FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: October 24, 2007
CONTACT: Jeff Duggan, SID
E-MAIL: jduggan@mines.edu

Fifteen student-athletes represent CSM
on Academic All-RMAC football, volleyball teams

GOLDEN, Colo. - Twelve student-athletes from the Colorado School of Mines football team, as well as three Oredigger volleyball players, have been recognized on their respective sport's Academic All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference teams, as announced today by the RMAC.

To qualify for Academic All-RMAC recognition, student-athletes must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.20-or-better, be a starter or key reserve and have completed two consecutive semesters (or three quarters) at their current institution.

Below is a list of Colorado School of Mines' Academic All-RMAC performers in volleyball for the fall of 2007.

ACADEMIC ALL-RMAC (Volleyball)
Name (Pos.) / Yr. / Hometown / GPA / Major / TEAM
Kaity Edmiston (MB) / SO / Palisade, CO / 3.53 / Civil Engineering / First Team
Keesha Erickson (OH / RS) / SO / Spring, TX / 4.00 / Mechanical Engineering / Second Team
Celeste Cashel (DS) / SR / Glen. Springs, CO / 3.67 / Civil Engineering / Honor Roll

Below is a list of the Orediggers' Academic All-RMAC student-athletes in football for the fall of 2007.

ACADEMIC ALL-RMAC (Football)
Name (Pos.) / Yr. / Hometown / GPA / Major /TEAM
Keegan Moyer (RB) / SO / McArthur, CA / 3.26 / Mechanical Engineering / Second Team
Robbin Vinnola (WR) / RFR / Arvada, CO / 3.24 / Economics / Second Team
Zach Meints (OL) / SO / Cortland, NE / 3.44 / Chemistry / Second Team
Drew Ferren (DB) / JR / Lyons, CO / 3.35 / Env. & Mech. Engineering / Second Team
Aaron Abel (K) / SR / Cheyenne, WY / 3.40 / Mining Engineering / Second Team
Scott McDowell (DL) / SO / Lakewood, CO / 3.85 / Mechanical Engineering / Honor Roll
Jason Hobson (LB) / JR / Aurora, CO / 3.30 / Mechanical Engineering / Honor Roll
Kevin Folly-Kossi (DB) / JR / Abidjan, Ivory Coast / 3.28 / Petroleum Engineering / Honor Roll
Randy Andersen (OL) / RFR / Littleton, CO / 3.77 / Undecided / Honor Roll
Dillon Davisson (LB) / RFR / Akron, CO / 3.32 / Civil Engineering / Honor Roll
Peter Gertonson (DL) / RFR / Eaton, CO / 3.47 / Bio-Chemical Engineering / Honor Roll
Kyle Sanderson (WR) / SO / New Castle, CO / 3.49 / Civil Engineering / Honor Roll

For more information, please visit http://athletics.mines.edu or contact CSM Sports Information Director Jeff Duggan at jduggan@mines.edu.

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