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.
August 9, 2018
San Diego, CA ---- This past weekend, San Diego Mesa College’s former Cross Country/Track and Field Coach Manny Bautista was honored at the 2018 California Community College Cross Country and Track Coaches Association (5CTCA) Annual Convention held at the Renaissance Club Sport Hotel in Walnut Creek. As part of the Ceremony, Bautista was inducted into the 5CTCA Hall of Fame.
“Manny has been at San Diego Mesa College for many years, and his service to the institution as a coach, instructor, scheduling chair, and mentor is appreciated and valued”, stated Athletics Director Dr. Ryan Shumaker. “Mesa College was lucky to have Manny as a coach and we are proud of the legacy that he left here at Mesa. The induction into the 5CTCA Hall of Fame is well deserved and Manny will carry the torch well!”
Manny Bautista has been with San Diego Mesa College since 1989. Originally from Texas,
Bautista served the Olympians as a professor, head cross country and assistant track
and field coach. During his 14 year coaching tenure, Bautista’s teams capture 4 CCCAA
State Championships. His 1994 Women’s Cross Country State Championship was the first
ever for San Diego Mesa College and his 1998 Women’s Track and Field Team captured
the only state track & field state championship (men or women) for the Olympians.
In 2000 and 2001, Bautista led his men’s cross country team to two consecutive state
championships along with finishing the season as the nation’s number one ranked community
college men’s cross country team. During his illustrious career he earned four CCCAA
State Coach of the Year Awards, and was extremely active with the 5CTCA and SoCal
Track/Cross Country Coaches Associations.
A tremendous athlete himself, Bautista earned Junior College All-American Honors
while running (10,000m) at South Plains College (Levelland, TX). He later transferred
to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (CPSLO) where he earned his degree, was a member of four
NCAA Division II National Championship Teams (2 XC, 2 TF) and earned All-American
Honors in both cross country and track and field. He later qualified for and competed
in the 1984 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials.
Bautista began his coaching career when he followed his CPSLO Hall of Fame Coach Steve Miller, to Kansas State University (KSU). He started with the Wildcats as a graduate assistant and later as a full-time assistant coach. Bautista retired from coaching in 2002, but still remains active at the college. At San Diego Mesa, he continues as a professor and Assistant Department Chair in Exercise Science. Bautista remains heavily involved with USA Track and Field at the national level, having served on 16 national team staffs that have competed throughout the world. He has been a staff member for three Pan American Games and at every level of IAAF World Championship (World Indoors, World Outdoors, World Cross Country, World Juniors, World Relays, and Continental Cup). In 2008, Bautista served on the US Olympic Team Staff (Beijing, China) as Assistant Manager. CCCAA Article.
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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.
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.
