COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. --- South Dakota Mines junior Erica Keeble was named to the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference All-Academic First Team while 21 other Hardrockers earned a spot on the RMAC Honor Roll list announced Thursday by the league office in Colorado Springs, Colo.

The RMAC First Team All-Academic selections, were voted on by the conference's sports information directors. To be eligible for consideration, a student-athlete must carry a 3.30 cumulative grade point average and must have been an active student at the institution for at least two consecutive semesters or three consecutive quarters.

Keeble is a junior pole vaulter from Nashville, Tennessee, majoring in Computer Science with Mathematics minor earned her second-straight first team honor with a 3.77 GPA. During the indoor season she won the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Indoor women's pole vault after clearing a height of 13-feet-7.25-inches. That height broke the meet and facility records (held at UCCS) as well as set a new personal best and SD Mines school record. She also earned All-Region honors with the best mark.

"Erica is an exceptional scholar-athlete and it's great to see her continue to be recognized at the conference level," said Hardrocker track and field head coach Steve Johnson. "For her to excel in such competitive conference like the RMAC as well as excel in the class room is extraordinary. Our program is glad to have her."

To be named to the RMAC Honor Roll list, student-athlete must also carry a 3.30 cumulative grade point average and must have been an active student at the institution for at least two consecutive semesters or three consecutive quarters, but not named to the RMAC All-Academic First Team.

"Making the RMAC Honor Roll is quite an accomplishment, but having 21 Hardrockers earn these accolades really says a lot about the type of scholar-athlete we have in our program and at the institution," Johnson added. "Congrats to each and everyone of them."

Members of the Hardrockers that were RMAC Honor Roll included:
 

NAME	CL.	HOMETOWN	GPA	MAJOR
Mark Boden	So.	Longmont, CO	3.293	Mechanical Engineering
Tel Bostwick	So.	Melrose, NM	3.449	Mining Engineering
Conner Christenson	So.	Bryon , MN	3.906	Mechanical Engineering
Ben Colvin	Jr.	Kasson, MN	3.695	Mechanical Engineering
Korder Cropsey	Sr.	Presho, SD	3.791	Civil Engineering
MacAuley Haag	So.	Center, ND	3.377	Undeclared
Joel Haas	Jr.	Corvallis, MT	3.841	Civil Engineering
Austin Hammer	Jr.	Mission, SD	3.518	Metallurgical Engineering
Travis Kleinsasser	So.	Huron, SD	3.696	Mechanical Engineering
Ryan Moen	So.	Colorado Springs, CO	3.732	Chemical Engineering
Darren Nissen	Sr.	Wausau, NE	3.486	Mechanical Engineering
Kevin Ptak	Sr.	Allen, TX	4.0	Electrical Engineering
Westley Siebdrath	Sr.	La Quinta, CA	3.398	Civil and Environmental Engineering
Chase Wood	Sr.	Las Vegas, NV	3.425	Chemical Engineering

Taylor Bright	Sr.	Casper, WY	3.863	Applied Biological Sciences
Tana Dahlberg	Jr.	Buffalo, WY	3.416	Chemical Engineering
Kayla Gagen	Sr.	Livingston, MT	3.780	Mechanical  Engineering
Laramie Giles	Jr.	Sioux Falls, SD	3.330	Atmospheric Science and Meteorology
Marissa Holinka	So.	Watertown, SD	3.342	Geology
Olivia Jurrens	So.	Avon, SD	3.265	Mechanical Engineering
Margaret Thompson	So.	Deer Lodge, MT	4.0	Mechanical Engineering