COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Outside hitter Mataya Ward earned a Second-Team All-RMAC selection while middle Sarah Meservey received an honorable mention as the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference announced its volleyball all-conference teams and special award winners on Thursday.

The All-RMAC teams and awards are selected and voted on by the league's 15 head coaches. Coaches are not permitted to vote for their players.

Ward jumps up to the Second Team after earning honorable mention honors a season ago, while Meservey earns an All-Conference mention in her first season at Chadron State.

A junior from Belle Fourche, South Dakota, Ward ranks fourth in the RMAC with 3.18 kills/set and had four matches with 20 or more kills, including a career-high 21 twice against Western Colorado on September 19 and Adams State on October 2.

Ward hit .196 for the season amidst a heavy workload and had five matches with a .300 hitting percentage despite having over 45 attempts for the match in four of those performances. Ward also totaled 128 digs, 28 aces and 36 blocks.

Meservey, a transfer from Central Wyoming College, emerged as one of the top blockers in not just the RMAC, but Division II. Meservey ranks seventh in Division II in blocks/set (1.36) and is eighth in Division II in total blocks (137), ranking second in the RMAC in both categories.

Meservey tied a single-match school record with 13 blocks in a five-setter against South Dakota Mines on September 24, a performance that helped her win the RMAC Defensive Player of the Week award. She was also an efficient offensive player, hitting .248 on the season while averaging 1.21 kills/set.

Colorado School of Mines swept all major awards for the conference, divided among only two players. Jenna McLaughlin was named both the RMAC Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, recording 284 kills with a .392 hitting percentage while accumulating 140 total blocks.

Kaiya Gilbert, also from the Orediggers, was named both the league Setter of the Year and Freshman of the Year after leading the conference in assists per set. Orediggers Head Coach Jamie Magalei was named the RMAC Coach of the Year.
 

2026 First Team All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference: Volleyball
Pos.	Player	School	Yr.	Hometown
S	GabriElle Brewer (HM)	MSU Denver	Sr.	Gurnee, Ill.
OH	Maria Bouman	South Dakota Mines	Jr.	Dallas, Texas
OH	Brooke Gennerman (2)	MSU Denver	So.	Monument, Colo.
S	Kaiya Gilbert	Colorado School of Mines	Fr.	Castle Rock, Colo.
OH	Lexi Glendenning (1)	South Dakota Mines	So.	Parker, Colo.
OH	Hayden Liebsack	MSU Denver	Fr.	Omaha, Neb.
OPP	Henley Madsen (2)	Colorado Mesa	So.	Park City, Utah
MB	Jenna McLaughlin (1)	Colorado School of Mines	Jr.	Zanesville, Ohio
OH	Ashlee Macias	Colorado Mesa	Jr.	El Paso, Texas
OH	Alina Nunez (HM)	Fort Lewis	Sr.	Tucson, Ariz.
OH	Payton Tompkins (1)	UCCS	Jr.	Dallas, Texas
OPP	Cate Warren	South Dakota Mines	So.	Dallas Texas
OH	Molly Whalen	Colorado Mesa	Fr.	Litchfield Park, Ariz.
OH	Lilly Zwart	CSU Pueblo	Sr.	Nelson, New Zealand

2026 Second Team All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference: Volleyball
Pos.	Player	School	Yr.	Hometown
OPP	Suzanna Conner	Colorado Christian	Sr.	Lubbock, Texas
L	Alyx Daugherty (2)	Fort Lewis	So.	Mesa, Ariz.
MB	Nicole Himebauch	UCCS	Sr.	Colorado Springs, Colo.
MB	Sydney Hyde (2)	UCCS	So.	Meridian, Idaho
L	Francesca Nuzzo (HM)	Colorado School of Mines	Sr.	Rome, Italy
MB	Abbie O'Shay (HM)	Colorado School of Mines	So.	Fulshear, Texas
OPP	Addie Ritterbush	Colorado Mesa	So.	Palisade, Colo.
MB	Finja Schul (HM)	CSU Pueblo	Sr.	Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
S	Ashlyn Tafoya (2)	Colorado Mesa	So.	Loveland, Colo.
OH	Sienna Thatcher	Colorado Christian	So.	Fort Collins, Colo.
S	Krista Traynor (HM)	Colorado Christian	Sr.	Seattle, Wash.
MB	Trynity Martin	MSU Denver	Jr.	Pueblo, Colo.
OH	Mataya Ward (HM)	Chadron State	Jr.	Bell Fourche, S.D.
MB	Jaycee Windorski	Colorado Mesa	Jr.	Leadville, Colo.
Symbols in parentheses: (1) was a First Team All-RMAC selection in 2025; (2) was a Second Team All-RMAC selection in 2025; (HM) was an Honorable Mention All-RMAC selection in 2025.