Rabbit Barnes and Alison Mueller-Hickler Named National Sport-Athletes of the Year by the DIIICA

The Division III Commissioners Association (DIIICA) has named recent Colorado College graduates Rabbit Barnes and Alison Mueller-Hickler the 2025-26 National Men’s and Women’s Sport Athletes of the Year, respectively. The awards are given to graduating seniors whose accomplishments exemplify the Division III model of excellence in athletics, academics, leadership and community engagement. This is one of the most prestigious awards in NCAA Division III and for the first time in the five-year history of the awards, both recipients come from the same school. In fact, CC is now the only Division III school in the nation with multiple recipients of…