COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Amongst a program-best 23 RMAC Academic Honor Roll members, the trio of Cooper Brown, Luke Duby, and Cameron Goods were recognized as recipients of First Team Academic All-RMAC accolades on Friday afternoon as announced by the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. The Black Hills State University football program was one of eight schools in the league to place 20 or more individuals on the RMAC Academic Honor Roll and was one of just six to have multiple first team selections. In total the RMAC recognized 241 student-athletes, including the 27 First Team Academic All-RMAC honorees, on its 2025 Football Academic Honor Roll.

COOPER BROWN | DEFENSIVE END | REDSHIRT SENIOR | 6-1 | 245 LBS | GILBERT, ARIZONA | HIGHLAND H.S.
Brown, who is now a 3-time RMAC Academic Honor Roll selection and earns his first career First Team Academic All-RMAC selection, was one of seven Yellow Jackets on the defense with 40 or more tackles on the year. He recorded 41.0 total tackles while adding a team-leading 11.0 tackles for loss and 5.0 sacks. He also tallied ten quarterback hurries, one pass break up, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery, one safety, and one touchdown. In four games he recorded five or more tackles, including a season-high of seven in the Black Hills Brawl against South Dakota Mines. In nine match-ups he notched a tackle for loss and on four occasions he had at least 1.5 tackles for loss. He tallied a season-best 2.5 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks in a victory over Fort Lewis. In the season finale he recorded his first career touchdown, scoring on a 43-yard return of a fumble recovery against New Mexico Highlands. At the end of the regular season, he ranked fourth in the RMAC with 0.45 sacks per game and was seventh with 1.00 tackles for loss per game. In the classroom he is pursuing a degree in business administration and human resources.

LUKE DUBY | QUARTERBACK | REDSHIRT SENIOR |6-3 | 220 LBS | LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY | TATES CREEK H.S.
Receiving RMAC Academic Honor Roll and First Team Academic All-RMAC for the first time in his career, Duby appeared in 21 games while making 20 starts at quarterback during his time in Spearfish. During the 2025 season he completed 212-of-321 passing attempts for 2,478 yards, 23 touchdowns, and ten interceptions. Against then No. 3/5 Grand Valley State he completed 38-of-51 passing attempts for 359 yards and three touchdowns, setting new career-best marks for completions, attempts, yards, and touchdowns. After 313, 331, and 323 yards through the air in each of the last three games against Colorado Mesa, Adams State, and New Mexico Highlands respectively, he has notched 11 career 200-yard passing games and five 300-yard passing games. Additionally, in four games this season he tossed three or more passing touchdown. Dating back to mid-October and into the second half of the season finale against NMHU, he threw zero interceptions in three consecutive games and recorded a streak of 115 straight passes without an interception. He ended the regular season ranked 14th in NCAA Division II in completions per game (21.20), 16th in completion percentage (0.660), 22^nd in passing touchdowns (23), and 25^th in passing yards per game (247.8). He led the RMAC in completion percentage. In the classroom he is pursuing his master's in strategic leadership.

CAMERON GOODS | RUNNING BACK | SENIOR | 6-0 | 210 LBS | IRVINE, CALIFORNIA | IRVINE H.S.
Goods, who receives his second RMAC Academic Honor Roll selection and first career First Team Academic All-RMAC honor, spearheaded a one-two punch in the rushing attack all season long for the Yellow Jackets as he posted a team-high 670 net rushing yards on 114 attempts for an average of 5.9 yards per carry and five rushing touchdowns. He closed out his collegiate career with just his second 100-yard rushing game, totaling 169 yards on the ground against New Mexico Highlands on just 17 carries as he averaged 9.9 yards per touch, and he matched a career-high three touchdowns on the ground in the win. He ran for more than 75 yards in four games this season. He was also second on the team with 36 receptions on the year, totaling 258 receiving yards for an average of 7.17 yards per reception. He tallied 928 yards of total offense in 2025. In the classroom he is pursuing a degree in business administration and management information systems.

Black Hills State University football members to be named to the RMAC Academic Honor Roll includes, Cooper Brown, Kolbe Dierks, Luke Duby, Josh Dunn, Ryan Ewing, Cristian Fallani, Cameron Goods, Ashar Granger, Matthew Gray, Brody Jones, Wes Koenig, Beto Ledezma, Matthew LoFaso, Cole Marquez, Emiliano Mejia, Mitch Moravec, Cohen Morrow, Sebastian O'Farrell, Kelby Olson, Erik Salmen, Wyatt Trembly, Hayden Umble, and Kade Weber.

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.