COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference announced its weekly award winners for men's basketball Monday afternoon, and Colorado School of Mines forward Kai Barr was named the league's Defensive Player of the Week following a 2-0 weekend on the road as the Orediggers remained closed out the regular season with wins over Adams State and #5/6 Fort Lewis.
 
The award is the first of the Pottsboro, Texas native's career and comes following a weekend where he recorded his second double-double of the season and third of his Mines career. Friday night Barr was nearly unstoppable against the Grizzlies, scoring 12 points on 4-6 shooting and going 4-6 from the line with 12 rebounds two assists and a steal in 26 minutes of action. Saturday against the Skyhawks, he went 3-5 from the floor for six points but did still record eight boards in 16 minutes of action due to foul trouble. For the weekend, Barr averaged 9.0 PPG, 10.0 RPG, 1.0 APG and 0.5 SPG in 21.0 MPG.
 
He joins Adam Krasovec (Dec. 19) and Adam Thistlewood (Jan. 16) as the other Orediggers to win a weekly award this season.
 
The #15/24 Orediggers will open the 2022-23 RMAC Men's Basketball Championship at home Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m. when they host Chadron State at Lockridge Arena.
 
Week 15 RMAC Players of the Week
 
Offensive: Blaise Threatt, Colorado Mesa
Defensive: Kai Barr, Mines
 
Honorable Mention: Joel Scott, Black Hills State; Bryce Latimer, Chadron State; Adam Thistlewood, Mines; Lian Ramiro, CSU Pueblo; Akuel Kot, Fort Lewis; Tyrei Randall, MSU Denver; Dante Moses, New Mexico Highlands; Trey Farrer, Westminster; Ryker Cisarik, Black Hills State; Mac Riniker, Colorado Mesa; Isaiah Thompson, CSU Pueblo; JaQuaylon Mays, Fort Lewis; Caleb McGill, MSU Denver; William Becker, UCCS; Lewis Johnson, Westminster