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 4, 2017
It has been 12 years since a women’s tennis player in the California Community College Athletic Association has won back-to-back Singles State Championships, but San Diego Mesa College sophomore Danielle Garrido did just that on April 30.
With an undefeated singles record of 18-0 for this year – and 39-0 for her full two-year college career – she didn’t let walking pneumonia and injuries slow her down as she went into the championship. For the second year in a row, she played against Clarissa Colling of Orange Coast College for the championship title, and won 7-5, 6-1 at Libbey Park in Ojai, California.
“I hate losing more than I like winning, and that sounds kind of crazy, but ever since I was young I was always really competitive,” Garrido said of her motivation to do so well on the courts. “Our tennis team is out here every day working hard. We have a really good tennis program that actually cares about the development of stroke production and being a team.”
In 2016, she was named the All-Pacific Coast Athletic Conference Women’s Tennis Team Player of the Year, and she was named the Athlete of the Week on April 25, 2016.
Amongst her accolades this semester, she was named PCAC Athlete of the Week for the week of April 17, the only women’s tennis player in the conference to make the list this year. Tennis Head Coach Marc Pinckney said her hard work and dedication to the team is part of what helped her to earn this honor and be a successful tennis player overall.
“Garrido is really focused, very competitive, disciplined and coachable – she gives you the best that she has every day and her effort levels are always at a very high and consistent,” Pinckney said. “She’s also a good teammate and team leader; she’s supportive and encouraging to people and she gets what we’re trying to do.”
Nursing major Garrido has her sights set on transferring to a four-year school, with several offering her a full scholarship.
“I really want to stay in Southern California,” Garrido said. “Right now I am talking to University of California, Irvine and Cal State Northridge.”
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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.
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.
Troy Cristobal is the winner of this year’s 2020 Mesa Scholarship President’s Award, given annually to a deserving Mesa College student who demonstrates leadership and academic excellence in their undergraduate career. Troy is a worthy recipient on both counts, having served as team captain for Mesa’s track and field team since the spring of 2019, and set to graduate this May as an Engineering major with a cumulative 4.0 GPA.
