COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.— The Colorado Mesa University volleyball team was recognized for their balance and depth as a conference-leading six players were named to the First and Second Team All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference teams that were announced by the conference on Thursday.
 
The Mavericks had three first team picks in junior outside hitter Ashlee Macias, sophomore opposite Henley Madsen and freshman outside hitter Molly Whalen.  Their three second team selections were sophomore opposite Addie Ritterbush, sophomore setter Ashlyn Tafoya and junior middle blocker Jaycee Windorski.
 
Madsen and Tafoya were also second team honorees as freshman in 2025.
 
Macias was also a Second Team All-Lone Star Conference pick while at UT Permian Basin last season before transferring to CMU in January.
 
All of the selections were made by a vote of the conference's head coaches, who also nominated their players.
 
The Mavericks, who are 22-5 overall entering Friday's RMAC Tournament semifinals, finished in a tie for second in the RMAC standings with a 12-2 conference record.  Their six combined first and second team picks are the most of any team in the RMAC, two more than the Colorado School of Mines, who they will play in the semifinals, and regular season champion MSU Denver, although the Roadrunners did have seven total honorees including honorable mention selections.
 
CMU also co-led the conference with three first team picks alongside MSU Denver and South Dakota Mines.
 
Macias leads the Mavericks in kills (282), service aces (39) and total points (333.5) and is second on the team in digs (241).  The El Paso, Texas native has also registered a team-high seven double-doubles and ranks third in the RMAC for aces, seventh for points per set (3.66) and ninth for kills per set (3.10).
 
Madsen, who hails from Park City, Utah, is second on the team in total points (233), blocks (55) and third in kills (201).  She is also hitting .289 to rank 11^th in the RMAC statistics.
 
Whalen, one of just two freshman on the 15-member first team unit, ranks second on the team in kills 205 and is seventh in the RMAC with her .304 hitting percentage.  The Litchfield Park, Arizona native, has also been named as the RMAC Offensive Player of the Week twice this season and ranks 13^th in the RMAC for kills per set (2.85).
 
Ritterbush, who hails from Palisade, Colorado, ranks fourth in the RMAC for hitting percentage (.361) and has put down 169 kills while adding 38 blocks, the Mavs' third highest total. 
 
Tafoya leads the Mavs, who run a 6-2 offensive scheme, with 525 assists and ranks eighth in the league for assists per set (5.71).  She also has 29 service aces to sit second on the team and is third on the team with 146 digs.
 
Windorski, who hails from Leadville, Colorado, leads the Mavericks with 90 blocks (1.03/set) and ranks ninth in the conference.  She is also hitting .366 to rank third in the conference and has put down 132 kills.