COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – On Sunday evening, following the RMAC Championships, the RMAC announced its summit award winners and Laine Mannes of the South Dakota Mines track & field team was the female recipient.
 
The RMAC Summit Awards are presented to student-athletes with the highest cumulative GPA that are also competing at the site of the finals for their sport's championship. 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 a sophomore or above, who have participated in their sport at their institution for at least two years. Student-athletes must be active members of their teams, traveling and competing at the RMAC championship event. Graduate students are not eligible to win the award.
 
Laine Mannes was named the winner after holding a perfect GPA as a biology major. 
 
Fischer was honored and presented with the award on Sunday evening during the awards ceremony following the championships.

The RMAC release can be found here. 
 
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About South Dakota Mines
The South Dakota School of Mines & Technology is a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) and NCAA Division II offering 13 men's and women's varsity intercollegiate athletic programs. The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference is a premier NCAA Division II conference with 15 members, as well as four associate members, located in the states of California, Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Utah.