Graduate students Geoff Kelly and Tarah Patterson have been tabbed the 2021-22 University of Colorado Colorado Springs Male and Female Student-Athletes of the Year.  The award is given to the top male and female student-athletes who have excelled in the classroom and made a significant impact for their program. 

Geoff Kelly (Guard/Forward, Aurora, Colo. / Regis Jesuit High School)

 2021-22 Season Highlights and Statistics

• 2021-22 RMAC All-Academic First Team
• Started 29 of his 30 appearances
• Averaged 5.0 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game
• Totaled Dished out 59 assists for an average of 1.9 per game
• Blocked nine shots
• Accumulated 20 steals
• Shot 46.3% from the field, 30.0% from three and 69.2% from the free throw line…
• Scored a career high 20 points while shooting 8-for-9 from the field on Nov. 24 against SAGU American Indian
• Dropped a career high seven assists on Dec. 18 against Chadron State

 
Career Highlights and Statistics

• RMAC All-Academic First Team (2021-22, 2020-21)
• RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll (2019-20, 2018-19, 2017-18)
• Four-year SAAC member
• Played in 116 games with 76 starts
• Career Averages: 5.1 points, 2.7 rebounds, 1.2 assists per game, 42.8 field goal % (199-of-465), 30.0 three-point field goal percentage (78-of-260), 69.6 free throw percentage (119-of-171)
• Career Totals: 595 points, 313 rebounds, 140 assists, 59 steals, 24 blocks, 199 field goals, 78 three-pointers, 119 free throws

 

Tarah Patterson, Women's Soccer (Midfield, Colorado Springs, Colo./Sand Creek High School/Washington State University)

2021 Season Highlights and Statistics

• United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America First Team
• CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team
• United Soccer Coaches All-America Third Team
• D2CCA All-America First Team
• United Soccer Coaches All-Region First Team
• D2CCA All-Region First Team
• CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team
• RMAC All-Tournament Team
• All-RMAC First Team
• RMAC Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 4)
• RMAC All-Academic First Team
• Led the team in goals (9), assists (13) and points (31)
• Ranked fifth in Division II with 0.68 assists per game
• Ranked sixth in Division II in total assists (13)
• RMAC rankings: assists (second, 13), shots (second, 77), shots on goal (second, 35), goals (third, 9), points (third, 31), game-winning goals (third, 3)
• Recorded the most assists in a season in program history (13), the second highest assists per game (0.68), and the third most points (31) and shots (77) in a season

 
Career Highlights and Statistics

• United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America First Team (2021)
• CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team (2021)
• CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team (2020-21)
• United Soccer Coaches All-America First Team (2017)
• United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-American (2020-21)
• United Soccer Coaches All-America Third Team (2021)
• D2CCA All-America First Team (2021)
• CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team (2021, 2020-21)
• United Soccer Coaches All-Region First Team (2021, 2018)
• United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-Region (2020-21)
• United Soccer Coaches All-Region Second Team (2017)
• D2CCA All-Region First Team (2021, 2018)
• RMAC Player of the Year (2020-21)
• All-RMAC First Team (2021, 2020-21, 2018, 2017)
• RMAC Co-Academic Player of the Year (2020-21)
• RMAC All-Academic First Team (2021, 2020-21)
• RMAC All-Tournament Team (2021, 2017)
• RMAC Freshman of the Year (2017)
• RMAC Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 4, 2021, April 7, 2021, Sept. 12, 2017)
• Ranks first in the career record books in points (100), goals (35), game-winning goals (15), assists (30), shots (259), shots on goal (135), penalty kicks (7), penalty kick attempts (7) and games started (73)
• Ranks second in the career record books in points per game (1.37), assists per game (0.41), shots per game (3.55) and shots on goal per game (1.85)

  
2021-22 UCCS Award Winners
April 20 – Thomas F. McLaughlin Award (Layla Almasri, Women's Cross Country and Afewerki Zeru, Men's Cross Country)
May 9 – Newcomers of the Year (Jadyn LeDoux, Women's Soccer and Rio Newcombe, Men's Golf)
May 10 – Student-Athletes of the Year (Geoff Kelly, Men's Basketball and Tarah Patterson, Women's Soccer)
May 11 – Director of Athletics Award
May 12 – Athletes of the Year