Dean Noble, a May 2025 graduate of the Western Colorado University men’s wrestling program, was named the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference’s Man of the Year on July 2.
Noble is the first RMAC Man of the Year in Mountaineer history, and the first wrestler to win one of the RMAC’s four major individual awards — Man of the Year, Woman of the Year, Male Scholar-Athlete and Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
He graduated in May with dual bachelors degrees in business administration and exercise and sport science. Noble completed his coursework at Western with a cumulative GPA of 3.506.
On the mat, Noble wrestled to a pair of All-American honors. He placed seventh in the 149-lbs bracket at the 2024 NCAA Division II championship before taking fourth place at 149 lbs at the 2025 DII championship. He also qualified for the 2023 national tournament after winning the 141-lbs bracket at the DII Super Region VI championship.
Noble has earned National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Scholar All-American honors from the 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons, and has been named to the RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll three times in 2022, 2024 and 2025.
On June 17, Noble earned a spot on the College Sports Communicators (CSC) 2024-25 Academic All-District At-Large Team and was selected to advance to the CSC Academic All-America ballot.
At Western’s annual end-of-the-year WESPYs ceremony, hosted by the Mountaineers’ Student-Athlete Advisory Council, Noble was presented the athletic department’s Paul Wright Award, given out annually to the top male and female senior athletes based on a combination of athletic accomplishments, scholarship and character.
Noble completed his All-American final season as a Mountaineer with a 22-5 record, numbers that elevated his career record to 95-41.
(Gregg Petcoff is the assistant athletics director for communications at Western Colorado University and can be reached at gpetcoff@western.edu.)
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