Yavapai College

 

Celeste Taylor, Volleyball and Basketball (1994-1996)	Class of 2012	1994 Volleyball: First-Team All-ACCAC and First-Team All-Region 1 1995 Volleyball: First-Team All-ACCAC and First-Team All-Region 1 1995 Volleyball: ACCAC Player of the Year and NJCAA Female Athlete of the Year 1994 Basketball: First-Team All-ACCAC, First-Team All-Region and First-Team All-American 1994 Basketball: ACCAC Freshman and Player of the Year (Team won ACCAC) 1995 Basketball: First-Team All-ACCAC, First-Team All-Region and Third-Team All-American 1995 Basketball: Team won Region Championship Records: Most rebounds in a game (29), most career rebounds (611) and most career steals (197)
Don Hanna, Baseball (1973-1975)	Class of 2012	1975: First-Team All-ACCAC, First-Team All-Region and First-Team All-American First Yavapai All-American 1975:NJCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Pitcher and NJCAA All-Tournament Team Records: Most innings pitched in a season (128) and most wins in a season (17) Records: Most career wins (24) and No-hitter pitched on April 30th, 1975 against AWC (10-0)
Craig Pitcher	Class of 2012	Long time scorekeeper Kept the scorebook for four YC coaches: Rod Soesbe, Dave Dangler, Nino Giarratano and Sky Smeltzer
Gary Ward, Baseball Coach (1971-1977)	Class of 2013	240-83 (.743) Overall Record 1975 National Champion, Region Champion, ACCAC Champion and National Coach of the Year 1977 National Champion, Region Champion, ACCAC Champion and National Coach of the Year
Dave Brown, Basketball Coach and Athletic Director (1970-1982)	Class of 2013	284-119 (.704) Men's Basketball record and 35-13 (.729) Women's Basketball record 1981-1982 Men's Basketball Region Champions and 4th place at NJCAA Tournament 1982-1983 Women's Basketball Region Champions 1982-1983 ACCAC and Region Coach of the Year and ACCAC AD of the Year 15 Postseason Appearances
1975 Baseball Team	Class of 2013	First National Championship in school history 40-9 Overall Record ACCAC and NJCAA Region I Champions
Billy Hatcher, Baseball (1979-1981)	Class of 2014	2X First-Team All-ACCAC and 1980 Third-Team All-American 1981 First-Team All-Region and First-Team All-American Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 6th Round of the 1981 Amateur Draft (January)
1990 Men's Soccer Team	Class of 2014	NJCAA National Champions 21-1-1 Record ACCAC Champions, NJCAA Region I Champions and NJCAA West District Champions
Paul Roberts	Class of 2014	Roughrider Club President from 1990-2001
Mirsada Buric, Women's Cross Country (1993-1995)	Class of 2015	2X All-ACCAC, 2X All-Region, 2X All-American and 2X Region Meet Champion 1993 - 4th place at National Cross Country Meet (17:39.6) 1994 - Individual National Champion (18:31.00 - course record)
Tom Gammill	Class of 2015	"Mr. Roughrider" The voice and Mascot of Yavapai College Athletics 1992-2017
Lynn Merritt, Coach and Athletic Director (1969-1994)	Class of 2016	Founding Faculty Member in Health, Physical Education and Recreation Department Women's Basketball Coach - Coached team to first ever state title and first trophy for Yavapai College Softball Coach - 1975, Athletic Director - 1983-1994 Four National Championships during her tenure Emeritus Faculty - 2011
1977 Baseball Team	Class of 2016	NJCAA National Champions 38-9 Overall Record and 22-4 Conference Record ACCAC and Region Champions
Julie Williams, Women's Cross Country Coach (1977-79, 1987-1996)	Class of 2017	Student-Athlete (1977-1979): played volleyball, basketball, softball and tennis Head Women's Cross Country Coach from 1987-1996 6X ACCAC Championships as a coach and 7X Region Championships as a coach 1994 National Championship and NJCAA National Coach of the Year Coached 33 All-ACCAC athletes, 34 All-Region athletes, 26 All-Americans and 8 Academic All-Americans
1994 Women's Cross Country Team	Class of 2017	NJCAA National Champions NJCAA Region I Champions ACCAC Champions
Stacy Iveson, Softball Coach (2008-2011)	Class of 2019	226-42 Overall Record 2008, 2009 and 2011 ACCAC DI Champions 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 NJCAA Region I Champions 2009 and 2011 National Champions 2009 and 2011 National Coach of the Year
2009 Softball Team	Class of 2019	NJCAA National Champions 60-8 Overall Record NJCAA Region I and ACCAC Champions
Dave Dangler, Baseball Coach (1983-1994)	Class of 2019	300-261 Overall Record 1986: Region Coach of the Year, Region Champions and 3rd place at NJCAA World Series 1993: National Champions, Region Champions and Region Coach of the Year
Julie Hanks, Women's Basketball (1982-1983)	Class of 2019	First Female All-American in Yavapai College History 1982-1983: ACCAC Co-Player of the Year and First-Team All-ACCAC 1982-1983: First-Team All-Region and NJCAA All-American 1982-1983: Made the NJCAA All-Tournament Team 1982-1983: Kodak All-West Region First-Team and NJCAA West Coach Squad Member
1986 Baseball Team	Class of 2021	3rd Place at NJCAA World Series 40-19 Overall Record and 17-9 ACCAC Record ACCAC Champions and NJCAA Region Champions
Christina Thrasher-Wombacher, Women's Basketball (1996-1998)	Class of 2021	2X All-ACCAC NJCAA All-Region and WBCA Kodak All-American Left Yavapai as the all-time leading scorer (830 points) and is fourth all-time in assists
Mike Huckeby, Rodeo (1970-1972)	Class of 2021	First Letterman in Yavapai College Athletics history Captain of Rodeo team In June of 1971, made it to the NIRA finals in Bozeman, Montana
1992 Men's Soccer Team	Class of 2022	The 1992 Yavapai College Men's Soccer Team defeated Andrew College (GA) 3-0 to capture their second of seven NJCAA National Championships. The 1992 Roughriders finished with a 24-1-0 overall record. Yavapai was an unprecedented 7-0 in postseason competition and allowed no goals in all district and national tournament matches. Conference, Region, District and National Champions
1979-80 Men's Basketball Team	Class of 2022	22-15 record and Region Champions 4th-place finish at the national tournament - Farthest a YC men's basketball team has ever advanced
Mike Pantalione, Men's Soccer Coach (1988-2021)	Class of 2022	Michael Pantalione was selected the first head men's soccer coach for Yavapai College in August 1988 and retired in January 2021. His teams captured 78 conference, region, district and national championships, including seven national titles. In the history of men's intercollegiate soccer, he has the distinction of being the only retired coach at any level to average over 20 wins per season and compiled the highest all-time winning percentage with an overall record of 636-63-30. He is the NJCAA all-time leader in wins (636) and has been inducted into the National Junior College Athletic Association Soccer Hall of Fame, the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference Hall of Fame and most recently, the United Soccer Coaches National Hall of Fame.
Casper Ware, Men's Basketball (1979-1981)	Class of 2022	Two-time All-Conference honoree All-Region honoree NJCAA All-Tournament Team honoree 1979-80 Bud Obee Award Winner (Most Outstanding Small Player at NJCAA Tournament)
Michele Vickrey-Shuey, Women's Basketball (1991-1993)	Class of 2022	ACCAC Player of the Year Two-time All-Conference honoree All-Region honoree NJCAA All-American NJCAA Academic All-American Single-game assists record (14) Single-game steals record (11) Top-ten all-time in career scoring and assists
Brad Clifford, Basketball Coach and Athletic Director (1987-2023)	Class of 2022	Having spent 35-plus years at Yavapai College as a student, student-athlete, assistant coach, head coach, assistant athletic director and athletic director, Brad Clifford bleeds Roughrider Green and Gold. During his 15-year tenure at the helm of the Roughrider women's basketball program, Clifford had an overall record of 323 -143, becoming the all-time winningest basketball coach in YC history. Twice Clifford was named the WBCA Region I Coach of the Year. Clifford coached six NJCAA All-Americans, 11 WBCA Kodak All-Americans, three ACCAC freshmen of the year, 58 All-ACCAC players and three ACCAC Players of the Year. Following his coaching term, Clifford was named the assistant athletic director, a position that he held for a short five months, before being named the Athletic Director in 2012. Clifford served as the AD at YC until June of 2023.
1982-83 Women's Basketball Team	Class of 2023	One of just two region championship teams in program history Advanced to the NJCAA National Tournament after defeating Central Arizona (the six-time reigning champs) 25-5 overall record Perfect 11-0 record at home Three All-Conference and All-Region Players Dave Brown named Conference and Region Coach of the Year
Tania Sheldahl, Women's Basketball, Associate Vice President - Student Affairs, Dean of Students (1982-Present)	Class of 2023	Member of the 1982-83 Region Championship Women's Basketball Team Current Associate Vice President - Student Affairs and Dean of Students at YC Has dedicated 30-plus years to the betterment of student experiences at Yavapai College
1997 Men's Soccer Team	Class of 2023	First Roughrider team to capture National Championship with unbeaten record Outscored their competition in the playoffs by a combined score of 12-0 17 shutouts and only 10 goals allowed all season Outscored their opponents 110-10  23-0-1 Overall Record Conference, Region, District and National Champions
Kevin Jeffrey, Men's Soccer (1996-97)	Class of 2023	1997 National Champion 38 career goals scored (sixth in program history), 23 assists (10th in program history) and 99 points (seventh in program history) 1996 & 1997 NJCAA All-Tournament Team Led the 1997 Championship team in goals (31), assists (15) and points (77) 1997: All-Conference, All-Region, NSCAA All-America, NJCAA All-America, ACCAC Player of the Year, NSCAA JUCO Player of the Year, Team Captain, Team MVP, Team Most Inspirational Player NJCAA Hall of Fame member Scored six postseason goals, including one in the National Championship game Went on to an illustrious career at VCU and as a professional
Jim McKaskle, Baseball Coach, English Department (1972-77)	Class of 2023	Coached baseball at YC from 1972-77, including the 1975 and 1977 National Championship Teams Team won over 200+ games under McKaskle and Head Coach Gary Ward Led the recruiting efforts for the Roughriders, focused in Tucson While coaching, McKaskle was also an English instructor at YC and rose all the way up to Department Chair before departing
Haley Shackelford-Neufeld, Volleyball (2009-10)	Class of 2023	2010 Second-Team NJCAA All-American First-Team All-Conference and First-Team All-Region in 2009 and 2010 2009: NJCAA POTW and 2X ACCAC Player of the Week 2010: ACCAC POTW Helped lead the Roughriders to a 51-27 overall record while at YC
Jenna Rodriguez-DiPrima, Softball (2008-09)	Class of 2023	2009 National Champion 2008 & 2009: First-Team All-Conference and First-Team All-Region 2008: NFCA Second-Team All-American 2009: NJCAA & NFCA First-Team All-American Tossed a one-run CG in the National Championship game in 2009 Top-ten at YC in the following statistical categories: hits, homers and RBIs as a hitter and wins, innings pitched, ERA, strikeouts and shutouts as a pitcher