COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The Chadron State College women's wrestling team earned the top team grade point average, among the five Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference women's wrestling members in 2023-24, earning the inaugural RMAC Brechler Award for the sport. The full list of winners in each sport was released Monday.
 
CSC women's wrestling finished the year with a 3.200 GPA in Head Coach Taylor Summer's first season at the helm.
 
In addition to the team's academic success, sophomore Shania Wear received the RMAC Summit Award for having the top individual GPA of all athletes who competed at the conference championships.
 
Grades were used from the 2023-24 academic year. All student-athletes that were on the institution's NCAA eligibility list were included in the teams' GPA calculation. The team GPA is calculated by dividing the total quality points for each semester by the total number of credits for each semester. 

The award is named after Paul W. Brechler, a former RMAC Commissioner (1976-1990), who along with wife Wanda, were the first inductees into the RMAC Hall of Fame. Brechler is also the former athletic director of the University of Iowa and served as Commissioner of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).

The team will be presented with a plaque at the 2024 RMAC Hall of Fame and Awards Banquet on Thursday, July 11 at the Colorado Springs Marriott Hotel. For more information on the event, along with a full list of Brechler Award winners, visit RMACSports.org.