COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.— Colorado Mesa University's Chase Brown, Kevin DeGree and Kate Linstedt were all named to the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference's First Team All-Academic Cross Country teams that were announced on Wednesday morning as they led a group of 15 Maverick runners (9 men, 6 women) to be honored for their academic and running prowess.
 
The Mavs had 12 honor roll selections, which are listed below.
 
To be eligible for the first team honors, which were selected by a vote of the conference's sports information directors based on a combination of academic and athletic successes, student-athletes must have a 3.500 or higher GPA, have completed a full academic year at the nomination institution and used a season of eligibility.  Honor Roll selections must have a 3.30 or higher GPA and meet the other requirements.
 
DeGree was a repeat first team selection while Brown and Linstedt were eligible for the first time this fall as redshirt freshman.
 
Brown, who hails from Bloomingdale, Michigan, holds a perfect 4.00 GPA while majoring in mechanical engineering technology.  He ran in four meets this season, including both the RMAC and NCAA Division II South Central Regionals, placing 84^th and 94^th, respectively.   He was a regular in the Mavs' scoring group, finishing as the team's second runner at the Lewis Crossover Invite with a season-best 8-kilometer time of 25:20.7.   He was also the Mavs' fifth finisher at the conference meet and the team's third runner at the regional.
 
DeGree, a redshirt sophomore from Big Bear Lake, California, holds a 3.93 GPA in the same major.  He was the most consistent Maverick throughout the season, beginning it with a tenth place finish as CMU's second finisher at the Mountaineer Invite.  He then placed 96^th at the Lewis meet in 25:22.2 as CMU's third finisher.  He was also the Mavs' third man at the RMAC Championships, where he placed 82^nd, before finishing second on the CMU squad and 85^th overall at the regional championships with a career-best 10K time of 32:48.1.
 
Linstedt, who hails from Fort Collins, Colorado, holds a 3.86 GPA and is majoring in civil engineering.  She also ran in all four meets and was in the Mavs' scoring five in each.  She helped the Maverick women to their best RMAC and South Central Regional Championships in seven years, taking 81^st at the regional and 71^st at the RMAC meet.  She was the Mavs' all-important fifth runner at each.  She was also team's fourth finisher at the Mountaineer Invite, where she placed 17^th overall.
 
The Mavericks' 2023 honor roll selections are listed below with their GPA's and majors:
 
Men
Jackson Baker (4.00, Computer Science)
Triston Charles (3.72, Criminal Justice)
Peter Leary (3.66, Undeclared)
John McGill (3.41, Business Administration)
Aidan Mobley (3.81, Electrical & Computer Engineering)
Nathan Sanches (3.72, Business Administration)
Kyle Towne (3.77, Civil Engineering)
 
Women
Jessie Beck (3.73, English)
Ally Herring (3.47, Business Administration)
Taylor Kincaid (3.84, Nursing)
Brooke Miller (3.92, Nursing)
Kendall White (3.50, Exercise Science)  

Name	School	Class	GPA	Major
Kyle Shirley	Chadron State	Sr.	4.0	General Business
Klay Grant	Colorado Christian	So.	4.0	English
Matthew Storer	Colorado Christian	R-So.	3.68	Business
Alex Vance	Colorado Christian	Sr.	3.77	Accounting
Chase Brown	Colorado Mesa	R-Fr.	4.0	Mechanical Engineering Technology
Kevin DeGree	Colorado Mesa	R-So.	3.93	Mechanical Engineering Technology
Daniel Appleford	Colorado School of Mines	So.	3.76	Mechanical Engineering
Duncan Fuehne*	Colorado School of Mines	Gr.	3.98	Applied Physics
Andrew Kaye	Colorado School of Mines	Gr.	3.89	Chemical Engineering
Loic Scomparin	Colorado School of Mines	Gr.	3.95	Advanced Energy Systems
Cory Shea	MSU Denver	Jr.	3.77	Industrial Design
Andrew Amor	New Mexico Highlands	Gr.	3.92	Human Performance and Sport
Mart Nijuis	New Mexico Highlands	Gr.	4.0	Chemistry
Jagger Zlotoff	UCCS	R-So.	3.53	Computer Science

 

Name	School	Class	GPA	Major
Brianna Robles	Adams State	Sr.	3.64	English
Kate Linstedt	Colorado Mesa	R-Fr.	3.86	Civil Engineering
Margaux Basart*	Colorado School of Mines	R-So.	4.0	Engineering Physics
Molly Maksin	Colorado School of Mines	Gr.	3.77	Applied Energy Systems
Holly Moser	Colorado School of Mines	Gr.	3.60	Hydrology
Jenna Ramsey-Rutledge	Colorado School of Mines	R-Jr.	3.84	Computational & Applied Mathematics
Katie Heck	Fort Lewis	Sr.	3.87	Business Administration & Digital Marketing
Abi Read	MSU Denver	Jr.	3.81	Mechanical Engineering
Heidi Yagen	MSU Denver	Jr.	4.0	Aviation & Aerospace Science
Nadine Almasri	UCCS	R-Jr.	4.0	Health Care Science
Molly Breuer	UCCS	R-So.	3.96	Nursing
Anna Fauske	UCCS	Jr.	3.53	Health Care Science
Allison Beasley	Western Colorado	Jr.	3.98	Art and Computer Science
Leah Taylor	Western Colorado	Jr.	3.92	Exercise Sport Science

*-RMAC Academic Athlete of the Years