ODESSA, Texas (March 21, 2025) – The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) released its 2024-25 Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving All-RMAC Teams and Award Winners along with First Team Academic All-RMAC selections and members of the Honor Roll.

Freshman Brendan Twomey of the UT Permian Basin men's swimming & diving team earned two Second-Team All-RMAC honors on the diving boards while UTPB's men's 200 freestyle relay team was also second-team all-conference. In addition, junior Emma Gerhart of the UTPB women's swimming & diving team was named First Team Academic All-RMAC.

Second-Team All-RMAC:
At the RMAC Championship, Brendan Twomey was fourth in the men's 3-meter dive (406.30) on Thursday and was also fourth in the men's 1-meter dive (382.35) held during the final day on Saturday, earning him Second-Team All-RMAC honors in both events as a freshman.

In the 200 freestyle relay on Friday, the UTPB men's "A" team of Colin Doyle, Leo Eleftherakis, Daniel Bednarski and Nathan Powell took a spot in the top-four with a time of 1:24.54, earning them Second-Team All-RMAC recognition.

The All-RMAC Teams are based on results at the RMAC Championships, with first and second-place finishers named First Team All-RMAC and third and fourth-place finishers earning Second Team All-RMAC recognition.
 
2024-25 Men's Swimming & Diving All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference:
Daniel Bednarski: (2nd Team): 200 Freestyle Relay
Colin Doyle: (2nd Team): 200 Freestyle Relay
Leo Eleftherakis: (2nd Team): 200 Freestyle Relay
Nathan Powell: (2nd Team): 200 Freestyle Relay
Brendan Twomey: (2nd Team): 3-meter Dive, 1-meter Dive

First-Team Academic All-Conference:
Emma Gerhart, a junior from Arlington, Texas, has been named to the Women's Swimming and Diving First-Team Academic All-Conference. Gerhart is a biology major with a 3.77 cumulative GPA. At the RMAC Championship, Gerhart finished 23rd in the 1000 freestyle (11:10.80), 27th in the 100 butterfly (1:01.74) and 30th in the 500 freestyle (5:30.10). She also helped UTPB's relay teams finish seventh in the 400 freestyle relay (3:42.69), eighth in both the 800 freestyle relay (8:06.94) and the 400 medley relay (4:11.65), and ninth in the 200 medley relay (1:56.15).

"Emma significantly helped out our women's team this year," spoke Head Coach Brian Schroeder. "She was always studying when not swimming. She is planning on being a doctor. She is a very hard worker."

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. They are not permitted to vote for their own student-athletes.

RMAC Academic Honor Roll:
Lastly, 13 members of the UTPB swimming & diving teams (9 men; 4 women) were named to the RMAC Academic Honor Roll. The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference 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.
 
2024-25 RMAC Swimming & Diving Academic Honor Roll:

Men:
Evan Siegrist (Gr., B.S., Accountancy, graduate MBA)
Ivan Torres Lopez (Sr., Mechanical Engineering)
Owen Putnam (Jr., Management)
Zane Garner (So., Human Performance)
Owen Ward (Jr., Biology)
Colin Doyle (So., Computer Science)
Chase Alderman (So., Exercise Science)
Tommy Betancour (So., Finance)
Nathan Powell (Sr., Electrical Engineering)
 
Women:
Olivia Blackman (Sr., Biology)
Ana Cardenas (Sr., Human Performance)
Emma Gerhart (Jr., Biology)
Alondra Ortiz (Fr., Finance)