While Wednesday is the deadline for filing taxes, Colorado collegiate sports news features several worthy tidbits for those interested.
- Olivia Reed Thyne from Colorado Mesa was named as the 2025-2026 NCAA Division II Basketball Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year. Teammate Mason Rowland also earned Academic All-America® honors as selected by College Sports Communicators. The duo led the Maverick women to a program-best 37-2 record and a “final four” berth in the NCAA Division II Championships. READ MORE
- For the second straight week, Colorado Mesa is the No. 1 team in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers’ Association NCAA Division II baseball top 25 poll. At 38-3 overall, Mesa received all 20 first-place votes. READ MORE
- Amber Burdge was announced on Wednesday as the new Director of Athletics at Western Colorado in Gunnison. Burdge is currently the Assistant Vice President for Student Involvement at New Mexico State. READ MORE
- Former MSU Denver and Colorado Mesa AD Joan McDermott has been named the Interim AD at Sonoma State as the university evaluates a return to athletics. READ MORE
- On April 9, Colorado Mesa announced the hiring of Ken DeWeese as the next Head Men’s Basketball Coach. DeWeese becomes the seventh coach in program history and inherits a program that went 21-11 and made the NCAA Tournament during the 2025-26 season. He spent the last two seasons as an assistant at Colorado State. READ MORE
- Air Force’s 14th-ranked men’s gymnastics team will have seven individuals competing in the 2026 NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Championships at Illinois’ State Farm Center on Friday and Saturday. READ MORE
- Colorado’s women’s soccer Team captured the Colorado Cup on Sunday, posting wins over UCCS, Colorado College, and Air Force. READ MORE
- Community Service comes naturally in Fort Collins as the Colorado State swimming team joined forces with No More Under to teach local children safety. READ MORE
- The latest NFCA/GoRout DII Coaches Poll ranks the Colorado Christian softball team seventh in the nation. The Cougars are 32-0 in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference play and 42-2 overall, with a 38-game winning streak that sets an RMAC record, previously held by Colorado Mesa with 37 consecutive wins in 2018. READ MORE
- After winning a national championship in football at CSU Pueblo, John Wristen is coaching the women’s golf team at the school as the nationally ranked team is seeking its fourth straight RMAC title. READ MORE
- Shyla Bhatia will represent the University of Denver at the 2026 NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championships at Dickes Arena in Fort Worth, starting on Thursday. The DU freshman will compete as an individual vault qualifier in the national semifinals. READ MORE
- The women’s lacrosse teams at UCCS (9-5) and Regis (12-4) are ranked in their Midwest Regions. The RMAC playoffs are April 23 and 25 at a campus site. READ MORE
