![]() ![]() To this day, some university leaders, such as Regent Vice President Jack Fortner, say they still disagree with the decision. Michelle Lujan Grisham - a candidate at the time - vowed on the campaign trail to keep soccer. It became a topic of debate in the race for governor. Board of Regents meetings were filled with student athletes, parents and fans pleading to keep their sports. And so I didn’t back down from making those decisions,” Stokes said. “I just felt as though I wouldn’t be getting off on the right foot if I tried to ignore that we really had some decisions that needed to be made. Stokes, in a wide-ranging interview about her tenure as UNM’s top executive, said coming up with a more sustainable financial plan for the university’s athletics department was one of the first issues she tackled as president. ![]() One of the first decisions University of New Mexico President Garnett Stokes made when she took the helm of the state’s flagship university a little more than five years ago was to cut the popular men’s soccer program, the nationally ranked ski team and the fairly new women’s beach volleyball program. ![]() She didn’t exactly ingratiate herself with the city - or New Mexico. University of New Mexico President Garnett Stokes poses for a portrait in front of Jesus Guerro Galvan’s, “Union De Las Americas” mural at Scholes Hall on the UNM campus on Friday, April 14, 2023. ![]()
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