COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.— Colorado Mesa University's
Chase Brown was named as the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference's 2025 Men's Cross Country Summit Award Winner in a post-race awards ceremony at the RMAC Championship on Saturday here at Monument Valley Park.
The award goes to the student-athlete with the highest GPA who ran in the championship, amongst other criteria.
Brown, a civil engineering major, out of Bloomingdale, Michigan, has a perfect 4.00 GPA.
He finished 62nd Saturday's race as the Mavs' second runner.
Brown has now won three consecutive RMAC Summit Awards after also winning the Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field honors in the winter and spring of 2025.
He was also named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Team for Cross Country/Track & Field in 2024-25 and was named to the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association's All-Academic Team for the 2024 season.
Brown has also earned four First Team RMAC All-Academic honors in his career.
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.
