SPEARFISH, S.D. – Ahead of last Friday's RMAC Men's Basketball Tournament Semifinal match-up against Fort Lewis, Black Hills State University junior guard Blake Volmer was recognized as the recipient of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Summit Award for the second consecutive year.

Volmer, a native of Winner, South Dakota, earned his second Summit Award after maintaining a perfect 4.0 undergraduate grade-point average in Business Administration. On the court, the junior has appeared in 31 games for the Yellow Jackets this season, making two starts. In 458 minutes of action for the RMAC regular season and tournament champion Yellow Jackets, he has averaged 3.2 points, 2.5 rebounds, 0.9 assists, and 0.4 steals per game while shooting an efficient 47.1 percent from the field, 46.5 percent from three-point range, and 75.0 percent from the free-throw line. With Volmer being a key contributor in the depth that BHSU features, the Yellow Jackets climbed into the top-10 nationally in the NABC Division II Coaches' Poll as they enter the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament this weekend ranked No. 10 in the country.

The RMAC's Summit Award is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA competing at the finals site of their respective sport's championship. Summit Award winners must compete in 20 percent of available competitions throughout the current season. All GPAs are based on a straight-grading scale to ensure consistency among nominees. All ties are broken by the total number of credit hours completed through the most recently concluded semester.

To be eligible for the award, student-athletes must be sophomores or above and have participated in their sport at their institution for at least two years. They must also be active members of their teams and travel to and compete at the RMAC championship event.