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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