PUEBLO, Colo. – The Colorado State University Pueblo Department of Athletics honored its student-athletes and doled out awards for the 2024-25 school year at the 2025 Wolfies, the department's annual student-athlete awards banquet, which was held here Tuesday evening in the Occhiato Student Center Ballroom in front of nearly 650 people. UC Health sponsored the Wolfies Awards Banquet.
ThunderWolves coaches and administrators recognized nearly 90 student-athletes and all 20 athletic teams and handed out awards to 25 student-athletes. The athletic department's SAAC (Student-Athlete Advisory Committee) nominated the award winners and voted on the department's administration staff.
Along with handing the annual student-athlete awards, CSU Pueblo Vice President for Athletics and Strategic Partnerships
Dr. Paul Plinske also recognized the departments athletic accomplishments during the 2024-25 school year and also gave special recognition to the department's individual and team Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Champions, the department's All-Americans, Academic All-Americans, and National Champions from this past winter sports season –
Helen Braybrook (women's 800 meters) and the women's Distance Medley Relay team. Dr. Plinske also recognized the school's RMAC and National Players of the Week, the school's All-Conference and Academic All-Conference honorees, and student-athletes and teams that set school records during the school year.
The program began with an introduction by Dr. Plinske, who served as the banquet's emcee. Dr. Plinske gave recognition to UC Health and also introduced members of the University Administration in attendance, along with the athletic department's head coaches and administrative team.
Jim Brooks, who serves as the radio broadcast voice for CSU Pueblo football and men's and women's basketball, served as the master of ceremonies for the prizes that were given out five times during Tuesday night's banquet. Each student-athlete was given a raffle ticket for chance to win a prize and the winning tickets were drawn randomly.
Following his welcome, Dr. Plinske recognized the athletic department's Athletes/Players of the Week, All-Conference and All-Academic honorees, and school record holders from this year, the first award was handed out by Chance Rodriquez, who announced the winners of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA Award) Integrity Award.
The winners of that award were freshman men's track and field athlete
Ryan Lane (Pueblo, Colo./Pueblo South) and freshman women's track and field athlete
Kyla Ruzich (Beulah, Colo./Pueblo County). The other nominees for the award were softball player
Caitlyn Cole (Merced, Calif./Stone Ridge Christian), men's soccer player
Ignatius DeMark (Phoenix, Ariz./Scottsdale CC), volleyball player
Ally Lange (Carterville, Ill./Carterville), football player
Domingo Prince II (Aurora, Colo./Cherry Creek), baseball player
Wyatt Reginato (Cottonwood, Calif./Folsom Lake), women's track and field athlete
Mary Scoggins (Rangely, Colo./Rangely) and football player
Nate Sandy (Elizabeth, Colo./Legend).
Following the FCA Integrity Award, Rodriquez delivered the invocation, and the assembled crowd ate dinner. During dinner, the guests in attendance were able to watch a video highlighting all the Pack Athletic teams' successes over the past year.
After the conclusion of dinner, the program continued with a Hype video celebrating all the Pack Athletic teams' highlights, before Dr. Plinske recognized the department's sports medicine and sports performance staff. Following that, he gave special recognition to the school's RMAC Champions (individual and team), All-Americans, Academic All-Americans, National Runners-up, and National Champions.
Dr. Plinske then awarded the Athletic Director Award of Excellence to redshirt senior women's basketball forward
Alisha Little (Aurora, Colo./University of Northern Colorado). During the 2024-25 season, Little was named a unanimous First-Team All-American, repeated as the RMAC Defensive Player of the Year, and was named the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame Women's Collegiate Athlete of the Year. Little led the RMAC in scoring (24.9), points scored (723), rebounding (11.4), total rebounds (332), steals (2.9), total steals (83), blocked shots (3.6), total blocked shots (104), field goal attempts (542), free throws made (174), free throw attempts (234) and double-doubles (23). Little finished second in NCAA Division II in scoring, points per game, blocks per game, double-doubles, free throw attempts, and set single-season school records for scoring (723), scoring average (24.9), field goals made (258), and blocked shots (116), and is the only Division II women's basketball player to score over 700 points, pull down 300 rebounds, and block 100 shots this season. Her 723 points this season are the third-most in a season in RMAC history and also the third-most all-time in a single season in the state of Colorado history.
Senior softball player
Ashley Tosh (Fremont, Calif./Washington), who serves as the CSU Pueblo SAAC President spoke via video and after she spoke, Dr. Plinske began announcing the rest of the award winners for 2024-25 school year.
Here is a list of the other award winners and nominees for the 2025 Wolfies Student-Athlete Awards Ceremony.
