Page 22 - De Anza College Annual Report 2024

Awards and
Achievements
Local Acclaim
Statewide Honors
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Mike Appio, chair of the Design and Manufacturing
Technologies Department, was named “Educator of
the Year” at the Cupertino Chamber of Commerce
STAR Awards in October.
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The De Anza Flea Market earned second place
in the 2024 “Best of Silicon Valley” rankings by
readers of the Metro Silicon Valley news site.
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La Voz student journalists won 27 awards at the
Journalism Association of Community Colleges
regional conference in October.
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Football Coach Joe D’Agostino was voted the PAC-
7 league’s “Coach of the Year” in November after
the Mountain Lions finished their fall season with a
10-0 record. The same month, D’Agostino spoke at
a statewide educators’ conference about De Anza’s
FAST (Football Academic Success Team) program,
which provides academic support for student-
athletes.
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De Anza ranked second-highest statewide in 2024
for the percentage of community college students
who successfully completed transfer-level English
and Math courses within one year of enrollment,
according to the nonprofit Campaign for College
Opportunity.
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After winning back-to-back state championships
in 2022 and 2023, the women’s badminton team
in January was named a 3C2A “Scholar Team” for
high academic performance, for the second time in
two years.
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