Metro Athletic Conference

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Metro Athletic Conference
(a.k.a. Dallas Athletic Conference)
Association NJCAA
Sports fielded
  • 8
    • men's: 5
    • women's: 3
DivisionRegion 5
No. of teams6
Region Dallas, Texas

The Metro Athletic Conference (also known as the Dallas Athletic Conference) is a junior college athletic conference within the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region 5. The conference consists of six junior colleges located in Dallas County, Texas.

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Sports

The Metro Athletic Conference consists of the sponsored sports: [1]

Member schools

Current members

The Metro currently has six full members, all but two are public schools:

InstitutionLocation [lower-alpha 1] FoundedTypeEnrollmentNicknameJoined
Dallas College Brookhaven Farmers Branch 1978Public [lower-alpha 2] 11,000Bears ?
Dallas College Cedar Valley Lancaster 1977 ?Suns ?
Dallas College Eastfield Mesquite 197014,214Harvesters ?
Dallas College Mountain View Dallas 1970 ?Lions ?
Dallas College North Lake Irving 197710,570Blazers ?
Dallas College Richland Dallas 197220,000Thunderducks ?
Notes
  1. All cities are located within the State of Texas.
  2. Part of the Dallas College System.

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References

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