The
National Junior College Athletic Association (
NJCAA), founded in 1938, is an association of
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and
junior collegeThe term junior college refers to different educational institutions in different countries.-India:In India, most states provide schooling through 12th grade...
athletic departments throughout the
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. It is held as Divisions and Regions. The current NJCAA holds 24 separate regions.
History
The idea for the NJCAA was conceived in 1937 at
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,
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. A handful of junior college representatives met to organize an association that would promote and supervise a national program of junior college sports and activities consistent with the educational objectives of junior colleges.
The constitution presented at the charter meeting in Fresno on May 14, 1938, was accepted and the National Junior College Athletic Association became a functioning organization.
In 1949, the NJCAA was reorganized by dividing the nation into sixteen regions. The officers of the association were the president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, public relations director, and the sixteen regional vice presidents. Ironically, though the NJCAA was founded in California, it no longer operates there and has been supplanted instead by the unaffiliated
California Community College Athletic AssociationThe California Community College Athletic Association is a sports association for community colleges in the U.S. state of California. It oversees 103 athletic programs throughout the state....
(CCCAA) with 100+ colleges participating.
Division History
Awards
- Academic All-American by Sport
- NJCAA Academic Team of the Year by Sport
- BJ Graber Female Athlete of the Year by Sport
- David Rowlands Male Athlete of the Year by Sport
- Lea Plarski Award by Sport
- NJCAA Championship Ring National Sponsor by Sport
- NJCAA Service Awards by Sport
Halls of fame
NJCAA Hall of Fame
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NJCAA Hall of Fame (Region XVI)
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NJCAA Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame
- See footnotes
NJCAA Basketball Hall of Fame
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NJCAA Men's Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame
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NJCAA Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame
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NJCAA Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame
- See footnote
Conferences
- Region 1 Arizona Community College Athletic Conference
Also known as '. Hosted by the National Junior College Athletic Association, also known as Region I is a junior college conference for many Tech and Community Colleges. Conference championships are held in most sports and individuals can be named to All-Conference and All-Academic teams.-Members:...
- Region 2 Bi-State Conference
Also known as '. Hosted by the National Junior College Athletic Association, also known as Region II is a junior college conference for many Tech and Community Colleges...
- Region 3 Mid-State Athletic Conference
Located within Region III of the National Junior College Athletic Association, the Mid-State Athletic Conference is a junior college conference with 7 member schools, all located in Upstate New York...
, West New York Athletic Conference, Mountain Valley Athletic Conference (NY) (http://www.region3athletics.org/)
- Region 4 Illinois N4C Conference
The Illinois N4C Conference is part of the National Junior College Athletic Association and a Junior College American football conference. It is also known as N4C or Region IV.Conference championships are held and individuals can be named to All-Conference and All-Academic...
, Illinois Skyway Conference (http://www.illinoisskyway.org/), Arrowhead Conference
- Region 5 Metro Athletic Conference (NJCAA), North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference, Western Junior College Athletic Conference
Also known as '. Hosted by the National Junior College Athletic Association, also known as Region IV is a junior college conference for many Tech and Community Colleges...
- Region 6 Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference
The Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference is a college athletic conference that is a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association...
- Region 7 Tennessee Junior and Community College Athletic Association
Also known as '. Hosted by the National Junior College Athletic Association, also known as Region VII is a junior college conference for many Tech and Community Colleges...
- Region 8 Suncoast Conference
Also known as '. Hosted by the National Junior College Athletic Association, also known as Region VIII is a junior college conference for many Tech and Community Colleges...
- Region 9 NJCAA Region 9
Region IX of the National Junior College Athletic Association consists of 22 colleges from Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, and Wyoming.-Colorado Community College Athletic Conference:*Lamar Community College*Northeastern Junior College*Otero Junior College...
, Mon-Dak ConferenceThe Mon-Dak Conference ' is a junior college conference for eight Tech and Community Colleges located in Montana and North Dakota, and is hosted by the National Junior College Athletic Association. Conference championships are held in most sports and some individuals can be named to All-Conference...
- Region 10 Carolinas Junior College Conference
The Carolinas Junior College Conference is a component of the National Junior College Athletic Association, in which it is also known as Region X . Teams represent various junior colleges, technical colleges, and community colleges...
- Region 11 Iowa Community College Athletic Conference
The Iowa Community College Athletic Conference ' is the Region XI member of the National Junior College Athletic Association. The Commissioner's Office, headquartered in Ames, Iowa oversees 22 sports...
- Region 12 Michigan Community College Athletic Association
The Michigan Community College Athletic Association is an association of community college athletic departments throughout Michigan and northern Indiana....
, Ohio Community College Athletic ConferenceThe Ohio Community College Athletic Conference or OCCAC is a college athletic conference whose member institutions are community colleges in the state of Ohio. It is a member of Region XII of the National Junior College Athletic Association.-Members:...
- Region 13 Minnesota College Athletic Conference, Mon-Dak Conference
The Mon-Dak Conference ' is a junior college conference for eight Tech and Community Colleges located in Montana and North Dakota, and is hosted by the National Junior College Athletic Association. Conference championships are held in most sports and some individuals can be named to All-Conference...
- Region 14 Southwest Junior College Conference
- Region 15 Mid Hudson Conference
Mid Hudson Conference is hosted by the National Junior College Athletic Association, also known as Region XV is a junior college conference for many Tech and Community Colleges...
- Region 16 Missouri Community College Athletic Conference
Miwest Community College Athletic Conference ' is a college athletic conference of the National Junior College Athletic Association, a part of Region XVI. Conference championships are held in most sports and individuals can be named to All-Conference and All-Academic teams.-Members:*East Central...
- Region 17 Georgia Junior College Athletic Association
The Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association is a college athletic conference and member of the National Junior College Athletic Association in the NJCAA Region XVII. Members of the GCAA include technical and community colleges in the U.S. state of Georgia...
- Region 18 Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges
The Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges, commonly called the NWAACC , is a sports association for community colleges in the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington, and the Canadian province of British Columbia....
, Scenic West Athletic ConferenceThe Scenic West Athletic Conference is a sports association for junior colleges located in Idaho, Utah, Colorado, and Nevada...
- Region 19 Garden State Athletic Conference
The Garden State Athletic Conference is a junior college conference for many technical and community colleges in Delaware, New Jersey, and eastern Pennsylvania. It is the only conference in Region XIX of the National Junior College Athletic Association...
- Region 20 Pennsylvania Collegiate Athletic Association
The Pennsylvania Collegiate Athletic Association is an athletic conference established in 1979 in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a partnership between the Eastern Pennsylvania Athletic Association and Western Pennsylvania Athletic Association...
, Maryland Junior College Athletic ConferenceThe Maryland Junior College Athletic Conference exists to govern and conduct championships for the conference’s varsity sports. Chartered in the late 1960s and affiliated with the National Junior College Athletic Association, the MDJUCO is composed of 18 community colleges in the U.S...
- Region 21 Massachusetts Community College Athletic Association
Also known as '. Hosted by the National Junior College Athletic Association, also known as Region XXI is a junior college conference for many Tech and Community Colleges...
- Region 22 Alabama Community College Conference
- Region 23 NJCAA Region 23
Region XXIII of the National Junior College Athletic Association consists of two conferences, the MISS-LOU Junior College Conference and Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges ...
- Region 24 Mid-West Athletic Conference
Also known as '. Hosted by the National Junior College Athletic Association, the Mid-West Athletic Conference also known as Region XXIV is a junior college conference for many Tech and Community Colleges...
, Collegiate Conference of Central Illinois
Sports
- Baseball
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(Divisions I, II, III)
- Basketball
College basketball most often refers to the USA basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Basketball in the NCAA is divided into three divisions: Division I, Division II and Division III....
(Divisions I, II, III)
- Softball
College softball is softball as played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education, predominantly in the United States. College softball is normally played by women at the intercollegiate level, whereas college baseball is normally played by men.As with other intercollegiate...
(Divisions I, II, III)
- Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
(Divisions I, II, III)
- Soccer
College soccer is a term used to describe association football played by teams who are operated by colleges and universities as opposed to a professional league operated for exclusively financial purposes...
(Divisions I, II)
- Track and Field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
(Divisions I, II)
- Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
(Divisions I, II)
- Wrestling
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(Divisions I, II)
- Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
(Divisions I, II, III)
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- Cross Country
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
(Divisions I, II)
- Ice hockey (Divisions I)
- Football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
(Divisions I)
- Bowling
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(Divisions I)
- Swimming
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
(Divisions I)
- Diving
Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...
(Divisions I)
- Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
(Divisions I)
- Half Marathon
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(Divisions I)
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Baseball
- JUCO World Series
- JUCO Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame
A hall of fame, wall of fame, walk of fame, walk of stars or avenue of stars is a type of attraction established for any field of endeavor to honor individuals of noteworthy achievement in that field...
Basketball Championships
- NJCAA Division I
NJCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championships it usually consists of 16 invited teams...
- NJCAA Division II
The National Junior Collge Athletic Association Men's Division II Basketball Championships consists of sixteen teams playing over a five-day period in March to determine a National Champion.- About the tournament :...
- NJCAA Division III
The National Junior Collge Athletic Association Men's Division III Basketball Championships consists of eight teams playing over a three day period in March to determine a National Champion...
- NJCAA Women's Championship
-1975-1991:*NOTE: From 1975 to 1991, the NJCAA had only one class for women's basketball-Division I:-Division II:-Division III:-See also:*NJCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship*NJCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship...
Football
Due to the relatively small number of schools fielding teams, some football-only conferences exist. They may be home to teams from multiple regions.
- The Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference includes only schools in Kansas (Region 6). All are members of the conference in other sports.
- The Midwest Football Conference includes schools from Iowa (Region 11), northern Illinois (Region 4), Michigan (part of Region 12) and North Dakota (part of Region 13).
- The Minnesota College Athletic Conference, like the KJCCC, includes only schools in Minnesota (part of Region 13), all of which participate in the conference in other sports.
- The Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges only includes schools in that state, which is a part of Region 23. None of the Louisiana members of Region 23 field a football team.
- The Northeast Football Conference includes schools from Region 3 (Upper New York), 15 (Lower New York, New York City and Long Island), 19 (Lackawanna, Pa.) and 21 (Dean, Mass.) Lackawanna and Dean are the only football-playing schools in their respective regions.
- The Southwest Junior College Football Conference includes teams from both regions in Texas (5 and 14) and one from Oklahoma (Region 2).
- Western States Football League
The Western States Football League is a U.S. junior college football league for schools in the states of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. The league is part of the National Junior College Athletic Association.-History:...
includes teams from Arizona (Region 1), New Mexico (Region 5), and Utah (Region 18).
There are also independent schools in Regions 2 (Arkansas Baptist and Lon Morris), 10 (Louisburg, N.C.), 13 (Dakota-Bottineau), 15 (Globe Tech) and 17 (Georgia Military).
Regions 7, 8, 9, 16, 20, 22 and 24 do not have any football programs.
See also