"Rosarito is the only city without a football field, our mission is to build a complete friday nightlights experience to our local community and we will make it one yard at a time." - Coach Carrasco
'09 and '11 national championship title and San Diego highschool hall of fame
President / Head Coach
M.C Francisco X. Carrasco Beltrán
Coach Carrasco is the leader and pillar of our organization, his history as a 100% Rosarito athlete and being an great student-athlete have opened the doors to many opportunities for him. After studying internationally and having competed at the highest national levels, Coach Carrasco returns to our community with the mission of creating a program that awakens those opportunities in our young people.
Baja California currently shines in Mexican sports, boasting 14 Olympic players, numerous pros, and hosting international events. American football thrives too, tied to California's influence. For 30+ years, Baja's acclaimed youth football league flourishes with 20 programs, producing college recruits. Spread across four municipalities, the league has 12 fields, lacking only in Playas de Rosarito. To bridge this gap, Student-Athletes A.C., a non-profit, readies students for both academics and competition, aiming to fuel college football recruitment. I invite you to participate and stand by as we embark on this remarkable journey to cultivate Friday Night Lights by the Student-Athlete culture from its very roots.
Francisco Carrasco
CEO Get Strong Workouts & training center / Student Athletes Baja President
Student-Athletes Baja is a non-profit organization that provides sports coaching in youth sports and school tutoring. The centre, located in Playas de Rosarito, Baja California, was founded in October 2016, birthed by a desire to build a program that generates better students and great athletes ready to compete in the classroom and on the field while promoting the culture of football in the community.
To be recognized for promoting academic performance, as well as consolidate itself as one of the most competitive new sports programs in the northeast of the country, always promoting the true objective of creating culture of being a Student-Athlete.
- Discipline
- Honesty
- Transparency
- Community
- Discipline
- Honesty
- Transparency
- Community
Our programs
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Coach / Categoria Infantil
Absalon Montes Santiago
Ing. Absalon is the only one to carry out the great task of being a dad & coach in our program. His 2 sons Obed and Caleb are Rangers in our team. His love for our colors and his passion to invite children to join the program makes him a very special person for the team.
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President / Head Coach
M.C Francisco X. Carrasco Beltrán
Coach Carrasco is the leader and pillar of our organization, his history as a 100% Rosarito athlete and being an great student-athlete have opened the doors to many opportunities for him. After studying internationally and having competed at the highest national levels, Coach Carrasco returns to our community with the mission of creating a program that awakens those opportunities in our young people.
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Claudia Carrasco
Lic. Educational Psychologist, UABC `11 Administrator of the program and academic supervisor, promotes maintaining an academic level of competence and advisor in vocational guidance.
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Head Coach / Categoría Juvenil
Clay J. Johnston
Coach Klay has been involved with football for more then 25 years now,15 years as a coach. His vision and support towards the team grow into a program that kids seek to play for. An environment they can feel safe in as well and be coached up, by using the sport to teach the importance or life. A place where help with school work is available and they are encouraged to seek a higher education. Last get some of the best training the sport can offer, and bridge with the US for, camps and football development-mental programs an not to forget games.
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Co-Founder / Atletic Director
Arq. Daniel Lozano Torres
Architect by profession, coach Daniel is one of the player and coach who started the first football team in Rosarito. Dragons 1980. Now he is one of the founders of Student-Athletes AC and his love for the children of our community has him 100% committed to our mission.
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Paola
With 21 years old, she is our youngest Coach, currently she is studying psychopedagogy at UABC and a succefull taekwondo athlete. She is our support between academics and sports with the youngest members of the team, and the coordinator of the flag football program.
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Head Coach / Categoria Infantil
Kevin Martinez García
16 years practicing the sport and 7 years as a coach. 100% home town person, coach Kevin has been with us since day one and knows the difficulties of not having a team at home. In addition to being an excellent father and team worker, he has excellent communication skills to work with children and young people of different ages/generations.
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Gio
Coach Gio joined us providing all the energy and competitiveness that young people need these days, in addition to having our young people in flag football projects, he also keeps us united with social media trends.
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Defensive Coordinator / Booster Club
Gil Gutiérrez Rodríguez
Practicing the sport for 10 years, later 30 years as a coach, he is our most faithful defensive coordinator since day one of our project. With discipline, perseverance for young students who seek to open doors for a better education for them.
STUDENT-ATHLETES AMBASSADORS
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Angel Ramos Ayala
College: Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León UANL (Monterrey, N.L.)
Full scholarship $324,000 in grants.
Career: Business Administration
Hometown: Obrera, Rosarito.
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Mario Cruz, Vicente Laveaga, Nomar Contreras
College: Autonomous University of Nuevo León UANL. (Monterrey, N.L.)
Full scholarship $ 652,000 in grants
Career: Business Administration, Arquitecture , Electric Engeniere
Hometown: Constitución, Rosarito.
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Feliciano Martin
College: Center for Technical and Higher Education. (CETYS Universidad)
70% Schoolarship $570,000 in grants
Career: Sistem Engeneer
Hometown: Mazatlán, Rosarito.
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STUDENT-ATHLETES LEGENDS
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M.C. Francisco X. Carrasco Beltrán
College: Autonomous University of Nuevo León UANL. (Monterrey, N.L.)
Full scholarship $234,000 in grants.
Career: Sports Science
Masters: Sports High Performance
Hometown: Lucio Blanco, Rosarito.
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M.P. Angel Izaac Carrillo Lizares
College: University of the Americas Puebla. (UDLAP)
Full Schoolarship $1,670,000
Carreer: Hotels and Restaurants Administration
Masters: Psichology
Hometown: Lucio Blanco. Rosarito.
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Lic. Daniel Villalobos Arevalo
College: Autonomous University of Nuevo León UANL. (Monterrey, N.L.)
Full scholarship $334,000 in grants.
Career: Sports Science
Hometown: Pemex condominios, Rosarito.
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With $10 USD you will contribute to gear and equipment funds
Helmets, dummies, footballs, shoulder pads and any gear to develop great students and better and safer football players.
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Sponsor a player
A monthly donation of $43.00 dlls will make you sponsor a child with 100% of their monthly fees. To cover the expenses of each player, such as the cost of uniforms, transportation to away games, referees and ambulances.
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One yard at a time
Support with 1 Square yard of turf field + 1 square yard of sand base + 1 square yard of grave + construction work total of $62.00 dlls. Each yard donnor name will be immortalized forever in our grattitude wall of founders members.
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Open Donation
Anything between a football, and a football stadium is more than welcome.
Student Athletes Baja 
US - +1 (619) 678 7662
contact@bajafootball.org