The Tamaya Wellness Center’s Sports and Events Program offers year-round athletic activities for the Pueblo of Santa Ana and neighboring communities.
Sports
The Tamaya Wellness Center’s Sports and Events Program offers year-round athletic activities for the Pueblo of Santa Ana and neighboring communities. We provide a variety of recreational sports programs for both youth and adults, including annual leagues, tournaments, and competitive events designed to promote physical activity and foster community engagement. Our mission is to deliver safe, enjoyable, and well-organized sporting events that participants of all ages can enjoy.
For adult sports, we offer co-ed volleyball and softball leagues, as well as men’s and women’s basketball tournaments and pick-up games. Our program also includes an annual women’s fast-pitch softball league and oversight of the Southern Pueblo Men’s Baseball League. In our youth programming, we organize boys’ and girls’ basketball leagues, along with Little League baseball and softball camps and clinics.
Events
As part of our commitment to promoting the program’s four core values—Friendship, Family, Fun, and Fellowship—we organize community events that embody these principles. Our annual events include the Community Recreation Fair, the Arts and Crafts Fair, and the “Tamaya’s Pastime Memorial” exhibition baseball game. We also collaborate with other Pueblo of Santa Ana departments and programs to support and promote their community events at the Wellness Center. Through these efforts, we aim to foster a sense of unity and engagement within the community.
Release Forms
Community Recreation Fund
Purpose
To provide planned, supervised and organized participation in various recreational activities to tribal members for the purpose of improving health, skill development, and sportsmanship in the community both individually and collectively. There are many benefits of participating in sports and recreational activities such as improved academic achievement, the building of self-confidence, the development of social skills, the teaching of respect, patience, persistence, determination, discipline and cooperation, improving memory and concentration, improved moods and encouragement of family involvement will create positive life changes for each individual participant and whole community.
Criteria
- Must be an enrolled Pueblo of Santa Ana tribal member or a traditionally accepted member. Please attach a copy of your CIB or Tribal ID card.
- Requests must be made by the eligible individual/ team manager or the parent/legal guardian of the eligible child. Eligible children’s requests must be signed by the Pueblo of Santa Ana parent or legal guardian.
- Submit a Community Recreation Fund Request Form stating the type of sport, cost (documentation is required – ex. registration form, flyer, etc.), league/camp dates, contact information for vendor, due date of payment and individual/team manager/parent contact information.
- All requests may take up to three (3) weeks to process. NOTE: If the individual/team/child attends the sport without getting prior approval and approval is not given then it will be the sole responsibility of the individual/team/parent to cover the cost.
“Tamaya Elite” Sports Education & Leadership Program
Mission
Our mission is to promote athletics as a vehicle to education through a foundation of leadership skills, conflict management, active listening, decision making, and emotional intelligence. By implementing a positive environment for each participant, we will provide a safe place for student athletes to gain confidence, self-awareness, and interpersonal communication skills.
Core Values
Commitment: Success and accomplishing goals start with dedication and perseverance from start to finish in everything you do.
Self-Advocacy: Representing oneself to express your needs, capabilities and potential. Vocalizing your individual thoughts and feelings to people in authority. Creating opportunity through self-expression.
Adaptability: The ability to change and adjust one’s behavior or strategy based on the shifting demands of the general circumstances. Being proactive and resourceful in new environments with the capacity to overcome adversity.
Teamwork: Team members are accountable for and to each other and learn to work together and support one another as one unit.
Strength and Conditioning
Includes specialized training sessions led by certified coaches and trainers. We will focus on the next level of development for athletes of all ages. Development and advanced programs for Elementary through high school athletes with an emphasis on sports-specific training.
Functional Sports Training
Training will be provided to participants that will include speed and agility, functional body movement, stability, and core balance. Training will be provided to help improve athlete explosiveness, vertical jump and change of direction fluency, proper running mechanics, acceleration and deceleration, and cardiovascular endurance.
Our program will work in partnership with the Santa Ana Department of Education to provide:
- Academic support
- Special Education resources and activities
- Post-Secondary scholarship achievement support (College recruitment)
- Career pathways
The program is designed to develop young leaders and help them recognize that in order to positively influence and lead others they must first learn to lead themselves. Tamya Elite “Ambassadors” will introduce leadership concepts with a specific focus on leading the self. This implies leadership in both sports and within the community. The Tamaya Elite “Ambassadors” program includes peer mentorship, leadership skills training, and empowering youth to become educated reformers.
Resources Program Staff
Prince Robertson
Sports & Events Program Manager
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Savannah Sanchez
Sports & Events Supervisor
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Sports & Events Coordinator
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Martin Coriz
Sports and Events Lead
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Cameron Garcia-Sandoval
Sports and Events Assistant
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Joslyn Lujan
Guest Relations Staff
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Rayleen Montoya
Guest Relations Staff
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Kylee Montoya
Guest Relations Staff
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Ayana Chavez-Nieto
Guest Relations Staff
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