Tiffany Miras signs with Sacramento State
In December 2017, Tiffany Miras, freshman with the ARC Women's Soccer team, was named to the 2017 United Soccer Coaches Junior College Division Women's All-West Region Team.
Miras was one of five freshmen named out of a total of 25 players chosen from all of California's community colleges.
In January, Miras accepted a full-ride offer from and committed to playing for the California State University, Sacramento Hornets beginning fall 2018, as an incoming sophomore. She signs her National Letter of Intent on February 7th. Sac State competes in the Big Sky Conference, which includes some big, notable colleges such as UC Santa Barbara, UC Riverside, University of Michigan, Colorado State University, San Jose State, Eastern Washington, Air Force Academy, Saint Mary's, UNLV, Gonzaga, UCLA, Nevada, Cal, Oregon State University, University of Oregon, UC Davis, Cal Poly, USC and many others. Miras will no doubt have the opportunity to compete at close to the highest level and test he abilities against some of the best soccer players in the country.
This past year has been quite a whirl-wind for Miras in general, but the last six months in particular have been quite rewarding. Here are some of Tiffany's academic & soccer related highlights:
- JAN 2018 - Accepted a full-ride offer to play for Sacramento State University beginning the Fall of 2018 as a Sophomore
- DEC 2017 - Named to the 2017 United Soccer Coaches Junior College Division Women's All-West Region Team
- Fall 2017 - Played as a striker / forward (#10) for the American River College (ARC) women's soccer team, while at the same time earning a cumulative GPA of 3.64
- As a freshman co-captain, led ARC women's soccer team into the second round of the CCCAA (California Community College Athletic Association) playoffs
- Led the team in both goals and assists, with 24 goals and 11 assists in 22 games
- Started in every game and ended the season in sixth place in goals scored, sixth place in total points earned (goals plus assists), and first place in game winners from among 2500+ players from over 100 junior colleges state-wide
- Got as high as third in the state in goals & points earned during the season
- Helped get ARC into the playoffs for the first time since 2012 and aided in turning around their year-to-year record from going 4-14-3 and scoring just 13 goals in all of 2016 to 15-6-2 and scoring 57 goals during the 2017 campaign
- Coincidentally, ARC head coach, Paul Arellanes, received the Conference Coach of the Year award
- NOV 2017 - Was voted and given ARC soccer team's Most Valuable Player of the year award
- OCT 2017- Named ARC's Most Valuable Offensive Player of the Month
- OCT 2017– Obtained High School Referee badge from the Northern California Soccer Officials Association (NCSOA). Has been officiating each week ever since
- SEP 2017- Named Big 8 Conference Player of the Week (w/o 9-25-2017)
- AUG 2017– Obtained National Intercollegiate Soccer Officials Association (NISOA) College Referee badge from the West Coast Intercollegiate Soccer Officials Association (WCISOA). Officiated several college level games during the Fall season, from JC to NAIA to DIV II
- AUG 2017- Obtained US Soccer Federation (USSF) Grade 6 State Badge, becoming one of the youngest officials ever to have achieved this level of officiating
- JUL 2017– Turned 18
- JUN 2017– Graduated from Davis Senior High School (Davis, CA)
"It was a joy playing for ARC head coach, Paul Arellanes, this past fall. I will never forget the experience and will always appreciate all of his support and kindness." Tiffany Miras