COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference released the 2025-26 All-Conference Men's Basketball Team on Thursday afternoon, and Colorado State Pueblo landed three players on one of the league's All-RMAC teams, including two players – sophomore guard/forward Jordan Blair (Keller, Texas/Keller Central) and junior guard Dylan Sanders (Aurora, Colo./Pearl River CC) – earning First-Team All-RMAC accolades.

It marks the first time since the 2016-17 season that the ThunderWolves have had two players earn First-Team All-RMAC honors; in 2016-17, Nelson Kahler and Rico Sparks were first-team selections, while Kahler was also named the Defensive Player of the Year.

Along with Blair and Sanders, redshirt junior guard Jaden Kennis (Windsor, Colo./MSU Denver) earned Honorable Mention All-RMAC selections. The Pack has now had three All-RMAC selections for the second time in the last three seasons, as in 2023-24, the Pack had three players receive All-RMAC accolades – Makiah Morris earned second team honors, while Armon Muldrew and Brevin Walter each earned honorable mention accolades.

Despite finishing the regular season with a 21-7 overall record and tied for second in the league with a 15-5 league mark, the ThunderWolves were shut out of the major award winners handed out by the league, as freshman guard Bryce Riehl (Colorado Springs, Colo./Mesa Ridge), who averaged 7.6 points per game and led the league in 3-point shooting percentage (47.1), was a candidate for RMAC Freshman of the Year honors, but the honor went to Colorado School of Mines freshman guard Shelton Henton, while first-year coach Zach Ruebesam was a candidate for Coach of the Year after leading the Pack, who were tabbed to finish 12th in the Preseason RMAC Coaches' Poll, to its first 20-win season since 2014-15 and earning just its third RMAC Tournament appearance in the last nine seasons after closing the regular season by winning its final eight games and going 15-3 during the 2026 calendar year, but Black Hills State's Ryan Thompson was named the Coach of the Year after leading the Yellowjackets to its second-ever RMAC regular season title.

Blair earns his All-RMAC First-Team honor after leading the Pack in both scoring (13.3 ppg) and rebounds (6.5 rpg), and shot 44.4 percent from the field, 38.3 percent from the 3-point line, and 66.4 percent from the free throw line during the regular season. He scored in double figures in 24 of the Pack's 28 regular-season games and tallied three double-doubles as he had 23 points and a career-high 14 rebounds at South Dakota, scored 21 points and had 10 rebounds at Westminster, and scored 14 points and had 10 rebounds against Chadron State. He closed out the regular season scoring in double figures in 15 of his last 17 games and finished the regular season ranked 20th in scoring, seventh in rebounding, and 18th in field goal percentage. In 20 RMAC games, he averaged 12.9 points and 6.4 rebounds per game and shot 44 percent from the field, 39 percent from the 3-point line, and 67 percent at the free throw line. His 131 free throw attempts were the ninth-most in the league.

Sanders earns his All-RMAC First-Team honor after being third on the team in scoring (11.2 ppg) and also averaged 3.7 rebounds, 1.2 assists, and 1.0 steals per game and shot 44 percent from the field, 41 percent from the 3-point line, and a team-leading 86.4 percent at the free throw line in the regular season. He scored in double figures in seven of his last eight games heading into the postseason and 16 times on the season. He also had four games with 20 or more points, including three times over his last eight games to close the regular season. He was second on the team in made 3-pointers (51) and third on the team in steals (27) and made free throws (70). In 20 RMAC games, Sanders averaged 12.5 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.3 assists, and 0.9 steals per game and shot 47 percent from the field, 46 percent from the 3-point line, and 86 percent at the free throw line.

Joining Blair and Sanders on the All-RMAC First-Team this season was Colorado Mesa redshirt forward Ty Allred, Fort Lewis redshirt sophomore guard Stewart Erhart, Black Hills State redshirt junior guard Jaeton Hackley, Adams State senior forward Wyatt Helming, Black Hills State redshirt sophomore guard Cam Lowe, Western Colorado sophomore guard Aidan McDowell, Colorado School of Mines junior forward Alex Romack, and Colorado Christian senior guard Pierce Bazil. Allred and Lowe are repeat first team selections from last season, while Hackley and Romack were honorable mention selections last season.

Along with Henton and Thompson earning Freshman and Coach of the Year honors, respectively, the league's coaches named Lowe as the Player of the Year and Erhart as the Defensive Player of the Year. Lowe was named the Freshman of the Year last season.

Kennis earns his spot on the All-RMAC Honorable Mention Team after averaging 11.5 points, 5.3 rebounds, 2.4 assists, and 1.2 steals per game and shot 42 percent from the field, 33 percent from the 3-point line, 80.6 percent (83-for-103) at the free throw line, and led the team in steals with 31. He scored in double figures in 16 of 28 regular-season games, including tallying a career-high 23 points in an overtime setback at South Dakota Mines. Kennis, who is in his second season at CSU Pueblo after transferring from MSU Denver, is 15th in the league in free-throw shooting, and his 83 made free throws are 15th-most in the league. In 19 RMAC games, he averaged 10.2 points, 5.0 rebounds, 2.4 assists, and 1.1 steals per game and shot 41 percent, 33 percent from the 3-point line, and 74.6 percent at the foul line.       
     
Kennis and Henton are two of the 17 honorable mention honorees as he is joined by Adams State's Dillan Baker, Black Hills State's Myles Johnson and Tristan Hurdle, Chadron State's Isaiah Randolph and Jadon Cool, Colorado Mesa's Harvey White and Ben Henderson, Fort Lewis' Jaxon Smith, New Mexico Highlands' Ramiah Adedigba, Regis' Luke Sodon and Gunnar Walters, South Dakota Mines' Ryan Sweeney, UCCS' Brody Hull and Westminster's Michael Frazier and Colin Hayes.

The All-RMAC Second-Team features UCCS' redshirt sophomore forward Marzouq Abdur-Razaaq, Fort Lewis fifth-year senior forward Choul Deng, Colorado Mesa junior forward Clayton Jewell, South Dakota Mines junior guard Jason Lee, UCCS redshirt senior guard Xavier Martinez, Colorado School of Mines junior forward Jonathan Moore, New Mexico Highlands senior guard Marcus Pierce, MSU Denver senior guard Quave Propst-Allison, MSU Denver junior guard Logan Threatt and Adams State senior guard Nick Williams. Deng and Martinez are repeat second-team selections, while Propst-Allison and Threatt were each honorable mention honorees a season ago.

The Pack was one of seven teams in the league to have three or more players named to the All-RMAC Teams, as regular season champion Black Hills State and Colorado Mesa led the way with four selections, while Adams State, CSU Pueblo, Fort Lewis, Mines, and UCCS each had three players selected. Chadron State, MSU Denver, New Mexico Highlands, South Dakota Mines, and Westminster each had two overall selections.

Blair, Sanders, Kennis, and the rest of the No. 3-seeded ThunderWolves return to action in the 2026 RMAC Tournament on Friday, March 7, with a 5 p.m. semifinal round game against No. 2-seeded Colorado Mesa at the Donald E. Young Center on the campus of Black Hills State University in Spearfish, S.D.