Missouri Community College Athletic Conference

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Missouri Community College Athletic Conference
FormerlyMidwest Junior College Athletic Conference (MJCAC)
Association NJCAA
Founded1965
CommissionerJay Mehrhoff
Sports fielded
  • 18
    • men's: 8
    • women's: 10
No. of teams9
Headquarters St. Louis, Missouri
Region Missouri – NJCAA Region 16
Official website http://mccac.co/

The Missouri Community College Athletic Conference (MCCAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) within its Region 16. The MCCAC is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Member schools

Current members

The MCCAC currently has nine full members, all but one are public schools:

InstitutionLocation [lower-alpha 1] FoundedTypeEnrollmentNicknameJoined
East Central College Union 1968Public2,629Falcons ?
Jefferson College Hillsboro 1963Public4,179Vikings ?
Mineral Area College Park Hills 1965Public2,640Cardinals ?
Moberly Area Community College Moberly 1927Public5,600Greyhounds ?
Missouri State University–West Plains West Plains 1963Public [lower-alpha 2] 1,869Grizzlies ?
State Fair Community College Sedalia 1966Public4,284Roadrunners ?
St. Charles Community College Cottleville 1986Public6,438Cougars ?
St. Louis Community College [lower-alpha 3] St. Louis 2014Public18,835Archers ?
Three Rivers College Poplar Bluff 1966Public2,965Raiders ?
Notes
  1. All cities are located within the State of Missouri.
  2. Part of the Missouri State University System.
  3. All four STLCC campuses participate as a combined entity. In addition, those three campuses of St. Louis Community College (Florissant Valley, Forest Park and Meramec) participated as individual members, prior to STLCC consolidating athletic programs under one banner; while Wildwood never operated a separate athletic program prior to the consolidation.

Former members

The MCCAC had five full members, both were public schools:

InstitutionLocationFoundedTypeEnrollmentNicknameJoinedLeftCurrent
conference
North Central Missouri College Trenton, Missouri 1925Public1,458Pirates ? ?Independent
(NJCAA Region XVI)
Shawnee Community College Ullin, Illinois 1967Public [lower-alpha 1] 2,388Saints ? ? Great Rivers (GRAC)
(NJCAA Region XXIV)
St. Louis Community College–Florissant Valley [lower-alpha 2] Ferguson, Missouri 1971Public7,210Fury ? ?N/A [lower-alpha 3]
St. Louis Community College–Forest Park [lower-alpha 4] St. Louis, Missouri 1967Public8,207Highlanders ? ?N/A [lower-alpha 3]
St. Louis Community College–Meramec [lower-alpha 5] Kirkwood, Missouri 1972Public12,000Magic ? ?N/A [lower-alpha 3]
Notes
  1. Part of the Illinois Community College System.
  2. Its athletics program was men's soccer.
  3. 1 2 3 All four STLCC campuses participate as a combined entity. In addition, those three campuses of St. Louis Community College (Florissant Valley, Forest Park and Meramec) participated as individual members, prior to STLCC consolidating athletic programs under one banner; while Wildwood never operated a separate athletic program prior to the consolidation.
  4. Its athletics programs were men's and women's basketball.
  5. Its athletics programs were baseball, softball, women's soccer and volleyball.

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