COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.— Alex Martinez, Caleb Schreiber, Shaden Shields and Leo Willett were all named to the 2026 First Team Academic All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference squad while leading a league-high 29 Colorado Mesa University Maverick men's lacrosse student-athletes on the RMAC Academic Honor Roll, the conference announced on Monday afternoon.
 
The 13-man First Team Academic All-RMAC squad was selected by a vote of the conference's athletics communications directors, who were not allowed to vote for their own student-athletes.  To be eligible for nomination, student-athletes must have a 3.50 or higher cumulative grade point average, be in at least their second consecutive year at their nominating institution and have used a season of eligibility.
 
Honor roll recognition requires a 3.30 or higher GPA as well as meeting the other criteria.
 
The Mavs' list of honorees can be found below.  The list of 29 selections was six more than any other RMAC squad.
 
Schreiber, who completed his Maverick career with a perfect 4.00 GPA, was voted on to the first team for the third straight year.  The Thornton, Colorado native and business management major was also named as the RMAC's Summit Award Winner for the second time and played in all 15 of the Mavs' games this seasons, recording 17 ground balls and seven caused turnovers from his short stick defensive midfielder position.
 
Martinez, a redshirt freshman and accounting major from Elizabeth, Colorado, holds a 3.82 GPA and was the Mav's top face-off man in 2026, winning 77 of 149 of his draws, good for a .517 winning percentage.  He also scooped up a team-high 36 ground balls.
 
Shields, a junior goalkeeper out of Naples, Florida, was selected after posting a 4-1 record, 8.77 goals against average and .561 save percentage in six games and five starts despite missing chunks of the 2026 season due to injury.  The computer information systems major holds a 3.96 GPA and had earned United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Honorable Mention All-America honors in 2025 after setting a CMU record with 178 saves that season.
 
Willett, a junior from Broomfield, Colorado, was selected to the first team for the first time and the honor roll for the second.  The defensive midfielder holds a 4.00 GPA and is majoring in finance.
 
Colorado Mesa's RMAC Academic Honor Roll Selections (29)
 
Merrick Banning (So., Mathematics)
Eli Bibler (R-Jr., Sport Management)
Aidan Brock (R-Fr., Criminal Justice)
Grant Brooker (So., Finance)
Wyatt Carroll (So., Chemistry)
Luke Chastain (R-So., Civil Engineering)
Jack Cooper (Jr., Exercise Science)
Cameron Crisp (Jr., Business Administration)
Kael Degenhart (R-So., Construction Management)
Stefan Dingbaum (Jr., Finance)
Hunter Jesse (R-Fr., Business Administration)
Beau Kirschke (R-Sr., Construction Management)
Deuce Kirschke (Sr., Business Management)
Morgan Kronebusch (So., Criminal Justice)
Dax Lambright (Jr., Biology)
Alex Martinez (R-Fr., Accounting)
Nik Moore (Sr., Computer Information Systems)
George Ogik (R-Jr., Mechanical Engineering)
Thomas Perkins (So., Finance)
Erich Petersen (R-Jr., Marketing)
Julius Petersen (R-So., Accounting)
Dillon Pless (Sr., Finance)
Brady Porter (R-Jr., Outdoor Recreation Studies)
Reed Roughton (R-Jr., Business Management)
Grant Schachet (R-Jr., Construction Management)
Caleb Schreiber (Sr., Business Management)
Shaden Shields (Jr., Computer Information Systems)
Cole Skillington (Sr., Construction Management)
Leo Willett (Jr., Finance)