Career Honors
- D2CCA Second Team All-Region (2025)
- 2x All-RMAC
- First Team - 2025
- Second Team - 2023
- RMAC All-Tournament Team - 2023
- 2x College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2023 & 2025)
- 2x First Team Academic All-RMAC (2023 & 2025)
- 3x RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll (2023-25)
- 2x RMAC Offensive Player of the Week (2022)
2025: Was the Mavs’ most heralded player of the season… Earned Second Team D2CCA All-South Central Region honors… Was also one of the Mavs’ two First Team All-RMAC selections… Was also voted on to the First Team Academic All-RMAC Team while earning College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors… Led the team with nine goals and 22 offensive points… Added four assists… Also led the team with 48 shots and 23 shots on goal… Ranked sixth in the RMAC for goals and fifth for points… Was also tied for sixth with two game-winning goals… Was fifth in the RMAC for both goals (0.50) and points (1.22) per game… Started all 18 games… Was ranked fifth in the RMAC for shots and fourth for shots per game (2.67)… Had the same rankings for shots on goal and shots on goal per game (1.28)… Racked up 1,278 total minutes… Played all 90 in two games and 80 or more in five different games.
2024: Named to the RMAC Academic Honor Roll… Played in 12 games, making 11 starts… Missed a chunk of the season due to injury… Scored three goals on 17 shots, nine of which were placed on goal… Had a game-winning goal off the bench on Sept. 12 against Northwest Nazarene.
2023: RMAC All-Conference Second Team... RMAC All-Academic First Team... Appeared in 18 games while starting 14... Tied for team lead in goals with eight, equal to sixth in the RMAC… Also led the team with six assists and 22 points… Was tied for sixth in the conference for assists and fifth for points… Had five game-winning goals, tied for second most in the conference… Led the team with 42 shots and 21 shots on goal… Was eighth in the conference for shots and seventh for shots on goal… Had 3-point (1G, 1A) games against Eastern New Mexico (Sept. 9) and Adams State (Oct. 27)… Was the Mavs’ lone pick to the All-RMAC Tournament team… Selected to the RMAC First Team All-Academic squad… Also earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-District team.
2022: Appeared in 15 games, starting nine... Led team with seven goals, 33 shots, 19 shots on goal and tied for team lead with 16 points... Scored in each of the first five games of his collegiate career, including a two-goal game against Simon Fraser that provided the difference in a 3-1 win on Sept. 10... Recorded two assists, both against Montana State Billings on Sept. 8... Won two RMAC Offensive Player of the Week awards on Aug. 29 and Sept. 12.
High School: Attended Colegio Sam in Playa del Carmen, Mexico.
Personal: Son of Jose and Paula Ponce Casas...Has one younger sister, Micaela...Majoring in outdoor recreational industry studies...Aspires to be the first college graduate in his family...Chose CMU because he loved the team, the campus and the location...Enjoys fishing, scuba diving, dancing and playing the drums.
