COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.— After enjoying an historic season, the Colorado Mesa University women's lacrosse team hauled in five of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference's six major awards while grabbing six spots on the First Team All-RMAC team and ten total all-conference honors.
Led by RMAC Coach of the Year
Ashley Delaney, in her second year in charge of the program after four seasons as an assistant, the Mavericks won a share of the RMAC's Regular Season title for the second time in program history and the second time in three years. They also secured the No. 1 seed in this week's RMAC Tournament, which they will host for the first time in program history on Friday and Sunday.
The success was rewarded as three Maverick players claimed four combined major honors with
Courtney Havel being tabbed as the Attacker of the Year while
Ali Bryant was named as the Midfielder of the Year for the second time in her career.
Heather Hawkins was named as the Goalkeeper and Freshman of the Year.
Justine Anderson, the 2024 RMAC Attacker of the Year, and defenders
Sadie Chappuis and
Sydney Skinner were also named to the First Team All-RMAC squad alongside the major award winners. Anderson is now a 3-time first team pick.
The six first team picks double CMU's 2023 and 2024 season recognition and are two more than the 2022 program record of four.
Senior
Caroline Ohngemach was also named to the Second Team All-RMAC unit at attack while sophomore
Courteney Murray claimed the same honors in the midfield. Defender
Olivia Turk and midfielder
Ella Freemon rounded out the Maverick honorees as honorable mention picks.
All of the awards were selected by a vote of the conference's head coaches.
Havel, a junior from Lake Oswego, Oregon, led the Mavericks with 44 goals this season, the fourth highest total in the RMAC. She scored in all 15 games and recorded five straight hat tricks at the start of the RMAC play and seven overall.
She is just the second Maverick to earn the RMAC Attacker of the Year honor, joining Anderson in that elite company.
She was also tied for fourth in the RMAC with 53 offensive points and recorded a career-high six goals and eight points in CMU's historic win over Regis on Mar. 14, which eventually led to the Mavs co-regular season championship and tournament No. 1 seed. She also had five goals at UCCS just two days later on Mar. 16 and was named as the RMAC and Co-National Offensive Player of the Week.
Bryant, a senior from Huntington Beach, California, was also named the RMAC Midfielder of the Year and the conference's freshman of the year in 2022 and has now been named to the all-conference units three times.
She is the Mavs' all-around leader and paced the squad with 70 draw controls, the second highest total in the conference, while claiming 26 groundballs and 16 caused turnovers. She also scored 18 goals while recording 15 assists, good for 33 points.
Bryant scored a season-high four goals in CMU's 20-9 home win over UCCS on Apr. 11 and had two 5-point games while also being named as the RMAC Defensive Player of the Week on Feb. 18.
Hawkins, who hails from Palmer Lake, Colorado, led the RMAC in both goals against average (7.29) and save percentage (.529) during conference play. She started all ten of the Mavs' conference games and posted a .500 save percentage and 9.01 goals against average after taking over the Mavs' starting spot early in the season. She is ranked amongst the nation's top 10 in save percentage.
Hawkins also leads the Mavs with 43 groundballs and was named as the RMAC Defensive Player of the Week twice (Mar. 17 and 31) and garnered IWLCA NCAA Division II National Player of the Week honors on Apr. 1 as well.
Hawkins is the first Maverick goalie to ever earn first team all-conference honors and RMAC Goalkeeper of the Year honors. She is also just the third Maverick to earn RMAC Freshman of the Year honors, joining Bryant (2022) and Haley Kroll (2014).
Delaney is CMU's first RMAC Coach of the Year since Abigail Simpson in 2016.
Anderson, who has now been named to the First Team All-RMAC unit after each of her three collegiate seasons, leads the Mavericks in both points (58) and assists (26). She ranks second in the RMAC for points and third for assists and has 32 goals, the eighth highest total in the RMAC.
The Colorado Springs native scored in all 15 of the Mavs' games, recording for hat tricks. She had a season-high five goals at Westminster on Apr. 5 and matched the CMU single-game record for points, recording nine in that contest. On Mar. 30, Anderson reached the 100 career goal mark, becoming just the fifth Maverick to do so.
Chappuis, a freshman from Savage, Minnesota, and Skinner, a senior from Woodland, California, have led the Maverick defense, which has conceded just ten goals per game, including a conference-low 7.50 goals per game in RMAC play.
Skinner led the Mavericks with 22 caused turnovers to rank seventh in the RMAC. She was fourth during conference play, with 19. Skinner also has registered 20 groundballs. Chappuis led all Maverick field players with 29 groundballs and caused 12 turnovers.
After claiming honorable mention All-RMAC selection in 2024, Ohngemach moved up to the second team unit in 2025 as one of the conference' most prolific attackers. She is second on the CMU squad this year with 35 goals, 20 assists and 55 points. She also ranks second in the conference with 54 draw controls and recorded 18 groundballs and seven caused turnovers defensively.
The Wayne, New Jersey product, ranks third in the RMAC for points, fifth for assists and sixth for goals. She scored a career-high seven goals in an Apr. 11 win over UCCS and had seven hat tricks this season.
Murray is fourth on the Maverick squad behind the three other aforementioned Mavericks with 19 goals and has also assisted on seven others. The Littleton, Colorado native has two hat tricks this season and has scored in 11 of the Mavs' 15 games.
Freemon is a junior from Auckland, New Zealand and has scored 14 goals while recording five assists and five groundballs this season.
Turk has started all 15 of the Mav's games and has recorded 24 groundballs and nine caused turnovers this season. She hails from El Dorado Hills, California.
