Grand Canyon University Athletics

Located in Phoenix, Arizona, Grand Canyon University is a Christian university committed to the pursuit of knowledge and to a deepening understanding and experience of faith as witnessed through its academics, programs and people. Enriched by a Baptist heritage, this commitment is now expressed through a diverse community of Christians united by a Trinitarian and Incarnational faith and a vision of the individual and the world transformed by the power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Roughly 1,600 students attend GCU, with a student to faculty ratio of 16:1. Special programs offered include a Freshmen Honors Program, ROTC, and a 3-2 engineering program with Arizona State University. There are numerous opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to become involved in ministry through the Grand Canyon community. Spiritual opportunities are representative of student organizations that focus on ministry opportunities both on and off campus. Students are encouraged to find a place of personal involvement through these and other student groups.

The following colleges offer over 46 unique majors: the College of Business and Professional Studies, the College of Education, College of Liberal Arts, College of Science, J. Niles Puckett College of Christian Studies, and Samaritan College of Nursing. Popular majors include Business/Marketing, Heath Professions and Related Sciences, Education and Biological/Life Sciences.

The athletic teams at Grand Canyon University compete in the NCAA Division II California Collegiate Athletic Conference.

Recent Highlights:

• The culmination of three successively improving seasons in the California Collegiate Athletic Association came in December of 1996 when the 'Lopes, who had finished third in the conference in '94 and second in '95, finished first in 1996 and went on to win the NCAA Division II National Championship.
  
  
• Grand Canyon University middle blocker Mandy Forrest was named California Collegiate Athletic Association First Team All Conference for Women’s Volleyball.
  
  
• Grand Canyon University's Tommy Medina was named Monday to the PING All-America First Team by the Golf Coaches Association of America.
  
  
• Grand Canyon University’s Joey Reiman was named to the 2003 Rawlings/American Baseball Coaches Association All-America First Team in NCAA Division II.

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