San Joaquin Delta College Women’s Wrestling Is On The Move
San Joaquin Delta College Women's Wrestling Is On The Move Women's wrestling in the United States has seen tremendous growth in recent years in terms of participation and recognition. Historically, wrestling has been male-dominated, with limited opportunities for women to compete at the high school and collegiate levels. However, with the passage of Title IX in 1972, which mandated equal opportunities for women in sports, women's wrestling began to slowly gain traction. It is the number one growing sport in the US for the second year in a row.
In 2024 Delta College introduced there first intercollegiate women's wrestling team. At that time there were only twelve programs at the college level including intercollegiate and club teams. The women's wrestling community in the area is large and will be able to support a competitive program so the coaching staff is excited about the potential of women's wrestling in the future. Due to its late start the Mustangs started with only four wrestlers. Those four young ladies had a very successful year placing 9th in the unoffical state tournament with all four wrestlers in the top six of their respective weight classes. Placing third were Samira Mason and Isebel Zepeda and becoming All-Americans. Samira was The Big Eight Most Valuable Wrestler.
The coaching staff is excited for the future of the progam as we doubled in numbers in 2025 and should double again in 2026. We added two new assistant coaches to our staff who have been a great asset to the team. This year the 3C2A made women's wrestling an official sport and sponsored the first official women's State Championships held at East Los Angles College on April 18th, 2025. 16 teams were competing on April 18 as the field went from 90 competitors last year to 120 this year. The mustangs qualified six wrestlers, placed 5th, and put three young ladies in the finals. Samira Mason took first, finishing with a record of 28 and 1, and was voted the outstanding Wrester of the tournament. She became the schools first women's state champion. Taking second for the lady mustangs were Isabel Zepeda and Alejandra Ochoa. All three are All-Americans and due to there hard work in the classroom are also Academic All-Americans. Joining these three as an Academic All-Americans is Danny Hurtado. As coaches we are so proud of our wrestling success on the mat but we continue to stress the academics and push for our young ladies to be successful in the classroom and move on to the next level both athletically and scholasitcly. The future looks bright for intercollegiate women's wrestling in the state of California, nationally, and at San Joaquin Delta College.
GO MUSTANGS!!