Garden State Athletic Conference

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Garden State Athletic Conference
GSAC Logo 2.jpg
Association NJCAA
Founded1974
Sports fielded
  • 18 (10 men's, 8 women's)
No. of teams16
Region New Jersey – NJCAA Region 19

The Garden State Athletic Conference (GSAC) is a junior college conference in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) for many technical and community colleges in New Jersey. And it is one conference in the Region 19 of the NJCAA. Conference championships are held in most sports and individuals can be named to All-Conference and All-Academic teams.

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Member schools

Current members

The GSAC currently has 16 full members, all are public schools:

InstitutionLocation [a] FoundedAffiliationEnrollmentNicknameJoined
Atlantic Cape Community College Mays Landing 1966Public [b] 6,500Buccaneers ?
Bergen Community College Paramus 1965Public [b] 19,152Bulldogs ?
Brookdale Community College Lincroft 1967Public [b] 14,360Jersey Blues ?
Camden County College Blackwood 1967Public [b] 11,000Cougars ?
County College of Morris Randolph 1968Public [b] 7,000Titans ?
Essex County College Newark 1966Public [b] 18,087Wolverines ?
Mercer County Community College West Windsor 1966Public [b] 7,000Vikings ?
Middlesex College Edison 1964Public [b] 13,000Colts ?
Ocean County College Toms River 1964Public [b] 7,480Vikings ?
Passaic County Community College Paterson 1971Public [b] 9,548Panthers ?
Raritan Valley Community College North Branch 1965Public [b] 8,484Golden Lions ?
Rowan College of South Jersey at Cumberland
(RCSJ–Cumberland)		 Vineland 2019Public [b] 9,792Dukes2019
Rowan College of South Jersey at Gloucester
(RCSJ–Gloucester)		 Sewell 2019Public [b] 9,792Roadrunners2019
Salem Community College Carneys Point 1958Public [b] 900Mighty Oaks ?
Sussex County Community College Newton 1981Public [b] 2,800Skylanders ?
Union College Cranford 1933Public [b] 8,298Owls ?
Notes
  1. ↑ All cities are located within the State of New Jersey.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Part of the New Jersey County Colleges System.

Former members

The GSAC had five former full members, all but one were public schools:

InstitutionLocationFoundedAffiliationEnrollmentNicknameJoinedLeftCurrent
conference
Delaware Technical & Community College at Charles L. Terry [a] Dover, Delaware 1972Public14,029 ? ? ? Eastern Pennsylvania (EPAC)
(NJCAA Region XIX)
Delaware Technical & Community College at Jack F. Owens [b] Georgetown, Delaware 1966Public14,029 ? ? ? Eastern Pennsylvania (EPAC)
(NJCAA Region XIX)
Delaware Technical & Community College at Stanton-Wilmington [c] Stanton, Delaware 1973Public14,029 ? ? ? Eastern Pennsylvania (EPAC)
(NJCAA Region XIX)
Rowan College at Burlington County
(RCBC)		 Mount Laurel, New Jersey 1966Public [d] 3,474Barons ?2021N/A [e]
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology
(Thaddeus Stevens Tech)		 Lancaster, Pennsylvania 1905Public1,200Bulldogs ? ? Eastern Pennsylvania (EPAC)
(NJCAA Region XIX)
Notes
  1. ↑ This campus sponsors men's lacrosse.
  2. ↑ This campus sponsors baseball and softball, as well as men's & women's cross country.
  3. ↑ This campus sponsors men's & women's basketball and women's volleyball.
  4. ↑ Part of the New Jersey County Colleges System.
  5. ↑ Discontinued its intercollegiate athletics program.

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