Bloomfield champion Evani Velasquez signs with Oral Roberts University

Evani Velasquez signed her national letter of intent at Bobcat Gym on Monday, April 20, 2026, capping a Bloomfield career that began with a Class 4A girls 200-meter title and ended with a Division I future at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Velasquez’s move to the Summit League program gives San Juan County another high-profile college destination and adds to Bloomfield’s recent run of Division I commitments. Bloomfield Public Schools honored four senior student-athletes at its annual signing day on November 12, 2025, and Velasquez’s signing shows that the school’s track and field success is not a one-year spike but part of a deeper pipeline.

The NIAAA recently named Velasquez the Section 6 Female Student-Athlete of the Year, an honor reserved for one male and one female athlete from each of the eight sections nationwide. Section 6 covers Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado and Arkansas, putting her among the region’s top senior student-athletes.

Her résumé reaches well beyond the 200 meters. Velasquez won the Class 4A girls 200-meter dash at the NMAA state track and field championship on May 18, 2024, and as a sophomore finished second in both the 100 and 400 meters. She has also been one of Bloomfield’s most productive multi-sport athletes, scoring 38 goals and recording 83 steals in soccer before an injury cut into part of her junior season.

Velasquez also earned a spot on the District 1-4A All-Academic team, underscoring the balance she maintained between athletics and schoolwork. In football, she handled extra-point kicks for Bloomfield’s special teams and helped the Bobcats win the Class 4A state championship over St. Pius X, adding another layer to a resume already crowded with state-level achievements.

A December 2025 NMAA interview noted that Velasquez tore her ACL during soccer before turning to football as a kicker. In that same interview, she said she planned to keep competing in indoor track, outdoor track and powerlifting. That blend of speed, strength and versatility has made her one of the most decorated high school athletes in San Juan County this decade, and her signing gives Bloomfield another Division I name to point to when the next class starts chasing the same path.