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The Northwest Athletic Conference (NWAC), formerly called the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges or NWAACC for short, is a sports association for community colleges in the U.S. states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho, along with the Canadian province of British Columbia. In 1970 the conference admitted its first non-Washington member, Mt. Hood Community College of Gresham, Oregon, which had left the (OCCAA). At that time, the WAACC became the Northwest AACC, reflecting its two-state membership.

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  • The Northwest Athletic Conference (NWAC), formerly called the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges or NWAACC for short, is a sports association for community colleges in the U.S. states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho, along with the Canadian province of British Columbia. The NWAC ("En-Wack") was originally formed in 1946 as the Washington State Junior College Athletic Conference (WSJCAC). In 1961, the state Legislature removed a legal roadblock that had barred the establishment of junior colleges in counties with four-year colleges. After the Legislature took action, the number of schools in the WAACC nearly doubled. Three years later, the conference was renamed the Washington Athletic Association of Community Colleges (WAACC). In 1970 the conference admitted its first non-Washington member, Mt. Hood Community College of Gresham, Oregon, which had left the (OCCAA). At that time, the WAACC became the Northwest AACC, reflecting its two-state membership. The NWAACC merged with its Oregon counterpart in 1983, resulting in a 26-member circuit stretching from southwestern Oregon to the Canada–US border. On July 1, 2014, the conference announced that they were becoming the Northwest Athletic Conference. The NWAC, now with 36 members, is the largest community college conference in the United States. It is not affiliated with the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), but acknowledges on the NWAC website athletes representing conference schools in the NJCAA wrestling tournament. (en)
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  • The Northwest Athletic Conference (NWAC), formerly called the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges or NWAACC for short, is a sports association for community colleges in the U.S. states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho, along with the Canadian province of British Columbia. In 1970 the conference admitted its first non-Washington member, Mt. Hood Community College of Gresham, Oregon, which had left the (OCCAA). At that time, the WAACC became the Northwest AACC, reflecting its two-state membership. (en)
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