YUMA, Ariz. – Great players shine through in big games. Former Arizona Western running back Darrell Monroe did it while at AWC, and now he can add in the Indoor Football League Championship to his resume. Monroe scored twice as the Arizona Rattlers claimed the IFL Championship over the weekend.
YUMA, Ariz. – Football season keeps creeping ever closer, and expectations keep building for the Arizona Western football team as fall draws near with each preseason poll. The Mats claimed the top spot in the first Dirty 30 rankings at JCGridiron.com.
YUMA, Ariz. – During Tom Minnick’s time in charge of the Arizona Western football program, the Matadors are always a part of the national conversation. As the summer inches closer to the 2017 season, the Mats claimed the fourth spot in the Street & Smith’s junior college Top 25.
YUMA, Ariz. – Ready or not, here it comes! The Arizona Western volleyball program is less than two months away from the annual Arizona Community College Athletic Conference Jamboree that marks the opening of the season. The team’s schedule has been released, and the Lady Mats will be back in the hunt for a conference title and trip to the national tournament!
YUMA, Ariz. – One of the best years in Arizona Western athletics keeps getting better! A record 25 student-athletes earned All-Academic Student-Athlete Awards from the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) for posting at least a 3.6 GPA on a 4.00 scale through two semesters.
Chyrome Thorpe (football) and Marlon Atondo (men’s soccer) both were 2016-17 NJCAA First Team All-Academic honorees by posting a 4.0 GPA during the academic year.
YUMA, Ariz. – Former Arizona Western baseball star Irving Lopez took another step in his baseball journey earlier this week when he was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 19th round of the MLB First-Year Player Draft. According to the Yuma Sun
YUMA, Ariz. – For all four years of the team’s existence, playoffs have been synonymous with the Arizona Western women’s soccer team. When the 2017 season kicks off in the fall, the Lady Mats will be aiming for their fifth straight year and more. Twenty matches are all that stand between them and postseason glory.
YUMA, Ariz. – For nine straight years, the Arizona Western men’s soccer team has been a fixture in the Region I Playoffs. Now, the team will be aiming for a 10th straight trip to the postseason. The 20-game schedule has been released and features plenty of big-time matchups for the Mats.
