1992 Men's Soccer Team
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- 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
- Roster:
- Head Coach: Mike Pantalione
Assistant Coach: Hugh Bell
Greg Archuleta
Luis Arias
Matt Bouquet
Darren Clare
Jason Collins
Luis Diaz
Matt Dickey
Danny Flores
Marcos Galindo
Victor Gilgan
Eric Jarvis
Mazan Kayali
Tanner Mangan
Josep Masllorens
Rafael Miller
Spencer Rush
Chris Sagar
Pat Smith
Mike Tristani
David Veliz
Jeff Wassell
Ian White
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1979-80 Men's Basketball Team
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- 22-15 record and Region Champions
- 4th-place finish at the national tournament - Farthest a YC men's basketball team has ever advanced
- Roster:
- Head Coach: Dave Brown
Assistant Coach: Doc Gerner
Dan Briley
Herman Brown
Angel Delgadillo
Raphael Dirden
Clint Ferra
Mychal Hitchcock
Bruce McRee
Mark Newton
Grant Sabesky
John Van Uden
Casper Ware
Rodney Ziegler
Warren Webb
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Mike Pantalione, Men's Soccer Coach (1988-2021)
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- 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.
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Casper Ware, Men's Basketball (1979-1981)
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- 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)
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Michele Vickrey-Shuey, Women's Basketball (1991-1993)
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- 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
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Brad Clifford, Basketball Coach and Athletic Director (1987-2023)
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- 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.
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