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Metropolitan State College of Denver Wins RMAC 2006-2007 RMAC All-Sports Competition/ All-Sports Competition / RMAC Wells Fargo Cup Wells Fargo Cup COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- May 15, 2007 -- The Metropolitan State College of Final Standings Denver Roadrunners made history this year, winning their fi rst Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) All-Sports Competition / RMAC Wells Fargo Cup. Metro State 1. Metropolitan State College of Denver 710 2. University of Nebraska at Kearney 680 outscored second place University of Nebraska at Kearney by 30 points. It was the fi rst 3. Adams State College 670 time in 11 years the UNK Lopers have not won the RMAC All-Sports Competition / 4. Fort Lewis College 660 RMAC Wells Fargo Cup. 5. Mesa State College 640 6. Western New Mexico University 630 The RMAC Wells Fargo Cup is awarded to the institution which accumulates the most 7. Western State College 600 points over the year based on its teams' outcome in the RMAC's four "core sports," along 8. Colorado State University-Pueblo 595 with four "wild card" sports. The four core sports are football or men's soccer, men's 9. Regis University 573 basketball, women's basketball and volleyball, while the four wild card sports consist of 10. U. of Colorado at Colorado Springs 570 11. Colorado School of Mines 560 two men's sports and two women's sports, which are designated by that institutions' best 12. Chadron State College 533 fi nish in those 14 Olympic sports (19 total RMAC sports). Total RMAC Wells Fargo Cup 13. New Mexico Highlands University 503 points are calculated based on how the teams fi nish in the various RMAC tournaments or 14. Colorado Christian University 450 RMAC post-season play. In the scenario that the team does not qualify for RMAC post- season competition or the RMAC does not conduct a post-season event (i.e. football), the points are calculated by the fi nal conference regular season standings.
The Roadrunners earned 710 points out of a possible 800. They won RMAC tournament titles in volleyball, men's basketball, and men’s tennis, while fi nishing second in men’s soccer and women’s basketball conference tournaments. The Metro State women’s soccer team won their second national title in December aft er defeating Grand Valley State, 1-0 in overtime.
With the NCAA outdoor track and fi eld and baseball seasons yet to be completed, two schools from the RMAC have NCAA national titles in 2006-2007: women's cross country (Adams State) and women’s soccer.
Metro State will be presented with the RMAC All-Sports Competition / RMAC Wells Fargo Cup during the 2007 RMAC Hall of Fame & Awards Banquet on Saturday, July 14. To reserve your banquet tickets or for further information about the event, visit the RMAC web site at www.rmacsports.org or call the RMAC offi ce at (719) 471-0066. RMAC All-Sports Competition/ Wells Fargo Cup C ampions
Year School 2006-07 Metropolitan State College of Denver 2005-06 University of Nebraska at Kearney 2004-05 University of Nebraska at Kearney RMAC All-Sports Competition / 2003-04 University of Nebraska at Kearney 2002-03 University of Nebraska at Kearney RMAC Wells Fargo Cup Point System 2001-02 University of Nebraska at Kearney # Teams 14 11 10 9 8 7 6 2000-01 University of Nebraska at Kearney 1st 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 1999-00 University of Nebraska at Kearney 1998-99 University of Nebraska at Kearney 2nd 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 1997-98 University of Nebraska at Kearney 3rd-4th 80 80 80 80 80 70 70 1996-97 University of Nebraska at Kearney 5th-8th 70 70 70 70 60 60 60 1995-96 University of Nebraska at Kearney 9th-10th 60 60 50 50 1994-95 Adams State College 1993-94 Adams State College 11th-12th 50 40 1992-93 Adams State College 13th-14th 40 2006-2007 All-Sports Competition/Wells Fargo Cup Point Brea do n
Core Sports ASC CSC CCU CSM CSUP FLC MSC MSCD NMHU RU UCCS UNK WNMU WSC Football (9) 80 100 - *70 - *90 70 - 70 - - 80 70 60 Men’s Soccer (7) - - 60 70 70 100 - 90 - 60 60 - - - Volleyball (14) 50 40 40 60 70 70 90 100 50 70 70 80 80 60 W. Basketball (14) 50 40 50 70 80 70 70 90 40 100 - 80 60 70 M. Basketball (14) 90 43 70 60 70 80 70 100 43 43 - 80 60 50 Sub-Total 270 223 220 260 290 320 300 380 203 273 260 320 270 240
Women’s Wildcard Sports Women’s Sports Soccer (8) 70 - 50 70 70 100 80 80 70 90 - - - - Cross Country (13) 100 - 40 70 50 80 60 70 70 50 80 70 60 90 Indoor Track & Field (8) 100 90 - 60 - - 60 60 - - 60 80 - 80 Soft ball (11) 60 60 - 70 90 70 70 - 40 80 70 80 100 - Outdoor Track & Field (9) 100 80 - 70 - - 70 60 60 - 70 80 - 90 Tennis (6) - - 60 - 70 - 100 60 - - - 70 90 - Golf (9) 70 70 50 - 75 - 100 - - 75 - 70 90 - Sub-Total 500 300 200 340 355 250 540 330 240 295 280 450 340 260 Core Sports Sub-Total 200 170 110 140 165 180 200 150 140 170 150 160 190 180
Men’s Wildcard Sports Men’s Sports Cross Country (9) 100 - 50 80 - 70 - 80 70 60 70 70 60 90 Golf (8) - - 60 80 80 60 - - - 60 90 60 100 - Football or Soccer (9 or 7) - - - 70 - 90 ------Wrestling (9) 80 70 - 70 - - 70 - 50 - - 100 - 80 Indoor Track & Field (7) 100 70 - 60 - - - 60 - - 60 70 - 90 Outdoor Track & Field (7) 100 70 - 60 - - - 60 - - 60 70 - 90 Baseball (8) - - 60 60 60 - 70 80 90 70 - 100 - - Tennis (6) - - 60 - 60 - 70 100 - - - 90 70 - Sub-Total 380 210 230 480 200 220 210 380 210 190 280 560 230 350 Core Sports Sub-Total 200 140 120 160 140 160 140 180 160 130 160 200 170 180
Core Sports Total 270 223 220 260 290 320 300 380 203 273 260 320 270 240 Women’s Wildcard Sports 200 170 110 140 165 180 200 150 140 170 150 160 190 180 Men’ Wildcard Sports 200 140 120 160 140 160 140 180 160 130 160 200 170 180 Total 670 533 450 560 595 660 640 710 503 573 570 680 630 600
Notes: - Indicates the school does not have the sport. CSM and FLC each have football and men's soccer, however, the highest ranking sport was designated in the calculation process. Also, if the school has the sport, the appropriate point total was fi lled-in. However, the bold and underline point total was the number used for the two (2) RMAC women's "wild card" sports and the two (2) men's "wild card" sports. Fort Hays State is an associate member in women’s golf and wrestling. San Francisco State is an associate member in wrestling.
2006-2007 RMAC Sport- -Sport C ampions
Sport RMAC Regular Season Champion RMAC Tournament Champion Men’s Cross Country N/A Adams State Women’s Cross Country N/A Adams State Football Chadron State N/A Men’s Golf UC-Colorado Springs Western New Mexico Women’s Golf Western New Mexico Mesa State Men's Soccer Fort Lewis Fort Lewis Women’s Soccer Metro State Fort Lewis Volleyball E -Nebraska-Kearney, W - Western N.M. Metro State Men’s Basketball E - Metro State Metro State W - Adams State, Fort Lewis, Mesa State Women’s Basketball E -Regis, W - CSU-Pueblo Regis Men’s Indoor T&F N/A Adams State Women's Indoor T&F N/A Adams State Wrestling Nebraska-Kearney Nebraska-Kearney Baseball Mesa State Nebraska-Kearney Soft ball Mesa State Western New Mexico Men’s Tennis Nebraska-Kearney Metro State Women’s Tennis Mesa State Mesa State Men’s Outdoor T&F N/A Adams State Women’s Outdoor T&F N/A Adams State
Legend: E-East Division, W-West Division 2006-2007 RMAC Sport-by-Sport Award Winners
Sport Athletes of the Year* Freshman of the Year Coach of the Year Baseball POY- Cody Lusero, Nebraska-Kearney Anthony Siderius, Colorado Mines Chris Hanks, Mesa State PITOY- Brett Armour, Mesa State TMVP- Cody Lusero, Nebraska-Kearney
Men’s Basketball POY- Dusty Jura, Nebraska-Kearney Justin Neuhaus, Colorado Christian Tom Kropp, Neb.-Kearney DPOY- Terrell Burgess, Metro State Kevin Loft on, Neb.-Kearney TMVP- Jesse Wagstaff , Metro State Larry Mortensen, Adams State
Women’s Basketball POY- Diana Lopez, Regis Talmai Aguirre, Colorado Christian Al Sokaitis, Western State DPOY- Denise Lopez, Regis TMVP- Denise Lopez, Regis
Men’s Cross Country ROY- Jesus Solis, Adams State Aaron Braun, Adams State Damon Martin, ASC
Women’s Cross Country ROY- Esther Komen, Western State Elsa Goshu, Western State Damon Martin, ASC
Football OPOY- Danny Woodhead, Chadron State O- Jack Hiett , Nebraska-Kearney Bill O’Boyle, Chadron State DPOY- Christian Serena, Western New Mexico D- Josh Knouse, Chadron State STPOY- Kirk Peterson, Nebraska-Kearney
Men’s Golf POY- Marcus Molina, Western N.M. Josh Wagner, Regis Phil Trujillo, UC-Colorado Springs
Women's Golf POY- Amanda Preston, Mesa State Cecilia Silfverskiold, Regis Kent Beatt y, Western N.M.
Men’s Indoor T&F AOY- Nick Lara, Adams State Reuben Cheobon-Mwei, Adams St. Damon Martin, Adams State AOMT- Nick Lara, Adams State
Women's Indoor T&F AOY- Heather Beresford, Colorado Mines Domonique Bingham, Western State Damon Martin, Adams State AOM- Heather Beresford, Colorado Mines
Men’s Outdoor T&F AOY- Kim Hogarth, Western State James Douglas, Adams State Damon Martin, Adams State AOM- Dane Toby, Nebraska-Kearney Ryan Baily, Western State
Women’s Outdoor T&F AOY- Britt any Somers, Adams State Renee Harris, Adams State Damon Martin, Adams State AOM- Amanda Owens, Chadron State Ryan Baily, Western State
Men's Soccer POY-John Cunliff e, Fort Lewis Bryan Stoeber, UC-Colorado Springs Jeremy Gunn, Fort Lewis DPOY- Cliff Wilmes, Fort Lewis Frank Kohlenstein, Colorado Mines TMVP- Kieran Hall, Fort Lewis
Women’s Soccer POY- Kylee Hanavan, Metro State Kelly Labor, Regis Danny Sanchez, Metro State DPOY- Tara Kirkpatrick, Regis TMVP- Bree Baker, Fort Lewis
Soft ball POY- Stacy Haney, UC-Colorado Springs Anita Diaz, Mesa State Kris Mort, Mesa State PITOY- Amanda Bell, Nebraska-Kearney Jackye Lagen, Colorado Mines Freddy Flores, Western N.M. TMVP- Rebecca Reynolds, Western N.M.
Men’s Tennis POY- William Jacome, Nebraska-Kearney Ricardo Oaxaca, CSU-Pueblo Jesse Plote, Nebraska-Kearney
Women’s Tennis POY- Teri Mayeda, Mesa State Kristen Messbarger, Neb.-Kearney Dan MacDonald, Mesa State
Volleyball POY- Nicole Schwab, Fort Lewis Chelsea Pavlik, Regis Jim Callender, Western N.M. DPOY- Adrianne Dett ler, Fort Lewis SOY- Courtney Heiser, Western N.M. TMVP- Stepanie Allison, Metro State
Wrestling WOY- Tervel Dlagnev, Nebraska-Kearney Aresenia Barksdale, Adams State Marc Bauer, Nebr.-Kearney
* AOM-Athlete of the Meet, AOY-Athlete of the Year, DPOY-Defensive Player of the Year, OPOY-Off ensive Player of the Year (football only), PITOY-Pitcher of the Year (baseball and soft ball only), POY-Player of the Year, ROY-Runner of the Year, SOY-Sett er of the Year, STPOY-Special Teams Player of the Year (football only), TMVP-Tournament Most Valuable Player, WOY-Wrestler of the Year.