Grand Canyon Athletics

Perez signs free agent deal with Rangers 7/14/2026 12:10:00 PM | Baseball Mito Perez's college baseball path took him from Texas to GCU, and a professional baseball opportunity will send him back home.

Diehl punches return ticket to U.S. Amateur 7/14/2026 9:56:00 AM | Men's Golf Grand Canyon junior golfer Matthew Diehl will return to the U.S. Amateur Championship after surviving a highly competitive event that cut 11 players who played below-par rounds Monday. Diehl's second consecutive U.S. Amateur qualifying achievement came on the merit of a 2-under-par round of 69 at Mission Viejo Country Club in Mission Viejo, California.

Nicoson announces 2026-27 schedule 7/13/2026 11:19:00 AM | Women's Golf A season after finishing third in its very first campaign in the Mountain West Conference Championship, Grand Canyon women's golf head coach Brent Nicoson has announced the 2026-27 schedule. GCU will compete in 10 regular season tournaments before the conference championship in April. An additional spring tournament could potentially be added prior to the conference showdown at Mission Hills CC in Rancho Mirage, California.

Junior left-handed pitcher Chase Frey was picked by the Boston Red Sox in the 15th round with the 454th overall selection, and junior right-handed pitcher Garrett Ahern was taken by the New York Yankees in the 16th round with the 488th overall pick. The selections extended GCU's streak to 13 consecutive drafts with at least one player picked, giving the program 32 MLB Draft selections since 2014.

Grand Canyon head baseball coach Steve Bieser announced the addition of Morgan Lunceford as the Lopes' director of baseball operations, continuing the buildout of his first GCU staff. Lunceford comes to Phoenix after serving as a player development staff member at Jacksonville State during the 2026 season, helping support one of the most accomplished years in Gamecocks history.

Vakasioula's Arizona Am win extends team success 7/2/2026 10:00:00 AM | Women's Golf An offseason of success continued Saturday when GCU sophomore Alexis Vakasiuola won the Airzona Amateur Women's Championship at Terravita Golf and Country Club in Scottsdale.

MW+ will serve as the primary streaming destination of GCU home athletic events, road games in conference play and other MW programming. The platform will be available worldwide and accessible through web and mobile, iPhone and Android mobile devices, Apple TV, Android TV, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, Amazon Prime Channels (coming soon) and additional streaming platforms. Subscriptions will be available for $79.99 annually or $10.99 monthly.

The connection that brought Dasha Biriuk 6,500 miles from her Ukrainian hometown to Grand Canyon this month is more about the brutal and best sides of humanity than basketball. Biriuk, GCU's newest guard after transferring from Ohio State, is reuniting with Lopes assistant coach Matt Shewmake, who was a stranger receiving a heart-tugging plea from a mutual acquaintance in 2022 to open a path that restored Biriuk's safety, education and basketball in America.

GCU set for Acrisure Series return 6/29/2026 8:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball, Paul Coro, Lopes Insider Blog Grand Canyon's November second hoops home will continue to be Palm Desert, California, as part of the Acrisure Series for the coming season. The Lopes will be an Acrisure Series participant for the third consecutive season with Nov. 24 and Nov.

GCU beach volleyball to join The Big West 6/29/2026 8:00:00 AM | Beach Volleyball Grand Canyon beach volleyball will join The Big West beginning with the 2028 season, giving the Lopes a new conference home that includes some of the sport's strongest West Coast programs. As an affiliate member, GCU will join a conference that includes Cal Poly, Cal State Bakersfield, CSUN, Hawai'i, Long Beach State, Sacramento State and San José State.