COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 8, 2026) - Seven member of the Colorado State University Pueblo wrestling program have been recognized for their success in the classroom, earning spots on the RMAC Academic Honor Roll, the conference office announced.

Highlighting the group are Cole Bennett (Sr., Grapevine, Tex.), an engineering major; Eddie Bowman (Trinidad, Colo.), a sophomore majoring in Health Sciences; and Tyler Hamm (Chandler, Ariz.), a junior construction management major. Also earning recognition are Samuel Ramos (Goleta, Calif.), a redshirt sophomore construction management major; Mario Tafoya (Albuquerque, NM), a junior construction management major; Remington Winmill, a redshirt junior health science major; and Tyler Ziek (Grand Junction, Colo.), a junior engineering major.

New Mexico Highlands University junior Ivan Smith Jr. was named the 2025-26 RMAC Academic Player of the Year, maintaining a 3.99 GPA in Social Work.

The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Academic Honor Roll recognizes student-athletes in each conference-sponsored sport who academically maintain at least a 3.30 cumulative grade-point average, have completed two consecutive semesters at their current institution, and have used a season of competition.

Each institution's athletic communications directors nominate student-athletes who academically maintain at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average, along with the other criteria for the Academic Honor Roll, for recognition on the First Team Academic All-RMAC in each sport. The league's athletic comminications directors for that sport vote to compose the First Team Academic All-RMAC and select the Academic Player of the Year. They are not permitted to vote for their own student-athletes.