COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference announced their postseason awards and All-RMAC teams Thursday afternoon. Among the honorees for All-RMAC Honorable Mention was BHSU's outside hitter duo of Carsyn Mettler and Izzy Saiki. It is the first All-RMAC honor for either girl as they led the Yellow Jacket attack this season.
 
CARSYN METTLER | OPPOSITE | SENIOR | RAPID CITY, S.D. | STEVENS H.S.
Carsyn Mettler was the top hitter for BHSU. Mettler remained consistent as she had a hitting percentage of .300 or better in 15 out of 26 games this year, including seven of the last eight games. She led the team in kills with 302 and was the first Yellow Jacket since 2023 with over 300 kills in a season. She had a team-high .286 hitting percentage and had the highest hitting percentage of anyone to reach the 300 kill mark in the D2 era, and had 32.0 total blocks. She reached ten kills in 17 games this year, including 15 of the last 18. She had a .320 hitting percentage against #6 Washburn, and then a .455 hitting percentage versus UMary. She had a .440 hitting percentage versus WCU. She had 18 kills this past weekend. She had 17 kills with a .400 hitting percentage and three blocks versus Chadron. She had a career-high 23 kills versus Chadron with a .377 hitting percentage and two blocks. She had 13 kills and a .387 hitting percentage versus Regis. She had 17 kills and a .395 hitting percentage versus Chadron.
 
IZZY SAIKI | OUTSIDE HITTER | SENIOR | THORNTON, COLO. | HORIZON H.S.
Izzy Saiki has been one of the top of BHSU's trio this year. The senior from Thronton, Colo. ended up with a career year. She was second on the team and was the first one to 200 kills with 235 kills with a 2.90 kills per set mark. She was third on the team in aces and with 31. She had 218 digs and 16 total blocks. She had 12 double-digit kill games including five of the last seven games. She had a career-high 21 kills versus MSU Denver. Saiki had her third double-double of the year with 18 kills and 15 digs versus CCU. The five aces during that game were also a career-high. She had another double-double versus Chadron with 10 kills and a season-high 17 digs. She had her career-high 21 kills versus MSUD and then had her sixth double-double of the season versus UCCS with 10 kills and 12 digs. Against Chadron, the second time, she had 13 kills and a team and career-high 25 digs.