COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 1, 2024) - Colorado State University Pueblo softball sophomore Caitlyn Cole (Merced, Calif.) was selected First Team All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference and leads three others chosen Honorable Mention, along with two Pack players receiving Gold Glove accolades, announced Wednesday by league officials.

Emma Case (Fr., Loveland, Colo.), Marissa Robertson (So., Rocklin, Calif.), and Ashley Tosh (Jr., Fremont, Calif.) each were picked Honorable Mention. Defensively, Madelyn Huerta (So., Azusa, Calif.) and Raelynn Rogers (Jr., Surprise, Ariz.) earned Gold Gloves at short stop and third base, respectively.

Player Recaps
Cole becomes the Pack's first First All-RMAC selection since 2018 when Michaela Burpee and Gabby Moreno were named to the first team.

This season, Cole led the ThunderWolves in multi-hit games (24) including seven 3-hit games. She recorded one 5-RBI

She finished the regular season and leads the team in Average (.462), Slugging (.854), On-Base Pct. (.535), OPS (1.389), stolen bases (27). She sits in top three in the RMAC in several offensive categories including fourth in hits (79).

Last week she broke the school record for doubles in a season (30) and ends the regular season as the RMAC leader in doubles.

Case had a strong freshman campaign and posted a .356 average in 48 games played. She totaled 48 hits, 11 runs and 13 doubles. She earned 69 total bases and recorded 30 RBI. She finished the regular season with 13 multi-hit games and had a 10-game stretch where she reached base safely.

Robertson receives Honorable Mention after appearing in 25 games in the pitcher's circle and recorded a 10-10 record and ten complete games. She threw 121.2 innings and led the team in strikeouts (70) and held opponents to a .293 batting average.

In the RMAC, Robertson ends the regular season in the top 10 in ERA (3.80), strikeouts and wins.

Tosh posted a .327 average and scored 24 runs along with 20 extra-base hits this season. She earned 13 multi-hit games including one 4-hit game.

Defensively, the Pack's left side of the infield was strong all season and were rewarded for their efforts.

Huerta finished the regular season with a .967 fielding percentage and earned 113 assists on 149 putouts. She was third on the team in hitting (.354) and had 12 XBH to her credit.

Rogers was sensational all season at the hot corner and earned a fielding percentage of .963 and recorded 87 assists and 43 putouts.

Up next
CSU Pueblo earned the 6-seed in this week's RMAC Tournament and will face 3-seed MSU Denver on Thursday at 12:30 p.m. at Colorado Mesa's CMU Softball Field in Grand Junction, Colorado. 

RMAC Player of the Year: Myah Arrieta, Colorado Mesa
RMAC Pitcher of the Year: Preslee Christensen, Colorado Mesa
RMAC Freshman of the Year: Elyse McMullin, Colorado Christian
RMAC Coach of the Year: Mercedes Bohte, Colorado Mesa
 
2024 RMAC Softball First Team All-Conference

Name	Pos.	Cl.	School	Hometown
Preslee Christensen	P	Jr.	Colorado Mesa	Heber City, Utah
Sadriena Rodriguez	P	Gr.	Colorado School of Mines	Imperial, Calif.
Kenzie Middleton	C	Sr.	Colorado Christian	Golden, Colo.
Caitlyn Cole	1B	So.	CSU Pueblo	Merced, Calif.
Kayla Middleton	2B	Sr.	Colorado Christian	Golden, Colo.
Miia Campos	3B	Jr.	Regis	Tucson, Ariz.
Myah Arrieta	SS	Jr.	Colorado Mesa	Grand Junction, Colo.
Logan Menzies	OF	Gr.	Colorado Christian	Harper, Texas
Iliana Mendoza	OF	R-Sr.	Colorado Mesa	Tucson, Ariz.
Shelby Robb	OF	Sr.	MSU Denver	Arvada, Colo.
Miranda Pruitt	DP	Gr.	Colorado Mesa	Joshua, Texas
Kaila Eastburn	UTIL Pitcher	Gr.	Colorado Christian	Ontario, Canada
Ally Distler	UTIL Player	R-Jr.	Colorado Mesa	Littleton, Colo.

 
2024 RMAC Softball Second Team All-Conference

Name	Pos.	Cl.	School	Hometown
Emma Duncan	P	Jr.	Colorado Christian	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Canada
Kylie Harpman	P	Jr.	Regis	Fort Collins, Colo.
Rachel Williams	C	Jr.	Regis	Camarillo, Calif.
Ava Fugate	1B	Sr.	Colorado Mesa	Chehalis, Wash.
Kayla Stone	2B	Sr.	Fort Lewis	Salinas, Calif.
Lauren Zimmerman	3B	Jr.	Chadron State	Reno, Nev.
Leah Garcia	SS	So.	Colorado Christian	Amarillo, Texas
Sami Edwards	OF	Gr.	Colorado Christian	Colorado Springs, Colo.
Kendall Aragon	OF	So.	Colorado School of Mines	Thornton, Colo.
Kami Grammerstorf	OF	Sr.	MSU Denver	Highlands Ranch, Colo.
Jenna Medhus	UTIL Pitcher	So.	MSU Denver	Parker, Colo.
Genevieve Bower	UTIL Player	Jr.	MSU Denver	Castle Rock, Colo.

 
2024 RMAC Softball Gold Glove Team

Name	Pos.	Cl.	School	Hometown
Amiee Shanks	P	Jr.	Fort Lewis	Tucson, Ariz.
Rachel Williams	C	Jr.	Regis	Camarillo, Calif.
Ava Fugate	1B	Sr.	Colorado Mesa	Chehalis, Wash.
Miki Berg	2B	Jr.	MSU Denver	Las Vegas, Nev.
Raelynn Rogers	3B	Jr.	CSU Pueblo	Surprise, Ariz.
Madelyn Huerta	SS	So.	CSU Pueblo	Azusa, Calif.
Jessie Henchenski	OF	Sr.	Chadron State	Fort Collins, Colo.
Sami Edwards	OF	Gr.	Colorado Christian	Colorado Springs, Colo.
Katie Maney	OF	Jr.	MSU Denver	Littleton, Colo.

 
2024 RMAC Softball All-Conference Honorable Mention

Name	School
Belinda Vargas	Adams State
Alyssa Wong	Black Hills State
Elyse McMullin	Colorado Christian
Mackenzi Kroll	Chadron State
Chloe Valdez	Colorado Mesa
Kellan Ton	Colorado School of Mines
Sidney Wilson	Colorado School of Mines
Emma Case	CSU Pueblo
Marissa Robertson	CSU Pueblo
Ashley Tosh	CSU Pueblo
Hanna DiFabio	MSU Denver
Miah Hartvigsen	MSU Denver
Arianna Ramirez	New Mexico Highlands
Sienna Reed	Regis
Olivia Wick	Regis
Autumn Kunze	UCCS
Gianna Pancost	UCCS