NATIONAL RANKING
That Mesa has had a dominant athletic program for many years is no surprise. However, the National Alliance of Two-Year College Athletic Administrators (NATYCAA) has created an award, now called the Daktronics Cup. to honor the top programs in the nation each year which graphically demonstrates how strong the MCC program has been.
Each year NATYCAA uses a system that computes each school’s finish in NJCAA national championship competition for each of the over 400 scholarship programs to create a national ranking. Mesa has finished in the top 5 five times and has never finished lower than 21st.
Below are the years Daktronics results.
2003-04 - 3rd
2004-05 - 1st
2005-06 - 2nd
2006-07 - 14th
2007-08 - 8th
2008-09 - 12th
2009-10 - 7th
2010-11 - 16th
2011-12 - 21st
2012-13 - T12th
2013-14 - 4th
2014-15 - 19th
2015-16 - 6th
2016-17 - 5th
2017-18 - T12th
2018-19 - 12th