COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Regis University was presented the 2024-25 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference's SAAC Cup, recognizing the league's top-performing Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) during the past academic year, as part of the league's annual SAAC Retreat in July.
This is the Rangers third straight year winning the SAAC Cup.
"It's an honor to represent the RMAC as the SAAC Cup winners," said Andy Wheeler, Regis Senior Deputy Director of Athletics for Finance & Administration and SAAC Advisor. "Truly, this is a department award as our student-athletes and coaches are genuine and outstanding humans first and foremost. Winning this award again is a great testament to a renewed value and commitment to be active members of our community for the last three years and beyond."
Established in 2015-16, the SAAC Cup is presented to the institutional Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) whose student-athlete cohorts accrue the most points over two different initiatives during the academic year: the average number of community service hours per student-athlete and total funds raised to support local causes and charities during the academic year.
Regis accumulated 2,400 of a possible 3,000 points last season, with its student-athletes averaging 14.8 hours of community service, and a total of 3,341 hours. Additionally, RU raised $513 for local charities, and collected 219 canned goods for the local food pantry.
Regis ranked #23 of all DII institutions on Helper Helper for volunteering hours, with the "Shovel Boys" (Regis baseball), ranking second, and men's soccer, women's lacrosse, and women's volleyball all being top 10 in their respective sport rankings.
Western Colorado University finished second with 2,300 points after raising more than $56,000 for community service projects. The University of Colorado Colorado Springs and Colorado State University Pueblo were both tied for third with 2,200 points. Notably, Colorado Christian University student-athletes averaged 27 hours of community service, leading all institutions, followed by CSU Pueblo with 23.3 hours.
"All I have to say is how proud I am of all student-athletes here at Regis for consistently putting others before themselves," said Regis SAAC President Hojin Lee. "Being a Ranger is more than just excelling in the classroom and winning on the field or court. Our reach into the community is incredibly important to us, and it is always great to be recognized for every athlete's contribution!"
