ESPANOLA, New Mexico. - Northern New Mexico College women’s basketball program has signed Karina Mitchell out of Las Cruces, NM to a National Letter of Intent. Mitchell has spent the last 2 years at the New Mexico School for the Deaf.

“We are extremely excited to have Karina join our basketball family here at Northern. She is a bright and talented young lady who will contribute vastly to our program and campus,” stated head coach Christina Jost.

Mitchell has had a list of accomplishments throughout her prep years. Karina earned the honor of Valedictorian of her 2010 graduating class. She was a 2 time National Deaf Interscholastic Athletic Association All-American, 2 time Deaf Digest All-American, 2 time First All-District Team, the 2008-2009 New Mexico School for the Deaf Athlete of the Year, 2010 USA Deaf Basketball West All-Star and made the All-Tournament teams, twice, both at the Great Plains Schools for the Deaf Tourney and Evangelical Christian School Tourney.

Karina will look to pursue a degree in Human Services in the Social Sciences and plans to work with hearing impaired students in the future.

Continued Jost, “Karina is a skilled basketball player who will contribute in many different ways for us on the court, as well as, continue the success she’s had in the classroom as a 3.8 G.P.A student. Her tremendous work ethic and determination are representative of her skilled play and high G.P.A. I look forward to watching her grow as a student-athlete on Northern’s campus and am excited to watch her become a strong positive advocate for the hearing impaired. Karina is a tremendous young woman who has a very bright future ahead of her in making differences in peoples’ lives.”