COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – William Becker of the University of Colorado Colorado Springs men's basketball team highlights three players in the program who were named to All-RMAC groups Thursday. Becker takes home his first Defensive Player of the Year accolade along with a First Team All-RMAC selection, with Xavier Martinez earning a spot on the Second Team All-RMAC squad, with Hannes Saar tabbed as an Honorable Mention.

All conference teams are nominated and voted on by the league's fifteen head coaches with each selecting a player of the year, defensive player of the year, freshman of the year, and voting one of their peers as coach of the year. Along with Major award winners, the top twenty vote getters are named to the first and second team (10 players each) with the remaining players receiving votes being named as honorable mention winners.

William Becker earns his first Defensive Player of the Year and first First-Team All-RMAC selection after concluding his sixth year with the program. Becker appeared in all 28 games for UCCS for the first time in his career, turning career bests in nearly every major stat category. Most notably, Becker's 254 rebounds were tops in the RMAC, as he checked in second in blocked shots at 46. Pairing that with his league best .687 field goal percentage, Becker proved to be a force to be reckoned with come tip-off. Becker claimed the program record for blocked shots this year (157), as he finishes his career second in the program for rebounds (825).

Xavier Martinez makes the jump from all-conference honorable mention from a year ago, to Second Team All-RMAC this season after another stellar campaign as the Mountain Lions point man. Martinez set the freshman record for assists last season and followed that up with setting the third best mark by a sophomore in program history at 114. A known threat on offense, Martinez turned in a season-high 25-point performance against CSU Pueblo on January 11^th, a mark was just one bucket behind his career best of 27 points. His season highlight, however, was a track back steal into a game-winning three-pointer in the final ten seconds to beat the then #5 ranked Colorado School of Mines Orediggers.

To round out the Mountain Lions' honorees senior guard Hannes Saar earns his first Honorable Mention selection of his career after his second season with UCCS. Saar started all 29 games for UCCS and was a frequent threat in the Mountain Lions attack. Not afraid to draw attention underneath, Saar turned in eighteen double-digit scoring performances including two twenty-point outings. Averaging 31.6 minutes a game, Saar was one of the most reliable players in the conference pairing his durability and production.

The Mountain Lions returned to the playoffs for the first time in two seasons after finishing the regular season 17-11 with a 11-9 record in conference competition. UCCS' season ended in the RMAC Tournament Quarterfinals when they fell 93-90 to Regis in an overtime instant classic. Graduating just two players from the program this season, UCCS turns its attention to the 2025-26 season as they aim to return to championship form.