United Central Luzon Athletic Association

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United Central Luzon Athletic Association
AbbreviationUCLAA
TypeCollegiate association
Legal statusPublic-private organization
Headquarters Central Luzon
Location
Membership
14 members

The United Central Luzon Athletic Association (UCLAA) is an association of colleges and universities in Central Luzon region aiming to showcase the skills of student-athletes in different sports. It was formally introduced in 2015 in San Fernando, Pampanga coinciding with the formal opening of the 8th season.

Central Luzon Region in Luzon, Philippines

Central Luzon, designated as Region III, is an administrative region in the Philippines, primarily serving to organize the 7 provinces of the vast central plains of the island of Luzon, for administrative convenience. The region contains the largest plain in the country and produces most of the country's rice supply, earning itself the nickname "Rice Granary of the Philippines". Its provinces are: Aurora, Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac and Zambales.

San Fernando, Pampanga Component City in Central Luzon, Philippines

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Philippine Collegiate Champions League

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Members

As of 2017, its membership includes: [1] University of Assumption-Pampanga Holy Angel University System Philippines College Foundation Guagua National Colleges

Bulacan

Pampanga

University of the Assumption

The University of the Assumption (U.A.) is a private archdiocesan Catholic university in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines. The University of the Assumption is the first Catholic archdiocesan university in the Philippines and in Asia.

Guagua National Colleges

Guagua National Colleges often called GNC is a private, non-sectarian Catholic school in Guagua, Pampanga, Philippines. It offers primary, secondary, and tertiary education. Guagua National Colleges founded by Fr. Nicanor M. Banzali, former parish priest of Guagua, Pampanga.

Holy Angel University Roman Catholic research university in Angeles City

Holy Angel University is a private Roman Catholic research university in Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines. Founded in June 1933 by Don Juan Nepomuceno and co-founded by Fr. Pedro Paulo Santos, who was later named as the Archbishop of Cáceres, is considered the first lay-founded Catholic school as well as the first co-educational Catholic high school. With a student population of over 21,000, it is the largest private institute of education with the largest student population in a single campus in Central Luzon.

Zambales

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References

  1. Arcellaz, Princess Clea (6 November 2016). "UCLAA formally launched". Sun Star Pampanga . Retrieved 23 January 2016.