Colorado Springs, Colo. – Two Adams State men's swimmers have been named to the Academic All-RMAC First Team, while another earned a spot on the Academic Honor Roll, the league office announced Friday morning.
Sophomore Brayden Stalcup, from Frederick, Colorado, earned Academic All-RMAC First Team honors with a 3.68 GPA in business administration. A key competitor for the Grizzlies, Stalcup made multiple finals appearances at the RMAC Championships in February and was part of the 800-yard freestyle relay team that set a school record.
Joining him on the first team is sophomore Matthew Tidwell, who boasts a 3.91 GPA while studying history, anthropology, philosophy and political science.
Senior Ricardo Santiago, from Tucson, Arizona, was named to the RMAC Academic Honor Roll for maintaining a GPA of 3.25 or higher.
Colorado Mesa's Dejan Urbanek was named the 2024-25 RMAC Academic Player of the Year.
2024-25 Men's Swimming & Diving
First Team Academic All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
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| (as selected by RMAC athletics communications directors) |
| Student-Athlete |
School |
Class. |
GPA |
Major |
Hometown |
| Dejan Urbanek (1) |
Colorado Mesa |
Sr. |
3.87 |
Computer Science |
Novi Sad, Serbia |
| Gavin Anderson (1, 4x) |
Colorado Mesa |
Gr. |
3.90
4.00 |
B.S. Accounting
M.B.A. |
Sycamore, Ill. |
| Max Ayres |
Colorado Mesa |
So. |
3.75 |
Exercise Science |
Cary, N.C. |
| Thomas Bakica |
Simon Fraser |
Jr. |
3.66 |
Environmental Science |
Whitehorse, Yukon |
| Lucas Hoke |
Colorado School of Mines |
Jr. |
3.79 |
Engineering Physics |
Houston, Texas |
| Jeremy Koch (1) |
Colorado Mesa |
Sr. |
3.92 |
Physics |
Ocean Springs, Miss. |
| Ronan Lauinger |
Colorado School of Mines |
Sr. |
3.55 |
Mechanical Engineering |
Alexandria, Va. |
| Joseph Lev-Tov |
Colorado School of Mines |
So. |
4.00 |
Electrical Engineering |
Boulder, Colo. |
| Jameson McEnaney |
Colorado Mesa |
So. |
3.76 |
Environmental Science |
Charlotte, Vt. |
| Jaron O'Grady (1, 3x) |
Colorado School of Mines |
RSr. |
3.93
3.81 |
B.S. Computer Science & Electrical Engineering
Computer Science (graduate) |
Englewood, Colo. |
| Austin Patterson (1) |
Colorado Mesa |
Sr. |
3.69 |
Exercise Science |
Houston, Texas |
| Brayden Stalcup |
Adams State |
Sr. |
3.68 |
Business Administration |
Tucson, Ariz. |
| Matthew Tidwell |
Adams State |
So. |
3.91 |
History, Anthropology, Philosophy,
& Political Science |
Sycamore, Ill. |
| Jacob Troescher (1, 3x) |
Colorado Mesa |
Sr. |
3.79 |
Computer Science |
Boise, Idaho |
| John Walgast (1) |
Colorado Mesa |
Sr. |
3.81 |
Secondary Education & History |
Fort Collins, Colo. |
| Xander Zappas |
Colorado Mesa |
So. |
4.00 |
Mechanical Engineering |
Laguna Niguel, Calif. |
| Notes: Gold background indicates RMAC Academic Player of the Year. A (1) indicates the student-athlete was a 2023-24 First Team Academic All-RMAC honoree, and a 3x or 4x indicates the student-athlete is a three-time or four-time First Team Academic All-RMAC selection. |
