Second-year student Zora Williams is using her voice to bring more mental health and nutrition programming to San Diego Mesa College. Williams was elected president of the college’s Associated Students (AS) for the 2024-2025 academic year and serves as the college’s student representative on the San Diego Community College District Board of Trustees.
Sometimes, you hear a story that makes you want to know more. Kevin Gonzalez has such a story. The last time this story was updated, San Diego Mesa College student Kevin Gonzalez was a 15 year-old heading off to Massachusetts to complete his high school education. In the ensuing years, he has travelled to the other side of the world, built houses, but remained in close contact with his Mesa College professors and connections he made while on campus.
The San Diego Community College District has appointed four new student trustees for the upcoming academic year. Dalia Ramirez (San Diego City College), Zora Williams (San Diego Mesa College), Hailey Hua (San Diego Miramar College), and Haydee Zuniga (San Diego College of Continuing Education), will be sworn in during the June 20 SDCCD Board of Trustees meeting.
November 28, 2016
Fall Sports Recap
This season, several San Diego Mesa College athletic teams made it to the California Community College Athletic Association playoffs.
The women’s volleyball team made it to the first round of the CCCAA Women’s Indoor Volleyball SoCal Regional Championships, where they were defeated by Golden West College on Nov. 22 0-3. The team was ranked as the 18 seed on Nov. 18 at the end of regular season play for the state, and they had a winning record of 7-3 for regular season play in the Pacific Coast South division, and 15-11 overall.
Outside hitter and Mesa College sophomore Isabel Miller was honored as an All-Southern California Region player of the year for the 2016 season.
The men’s soccer team (8-4-9) traveled to Oxnard College for an away game on Nov. 19, where they were defeated by the defending CCCAA state champions 2-0.
Mesa’s women’s soccer team has become the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference Southern Division Champion for the fourth season in a row. The team traveled to San Bernardino Valley Nov. 19 for the Southern California Regional playoffs, where they were defeated 0-1.
The women’s water polo team, who were the 2015 State Champions, had a record of 7-3 for the Pacific Coast division, and a record of 13-10 overall. The team took on Orange Coast College in a playoff game Nov. 10, losing 11-5.
During the Southern California Cross Country Championships on Nov. 4, Mesa’s women’s team came in 24th place for the 5k team scores.
Cross country runner Kristina Tovilovic came in 52nd place (20:32.1), Erica Edwards came in 107th place (22:18.2), Jasmine Perez came in 150th place (24:29.6), Jasmine Ruvalcaba came in 152nd place (24:46.9) and Danielle Westerlind came in 159th place (25:14.9) during the meet.
In the SCCCC men’s 4-mile run on Nov. 4, Mesa runner Cesar Palomares came in 110th place (22:47.3), John Lopez came in 134th place (23:22.4) and Mong Ng came in 166th place (24:20.2).
During the CCCAA State Championships cross country race on Nov. 19, sophomore Tovilovic came in 75th place out of 199 runners with a time of 20:19.1, averaging 6:33.3 per mile.
The men’s water polo team came in third place with a record of 6-4 for the pacific coast division and 16-12 overall.
Mesa’s football team finished the season with a 1-4 record for the American Mountain division and a 3-7 record overall.
Both the men’s and women’s basketball teams are gearing up for regular season play. The men’s team will participate in the San Diego Mesa College Invitational on Dec. 28 at 12 p.m., with their first game against Santa Ana, followed by an official home opening game versus Cuyamaca at 5 p.m. on Jan. 20. The women’s team will play their first home game versus Mt. San Jacinto Jan. 6 at 5 p.m.
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Jennifer Nichols Kearns
Director of Communications
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San Diego –On Monday, July 22 to Thursday, July 25, 2024, the San Diego Mesa College Softball program and Nike’s US Sports Camp program will host a half day and day camp for local girls, ages 6-14, at all levels of experience with Softball. Campers will learn the skills required to successfully play at a competitive level and maximize their potential as players.
In Spring 2022, Mesa College officially named Travis Nichols as full-time Head Coach for the upcoming 2022-23 Men’s Basketball season. Travis Nichols is going into his fifth season as coach at San Diego Mesa College, having previously served in a part-time capacity. The San Diego native and former Mesa star player was hired as the school’s first African American head coach. Nichols is the face of the program and it goes deeper than basketball.
San Diego, CA. — It is with great sadness and deep regret that San Diego Mesa College announces the passing of one of the greatest long jumpers in history, Arnie Robinson, at the age of 72. Arnie Paul Robinson, Jr. had a nearly life-long connection to Mesa College as a student, a coach and a Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient. He lived in San Diego and began his track career as a stand-out athlete at Morse High School. In 1967, he enrolled at Mesa College, where he set school records in the long jump, high jump, and triple jump for track and field.
