COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Five members of the University of Colorado Colorado Springs volleyball team earned All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) honors, as announced by the conference on Thursday afternoon. Payton Tompkins is making her second straight appearance on the All-RMAC First Team, while Nicole Himebauch and Sydney Hyde were voted to the All-RMAC Second Team.  Receiving RMAC Honorable Mention honors are Sydnee Walker and Aubrey Miller.
 
Colorado School of Mines swept all five individual awards: Player of the Year: Jenna McLaughlin, Defensive Player of the Year: Jenna McLaughlin, Setter of the Year: Kaiya Gilbert, Freshman of the Year: Kaiya Gilbert, and Coach of the Year: Jamie Magalei.
 
The league's 15 head volleyball coaches vote on the major awards and All-RMAC Teams. Coaches are not allowed to vote for their own student-athletes.
 
Junior outside hitter Payton Tompkins earned First Team All-RMAC honors for the second consecutive season. The Dallas, Texas, native led the Mountain Lions with 380 kills, averaging 3.65 kills and 4.18 points per set, both of which rank second in the RMAC. Tompkins also led the conference in total kills and total attacks (1,108), while adding 278 digs, 43 blocks and 30 service aces, while recording a .249 hitting percentage.  In three seasons at UCCS, Tompkins ranks fifth all-time in career kills (1,122), sixth in total attacks (3,243), and eighth in points (1,274).
 
Senior middle blocker Nicole Himebauch (Colorado Springs, Colo.) collected Second Team All-RMAC recognition after recording 228 kills and a .278 hitting percentage. An all-region performer last season, she tied for the team lead with 98 total blocks, averaging 0.94 blocks per set. Himebauch also contributed 25 service aces and 52 digs while averaging 2.19 kills per set.  Her 0.94 ties her with Hyde for the 10^th highest blocks per set average in the league.
 
Joining Himebauch on the Second Team is sophomore middle blocker Sydney Hyde, who earned the honor for the second straight season. From Meridian, Idaho, she led UCCS with a .326 hitting percentage, ranking fourth in the RMAC. Hyde finished with 233 kills, averaging 2.24 per set, while matching Himebauch with 98 total blocks and 0.94 blocks per set.
 
Sydnee Walker earned RMAC Honorable Mention recognition after totaling 158 kills, 126 digs and 50 blocks during the season. Walker averaged 1.52 kills and 1.21 digs per set while adding 45 assists and 24 service aces.  The Kailua, Hawaii native is ranked 10^th all-time in the UCCS career record books with 90 aces.
 
Rounding out the Mountain Lions' selections is freshman Aubrey Miller, who received RMAC Honorable Mention honors. Miller led UCCS with 569 assists, averaging 5.58 per set to rank ninth in the conference. She also added 148 digs and 26 service aces while appearing in 102 sets.
 
The Mountain Lions (16-11, 11-3 RMAC) earned the No. 4 seed in the conference tournament.  After falling to No. 5 seed South Dakota Mines Tuesday night in the RMAC quarterfinal round, the Mountain Lions will now wait for the NCAA postseason tournament selections, which will be announced Sunday night.
 
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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.