COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – MSU Denver outfielder
Shelby Robb has been named to the Academic All-RMAC first team in softball for the third consecutive season.
Meanwhile, five other Roadrunners – catchers
Genevieve Bower and
Jaiden Geist, first baseman
Miah Hartvigsen, second baseman
Adriana Bueno and third baseman/catcher
Trish Leins – have been named to the Academic All-RMAC honor roll.
The Academic All-RMAC first team is voted on by league sports information directors. To be eligible, players must have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.50, must have completed one full academic year at their current institution, and must have used a season of competition.
Qualifications for the honor roll are the same, other than a minimum GPA of 3.30 is required.
Robb, a 2023 CSC Academic All-America first team selection, was also a 2021 All-America first team (D2CCA) and second team (NFCA) winner. She's a three-time All-RMAC first team (2024, 2023, 2021) selection, and also once earned honorable mention (2022). She has been on the D2CCA All-South Central Region first team three times (2024, 2023, 2021), and on the NFCA All-South Central Region first team twice (2024, 2021) and as well as the second team in 2023. She is on course to be a three-time Academic All-District selection, and was the 2022 RMAC Summit Award winner. The 2021 RMAC Freshman of the Year and NFCA National Freshman of the Year Finalist, she won an RMAC Gold Glove in 2021. She was on the 2024 NFCA Player of the Year Watchlist.
In 2024, she ranks seventh in Division II in hits (91), seventh in doubles per game (0.42) and 16
th in batting average (.457). She also ranks in RMAC top 10 in batting (.457), on-base percentage (.491), RBIs (53), stolen bases (22) and total bases (136).
Her career .425 batting average is the best in program history. Among active Division II players, she's tied for sixth in career doubles (64), 11th in total bases (421) and 15th in hits (257) despite missing time in 2022 due to injury. She is second in program history in hits, doubles and total bases, third in runs and triples, fourth in RBIs, and fifth in stolen bases.
She has a cumulative 4.0 grade point average while majoring in sport management.
Bower was named the All-RMAC second team utility player, after splitting time between catcher (24 starts) and designated player (18 starts). She's a D2ADA Academic Achievement Award winner, and has a 3.80 GPA while majoring in accounting.
Hartvigsen was a 2023 D2CCA All-South Central Region first team and NFCA All-South Central Region second team selection after earning 2023 All-RMAC first team. She was also a 2023 CSC Academic All-District selection. A 2024 All-RMAC Honorable Mention winner, she was also part of the 2023 Academic All-RMAC honor roll. … In 2024, she ranks seventh in the RMAC and 26th in Division II in hits (78). She's also ranked in the RMAC top 10 in batting average (.426), RBIs (52), doubles (18), on-base percentage (.486) and total bases (122). She compiled program's fourth-best single-season hit total all-time and eighth-best single season batting average. She's a two-time D2ADA Academic Achievement Award winner, and has a 3.62 cumulative GPA while majoring in biology.
Bueno, a 2023 RMAC Gold Glove winner, batted .344 this season with eight RBIs. She's a 2023 D2ADA Academic Achievement Award winner, and has a 3.62 GPA while majoring in elementary education.
Geist hit .312 with seven homers and 35 RBIs in 2024. She's a 2023 D2CCA All-South Central Region second team player as well as a 2022 All-RMAC second team and 2023 All-RMAC honorable mention selection. She's a 2023 D2ADA Academic Achievement Award winner and has a 3.57 GPA while majoring in speech, language and hearing sciences.
Leins batted .250 with eight RBIs in 2024. She has a 3.39 GPA while majoring in business intelligence.
