COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) recognized the top student-athletes in the sport of football on Tuesday afternoon for excelling on the field and in the classroom with the release of the First Team Academic All-RMAC selections as well as the RMAC Academic Honor Roll. Representing Black Hills State among the league's First Team Academic All-RMAC honorees were
Cameron Reiman and
Sebastian O'Farrell, while the Yellow Jackets placed 19 on the honor roll.
A 2023 First Team Academic All-RMAC honoree, Reiman is one of nine student-athletes in the conference making their second appearance as first team selections, earning the accolade once again in 2024. He appeared in all 11 games on the offensive line, helping provide protection up front for an offense that averaged 118.5 rushing yards, 219 passing yards, and 337.5 yards of total offense. The offensive line allowed only 18.0 sacks in 11 games, ranking second in the league with an average of just 1.64 sacks allowed per game, which included four games where they did not surrender a sack. On five occasions the Yellow Jackets ran for more than 100 yards, and three times reached 200 yards on the ground. Through the air BHSU passed for 200 yards or more five times, and twice recorded 300 or more yards through the air attack. In the classroom Reiman has accumulated a 3.89 GPA as an undergraduate accounting major, and a 4.00 GPA as an applied management graduate student.
O'Farrell, who received Honorable Mention All-RMAC honors this season while starting all 11 games during the year, led the Yellow Jacket linebacker crew and was second on the team with 65.0 tackles. Additionally, he added 6.0 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, two pass break-ups and one quarterback hurry. He ranked 13
th in the RMAC with 6.0 tackles per game. On six occasions he recorded five or more tackles, including tying his career-high of nine tackles on three different occasions against South Dakota Mines, No. 8/10 Western Colorado, and Adams State. He also recorded a season-high of two tackles for loss against the Mountaineers. In the classroom O'Farrell has accumulated a 4.00 GPA as a psychology major and has earned academic recognition during the course of his career such as being the RMAC's male recipient of the NCAA Division II 50
th Anniversary Scholarship in May of 2024 as well as being a 2023 RMAC Academic Honor Roll honoree.
Also announced on Tuesday afternoon was the 2024 RMAC Football Academic Honor Roll which recognized 220 student-athletes, 19 of which hailed from Black Hills State University. Among the athletes honored for the Yellow Jackets were
Anthony Rosenstrauch,
Kelby Olson,
Wes Koenig,
John Noordsy,
Jake Blair,
Cooper Brown,
Cameron Goods,
Sebastian O'Farrell,
Matthew Lofaso,
Cole Marquez,
Hayden Umble,
Matthew Gray,
Kade Weber,
Griffin de Abreu,
Emiliano Mejia,
Dalan Kennedy,
Cameron Reiman,
Aaron Thiele, and
Elijah Moscinski.
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 communications 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.
