Dear Andrea,

For the first time in program history, the El Camino College men's soccer team was distinguished as the 2023 National Champions according to the United Soccer Coaches. Additionally, four student-athletes were named to the All-America team, and standout Marvin Gamez earned National Player of the Year honors as a freshman! We applaud these young men and their coaches for their hard work and dedication. You can read more below.

As the fall semester winds down and we head into the holidays, we look forward to a new year with anticipation for a healthy, happy 2024! Wishing you and your family a peaceful season.

Warmly,

Andrea Sala

Executive Director

Please visit our Distinguished Alumni page for event details, ticket, and sponsorship information.

The El Camino men's soccer team won the 3C2A State Championship and was officially named National Champions! This is the first time in 31 years that the Warriors regained the state title since 1992! The Warriors earned the distinction of National Champions after claiming the No. 1 overall spot in the final USC Rankings. This is the second program in the history of ECC Athletics to earn a National Champion distinction since the 1987 Warriors football team.

Subsequently, four student-athletes were named to the United Soccer Coaches All-America team, with Marvin Gamez earning Junior College Division III Player of the Year honors!

First Team

Nicholas Baltazar, D (So.)

Marvin Gamez, M (Fr.)



Second Team

Donovan Palomares, K (So.)

Jovanny Mejia, F (So.)

Congratulations to our amazing students and coaches! All your hard work and commitment paid off!

El Camino College journalism students recently won first place for the Best College Media Group in the country. The Union also received the Pulitzer Prize of student journalism, the Pacemaker, for the website (eccunion.com) and for multiplatform journalism. Additionally, The Union's newsletter was named No. 1 in the nation. 

In total, El Camino took eleven first-place awards, six second-place, nine third-place and nine honorable mentions in its division from the College Media Association. Congratulations to our amazing students!

Read more as written in The Union HERE.

The El Camino Forensics team had an excellent showing at the Fall Championship tournament at Mount San Antonio College. The tournament drew forty 2- and 4-year colleges and universities from California, Arizona and Utah. There were 80 entries in Parliamentary Debate and 214 entries in International Public Debate. As a team, El Camino students won many awards, Overall, El Camino placed 3rd out of 24 California Community Colleges, many of whom had much larger squads. 

The El Camino College Foundation will fund the team's attendance at the March 2024 International Forensics Association tournament in Dublin, Ireland. Congratulations to all current and former competitors who continue to make ECC proud!

We want to thank everyone who donated this #GivingTuesday, which garnered $15,000 in additional support for our students.

Help us finish 2023 strong! Your generosity can help change a student's life. Please consider making a gift to the El Camino College Foundation and designating it to a cause that is most meaningful to you.

Why do we give to the El Camino College Foundation? We give because we believe in El Camino's mission. We give because we love the faculty and staff. We give because our lives and our families' lives have been positively impacted by ECC. We give because El Camino is OUR Community College. This is who we are and why we continue to support the ECC Foundation.

Secure a charitable tax deduction by making a gift before midnight on December 31, 2023.

Thank you and happy holidays!

The El Camino College Foundation (EIN 95-3874302) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, dedicated to fund and support student success programs at El Camino College.