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The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), founded in 1938, is an association of community college and junior college athletic departments throughout the United States of America. It is held as Divisions and Regions. The current NJCAA holds 24 separate regions.
The majority of community colleges in the state of California are not members of the NJCAA.
History[]
The idea for the NJCAA was conceived in 1937 at Fresno, California. 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.
Division History[]
| Years | Division |
|---|---|
| 1938-1945 | None |
| 1945-1986 | Division I |
| 1986-1991 | Division I, Division II |
| 1991-present | Division I, Division II, Division III |
Conferences[]
Current NJCAA map of Regions.
- Region 1 Arizona Community College Athletic Conference
- Region 2 Bi-State Conference
- Region 3 Mid-State Athletic Conference
- Region 4 Illinois N4C Conference
- Region 5 Western Junior College Athletic Conference
- Region 6 Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference
- Region 7 Tennessee Junior and Community College Athletic Association
- Region 8 Suncoast Conference
- Region 9 NJCAA Region 9
- Region 10 Carolinas Junior College Conference
- Region 11 Iowa Community College Athletic Conference
- Region 12 Michigan Community College Athletic Association
- Region 12 Ohio Community College Athletic Conference
- Region 13 Minnesota Community College Conference
- Region 14 Southwest Junior College Conference
- Region 15 Mid Hudson Conference
- Region 16 Missouri Community College Athletic Conference
- Region 17 Georgia Junior College Athletic Association
- Region 18 Scenic West Athletic Conference
- Region 19 Garden State Athletic Conference
- Region 20 Pennsylvania Collegiate Athletic Association
- Region 21 Massachusetts Community College Athletic Association
- Region 22 Alabama Community College Conference
- Region 23 NJCAA Region 23
- Region 24 Mid-West Athletic Conference