2025-26 RMAC All-Academic Teams

COLORADO SPRINGS – Jenna Shandy was named RMAC First-Team All-Academic Monday as the Colorado School of Mines women's basketball team placed three more Orediggers on the RMAC Academic Honor Roll.
 
Shandy claimed her second consecutive RMAC First-Team All-Academic nod following her final collegiate season of basketball. She was voted to the top squad by the league's communications professionals. Baseline requirements for first-team eligibility included a cumulative grade-point average (GPA) of 3.50, or better, combined with on-court performance. Lindsey Jones, Jade Leon, and Emma Sixta were named to the RMAC Academic Honor Roll thanks to GPAs of at least 3.30 and two consecutive semesters at Mines while using a season of eligibility. The RMAC Academic Player of the Year was Olivia Reed Thyne from Colorado Mesa.
 
The academic accolade for Shandy adds to her Second-Team All-RMAC distinction from earlier this month. She already earned a bachelor's degree from Mines in mechanical engineering and will add a master's degree in engineering & technology management this May, all while maintaining a GPA well over 3.70 in both pursuits. On the court this season, Shandy posted 372 points, 111 rebounds, 99 assists, 37 steals, and four blocks. Her game averages came out to 12.0 points, 3.6 rebounds, 3.2 assists, and 1.2 steals per game. That production put her career numbers at 1,370 points, 399 rebounds, 260 assists, 123 steals, and 19 blocks with 500 made field goals and 197 made three-pointers. She was top-25 in the RMAC in scoring, top-10 in three-point shooting, and top-five in assist-to-turnover ratio while ranking #7 in assists per game during the 2025-26 season. The Parker, Colo., native and Valor Christian High School graduate finished her Oredigger career ranked #6 all-time scoring, #9 all-time in assists, #6 in all-time made field goals, and #4 in made three-pointers in a career. Shandy had also previously held Mines' single-game scoring record at 40 points until she handed Baldessari six assists in the sophomore's record-breaking performance. Other career accolades for Shandy included the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award, two appearances on the RMAC Academic Honor Roll, two CSC Academic All-District nods, and one RMAC Offensive Player of the Week accolade.
 
The next postseason awards for Mines women's basketball are College Sports Communicators Academic All-District and Academic All-America. All accolades will be announced at www.minesathletics.com and on social media.


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