COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Colorado School of Mines forwards Reese McDermott, the 2023 RMAC Player of the Year, and Bella Campos, the 2023 RMAC Freshman of the Year, are the 2024 RMAC Women's Soccer Co-Players of the Year and lead the 2024 All-RMAC Women's Soccer Teams released Tuesday.

The Orediggers also saw graduate student defender Ava Harman win the league's Defensive Player of the Year award. Colorado School of Mines head coach Kevin Fickes was awarded the RMAC Coach of the Year honor by his peers.

Colorado Mesa sophomore Keely Wieczorek is the league's Goalkeeper of the Year, and University of Colorado Colorado Springs freshman defender Malia Groshong claims the RMAC Freshman of the Year accolade.

The All-RMAC teams and awards are selected by the league's 13 head coaches, who were not permitted to vote for their own players.

McDermott, a senior from Houston, Texas, followed up her 2023 Player of the Year campaign with another impressive run, finishing with 16 goals, six game-winning goals, five assists, and 37 points. She led the RMAC in goals, game-winning goals, and points and converted 44 percent of her shots on goal into goals. McDermott had nine goals, two assists, and 20 points in league action, tied with her teammate in goals and second in points. She had an RMAC-best seven points in a match against West Texas A&M on Sept. 15, scoring a hat trick and adding an assist.

Campos, a sophomore from Highland Village, Texas, was right behind her teammate, finishing the season with 11 goals, five assists, and 27 points – finishing second among RMAC players only behind her teammate. She tied her teammate with nine goals in league play but led the league with 21 points, thanks to three assists. Campos also had the only hat trick in league play, scoring three goals at Adams State on October 27.

Harman, of Vancouver, Washington, powered a Colorado School of Mines defense that allowed an RMAC-low five goals in 12 league matches. The Orediggers conference dominance wasn't an aberration, as they allowed only one goal in six nonconference tilts, and they enter the postseason ranked seventh nationally with a 0.33 goals-against average. Offensively, Harman supplied four goals and two assists.

Wieczorek claimed the league's top goalkeeper honor after leading the league with eight shutouts in 12 RMAC matches. She allowed only five goals in conference outings, posting a .428 goals-against average while making 36 saves and securing a .878 save percentage. The Camas, Washington product finished the regular season with nine shutouts in 17 matches played and had a .719 goals-against average and a .800 save percentage.

Groshong, from Hillsboro, Oregon, is the league's top freshman and was a key defender in a UCCS unit that allowed 14 goals in conference play. She started all 18 regular season games for the Mountain Lions—one of only two UCCS players to do so in 2024.  

Fickes earns his fifth RMAC Coach of the Year award after leading Colorado School of Mines to an unbeaten 17-0-1 overall and 11-0-1 RMAC mark. The Orediggers won their seventh regular-season RMAC title in 2024 – all since he became the program's head coach in 2010. The No. 1 seed in the RMAC Women's Soccer Championship, the Orediggers are seeking their 10th RMAC tournament title, again all under Fickes' management.

2024 First Team All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference: Women's Soccer
Pos.	Player	School	Ht.	Yr.	Hometown
F	Bella Campos (1)	Colorado School of Mines		So.	Highland Village, Texas
F	Madeline Gardner (2)	Regis	5-4	So.	Bend, Oregon
F	Reese McDermott (1)	Colorado School of Mines		Sr.	Houston, Texas
F	Sauvelyne Randel (1)	Colorado Mesa	5-2	RSr.	Port-au-Prince, Haiti
M	Emily Aguilar (2)	UCCS	5-5	Jr.	Albuquerque, N.M.
M	Abby Fotheringham (1)	Colorado Mesa	5-3	Sr.	Layton, Utah
M	Necie Gubler	Westminster	5-7	Sr.	Holladay, Utah
M	Cloey Seltzer	Colorado School of Mines		Gr.	Haslet, Texas
D	Carli Dare (1)	Colorado Mesa	5-5	RJr.	Fruita, Colo.
D	Sophia DiGeronimo (1)	Westminster	5-1	Gr.	Seattle, Wash.
D	Ava Harman (H)	Colorado School of Mines		Gr.	Vancouver, Wash.
D	Ally Wachtel (2)	Colorado Mesa	5-6	Jr.	Tempe, Ariz.
GK	Keely Wieczorek (H)	Colorado Mesa	5-3	So.	Camas, Wash.
2024 Second Team All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference: Women's Soccer
Pos.	Player	School	Ht.	Yr.	Hometown
F	Ava Dinverno (H)	Colorado Christian	5-3	Jr.	Prosper, Texas
F	Tessa Killmon (H)	MSU Denver	5-4	Sr.	Thornton, Colp.
F	Justine Moreau	Colorado Christian	5-5	Jr.	Torrance, Calif.
F	Fie Steenberg (1)	UCCS	5-6	Sr.	Odense, Denmark
M	Luka Johnson	UCCS	5-7	So.	Lake Elmo, Minn.
M	Taylynn Levi	UCCS	5-7	So.	Colorado Springs, Colo.
M	Gabi Meraz-Fishbein (2)	Fort Lewis	5-3	Sr.	Albuquerque, N.M.
M	Natsuki Murakami	Western Colorado	5-2	Jr.	Oita, Japan
D	Lauren Clingman	Colorado School of Mines		Sr.	Broomfield, Colo.
D	Alex Hoffman (H)	Westminster	5-11	Gr.	Bountiful, Utah
D	Maddy Rueter (H)	MSU Denver	5-7	Sr.	Chandler, Ariz.
D	Emily  Sirois (H)	MSU Denver	5-9	Sr.	Garden Grove, Calif.
GK	Kylie Bach (2)	MSU Denver	5-8	Sr.	Thornton, Colo.
Symbols in parentheses: (1) was a First Team All-RMAC selection in 2023; (2) was a Second Team All-RMAC selection in 2023; (H) was an Honorable Mention All-RMAC selection in 2023.

2024 Honorable Mention All-RMAC: Women's Soccer

ADAMS STATE: Ashlyn Bartley (5-9, Jr., GK); Karlee Caballero (5-6, Sr., M); Colette Tena (5-4, Jr., M)
BLACK HILLS STATE: Anacel Valenzuela-Acosta (5-4, Jr., F); Paige Hill (5-5, Sr., F); Ainsley Wilson (5-8, Jr., D)
COLORADO CHRISTIAN: Capri Dewing (5-5, Sr., F); Hannah Mares (5-8, Sr., F); Ava Schock (5-8, Fr., M)
COLORADO MESA: Sarah Dunn (5-8, So., D)
COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES: Kaitlyn Manilili (Jr., M)
CSU PUEBLO: Sydney Lasater (5-8, Sr., F)
FORT LEWIS: Josie Coulter (5-9, Jr., F); McKenna Ford (5-3, 5th, D); Rachel Peebles (5-4, Jr., D); Sabrina Reyes (5-5, Sr., M); Abila Tapia (5-4, So., )
MSU DENVER: Jenelle Arenibas (5-6, So., M); Madrid Mack (5-3, So., F);
NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS: Kate Rayner (5-8, Jr., F)
REGIS: Natalie Bunch (5-5, Jr., F); Madison Cullinan (5-9, Sr., D)
UCCS: Malia Groshong (5-8, Fr., D)
WESTERN COLORADO: Taylor Bottoms (5-8, Jr., M); Aubree Orosco (5-6, Jr., GK)
WESTMINSTER: Luka Biggs (5-9, Jr., D); Kara Dickey (5-8, Jr., M); Alivia Preston (5-6, Sr., M).
 
About the RMAC
The RMAC is a premier NCAA Division II conference located in Colorado Springs, Colo., with 15 member institutions. The RMAC sponsors 22 varsity NCAA sports and has produced 65 NCAA Division II national champions and 54 national runners-up since 1992.