Adams State College Athletics

Since its cornerstone was laid in 1923, Adams State College grew from a teachers' college into a fine liberal arts college. Today, students can earn a bachelor's degree in any of 16 majors, with 28 minors and emphases. Adams State enrolls approximately 1,996 undergraduate students from 29 states and territories and 6 foreign countries. In addition to its undergraduate programs, Adams State offers Masters of Art degrees through five departments: Arts, Counselor Education, Graduate Teacher Education, History, Government and Philosophy, and Human Performance and Physical Education.

Adams State students receive supportive mentoring and individual attention due to small class size (57% of all classes have 20 students or fewer) and a faculty committed to superior classroom teaching. Students are encouraged to become involved in the campus community and given the freedom to discover their talents and strengths. Adams State College is proud to have received Program of Excellence awards in Biology, Business, Music, and Graduate Counseling by the state of Colorado.

Adams State is located in Alamosa, Colorado (in the San Luis Valley, the largest alpine basin in North America). Surrounded by the beautiful Sangre de Cristo and San Juan mountain ranges, Adams State College is the perfect place to study, work, and live.

Adams State College is a NCAA Division II school and member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.

Recent Highlights:

• The Adams State College women’s cross country team won a fifth straight and 13th overall NCAA Division II National Championship in 2007.
  
  
• The men’s cross country team tied for second with arch-rival Western State just seven points behind repeat national champion Abilene Christian (Texas) in the closest race in 10 years. They have now been second in each of the last four years after winning a title in 2003.
  
  
• Adams State College sophomores Darcy Jennings and Andrea Tuck were named to the 2007 American Volleyball Coaches Association’s All-Southwest Region Team. The two players helped lead the Grizzlies to a strong 15-14 season that saw the Grizzlies qualify for and then win a RMAC Tournament match for the first time since 2003.
  
  
• The 2008 Adams State College wrestling team is currently ranked third in the nation, according to the final regular season NCAA Division II National Wrestling Coaches Association Rankings. Individually, the Grizzles continue to be led by top-ranked 184-pound senior Jared Deaguero , the defending NCAA Division II National Champion. Deaguero is 27-5 overall this year, with all five losses coming to Division I opponents. He has won 21 straight matches over Division II competition and is riding a 16-match overall winning streak. Even more impressively, Deaguero did not allow a single takedown in 12 dual-meet victories.
  
  
• The 2007-08 Adams State College women’s basketball team will enter their first Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Shootout in 13 years as the sixth seed after the Grizzlies capped their regular season with an easy 93-68 win over the New Mexico Highlands University Cowgirls. The Grizzlies finished the regular season with a 10-9 conference record.
  
  
• The Adams State College men’s basketball team will go into the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Shootout as the fifth seed. The Grizzlies, who finished the regular season with 18-9 overall and 12-7 RMAC records, will face No. 4 seed Western New Mexico on Friday, Feb. 29 at 7:30 p.m. in Silver City, N.M.

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