COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Madison Clause won her second Summit Award of the season, adding the outdoor track and field honor to her previous indoor award from this season, as announced by the conference office. 

The RMAC's Summit Award is presented to the student-athlete in each sport with the highest cumulative GPA competing at the finals site of their respective sport's championship. Clause, a senior from Billings, Montana, has a perfect 4.0 GPA through 143 completed hours as a family and consumer sciences major. 

Clause competed in five meets in the pole vault this outdoor season for Chadron State. She had a season-best clearance of 3.23 meters (10 feet, 7 inches) at Central Nebraska Challenge and season-best placing of fourth at Grubby's Easter Classic in Rapid City. 

Clause was the conference's No. 17 qualifier for the RMAC Championships and finished tied for 18th place.

Summit Award winners must compete in 20 percent of available competitions throughout the current season. All GPAs are based on a straight-grading scale to ensure consistency among nominees. All ties are broken by the total number of credit hours completed through the most recently concluded semester.

To be eligible for the award, student-athletes must be sophomores or above and have participated in their sport at their institution for at least two years. They must also be active members of their teams and travel to and compete at the RMAC championship event.

With Clause's two wins, Chadron State has now won four Summit Awards during the 2025-26 academic year – the two track wins plus Shania Wear from women's wrestling and Aubree Heinsma from women's golf. No other RMAC institution has more than two sport wins.