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 Kalla Bertram and Morgan Hammerbeck. Gracie Haneborg also earned RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll.

Bertram, who was All-Academic Honor Roll in 2022-23, finished with a 3.77 GPA, while majoring in exercise science. She finished the season averaging 14.2 points per game and 6.6 rebounds a game while shooting 43.8 percent from the field (154-352). She had double-digit points in 22 of 29 games this season and scored 15 or more 17 times. She reached career highs late in the season when she had 28 points versus Adams State and 12 rebounds versus Westminster. She had four double doubles this season versus Lubbock Christian (17 points, 11 rebounds), Chadron State (19 points, 11 rebounds), CSU Pueblo (17 points, 10 rebounds), and Westminster (13 points, 12 rebounds). She was named Second Team All-Conference for her performance this season. 

Hammerbeck, who is a two-time All-Academic Honor Roll nominee, finished with a team high 3.92 GPA while majoring in Business Administration. She averaged 11.3 points per game, 4.6 rebounds, and 2.2 assists per game. She led the team in threes going 52-162 (32.1 percent) from behind the arc and averaged 1.8 threes per game. She also led the team in free throw percentage with a 76.9 percent clip. She hit multiple shots from behind the arc in 17 games this season and reached double-digit in 17 games as well. She had her first career double-double against South Dakota Mines when she had 18 points, and 12 rebounds. The 12 rebounds were a career high. She also hit her career high in points with 27 against Minnesota-Crookston earlier this season. She earned Second Team All-RMAC for her performance.

Haneborg had a 3.69 GPA while majoring in Business Administration. She started all 29 games for the Yellow Jackets, while averaging 6.6 points per game and 5.4 rebounds per game. Haneborg came alive on the glass late in the season finishing with six or more rebounds in 12 of the last 15 games. She recorded two double doubles this season versus Regis (13 points, 13 rebounds), and in the RMAC Tournament opener versus CSU Pueblo (16 points, 15 rebounds). The 16 points and 15 rebounds were each career-highs. 

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.