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Garden State Athletic Conference

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Garden State Athletic Conference
AssociationNJCAA
Founded1974
Sports fielded
  • 18 (10 men's, 8 women's)
No. of teams16
RegionNew Jersey – NJCAA Region 19

The Garden State Athletic Conference (GSAC) is a junior college conference in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) for many technical and community colleges in New Jersey. And it is one conference in the Region 19 of the NJCAA. Conference championships are held in most sports and individuals can be named to All-Conference and All-Academic teams.

Member schools

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Current members

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The GSAC currently has 16 full members, all but two are public schools:

Institution Location[a] Founded Affiliation Enrollment Nickname Joined
Atlantic Cape Community College Mays Landing 1966 Public[b] 6,500 Buccaneers ?
Bergen Community College Paramus 1965 Public[b] 19,152 Bulldogs ?
Brookdale Community College Lincroft 1967 Public[b] 14,360 Jersey Blues ?
Camden County College Blackwood 1967 Public[b] 11,000 Cougars ?
County College of Morris Randolph 1968 Public[b] 7,000 Titans ?
Essex County College Newark 1966 Public[b] 18,087 Wolverines ?
Mercer County Community College West Windsor 1966 Public[b] 7,000 Vikings ?
Middlesex County College Edison 1964 Public[b] 13,000 Colts ?
Ocean County College Toms River 1964 Public[b] 7,480 Vikings ?
Passaic County Community College Paterson 1971 Public[b] 9,548 Panthers ?
Raritan Valley Community College North Branch 1965 Public[b] 8,484 Golden Lions ?
Rowan College of South Jersey at Cumberland
(RCSJ–Cumberland)
Vineland 2019 Public[b] 9,792 Dukes 2019
Rowan College of South Jersey at Gloucester
(RCSJ–Gloucester)
Sewell 2019 Public[b] 9,792 Roadrunners 2019
Salem Community College Carneys Point 1958 Public[b] 900 Mighty Oaks ?
Sussex County Community College Newton 1981 Public[b] 2,800 Skylanders ?
Union County College Cranford 1933 Public[b] 8,298 Owls ?
Notes
  1. ^ All cities are located within the State of New Jersey.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Part of the New Jersey County Colleges System.

Former members

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The GSAC had five former full members, all but one were public schools:

Institution Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment Nickname Joined Left Current
conference
Delaware Technical & Community College at Charles L. Terry[a] Dover, Delaware 1972 Public 14,029 ? ? ? Eastern Pennsylvania (EPAC)
(NJCAA Region XIX)
Delaware Technical & Community College at Jack F. Owens[b] Georgetown, Delaware 1966 Public 14,029 ? ? ? Eastern Pennsylvania (EPAC)
(NJCAA Region XIX)
Delaware Technical & Community College at Stanton-Wilmington[c] Stanton, Delaware 1973 Public 14,029 ? ? ? Eastern Pennsylvania (EPAC)
(NJCAA Region XIX)
Rowan College at Burlington County
(RCBC)
Mount Laurel, New Jersey 1966 Public[d] 3,474 Barons ? 2021 N/A[e]
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology
(Thaddeus Stevens Tech)
Lancaster, Pennsylvania 1905 Public 1,200 Bulldogs ? ? Eastern Pennsylvania (EPAC)
(NJCAA Region XIX)
Notes
  1. ^ This campus sponsors men's lacrosse.
  2. ^ This campus sponsors baseball and softball, as well as men's & women's cross country.
  3. ^ This campus sponsors men's & women's basketball and women's volleyball.
  4. ^ Part of the New Jersey County Colleges System.
  5. ^ Discontinued its intercollegiate athletics program.

See also

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