COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.  Dean Noble, a May 2025 graduate of the Western Colorado men's wrestling program, was named on Wednesday, July 2 the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference's Man of the Year.

Noble is the Western Colorado athletic program's 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-Athletes of the Year.

He graduated in May with a dual degree, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration along with a Bachelor of Science degree in exercise and sport science. Noble completed his coursework at Western with a cumulative grade point average of 3.506.

On the mat, Noble wrestled to a pair of All-American honors, placing seventh in the 149-pound bracket at the 2024 NCAA Division II championship before taking fourth place at 149 pounds at the 2025 DII championship. He also qualified for the 2023 national tournament after winning the 141-pound 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 (2022, 2024, 2025).

Recently, on June 17, Noble earned a spot on the College Sports Communicators (CSC, formerly CoSIDA) 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 WESPY's ceremony, hosted by the Mountaineers' Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, 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.