For over 100 years, Grand Rapids Community College has been a bastion of academic and athletic excellence. GRCC/JC student-athletes won championships in the following now-retired sports:

Football

Midwest Football East Conference Champions:

2010
2011

Region Champions:

1994
1996
2004
2005
2009
2010
2011

National Championship Participation:

1956 - National Champion Runner-Up
2005 - Non-Scholarship Champions, 9-2 record
2009 - Non-Scholarship Champions, 9-2 record

Bowl Appearances (6-8 record):

1968 - Wool Bowl (Champion)
1970 - Wool Bowl
1986 - Texas Junior College Shrine Bowl (Champion)
1987 - East Bowl
1988 - Valley of the Sun Bowl
1990 - McKinnon Travel Midwest Bowl (Champion)
1992 - Dixie Rotary Bowl (Champion)
1996 - Dixie Rotary Bowl
2002 - Graphic Edge/Sigler Printing Bowl, Won 12-6 in OT vs. Iowa Central CC
2004 - Dixie Rotary Bowl
2005 - Valley of the Sun Bowl, Lost 50-48 vs. Glendale (AZ) CC
2006 - Graphic Edge Bowl, Won 24-6 vs. NIACC
2009 - Zions Bank Top of the Mountain Bowl, Lost 41-37 to #8 Snow College
2010 - Mississippi Bowl

NJCAA Top Teams By Decade:

1980's - 18th
1990's - 15th
2000's - 9th (68-34), also 10th Most Wins (68)
2010's - Best win percentage (20-2), but only 2 season until GRCC retired football

Coaches in the NJCAA Hall of Fame:

-Gordon Hunsberger (1995 Inaugural Class), coached from 1956-1984
-Fred Julian (2003), coached from 1984-2002

NJCAA FOOTBALL RECORD BOOK


Men's Swimming

MCCAA Champions:

1971-72
1973-74
1974-75
1975-76
1976-77
1977-78
1979-80
1980-81

National Championship Participation:

1972 - Ranked 3rd Overall


Women's Swimming

MCCAA Champions:

1977-78
1979-80
1980-81

National Championship Participation:

1982 - Ranked 3rd Overall


Men's Tennis

Western Conference Champions:

1971
1972
1973
1974
1976
1977
1978
1979

MCCAA Champions:

1961
1964
1979 (shared)
1982 (shared)
1985
1986
1988
1989
1992 (shared)
1993
1996

Region XII Champions:

1985
1988
1989
1996

National Championship Participation:

1959 - 4th Place
1961 - 4th Place
1989 - 4th Place


Women's Tennis

MCCAA Champions:

1978                            1990
1981                            1991
1982                            1992
1983 (shared)            1995 (shared)
1984                            1996
1985                            2000
1986                            2004
1987                            2005
1988                            2008 (shared)
1989

Region XII Champions:

1978
1991
2000
2003 (shared)
2004
2005
2008

National Championship Participation:

1983 - 3rd Place
1987 - 9th Place
1989 - 9th Place
1991 - 7th Place
1992 - 6th Place
1993 - 7th Place
2001 - 7th Place
2003
2004
2005
2008
2012 - 24th Place


Men's Track and Field

MCCAA Champions:

1960
1963
1965
1970


Men's Wrestling

MCCAA Champions:

1967-68
1968-69
1970-71

Region XII Champions:

1972-73

National Championship Participation:

1969 - 25th place (13 pts) - Bill Coleman (191) 4th place.
1970 - 11th place (10 pts)
1972 - 9th place
1973 - 3rd place (41 pts) - All-Americans Charlie Wells (134) & Bob Ankney (177) won national titles.
1974 - 9th place - All-Americans Bob Ankney (177) 2nd place & Harold King (190) 3rd place.
1976 - 2nd place - All-Americans Bill Roersma (142) national title, Tim Comer (158) 2nd place & Mark Yerrick (177).
1977 - All-Americans Dan Van Holstyne (177) 2nd place & Tom Joseph (158) 3rd place.
1978 - 7th place (35.25 pts) - All-Americans Paul Neuman (142) 2nd place & Gifford Owens (118) 3rd place.
1979 - All-Americans Gifford Owens (118) national title, Johnnie Selmon (134), Bill Selmon (142) 3rd place.
1980 - 4th place (47 pts)