- 13 National Coca-Cola Scholars
since 2009 - 22 National championship athletic teams
since 1968 - 84 Student-athletes named to the NJCAA All-Academic Teams
2025-2026 academic year
Highlights of the year were in a variety of categories: Students (and faculty) won big with eight awards and garnered no less than 28 nominations at the 35th Annual ariZoni Theatre Awards of Excellence ceremony. Another 48 students earned top honors at the 58th annual Region VIII American College Theatre Festival.
Four students received scholarships by being named to the esteemed All-Arizona Academic Team and one student was named to the renowned national Coca-Cola Academic Team. In athletics, the MCC Women’s Cross Country Team secured back-to-back NJCAA Division II National Championships, while the Women’s Volleyball Team was honored with the 2025 NJCAA Sportsmanship Award for integrity, professionalism and representation of the college at the national tournament in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
We applaud these students’ efforts and appreciate their pursuit of excellence.
Mesa Community College student awarded prestigious SBE Scholarship
Electrical engineering student Maximillian Vokoun is one of five students nationwide awarded an Ennes Educational Foundation Trust Scholarship from the Society of Broadcast Engineers, receiving the Robert D. Greenberg Scholarship. While attending MCC, Vokoun worked as an audiovisual technician, gaining hands-on experience that directly translated to his current role as a broadcast engineer at KTVK/KPHO. Additionally, he serves as head of broadcasting for RelayArt LLC, a live broadcasting company he co-founded.
Mesa Community College student receives PLANTS grant from the Botanical Society of America
MCC student Elliot Carosella was awarded a prestigious Preparing Leaders and Nurturing Tomorrow’s Scientists (PLANTS) grant by the Botanical Society of America. Carosella’s research, conducted as part of her Special Projects in Biology coursework, showed that the trees within the MCC Arboretum provide significant annual benefits, including the removal of 188.15 kg of air pollution.
Eleven Mesa Community College students receive national manufacturing scholarships
Students from the Automated Industrial Technology, Welding and Manufacturing Production Technology programs received the Ball Foundation Skilled Trades Scholarship. The $2,500 national scholarship supports tuition, fees, supplies, computer equipment and other education-related expenses.
Mesa Community College student editor receives A-Mark Student Journalism Award
Journalism student Gwendolyn Owen is the inaugural A-Mark Student Journalism Award recipient, earning a $5,000 grant in recognition of her work as news and photo editor of MCC’s student-run newspaper, The Mesa Legend. Owen plans to continue her education at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.
The championship performance capped a remarkable season as Tucker set a school record, earned the NJCAA West Region Women’s Field Athlete of the Year honors, was named ACCAC Women’s Field Athlete of the Week multiple times and received NJCAA Women’s Field Athlete of the Week recognition.
