PUEBLO, Colo. (March 20, 2024) - Colorado State University Pueblo's Caitlyn Cole (So., Merced, Calif.) and Tyrell Smith (Sr., Colorado Springs, Colo.) have been named Pack Student-Athletes of the Week, presented by Graham's Grill.

Cole received Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Player of the Week accolades after leading Pack softball in a 2-2 series split including taking two games on Sunday against MSU Denver. Sunday's win in game one for the Pack handed the Roadrunners their first loss in conference play and the ThunderWolves would follow it with another victory to close the series.

For the weekend, Cole slugged four home runs, hitting one in each game, and hit a double, and registered seven runs, seven RBI, five walks, and 19 total bases. She hit for 1.727 slugging and recorded a .706 on-base mark and was 2-for-3 in stolen base attempts.

She finished with an unblemished mark defensively and recorded 17 putouts and one assist.

Cole currently leads the RMAC in five categories including average (.495), slugging (.946), on-base (.595), OPS (1.541), and doubles (16). She is T-1st in stolen bases (19), 3rd in RBI (35) and fourth in home runs (8).

She is 4th in Division II in OBP, 13th in slugging and is 16th in batting average.

Up Next
The ThunderWolves will next play on the road at No. 8 Colorado Christian in a four-game conference series starting Friday at Noon at All Star Park in Lakewood, Colo.

On the men's side, Smith was named RMAC Male Track Athlete of the Week, after winning two events, and bringing home two NCAA provisional times for the ThunderWolves over the weekend at the Dr. Dan Caprioglio Early Bird Invite, hosted by the ThunderWolves at the CSU Pueblo ThunderBowl.

Smith won the 100 Meter Dash with a time of 10.42, and won the 200 Meter Dash with a time of 21.08.

Up Next
CSU Pueblo will host a second meet in a row and welcome teams for the annual Spank Blasing Invite. The two-day event begins Friday at 1 p.m. with the field events.