Iowa State honored former golfer Celia Barquin Arozamena this week.
The Iowa State football team is honoring former Cyclone golfer, Celia Barquin Arozamena, at its game against Akron on Saturday. Arozamena, who won the Big 12 Championship in April and is considered one of the greatest women's golfers in Iowa State history,was tragically killed earlier this week.
Thank you. #Cyclonitas #CBA pic.twitter.com/sOam4Apnoc
— Iowa State WGolf (@CycloneWGOLF) September 22, 2018
The team is wearing helmet decals with Arozamena's initials during their game against Akron.
#CyclONEfamily pic.twitter.com/6u6mkW4L5O
— Cyclone Equipment (@CycloneEQUIP) September 19, 2018
Akron followed suit, putting aside the competition, with helmet decals of their own.
Today we honor the loss of a fellow student athlete and celebrate the life she lived. Our hearts go out the friends and family here in Ames. #CBA pic.twitter.com/uDWfMn8tQu
— Akron Zips Equipment (@ZipsEquipment) September 22, 2018
The former golfer, who was recently named Iowa State's female athlete of the year, was previously scheduled to receive the award with a ceremony during the game.
Today, we are all #CBAStrong 💛 pic.twitter.com/pOJQlffrd1
— Iowa State Athletics (@CycloneATH) September 22, 2018
Instead, Arozamena was honored with a tribute video and moment of silence before kickoff. The team also announced halftime plans to award Arozamena a posthumous diploma with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering.
Here is the wonderful videoboard tribute to Celia. #Cyclonitas #ForCelia #CBA pic.twitter.com/AGmYRLmTVo
— Iowa State WGolf (@CycloneWGOLF) September 22, 2018
Previously this week, the university held a vigil memorial and created the "Remembering Celia Memorial Fund" directed to the golfer's family to be used in her memory.
What a special night honoring Celia's life. The love and support of this community is what makes Iowa State such a special place.#CBA 💛💛💛 pic.twitter.com/7o3yKvSBWa
— Iowa State WGolf (@CycloneWGOLF) September 20, 2018
Iowa State's football team isn't the only one to rally around Arozamena's memory this week. The women's soccer team has named the outstanding athlete an honorary captain this season and will wear captain sleeves and patches in her memory for the remainder of the year. They also wrote "CBA" on their wrists for their game against TCU.
We’ve named Celia Barquin Arozamena an honorary team captain. The team will wear these captain’s sleeves and patches this season in her memory.#CyclONEfamily #Cyclonitas pic.twitter.com/DqbHfcFxaR
— Iowa State Soccer (@cycloneSCR) September 21, 2018
The Cyclones volleyball team joined in memorial of Arozamena, taking a moment of silence to remember the golfer before their game against West Virginia this week.
Prior to the match, the two teams joined hands for a moment of silence in honor of Celia Barquin Arouzamena. Thank you @WVUVolleyball #cyclONEnation #StrongerTogether pic.twitter.com/0KvCg3II1V
— Cyclone Volleyball (@CycloneVB) September 19, 2018
Iowa and Northern Iowa also planned to honor the instate athlete, making yellow, Arozamena's favorite color, their primary color for their games today.
Showing how much of an impact Arozamena had on the collegiate athletic community, teams across the country honored the former golfer in their own ways. The Kansas State and Texas volleyball teams wore yellow ribbons, Michigan golf pinned ribbons to their hats, Arizona State golf pinned ribbons to their bags for the rest of the season, and Baylor turned all 19 athletic teams cardinal and gold this week. The California and NC State women's golf teams also wore ribbons in her memory. The Ladies European Tour held a moment of silence for Arozamena.
There's no doubt Iowa State will hold a special place in its hearts for Arozamena and will continue to honor her memory.
