COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Fourteen student-athletes from the University of Colorado Colorado Springs women's lacrosse team have been named to the 2025 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Women's Lacrosse All-Academic Team, announced Thursday afternoon by the league office.  Leading the 14 selections are Kendra Knutson and Sarah Urbanic who were voted to the RMAC All-Academic First Team.
 
Earning RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll recognition from UCCS are Jessie Ackerman, Layla Alm, Naomi Bram, Casey Good, Ava Goodnature, Brennan Kelly, Sydnee-Anne Moeller, Erica Rivera, Peyton Ross, Allie Schell, Ashley Weiss, and Meghan Weiss.  

Justine Andersen of Colorado Mesa University is the 2025 RMAC Women's Lacrosse Academic Player of the Year. 
 
Each institution's athletic communications directors nominate student-athletes who academically maintain at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average, along with the other criteria for the Academic Honor Roll, for recognition on the First Team Academic All-RMAC in each sport. The league's athletic communications directors for that sport vote to compose the First Team Academic All-RMAC and select the Academic Player of the Year.
 
The RMAC Academic Honor Roll recognizes student-athletes in each conference-sponsored sport who academically maintain at least a 3.30 cumulative grade-point average, have completed two consecutive semesters at their current institution, and have used a season of competition.
 
An RMAC Honorable Mention selection earlier this month, junior defender Kendra Knutson started all 15 games for the Mountain Lions, picking up a team high 43 ground balls and adding 16 caused turnovers.  A native of Savage, Minn., Knutson finished the season ranking fifth overall in the RMAC for ground balls per game (2.87). Making her first appearance on the RMAC All-Academic First Team after being named to the Honor Roll last season, Knutson tallied a career high seven ground balls at Regis on March 27.  In three seasons at UCCS, Knutson is ranked fourth all-time in ground balls (103), sixth in caused turnovers (41), and seventh in games started (48).  She is majoring in Business at UCCS.
 
Sarah Urbanic became the first Mountain Lion in program history to earn Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association Player of the Week honors when she was named the Division II Offensive Player of the Week on April 8.  Also a two-time RMAC Offensive Player of the Week honoree, Urbanic was voted to the All-RMAC First Team.  A starter in all 15 games, the Criminal Justice major led the Mountain Lions in goals (56), points (75), shots (113), shots on goal (82), player-up goals (nine) and game-winning goals (four), while ranking second on the team in assists with 19.  She set new program season records in points (75), points per game (5.00), goals, goals per game (3.73), shots attempted, player-up goals, and game-winning goals.  On April 4 at home against Colorado State University Pueblo, the Carlsbad, Calif. native broke the school record for most goals scored in a game when she netted nine in a 22-6 win.  The sophomore attacker recorded 11 hat tricks, including three sock tricks. 
 
The Mountain Lions notched their first winning season since 2022 after collecting a 9-6 overall record and the third-best conference record (6-4).
 
2025 UCCS Women's Lacrosse Honor Roll
 

NAME	YR.	POS.	MAJOR	HOMETOWN
Jessie Ackerman	JR	D	Exercise Science	San Diego, Calif.
Layla Alm	SO	MF	Aerospace Engineering	Ramsey, Minn.
Naomi Bram	GR	D	M.S. Applied Physiology	North Wales, Pa.
Casey Good	SO	A	Exercise Science	San Diego, Calif.
Ava Goodnature	SR	MF	Health Care Sciences	Plymouth, Minn.
Brennan Kelly	JR	A	Political Science	Portland, Oregon
Sydnee-Anne Moeller	JR	A	Communications	Los Angeles, Calif.
Erica Rivera	SR	MF	Criminal Justice	Highlands Ranch, Colo.
Peyton Ross	JR	MF	Nursing	Phoenix, Ariz.
Allie Schell	JR	A	Women's & Ethnic Studies	Gilbertsville, Pa.
Ashley Weiss	SO	D	Criminal Justice	Centennial, Colo.
Meghan Weiss	SR	D	Psychology	Centennial, Colo.

 
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As a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs competes in 14 varsity sports in NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics.