RMAC names All- Academic selections

Twenty-eight CSC athletes were named to RMAC All-Academic Teams, including seven volleyball players and 21 football players. Six football players were selected for the All-Academic First Team.

For both sports, to receive honors student-athletes must maintain a 3.30 GPA and be a contributing factor to the team. Sports information directors from RMAC schools vote for the selections.

Behind only Colorado State University-Pueblo’s 24 athletes, CSC’s 23 was the second largest group of football players selected. Colorado Mines was tied with CSC for the most First Team selections.

Offensive First Team selections include Wide Receiver Danny O’Boyle, junior of Gering; Inside Receiver Ethan Bauer, senior of Morse Bluff; and Center Sam Parker, senior of Harrison.

Defensive Lineman Zach Sandstrom, senior of Chadron, and Linebacker Isaac Holscher, senior of Scottsbluff, are part of the defensive First Team.

Randy Wentz, sophomore of Scottsbluff, was named as the First Team kicker.

This is the third year in a row that Sandstrom has been named on the RMAC First Team. Parker was named to the First Team last season. Last year, Sandstrom and Parker were named Academic All-Americans. Bauer and Holscher were on the All-Academic Honor Roll last year.

CSC’s volleyball was also second in number of student-athletes with honors. Colorado Mesa University honored eight.

Honor roll selections include Defensive Specialist Alyssa Bauer, senior of Rapid City, South Dakota; Setter Mariah Conyers, sophomore of Bellwood; Outside Hitter Hanna Flaming, senior of Benton, Kansas; Defensive Specialist Jamie McLain, junior of Chadron; Defensive Specialist Jazzy McLain, redshirt freshman of Chadron; Defensive Specialist Brittany Oddo, senior of Peoria, Arizona; and Outside Hitter Erika Roybal, senior of Denver.

Roybal was named to the 2013 All-Academic Honor Roll.