Year of wins and losses

   The 2009-2010 Santa Ana College athletic season got off to a depressing start. Due to budget cuts, four sports were suspended including men's cross country, men's swimming, men's track and field and women's tennis. Despite the cuts, numerous sports were gearing up for their fall start.

   The men's wrestling team had the best season as they became state champions for the first time since 2005. Jose Navarro, Bobby Scofield and Jaime Martinez also became individual state champions in their respective weight classes. Navarro was the lone Don on the team to finish the season undefeated.

   Men's water polo had a disappointing season, ending with a 3-24 record. Sophomore Daniel Nagy led the team with 71 goals, nine assists and 33 steals.

   Both men's and women's soccer advanced to the playoffs this season. The women's turnaround season ended with a 13-7-1 record. Goalkeeper Cortnee Kleidon helped backstop the team into the playoffs with a 5-1 record while midfielder Yoana Leon led the team on offense with a team-high eight goals. The Dons lost in the first round to rival Santiago Canyon College.

   Meanwhile, men's soccer advanced all the way to the state semifinals where they fell to Taft College, ending their season with a 15-6-4 record. The Dons picked up their 16th consecutive Orange Empire Conference Championship as sixth year Head Coach Jose Vasquez earned his 100th win.

   During the spring, softball improved from the previous year with a 17-20-1 overall record. With leadership coming from new Head Coach Jessica Rapoza, the team consisting of mostly freshman players finished fifth in the OEC. Utility player Sarah Steinbeck was selected to the First-Team All-OEC with a .404 batting average, 14 RBIs and 34 runs scored. 

   Despite not having a men's team, the women's track and field team were able to get two athletes into the Southern California Preliminaries. Runner Reyna Fonseca set a personal best and the third fastest time in SAC history with a time of 2:19:31 in the 800-meter run. She also qualified for the 1500-meter distance. Fonseca was unable to qualify for the finals, finishing eighth in both races. Kleidon, a shot put thrower, also qualified for the preliminaries with a distance of 36 feet and 1.5 inches but was unable to make it to the finals, finishing eighth in her heat.