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.
May 23, 2017
Garett Eldred, an Outreach Ambassador and football player at San Diego Mesa College, will transfer to Mississippi Valley State University for the Fall 2017 semester.
Eldred will continue his studies as a physical fitness major at MVSU, where he was offered a full ride scholarship to join the Division I football team. He hopes to become a physical fitness teacher and football coach.
While attending Mesa College, Eldred was a member of the Outreach Ambassador team, a group of representatives for the school who work with students to promote higher education. They also function as peer mentors, and inform incoming high school students about financial aid programs and other resources.
“It is a joy to be a part of Student Outreach – it granted me opportunities to take advantage of a lot of other benefits on campus,” Eldred said.
Recruited by Mesa’s football Head Coach Peter Lofthouse and Defensive Backs’ Coach Jermaine McDonald, he came to Mesa after graduating from George Walton Comprehensive High School in Marietta, Georgia.
Eldred played safety for the Olympians during the 2016 season, during which he made 32 tackles, 19 solo tackles and 13 assists with an average of four tackles per game. Though the team’s overall record for the season was 3-7, Eldred said he is optimistic about how the Olympian football team will do next year.
“The football program still has a long way to go, but I think that Coach Peter Lofthouse has things moving in the right direction,” Eldred said. “I am excited about the players that will be returning next year – I think they’re going to do a great job and have a lot of success.”
Though he is happy to be moving a little closer to home, Eldred said that Mesa has been fundamental in helping him to grow as both an athlete and a student.
“I chose Mesa because Coach Lofthouse and Coach McDonald were very serious about academics, and that was one of the main things that they harped on when recruiting me,” Eldred said. “That was very impressive to me that they cared so much about that – it’s almost as if they cared more about that than the football team. I thought that that was a key factor that would be very important for my success.”
For more information about football at Mesa College, contact Head Coach Peter Lofthouse at (619) 388-5808, via email at plofthou@sdccd.edu or visit the Athletics webpage at http://www.gosdmesa.com. For more information about Outreach, stop by I4-101 or call (619) 388-2230.
Tags: Garett Eldred, Transfer, Football
Jennifer Nichols Kearns
Director of Communications
jnkearns@sdccd.edu
(619) 388-2759
Peter Lofthouse
Head Coach - Football
plofthou@sdccd.edu
(619) 388-5808
The Houston Texans continue to pick from the San Francisco 49ers’ coaching staff as DeMeco Ryans forms his new crew with the AFC South. According to Aaron Wilson from KPRC-TV, the Texans are hiring 49ers defensive quality control coach Stephen Adegoke as their new safeties coach.
Natchel Bello Luna is the Lead Peer Navigator for Mesa’s CRUISE Program, and recently received the California State Assembly’s 80th District 2018 Woman of the Year award in March, and has continued on a path of success towards graduating from San Diego Mesa College on May 19, 2018. Ms. Bello is a Business major at Mesa with an emphasis in Marketing and holds a cumulative GPA of 3.54. She was awarded this honor due to her “exemplary leadership, service, and tenacity” in her community and school.
San Diego, CA. — On Saturday, October 28, the San Diego Mesa College Olympian Football team will face College of the Desert. Mesa’s 28-23 win over Victor Valley on October 21 secured the Olympians as #1 in the American Conference and #21 in the state rankings. Mesa’s defense ranks #1 in the state in five defensive categories.
