Men's Golf: Desert claimed the Orange Empire Conference - Inland Division title, finishing 3rd in Conference and 5th in Southern California. Sophomore John Kim, Jr. (Palm Desert H.S.) was named the Conference Most Valuable Player. The Roadrunners sent two Palm Desert H.S. alums, Tyler Cunningham-Watson and Jeremy Kallmann, to the CCCAA State Championship in San Jacinto on May 16. Qualifying as individuals at the 36-hole State Championship tournament, Cunningham-Watson would shoot his second-best round in the second round, shooting a 2-over 74 and in the first round, shot a 5-over 76. Kallmann would shoot a 3-over 75 in his first round and a 2-over 74 in the second round.

Beach Volleyball: Finished the season with a 10-10 overall record and in 4th place in South Coast Conference play with a record of 5-5. The Desert 1's team of freshman Tyler Davis (Palm Desert Xavier College Prep) and freshman Alexis Dempsey (Palm Springs H.S.) and the Desert 2's team of freshman Kyrsti Photias (La Quinta H.S.) and sophomore Katie Geiberger-Tiegen (Palm Desert H.S.) participated in the SoCal Regional Championship with the Davis/Dempsy pairs team qualifying for the CCCAA State Pairs Championship. The Davis/Dempsy team upset a handful of teams and ended up in the Round of 16, but on the first play of the first point in the Round of 16, Dempsy injured her hand and the Roadrunners were unable to continue play.

Baseball: Finished the season with a 28-17 overall record and Champions of the Inland Empire Athletic Conference with a record of 18-6. The Roadrunners claimed their seventh Conference title and first in 51 years (1971), in a season of several firsts. Desert hosted a Baseball playoff series on the campus of College of the Desert and advanced to the CCCAA SoCal Super Regional, both firsts for the program. Desert won Conference Coach of the Year honors for second year head coach Sam DiMatteo and a Conference Pitching MVP award for Kenny Keller. Conference Gold Glove awards were given to William Owens and Rancho Mirage H.S. alum, Spencer Dickinson. The Roadrunners had three first team All-Conference selections and five second team All-Conference selections. In the Super Regional, the Roadrunners would fall in game one, 10-1 and in game two 5-1.

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