 games, scoring 13 goals and recording 12 assists. That total included three goals and three assists in the Golden Eagles’ RMAC Men’s Lacrosse Championship run. He also had an assist in Concordia Irvine’s NCAA Division II Men’s Lacrosse tournament match against Flagler.
Dunagan leads a 13-member First Team Academic All-RMAC unit with four of the league’s six men’s lacrosse-sponsoring institutions represented. Texter was one of five repeat first-team honorees, joined by teammate Jake Cloutier and Westminster duo Keller Hopkins and Daxton Jensen. In addition, Colorado Mesa’s Caleb Schreiber makes his third First Team Academic All-RMAC appearance, which includes a turn as the league’s 2025 Academic Player of the Year.
In addition, the RMAC recognized 88 student-athletes, including First Team Academic All-RMAC honorees, on its 2026 Men’s Lacrosse Academic Honor Roll.
The RMAC 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. The league’s athletic communications directors vote to compose the team and select the Academic Player of the Year. They are not permitted to vote for their own student-athletes.
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.
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2026 First Team Academic All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference: Men’s Lacrosse
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| (as selected by RMAC athletics communications directors) |
| Player |
School |
Class. |
Pos |
GPA |
Major |
Hometown |
| Max Texter (1) |
Concordia University Irvine |
Sr. |
M |
3.84 |
Kinesiology |
Irvine, Calif. |
| Jake Cloutier (1) |
Concordia University Irvine |
Gr. |
D |
3.78
3.89 |
B.S. Sports Business
MBA |
Simi Valley, Calif. |
| Tanner Ennis |
Dominican |
Sr. |
A |
3.90 |
Biology |
Murietta, Calif. |
| Keller Hopkins (1) |
Westminster |
Sr. |
D |
3.99 |
Finance |
Park City, Utah |
| Daxton Jensen (1) |
Westminster |
Jr. |
A |
3.98 |
Biology |
Snohomish, Utah |
| Braddock Kendrick |
Concordia University Irvine |
RFr. |
D |
3.89 |
Sports Business |
Glendale, Calif. |
| Alex Martinez |
Colorado Mesa |
RFr. |
FO |
3.82 |
Accounting |
Elizabeth, Colo. |
| Rhett Rice |
Westminster |
So. |
M |
3.97 |
Marketing |
Kaysville, Utah |
| Caleb Schreiber (3x, 1) |
Colorado Mesa |
Sr. |
SSDM |
4.00 |
Business Management |
Thornton, Colo. |
| Shaden Shields |
Colorado Mesa |
Jr. |
G |
3.96 |
Computer Information Systems |
Naples, Fla. |
| Liam Sweeney |
Westminster |
Jr. |
D |
3.91 |
Finance & Accounting |
Cumming, Ga. |
| Ben Weber |
Westminster |
So. |
D |
3.93 |
Finance & Accounting |
Littleton, Colo. |
| Leo Willett |
Colorado Mesa |
Jr. |
M |
4.00 |
Finance |
Broomfield, Colo. |
| Notes: Gold background indicates RMAC Academic Player of the Year. A (1) indicates the student-athlete was a 2026 First Team Academic All-RMAC honoree, and a 3x indicates the student-athlete is a three-time First Team Academic All-RMAC selection |