Founded in 1925, Trinidad State Junior College is a two year college located in Trinidad, Colorado

Trinidad, Colorado

The historic City of Trinidad is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Las Animas County, Colorado, United States...

, United States

United States

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, with a secondary satellite campus located in Alamosa, Colorado

Alamosa, Colorado

The city of Alamosa is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Alamosa County, Colorado, United States. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the city population was 8,682 in 2005...

. The school offers up to 49 degree programs in academic or vocational fields.

As a member of the NJCAA, TSJC also offers students the ability to participate in numerous athletic programs, including men's baseball

Baseball

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, men's basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

, women's basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

, women's softball

Softball

Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...

, women's volleyball

Volleyball

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, and golf

Golf

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. The school's athletic mascot is the Trojan

Troy

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.

The western

Western (genre)

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 painter

Painting

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 Arthur Roy Mitchell

Arthur Roy Mitchell

Arthur Roy Mitchell was an American artist and historian who was born on his father's homestead west of Trinidad in Las Animas County in southern Colorado....

, a Trinidad native, was on the art department faculty from 1944-1958.

Notable alumni

• Franklin Clarke
  Franklin Clarke
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   football
  American football
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   player Dallas Cowboys
  Dallas Cowboys
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• Danny Jackson
  Danny Jackson
  Danny Lynn Jackson was a pitcher with a 15-year career from to . He played for the Kansas City Royals of the American League and the Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, St...
  
   two-time National League
  National League
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  All-Star