Iowa Community College Athletic Conference

Iowa Community College Athletic Conference

Association	NJCAA
Founded	1970
Commissioner	Thom McDonald
Sports fielded	25 (13 men's, 12 women's)
Division	Region 11
No. of teams	16
Headquarters	Ames, Iowa
Region	Midwest (Iowa and northeast Nebraska)
Official website	www.iccac.org

The Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) is the Region 11 of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). The Commissioner's Office, headquartered in Ames, Iowa oversees 25 sports. Conference championships are held in most sports and individuals can be named to All-Conference and All-Academic teams.

Freshman Eliana Bommarito of the Indian Hills Community College Women’s Wrestling team was named the 2022-23 Iowa Community College Athletic Conference Female Student-Athlete of the Year. ^[1]

Member schools

Current members

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

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined	Colors
Des Moines Area Community College	Boone, Iowa	1966	Public	25,425	Bears	?
Ellsworth Community College	Iowa Falls, Iowa	1890	Public	1,100	Panthers	?
Hawkeye Community College	Waterloo, Iowa	1966	Public	5,042	RedTails	?
Indian Hills Community College	Ottumwa, Iowa	1966	Public	5,520	Warriors & Falcons	?
Iowa Central Community College	Fort Dodge, Iowa	1966	Public	5,697	Tritons	?
Iowa Lakes Community College	Estherville, Iowa	1924	Public	2,349	Lakers	?
Iowa Western Community College	Council Bluffs, Iowa	1967	Public	5,500	Reivers	?
Kirkwood Community College	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	1966	Public	17,625	Eagles	?
Marshalltown Community College	Marshalltown, Iowa	1927	Public	2,971	Tigers	?
Northeast Community College	Norfolk, Nebraska	1928	Public	2,343	Hawks	?
North Iowa Area Community College	Mason City, Iowa	1918	Public	2,353	Trojans	?
Northwest Iowa Community College	Sheldon, Iowa	1966	Public	2,036 [2]	Thunder	2024 [3]
Scott Community College	Bettendorf, Iowa	1966	Public [a]	5,026	Eagles	?
Southeastern Community College	Burlington, Iowa	1920	Public	3,601	Blackhawks	?
Southwestern Community College	Creston, Iowa	1926	Public	1,785	Spartans	?
Western Iowa Tech Community College	Sioux City, Iowa	1966	Public	6,787	Comets	?

Notes

1. Part of the Eastern Iowa Community Colleges System.

Partial members

The ICCAC has one partial member, which is also a public school:

Institution	Location [a]	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined	Colors	ICCAC sport(s)	Current conference
Dakota County Technical College	Rosemount, Minnesota	1970	Public [b]	3,000	Blue Knights	?		men's soccer women's soccer	Independent (NJCAA Region XIII)

Notes

1. All locations are within the State of Iowa.
2. Part of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System.

Former members

The ICCAC had five former full members, three were public schools:

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined	Left	Current conference
AIB College of Business	Des Moines, Iowa	1921	Non-profit	1,014	Eagles	?	2010	Closed in 2016
Clinton Community College	Clinton, Iowa	1946	Public [a]	1,500	Cougars	?	2015	N/A [b]
Little Priest Tribal College	Winnebago, Nebraska	1996	Public [c]	?	Warriors	2018	2020	N/A [d]
Muscatine Community College	Muscatine, Iowa	1929	Public [a]	1,850	Cardinals	?	?	N/A [b]
Waldorf College [e]	Forest City, Iowa	1903	For-profit	580	Warriors	?	?	North Star (NSAA) [f]

Notes

1. Part of the Eastern Iowa Community Colleges System.
2. Discontinued its athletics program.
3. Part of the Nebraska Community College Association.
4. Athletics program currently on hiatius due to COVID-19 pandemic.
5. Currently known as Waldorf University since 2016.
6. Currently an NAIA athletic conference.

Sports sponsored

The ICCAC member teams compete in:

• Baseball (men's)
• Basketball (men's & women's)
• Bowling (men's & women's)
• Cross country (men's & women's)
• Football (men's)
• Golf (men's & women's)
• Indoor track & field (men's & women's)
• Outdoor track & field (men's & women's)
• Rodeo (men's & women's)
• Soccer (men's & women's)
• Softball (women's)
• Sports shooting (men's & women's)
• Swimming & diving (men's & women's)
• Volleyball (women's)
• Wrestling (men's)

National championships

Football

• 1976 Ellsworth (9-0)
• 1978 Iowa Central (9-1)
• 1987 Ellsworth (10-0)
• 2012 Iowa Western (12-0)
• 2022 Iowa Western (10-2)
• 2023 Iowa Western (12-1)

Men's Basketball

• 1971 Ellsworth
• 1995 NIACC (DII)
• 1997 Indian Hills
• 1998 Indian Hills
• 1998 Kirkwood (DII)
• 1999 Indian Hills
• 2000 Southeastern
• 2003 Southeastern
• 2004 Southeastern
• 2016 Kirkwood (DII)
• 2017 Southwestern (DII)
• 2021 Des Moines Area (DII)

Women's Basketball

• 1997 Kirkwood (DII)
• 2002 Kirkwood (DII)
• 2007 Kirkwood (DII)
• 2008 Kirkwood (DII)
• 2009 Kirkwood (DII)
• 2010 Kirkwood (DII)
• 2017 Kirkwood (DII)

Baseball

• 2010 Iowa Western
• 2012 Iowa Western
• 2014 Iowa Western

Men's Bowling

• 2017 Iowa Central

Men's Cross Country

• 2014 Iowa Central
• 2015 Iowa Central

Women's Cross Country

• 2007 Iowa Central
• 2008 Iowa Central
• 2011 Iowa Central
• 2012 Iowa Central
• 2013 Iowa Central

Men's Half Marathon

• 2007 Iowa Central
• 2011 Iowa Central
• 2012 Iowa Central
• 2013 Iowa Central
• 2016 Iowa Central

Women's Half Marathon

• 2011 Iowa Central
• 2012 Iowa Central
• 2016 Iowa Central

Men's Golf

• 2000 Indian Hills
• 2011 Indian Hills
• 2012 Indian Hills
• 2014 Indian Hills
• 2015 Indian Hills

Men's Soccer

• 2013 Iowa Western

Women's Soccer

• 2013 Iowa Western
• 2015 Iowa Central

Softball

• 1977 Ellsworth
• 2003 Southeastern

Men's Track and Field

• 2011 Iowa Central (Indoor)
• 2012 Iowa Central (Indoor)
• 2014 Iowa Central (Indoor)
• 2016 Iowa Central (Indoor)
• 2017 Iowa Central (Indoor)

Women's Track and Field

• 2010 Iowa Central (Indoor)
• 2012 Iowa Central (Indoor)
• 2013 Iowa Central (Outdoor)
• 2014 Iowa Central (Indoor)
• 2016 Iowa Central (Indoor)
• 2016 Iowa Central (Outdoor)

Volleyball

• 2003 Kirkwood
• 2006 Iowa Western

Wrestling

• 1973 NIACC
• 1981 Iowa Central
• 2002 Iowa Central
• 2006 Iowa Central
• 2007 Iowa Central
• 2008 Iowa Central
• 2009 Iowa Central
• 2015 Iowa Central
• 2017 Iowa Central

The Graphic Edge Bowl

The ICCAC, along with primary sponsor The Graphic Edge, puts on two annual bowl games the first Sunday of December at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. The two games feature the top two teams from the ICCAC versus at-large qualifiers. If one of the Iowa teams has qualified for the NJCAA national championship game, the "feature" game becomes the national championship game if the best Iowa team is ranked No. 1. If the best Iowa team is ranked No. 2, the third-best Iowa team takes its place in the Graphic Edge Bowl. It's possible for both Iowa teams to have losing records in this case as the NJCAA does not require a team to have a winning record to qualify for a bowl game.

The now-defunct Midwest Football Conference, which featured as many as 10 teams from Iowa, Illinois, Michigan and North Dakota sent the champions of each of its divisions unless one of them qualified for the national championship game as the No. 2-ranked team, in which case another Midwest Football Conference team qualified for the bowl in its place.

The second-best Iowa team plays one of the at-large teams in the first game, which kicks off at 11 a.m. The best Iowa team plays another at-large team in the 2:30 p.m. "Feature" game, which can be for the NJCAA title if the Iowa team is ranked No. 1 and the No. 2 team is able to accept a bid to the game.

The two at-large bids vary from year-to-year, but recent tendency is that the 11 a.m. game features one of the better teams from the MCAC (Minnesota College Athletic Conference) and that the later game features a highly-ranked opponent.

Yearly football standings

1997 Iowa Community College Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Iowa Central $   4 – 0     7 – 2   Waldorf   3 – 1     8 – 3   NDSCS   2 – 2     6 – 3   Ellsworth   1 – 3     1 – 8   North Iowa Area   0 – 4     3 – 5   $ – Conference champion	1998 Iowa Community College Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Iowa Central $   6 – 2     8 – 2   North Iowa Area   5 – 3     7 – 3   Waldorf   4 – 4     5 – 5   NDSCS   3 – 5     4 – 5   Ellsworth   2 – 6     2 – 8   $ – Conference champion	1999 Iowa Community College Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   NDSCS $   8 – 0     9 – 0   Iowa Central   5 – 3     8 – 3   Ellsworth   3 – 5     5 – 5   Waldorf   2 – 6     2 – 8   North Iowa Area   2 – 6     3 – 7   $ – Conference champion
2000 Iowa Community College Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   North Iowa Area $   8 – 0     9 – 2   Iowa Central   4 – 4     6 – 5   Waldorf   3 – 5     4 – 6   NDSCS   3 – 5     3 – 6   Ellsworth   2 – 6     3 – 6   $ – Conference champion	2001 Iowa Community College Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   North Iowa Area $   7 – 1     9 – 1   Iowa Central   6 – 2     7 – 3   Ellsworth   3 – 5     4 – 5   Waldorf   2 – 6     3 – 8   NDSCS   2 – 6     2 – 7   $ – Conference champion	2002 Iowa Community College Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Iowa Central $   7 – 1     8 – 3   North Iowa Area   5 – 3     7 – 3   NDSCS   5 – 3     6 – 5   Ellsworth   3 – 5     3 – 6   Waldorf   0 – 8     0 – 11   $ – Conference champion
2003 Iowa Community College Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Iowa Central $   6 – 0     10 – 1   Ellsworth   4 – 2     6 – 4   NDSCS   1 – 5     4 – 6   North Iowa Area   1 – 5     2 – 7   $ – Conference champion	2004 Iowa Community College Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 11 Ellsworth +   4 – 2     8 – 3   Iowa Central +   4 – 2     7 – 4   North Iowa Area   3 – 3     5 – 4   NDSCS   1 – 5     5 – 5   + – Conference co-champions Rankings from NJCAA Poll	2014 Iowa Community College Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Iowa Western +   1 – 0     11 – 1   Iowa Central +   1 – 0     5 – 7   Ellsworth   0 – 2     3 – 7   + – Conference co-champions
2015 Iowa Community College Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 3 Iowa Western $   2 – 0     10 – 2   No. 18 Ellsworth   1 – 1     7 – 5   Iowa Central   0 – 2     2 – 8   $ – Conference champion Rankings from NJCAA poll	2016 Iowa Community College Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Iowa Western $   2 – 0     6 – 6   Ellsworth   1 – 1     6 – 6   Iowa Central   0 – 2     0 – 11   $ – Conference champion	2017 Iowa Community College Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 2 Iowa Western $   2 – 0     11 – 1   Ellsworth   1 – 1     4 – 8   Iowa Central   0 – 2     1 – 10   $ – Conference champion Rankings from NJCAA poll
2018 Iowa Community College Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 3 Iowa Western $   2 – 0     10 – 1   No. 13 Iowa Central   1 – 1     8 – 4   Ellsworth   0 – 2     2 – 9   $ – Conference champion Rankings from NJCAA poll	2019 Iowa Community College Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 18 Iowa Central $   2 – 0     7 – 6   No. 4 Iowa Western   1 – 1     9 – 3   Ellsworth   0 – 2     2 – 9   $ – Conference champion Rankings from NJCAA poll	2020–21 Iowa Community College Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 4 Iowa Western $   4 – 0     7 – 1   No. 10 Iowa Central   2 – 2     6 – 3   Ellsworth   0 – 4     2 – 6   $ – Conference champion Rankings from NJCAA poll
2021 Iowa Community College Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 2 Iowa Western $^   4 – 0     10 – 1   No. 7 Iowa Central   2 – 2     9 – 2   Ellsworth   0 – 4     2 – 8   $ – Conference champion ^ – NJCAA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NJCAA Division I poll	2022 Iowa Community College Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 1 Iowa Western $^   2 – 0     10 – 2   No. 10 Iowa Central   1 – 1     7 – 4   Ellsworth   0 – 2     0 – 10   $ – Conference champion ^ – NJCAA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NJCAA Division I poll	2023 Iowa Community College Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 1 Iowa Western $^   2 – 0     12 – 1   No. 7 Iowa Central   1 – 1     7 – 4   Ellsworth   0 – 2     2 – 9   $ – Conference champion ^ – NJCAA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NJCAA Division I poll
2024 Iowa Community College Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 2 Iowa Western $^   2 – 0     11 – 2   Iowa Central   1 – 1     6 – 6   Ellsworth   0 – 2     1 – 10   $ – Conference champion ^ – NJCAA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NJCAA Division I poll

See also

• National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA)

References

1. Release, Press (May 24, 2023). "BOMMARITO NAMED ICCAC STUDENT-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR".
2. https://kiwaradio.com/local-news/northwest-iowa-community-college-touts-record-breaking-enrollment-figures/
3. https://www.iccac.org/general/2024-25/releases/Northwest_Iowa_joines_ICCAC

External links

• Official website