Miramar College to offer Intercollegiate Beach Volleyball Program!

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (October 13, 2021) — San Diego Miramar College will soon offer beach volleyball as its seventh intercollegiate sport. The San Diego Community College District Board of Trustees unanimously approved the development and implementation of a women's beach volleyball program at its Oct. 7, 2021 board meeting. 

 

Given its large base of participation and popularity in the surrounding colleges and high schools, the sport of women's beach volleyball is one of the fastest growing sports. The California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) currently has 36 college teams competing. Currently, five local community college teams compete in women's beach volleyball (San Diego Mesa College, San Diego City College, Grossmont College, Palomar College, and MiraCosta College).

 

San Diego Miramar College currently fields a women's indoor volleyball team and adding a beach volleyball team will help complete and compliment both programs. The college also offers state-of-the-art facilities and staffing to support an intercollegiate women's beach volleyball team. 

 

The JETS expect to field a team for the start of the 2023 season. They will play their home matches at the new (under construction) four-court facility located on campus.

 

Photo: Sand volleyball courts under construction at Hourglass Park

 

 

 

One of three credit colleges within the San Diego Community College District, San Diego Miramar College offers associate degrees, certificates of completion, and the first two years of a bachelor's degree. Founded in 1969, and located in Mira Mesa, the college services 16,000 students annually with 72 associate degrees and 94 career technical education certificates. The College was recently voted a San Diego Favorite College in the San Diego Union Tribune's Reader's Poll. Miramar College is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC), Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). A recent Community College Week study found that Miramar College is the nation's 17th fastest growing community college with at least 10,000 students.

 

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