The Roughrider softball team has announced the hiring of Erika Bennett as the pitching coach/recruiting coordinator. Bennett replaces former pitching coach, Jennifer Stalter. Bennett is no stranger to Roughrider softball. In 2010, Bennett pitched for the National Champion Miami -Dade Community College. Bennett beat the Roughriders, 11-1 in the 2010 NJCAA National Tournament winner’s bracket and went on to b ...

For their efforts in the classroom, the Roughrider softball team was named an Honorable Mention recipient in the 2017-18 NJCAA Women’s Softball Academic Team of the Year Award. The team also has four NJCAA Academic Student-Athlete Award Recipients: Meredith Clark (First Team), Neenah Pangilinan (Second Team), Kylie Brown (Third Team) and Santana Parra (Third Team). NJCAA Website Story ...

On Thursday, Yavapai College softball player Jaydee Boursaw was named the NJCAA Division I National Player of the Year. It is the first time that a Yavapai College softball player has been named National Player of the Year. The sophomore from Vallejo, California hit .449 for the season with 16 doubles, 28 home runs (league leader, top 3 in NJCAA), 86 runs batted (league leader, top 6 in NJCAA), 66 runs scor ...

For their efforts in the classroom and the playing surface this past year, twenty Yavapai College student-athletes were awarded NJCAA Academic Student-Athlete Awards. To qualify for the honor, the student-athlete must have a minimum Grade Point Average of 3.6 or higher for the full academic year. The award is broken into three teams: First Team – 4.0; Second Team – 3.80-3.99; Third Team – 3.60-3.79. This is ...

The accolades continue to come in for Roughrider softball superstars Jaydee Boursaw and Makayla Guerra. Both players were named to the First Team NJCAA Division I All-American Team. For Boursaw, this is the second time this post-season that she has been named to an All-American First Team. Earlier this month, the California native garnered NFCA (National Fastpitch Coaches Association) First Team Honors. Lik ...

The post-season accolades continue to roll in for members of the Roughrider softball team. Jaydee Boursaw and Makayla Guerra were named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association. Boursaw garnered first team honors and Guerra was named to the third team. Additionally, Boursaw was selected as the NJCAA DI Diamond Sports/NFCA Catcher of the Year. Jaydee hit 28 home runs while hitting .444. She had 84 runs ...

Roughrider softball players, Jaydee Boursaw, Makayla Guerra and Jaya Allen named to the 2018 Junior College Division I National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-West Region Team!!! Jaydee and Makayla named to 1st team and Jaya named to the second team! Complete list ...

Forty-seven Yavapai College student-athletes were named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for their efforts in the classroom this past semester. Student-athletes must achieve a grade point average of 3.0 or higher to be named to the list. Twelve of the forty-seven student-athletes achieved a perfect GPA of 4.0; It was the second consecutive semester that thirty-nine student-athletes were on the honor ro ...

The 2018 Roughrider softball season came to an abrupt halt on Saturday morning. YC fell to Central Arizona College, 3-2, in an elimination game of the NJCAA Region I Division I Playoffs. YC concludes the year with a 50-12 overall record and their second consecutive ACCAC Championship. The Vaqueros scored all of their runs in the first two innings. Neither team could plate any runs until the sixth inning whe ...

It was the tale of two teams on Friday afternoon for the Roughrider softball team in the NJCAA Region I Tournament. YC won the opening game over Central Arizona College, 8-0 and fell to Eastern Arizona College, 10-0 in the nightcap. The Riders face an elimination game on Saturday morning. In the opener, Jaya Allen and Kiana Spencer combined for the two-hit shutout and Shelby Hotchkiss hit a grand slam. The ...