Dallas College News

Raul Herrera was named interim athletic director at Dallas College Richland.

Dallas College athletes and teams earned several NJCAA All-Academic honors for their academic performance during the 2024-2025 academic year.

Dallas College Richland women's soccer team is ranked No. 9 in the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III preseason rankings.

Dallas College Brookhaven women's soccer team is ranked No. 3 in the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III preseason rankings.

Dallas College Richland men's soccer team is ranked No. 2 in the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III preseason poll.

The Eastfield Harvester Bees volleyball team have won back-to-back national championships. Eastfield capped this season by sweeping Minnesota West Community & Technical College for the national championship in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Nov. 16.

The Blazers won 23 straight games to close the season, including a 74-61 victory over New York-based Herkimer College to win the national championship. That marked the fifth national championship in program history as the Blazers became the first NJCAA school at any of the three levels with five titles.

Ring Deng is a 6-foot-6 sophomore forward on Dallas College’s North Lake nationally ranked men’s basketball team. Deng’s parents fled from South Sudan in 2002 to North Texas due to the country’s second civil war. They now make their home in Grand Prairie — a long way from Sudan.

Dallas College Richland's Alexis Cruz was named the Dallas Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Most Valuable Player. Daniel Espana earned the DAC Defensive Player of the Year, Victor Gomez was named the league Goalkeeper of the Year and Raul Herrera the Coach of the Year. Charles Chimezie and Sebastian Gonzalez joined Cruz, Gomez and Espana as First Team All-DAC selections. Alex Valdez, Jose Diaz, Mazin Saeed and Maximilian Vega were named Second Team All-DAC.