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Mohammad A. Alkhadra is the 2025 Recreation Alumni Award Recipient

Mohammad A. Alkhadra | 2025 Recreation Alumni Award Recipient By Liz Henry ‘08, Assoc. Director of Recreation, Engagement Mohammad (Mo) Alkhadra first heard about Recreation during his freshman year while attending the Revelle College Honors seminar in 2014. A presentation about facilities by Gary Matthews, the Vice Chancellor of Resource Management & Planning at that… Continue Reading Mohammad A. Alkhadra is the 2025 Recreation Alumni Award Recipient

RECognition: AJ Clifford, Instructional Classes

RECognition: AJ Clifford, Instructional Classes Recreation’s monthly series to celebrate our staff By Shawn Cyr Assistant Marketing Director Most people’s knowledge of mosquitoes is fairly limited. They have six legs. They can carry various diseases and are a nuisance in large parts of the country during the summer. Their amber was the vehicle that brought… Continue Reading RECognition: AJ Clifford, Instructional Classes

RECognition: Jessica Chu, Instructional Classes

RECognition: Jessica Chu, Instructional Classes Recreation’s monthly series to celebrate our staff By Shawn Cyr Assistant Marketing Director If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to do a backflip, Jessica Chu is who you need to talk to. Students-turned-gymnasts have been going head-over-heels in Jessica’s gymnastics classes since she joined Recreation’s Instructional Classes in the… Continue Reading RECognition: Jessica Chu, Instructional Classes

RECognition: Jess Ragsac, Instructional Classes

RECognition: Jess Ragsac, Instructional Classes Recreation’s monthly series to celebrate our staff By Shawn Cyr Assistant Marketing Director Jess Ragsac practically has a degree in dancing. From competing to teaching and everything in between, they have been dancing for as long as they can remember. You could call them Recreation’s own Dr. Dance. And now,… Continue Reading RECognition: Jess Ragsac, Instructional Classes

Harnessing Their Superpowers: UC San Diego Club Women’s Rugby & Water Polo Coaches Chart Unique Paths to Success

Harnessing Their Superpowers Women’s Club Rugby and Water Polo Coaches Chart Unique Paths to UC San Diego Success By Shawn Cyr Assistant Marketing Director At first glance, rugby and water polo don’t have much in common. Water polo is played in a pool with 14 players tossing around a yellow ball most akin to a… Continue Reading Harnessing Their Superpowers: UC San Diego Club Women’s Rugby & Water Polo Coaches Chart Unique Paths to Success

RECognition: Jonathan Yepez, Competitive Sports

RECognition: Jonathan Yepez, Competitive Sports Recreation’s monthly series to celebrate our staff By Shawn Cyr Assistant Marketing Director It’s the Intramural Sports teams from campus clubs and organizations that always bring the noise. Their friends and fans add a little bit more drama to each goal or made basket. And, quite honestly, Jonathan Yepez prefers… Continue Reading RECognition: Jonathan Yepez, Competitive Sports

RECognition: Sophia Hernandez, Competitive Sports

  RECognition: Sophia Hernandez, Competitive Sports Recreation’s monthly series to celebrate our staff By Shawn Cyr Assistant Marketing Director Golf carts aren’t easy to push. Especially across the expansive and hilly UCSD campus. Just ask Sophia Hernandez. She — unfortunately — would know. “My most memorable experience with REC was during my first quarter working… Continue Reading RECognition: Sophia Hernandez, Competitive Sports

RECognition: Jackie D’Amato, Competitive Sports

RECognition: Jackie D’Amato, Competitive Sports Recreation’s monthly series to celebrate our staff By Shawn Cyr Assistant Marketing Director Jackie D’Amato grew up attending women’s soccer games at Stanford University with her mom. Like many people, soccer was the first sport Jackie picked up as a child. And — nearly two decades later — she still… Continue Reading RECognition: Jackie D’Amato, Competitive Sports

Finding their Lane: Fitness and Community with Masters Swimming

  Finding their Lane: Fitness and Community with Masters Swimming ‘My advice to anyone is to give it a try. You might not realize how much you’ll love it until you do!’ (Pictured Above) Kathy Spencer (left) and Emily Griffin at Canyonview Pool. By Shawn Cyr Assistant Marketing Director It was the spring of 2022… Continue Reading Finding their Lane: Fitness and Community with Masters Swimming

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