Colorado Springs, Colo. – A trio of field performers have been named the 2025 Mountain West Outdoor Track & Field Student-Athletes of the Year after a vote by the league’s head coaches. Air Force’s Texas Tanner earned the honor on the men’s side, while Colorado State’s Mya Lesnar and Fresno State’s Cierra Jackson were selected as co-recipients for the women.
The honor is awarded to the best male and female student-athlete(s) in the Conference following the conclusion of the outdoor season.
A native of Sheridan, Wyoming, Tanner earned first-team All-America honors in the hammer throw at the 2025 NCAA championship after finishing fourth with a throw of 75.22 meters, becoming the first Falcon in 60 years to secure All-America honors in a men’s throwing event. He added a 20th-place finish and All-American Honorable Mention honors in the discus at the national meet.
The performance capped an outstanding year for the junior that saw him capture 2025 Mountain West titles and meet records in both the hammer throw (73.23m) and discus (63.59m), while setting the Conference’s all-time record in the hammer throw at 75.83 meters during the regular season. Tanner was named the MW Men’s Field Performer of the Meet for a second consecutive year and earned USTFCCCA Men’s Mountain Region Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year for the second time in as many seasons.
On the women’s side, both honorees came away with national titles at the 2025 NCAA championships.
Lesnar finished her stellar Ram career winning the shot put on her first attempt with a throw of 19.01 meters, becoming the first CSU thrower to win both an outdoor and indoor national title after her 2024 indoor shot put gold medal. Prior to the national championship, Lesnar picked up a second consecutive Mountain West shot put title at the 2025 Conference championship meet and set the Conference’s all-time record in the event in Fort Collins in May with a throw of 19.60 meters. The Alexandria, Minnesota, native was also named the 2025 USTFCCCA Women’s Mountain Region Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year.
Jackson, a Chandler, Arizona native, made history for Fresno State, capturing the program’s first outdoor title and the Bulldogs’ first NCAA title in 26 years with her gold in the women’s discus. The senior’s opening throw of 65.82 meters set a national meet record and proved to be the winning throw, earning her first-team All-America honors. Jackson also added an eighth-place finish in the shot put (17.70m) to garner a second first-team nod in Eugene. At the 2025 Mountain West championships, she took silver in the both the hammer throw (65.50m) and shot put (17.77m), finishing on the podium in both events for a second a straight year.
