Grand Canyon Athletics

The Grand Canyon Antelopes are the 21 sports teams that represent Grand Canyon University, situated in Phoenix, Arizona. The majority of these teams participate in NCAA Division I competitions within the Western Athletic Conference.

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Nation's top mid-major player joins GCU

1 week ago | gculopes.com | Paul Coro

To grow the status of Grand Canyon basketball, the Lopes could use a prolific scorer with the experience of leading a team to a conference championship and an NCAA tournament appearance. And if GCU fans already have in-person appreciation for the player and he has won a national award, all the better for the Lopes.
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3 weeks ago | gculopes.com | Paul Coro

There is a path to the College Baseball Hall of Fame for someone with a playing career that includes 11 hits and a .183 batting average. After his final Grand Canyon game and graduation in 1965, light-hitting Lopes infielder Ron Polk became a heavy hitter.
Recruiting moves to forefront of Gandy's busy time

3 weeks ago | gculopes.com | Paul Coro

As Winston Gandy finishes the job of helping South Carolina defend its national championship, he starts the job of leveling up Grand Canyon. The new Lopes women's basketball head coach is managing the workload of a web server this week, handling scout preparation on Maryland as a South Carolina assistant coach entering Friday's Sweet 16 game while formulating a GCU roster in his first days on the job to build a GCU roster following a season with a nine-senior playing rotation.
National attention hits GCU women's hoops

1 month ago | gculopes.com | Paul Coro

It would be hard for Grand Canyon women's basketball to garner more attention than a locker room celebration video of GCU head coach Molly Miller during the Lopes' WAC Tournament championship postgame celebration. That video has drawn 3.4 million views on X, but others are weighing on the 13th-seeded GCU (32-2) debut in the NCAA Division I tournament against fourth-seeded Baylor (27-7) in Waco, Texas. The first-round game at 12:30 p.m. Friday will be broadcast on ESPNU.
NCAA tournament pairs GCU, Maryland in Seattle

1 month ago | gculopes.com | Paul Coro

LAS VEGAS – The Grand Canyon players and staff, in newly earned WAC Tournament championship apparel, gathered in its Las Vegas hotel's ballroom Sunday afternoon with the usual angst about where the NCAA selection show would send them for the first date on their Big Dance card. But once three quadrants passed and the Seattle Regional returned, GCU pretty much knew its name was about to pop up as Maryland's opponent on Friday at Climate Pledge Arena.
All-WAC teams include trio of Lopes

1 month ago | gculopes.com | Paul Coro

As Grand Canyon heads to Las Vegas on a mission to repeat winning the WAC Tournament title, it already repeated other postseason glory. The Lopes puts a pair of players on the All-WAC first team and three GCU players on the All-WAC first and second teams for the second consecutive season. Senior power forward JaKobe Coles and graduate swingman Tyon Grant-Foster made the Lopes the only team with multiple players on All-WAC first team.
National rank despite key injury shows GCU gains

1 month ago | gculopes.com | Paul Coro

Entering the spring season's opening match, the Grand Canyon men's tennis program seemed to have the arc of a never-ending lob shot. The Lopes kept rising through seven offseason additions and fall development until GCU junior David Wakesa fell to the GCU Tennis Facility's purple courts in his opening match after winning his last 11 matches last season.
Rosholt, Haines lead home tourney team win

1 month ago | gculopes.com | Paul Coro

With the expectations for a home tournament win that had not happened since 2022, the Grand Canyon women's golf team stared down a 10-stroke deficit about midway through the event and adhered to a process that is not predicated on wins. Swing by swing and hole by hole, the Lopes seek improvement as a path to their goals. Over Tuesday and Wednesday, that process progressed them to the top of the GCU invitational field.
Jeskeova impacts after 2 years out for 2 surgeries

1 month ago | gculopes.com | Paul Coro

A two-year span can fly like an arrow if you are growing a plant or upgrading a cell phone, but the same two years compose a massive chunk of a young adult's life. Twenty-three months between basketball games turned tedious and trying for Grand Canyon graduate Kristyna Jeskeova, who was sidelined by two knee surgeries that delayed her Lopes debut until last month. From Feb. 9, 2023, to Jan.
2012 indoor national champs join GCU Hall of Fame

1 month ago | gculopes.com | Paul Coro

When the Grand Canyon indoor track and field team claimed the 2012 Division II national championship, the celebration was short-lived with the coaches and athletes needing to prepare for an outdoor season that started five days later. But those Lopes wound up with something more prestigious — infinite glory. The team added the title of "GCU Hall of Famer" to "national champion" when it was among five new university inductees at a Saturday ceremony during Homecoming.