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The Cascade Collegiate Conference (or Cascade Conference) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Member schools are located in the Northwestern United States and in British Columbia. The conference's members compete in 15 sports. The current commissioner of the conference is Robert Cashell.
Association | NAIA |
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Founded | 1993 |
Commissioner | Robert Cashell (since 2012) |
Sports fielded |
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No. of teams | 12 full 8 associates |
Headquarters | Corvallis, Oregon |
Region | Northwestern United States and Western Canada (British Columbia) |
Official website | cascadeconference.org |
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History
editChronological timeline
edit- 1993 – The Cascade Collegiate Conference (CCC) was founded. Charter members included Albertson College of Idaho (now the College of Idaho), Concordia College, Portland (later Concordia University–Portland), Eastern Oregon State College (now Eastern Oregon University), George Fox College (George Fox University), Northwest Nazarene College (now Northwest Nazarene University), the Oregon Institute of Technology (Oregon Tech), Southern Oregon State College (now Southern Oregon University), Western Baptist College (now Corban University) and Western Oregon State College (now Western Oregon University), beginning the 1993–94 academic year.
- 1995 – George Fox left the CCC and the NAIA to join the Division III ranks of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Northwest Conference (NWC) after the 1994–95 academic year.
- 1997 – Cascade College and Northwest College (now Northwest University) joined the CCC in the 1997–98 academic year.
- 1998 – Western Oregon left the CCC and the NAIA to join the NCAA Division II ranks and the Pacific West Conference (PacWest) after the 1997–98 academic year; while remaining in the conference as an affiliate member for some sports until the end of the 1999–2000 academic year.
- 1999 – The Evergreen State College and Warner Pacific College (now Warner Pacific University) joined the CCC in the 1999–2000 academic year.
- 2007 – Northwest Christian College (now Bushnell University) joined the CCC in the 2007–08 academic year.
- 2008 – The University of British Columbia joined the CCC as an affiliate member for baseball in the 2009 spring season (2008–09 academic year).
- 2009 – Cascade left the CCC as the school announced that it would close at the end of the 2008–09 academic year.
- 2015 – Multnomah University and Walla Walla University joined the CCC in the 2015–16 academic year.
- 2015 – Three institutions joined the CCC as affiliate members: Rocky Mountain College for men's and women's soccer; Carroll College and the University of Great Falls (now the University of Providence) for men's and women's soccer and softball, all effective in the 2015–16 academic year.
- 2017 – Four institutions joined the CCC as affiliate members: Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University–Prescott, Menlo College, Montana State University–Northern and Simpson University (with Providence also adding the sport in its CCC affiliate membership), all effective in the 2017–18 academic year.
- 2018 – Life Pacific University joined the CCC as an affiliate member for men's wrestling, while British Columbia added men's and women's golf, and men's and women's track & field in its CCC affiliate membership; all effective in the 2018–19 academic year.
- 2019 – Arizona Christian University and Vanguard University joined the CCC as affiliate members for women's wrestling (with Life Pacific, Menlo and Providence also adding the sport in its CCC affiliate membership); all effective in the 2019–20 academic year.
- 2020 – Lewis–Clark State College joined the CCC in the 2020–21 academic year.
- 2021 – Simpson added women's wrestling in its CCC affiliate membership in the 2021–22 academic year.
- 2022 – Life Pacific left the CCC as an affiliate member for men's and women's wrestling as the school dropped both sports at the end of the 2021–22 academic year.
- 2024 – Menlo and Vanguard left the CCC and the NAIA as affiliate members for wrestling (Menlo on both genders and Vanguard on women's only) to join the NCAA Division II ranks and the Pacific West Conference (PacWest) after the 2023–24 academic year.
- 2025 – Trinity Western University will join the CCC as an affiliate member for men's and women's cross country and men's and women's track & field in the 2025–26 academic year.
Member schools
editCurrent members
editThe CCC currently has 12 full members, all but five are private schools:
- Notes
- ^ Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
- ^ Formerly known as Northwest Christian University until 2020.
- ^ Walla Walla withdrew from CCC competition during the 2020–21 school year for men's & women's basketball, men's soccer and volleyball as part of its COVID-19 safety plan. All of those mentioned sports returned back to CCC conference play for the 2021–22 school year.[1]
Affiliate members
editThe CCC currently has 8 affiliate members, all but two are private schools:
Institution | Location | Founded | Affiliation | Enrollment | Nickname | Joined[a] | CCC sport |
Primary conference |
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Arizona Christian University | Phoenix, Arizona | 1960 | Nondenominational | 820 | Firestorm | 2019–20m.wr. | men's wrestling | Great Southwest (GSAC) |
University of British Columbia | Vancouver, British Columbia | 1908 | Public | 50,304 | Thunderbirds | 2008–09bsb.; 2015–16sfb.; 2018–19m.gf.; 2018–19w.gf.; 2018–19m.t.f.; 2018–19w.t.f. |
baseball; softball; men's golf; women's golf; men's track & field; women's track & field |
Canada West (U Sports) |
Carroll College | Helena, Montana | 1909 | Catholic (Diocese of Helena) |
1,502 | Fighting Saints | 2015–16m.soc.; 2015–16w.soc.; 2015–16sfb. |
men's soccer; women's soccer; softball |
Frontier |
Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University–Prescott | Prescott, Arizona | 1978 | Nonsectarian | 1,700 | Eagles | 2017–18m.wr. | men's wrestling | Great Southwest (GSAC) |
Montana State University–Northern | Havre, Montana | 1929 | Public | 1,207 | Lights | 2017–18m.wr. | men's wrestling | Frontier |
University of Providence | Great Falls, Montana | 1932 | Catholic (Ursulines) |
800 | Argonauts | 2015–16m.soc.; 2015–16w.soc.; 2015–16sfb.; 2017–18m.wr.; 2019–20w.wr. |
men's soccer; women's soccer; softball; men's wrestling; women's wrestling |
Frontier |
Rocky Mountain College | Billings, Montana | 1878 | various[b] | 894 | Battlin' Bears | 2015–16m.soc.; 2015–16w.soc. |
men's soccer; women's soccer |
Frontier |
Simpson University | Redding, California | 1921 | Christian & Missionary Alliance |
1,280 | Red Hawks | 2017–18m.wr.; 2021–22w.wr. |
men's wrestling; women's wrestling |
California Pacific (CalPac) |
- Notes
- ^ Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
- ^ Rocky Mountain has various affiliations: The Mainline Protestant, the United Methodist Church, the Presbyterian Church (USA), and the United Church of Christ.
Future affiliate members
editThe CCC will have one new affiliate member, a private school:
Institution | Location | Founded | Affiliation | Enrollment | Nickname | Joining[a] | CCC sport |
Primary conference |
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Trinity Western University | Langley, British Columbia | 1962 | Evangelical Christian (Evangelical Free Church of Canada) |
5,000 | Spartans | 2025–26m.c.c.; 2025–26w.c.c.; 2025–26m.t.f.; 2025–26w.t.f. |
men's cross country; women's cross country; men's track & field; women's track & field |
Canada West (U Sports) |
Former members
editThe CCC had five former full members, all but one were private schools:
Institution | Location | Founded | Affiliation | Enrollment | Nickname | Joined[b] | Left[c] | Subsequent conference(s) |
Current conference |
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Cascade College | Portland, Oregon | 1956 | Churches of Christ | N/A | Thunderbirds | 1997 | 2008 | Closed in 2009 | |
Concordia University–Portland | Portland, Oregon | 1905 | Lutheran LCMS | N/A | Cavaliers | 1993 | 2014 | Great Northwest (GNAC)[d] (2015–20) |
Closed in 2020 |
George Fox University | Newberg, Oregon | 1885 | Quakers | 4,140 | Bruins | 1993 | 1995 | Northwest (NWC)[e] (1995–present) | |
Northwest Nazarene University | Nampa, Idaho | 1913 | Nazarene | 2,000 | Crusaders[f] | 1993 | 2000 | Pacific West (PacWest)[d] (2000–01) |
Great Northwest (GNAC)[d] (2001–present) |
Western Oregon University[g] | Monmouth, Oregon | 1856 | Public | 6,233 | Wolves | 1993 | 1998 | Pacific West (PacWest)[d] (1998–2001) |
Great Northwest (GNAC)[d] (2001–present) |
- Notes
- ^ Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
- ^ Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
- ^ Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.
- ^ a b c d e Currently an NCAA Division II athletic conference.
- ^ Currently an NCAA Division III athletic conference.
- ^ Northwest Nazarene adopted its current nickname of Nighthawks since 2017.
- ^ Western Oregon remained in the CCC as an affiliate member for some sports from 1998–99 to 1999–2000.
Former affiliate members
editThe CCC had five former affiliate members, four of them were private schools:
Institution | Location | Founded | Affiliation | Enrollment | Nickname | Joined[a] | Left[b] | CCC sport(s) |
Current conference |
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Life Pacific University | San Dimas, California | 1923 | Foursquare Church | 686 | Warriors | 2018–19m.wr.; 2019–20w.wr. |
2021–22m.wr.; 2021–22w.wr. |
men's wrestling; women's wrestling |
Great Southwest (GSAC) |
Menlo College | Atherton, California | 1927 | Nonsectarian | 750 | Oaks | 2017–18m.wr.; 2019–20w.wr. |
2023–24m.wr.; 2023–24w.wr. |
men's wrestling; women's wrestling |
Pacific West (PacWest)[c] |
Vanguard University | Costa Mesa, California | 1920 | Assemblies of God | 2,552 | Lions | 2019–20 | 2023–24 | men's wrestling | Pacific West (PacWest)[c] |
Western Oregon University[d] | Monmouth, Oregon | 1856 | Public | 6,233 | Wolves | 1998–99w.soc.; 1998–99m.t.f.; 1998–99w.t.f. |
1999–2000w.soc.; 1999–2000m.t.f.; 1999–2000w.t.f. |
women's soccer; men's track & field; women's track & field |
Great Northwest (GNAC)[c] |
Westminster College | Salt Lake City, Utah | 1875 | Nonsectarian | 3,188 | Griffins | 1994–95 | 1994–95 | women's soccer | Rocky Mountain (RMAC)[c] |
- Notes
Membership timeline
editFull member (non-football) Associate member (sport)
Fielded sports
editFall
edit- Men's cross country: ten schools participate
- Women's cross country: ten schools participate
- Men's soccer: fourteen schools participate
- Women's soccer: Thirteen schools participate
- Women's Volleyball: all full member schools participate
Winter
edit- Men's basketball: all full member schools participate
- Women's basketball: all full member schools participate
- Wrestling: Added in 2017, 12 men's teams and seven women's teams participate
Spring
edit- Baseball: seven schools participate
- Golf (men's & women's): eight men's and seven women's teams participate
- Softball: eleven schools participate
- Men's track and field: ten schools participate
- Women's track and field: ten schools participate
Sports not sponsored
edit- College of Idaho participates in men's and women's skiing as a member of the Northwest Conference of the United States Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association, men's and women's swimming, and women's tennis, and football in the Frontier Conference.
- Eastern Oregon participates in football as a member of the Frontier Conference.
- Southern Oregon participates in football as a member of the Frontier Conference.
Commissioners
edit- Howard Morris (1994–2003)
- Phil Pifer (2003–2006)
- Bart Valentine (2007)
- Dave Haglund (2007–2012)
- Robert Cashell (2012–present)
Champions
editConference titles by school
editSchool | Titles |
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British Columbia | 5 |
Carroll | 2 |
Concordia–Portland | 71 |
Corban | 19 |
Eastern Oregon | 32 |
George Fox | 6 |
College of Idaho | 49 |
Northwest | 6 |
Northwest Christian | 6 |
Northwest Nazarene | 7 |
Oregon Tech | 25 |
Rocky Mountain | 2 |
Southern Oregon | 50 |
Warner Pacific | 4 |
Western Oregon | 21 |
Cross country
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Soccer
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Volleyball
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Basketball
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Baseball
editYear | Team | Record |
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1993 | George Fox | 14–3–0 |
1994 | George Fox | 16–2–0 |
1995 | Western Oregon | 18–2–0 |
1996 | College of Idaho | 14–0–1 |
1997 | College of Idaho | 14–1–0 |
1998 | College of Idaho | 29–1–0 |
1999 | College or Idaho | 25–4–0 |
2000 | College of Idaho | 25–5–0 |
2001 | Western Oregon | 25–7–0 |
2002 | College of Idaho | 18–6–0 |
2003 | Concordia–Portland | 11–9–0 |
2004 | Concordia–Portland | 22–8–0 |
2005 | College of Idaho Oregon Tech |
17–13–0 |
2006 | College of Idaho | 20–10–0 |
2007 | College of Idaho | 15–3–0 |
2008 | College of Idaho | 14–4–0 |
2009 | British Columbia | 27–6–0 |
2010 | British Columbia | 27–5–0 |
2011 | Lewis–Clark State | 23–8–0 |
2012 | Lewis–Clark State | 25–6–0 |
2013 | Lewis–Clark State | 22–6–0 |
2014 | Lewis–Clark State | 24–4–0 |
2015 | Lewis-Clark State | 24–4–0 |
2016 | Lewis–Clark State | 30–5 |
2017 | Lewis–Clark State | 22–8 |
2018 | Lewis–Clark State | 26–6 |
2019 | Lewis–Clark State | 24–8 |
Golf
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Softball
editYear | Team | Record | Tournament |
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1999 | Eastern Oregon | 14–4 | |
2000 | No Cascade schedule | ||
2001 | Oregon Tech | 14–4 | |
2002 | Oregon Tech | 16–4 | |
2003 | Southern Oregon | 11–4 | |
2004 | Southern Oregon | 20–5 | |
2005 | Southern Oregon | 19–6 | |
2006 | Oregon Tech | 17–2 | |
2007 | College of Idaho | 16–4 | |
2008 | Oregon Tech | 20–4 | |
2009 | College of Idaho | 20–4 | |
2010 | Concordia–Portland | 21–3 | Concordia–Portland |
2011 | Oregon Tech | 19–5 | Oregon Tech |
2012 | Oregon Tech | 20–4 | Oregon Tech |
2013 | Corban | 24–4 | College of Idaho |
2014 | Oregon Tech | 23–5 | Concordia–Portland |
2015 | Oregon Tech | 22–6 | Corban |
2016 | E: Carroll W: Southern Oregon |
7–5 15–5 |
Eastern Oregon |
2017 | Corban | 22–5 | Southern Oregon |
2018 | Southern Oregon | 22–5 | Southern Oregon |
2019 | Southern Oregon | 24–3 | Southern Oregon |
Track and field
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