COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference announced the Academic All-RMAC team and the RMAC Academic Honor Roll for the 2026 women's soccer season on Wednesday afternoon. The Black Hills State University women's soccer team was one of four schools with multiple academic all-conference selections, which included Aubri Roth and Bailey Smith, giving the Yellow Jackets their fourth and fifth all-time selections, all since the 2022 season and the third straight year with a recipient. The pair joins Karsyn Fraser-Slothower, Sienna Osborne, Zoe Evans, Peyton Hill, Ally Boysen, Rian Barthel, and Ashley Measles, for nine RMAC Academic Honor Roll selections.

BAILEY SMITH | MIDFIELDER | 5-3 | JUNIOR | BALDWIN CITY, KAN. | BALDWIN H.S.
A second-year captain, Smith was one of just three players to start all 19 matches during the season and played a team-high 1,602 minutes, ranking top-10 among RMAC field players, as she was a key piece for Black Hills State as they notched their first-ever 10-win season and RMAC Tournament appearance. In the midfield she distributed and helped ensure the Yellow Jackets controlled the attack, tallying three assists, tied for the third-most in a single season in program history and moving up to a tie for third in career assists now with five through her junior season. While playing in the middle she helped the Green & Gold outshoot their opponents 290-241 overall and 123-100 in shots on goal, on a per game basis BHSU outshot their opponents and controlled the attack in 12 of their 19 matches during the year. This season she was named 2026 Honorable Mention All-RMAC, and last season she was named to the 2025 RMAC Academic Honor Roll. Academically, she is pursuing a degree in biology and chemistry.

AUBRI ROTH | MIDFIELDER | 5-8 | SOPHOMORE | LAUREL, MONT. | LAUREL H.S.
Roth appeared in all 19 matches during the season for Black Hills State, making 11 starts and tallying 1,176 minutes of playing time, as the Yellow Jackets notched their first-ever 10-win season and first-ever RMAC Tournament appearance. She recorded one goal with two assists for four points, while notching 17 shots with six on target. She was one of eight goal scorers during a record-breaking season for the Yellow Jackets, where as a team the Green & Gold ranked top-5 in the RMAC in goals, assists, and points, breaking the school record in each of those three respective categories. While playing in the middle she helped the Green & Gold outshoot their opponents 290-241 overall and 123-100 in shots on goal, on a per game basis BHSU outshot their opponents and controlled the attack in 12 of their 19 matches during the year. She was a part of a team where the Yellow Jackets limited their opponents to the third fewest shot attempts in program history and the fewest shots on goal allowed in school history as BHSU controlled the attack throughout the year. Academically, she is pursuing a degree in elementary education.

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.