Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference
FormerlyKansas Public Junior College Association (1923–1962)
Kansas Jayhawk Junior College Conference (1962–1975)
AssociationNJCAA
Founded1923
CommissionerMike Saddler
Sports fielded
  • 19
    • men's: 9
    • women's: 10
DivisionRegion 6
No. of teams21
HeadquartersColby, Kansas
RegionKansas
Official websitewww.kjccc.org
Locations
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The Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference (KJCCC) is a college athletic conference that is a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). As of 2007, the KJCCC was home to more than 3,000 student-athletes in the 19 men's and women's sports. The conference's name comes from "Jayhawk" which is a term used for people born in the state of Kansas, where all of the conference's schools are located. The term Jayhawk, however, originated with a group of guerrillas during the American Civil War.[1][2][3]

Member schools

Current members

The KJCCC currently has 21 full members, all are public schools except for Hesston College.[4] All KJCCC schools which compete in football, wrestling, track and field, and cross country do so at the Division I level. Hesston is the only member that competes in Division II baseball. Independence is the only member that does not field a baseball team. In other sports, the schools are split between Division I and Division II status.

Institution Location[lower-alpha 1] Founded Affiliation Enrollment Nickname Joined Colors Division
Allen Community College[lower-alpha 2] Iola 1923 Public[lower-alpha 3] 2,385 Red Devils 1923     Eastern
Barton Community College[lower-alpha 4] Great Bend 1969 6,281 Cougars  ?     Western
Butler Community College[lower-alpha 4] El Dorado 1927 7,019 Grizzlies 1927     Western
Cloud County Community College[lower-alpha 5] Concordia 1965 3,437 Thunderbirds  ?     Western
Coffeyville Community College[lower-alpha 5] Coffeyville 1923 1,772 Red Ravens 1923     Eastern
Colby Community College[lower-alpha 5] Colby 1964  ? Trojans  ?     Western
Cowley Community College[lower-alpha 5] Arkansas City 1922  ? Tigers 1924   ;  Eastern
Dodge City Community College[lower-alpha 4] Dodge City 1935  ? Conquistadors 1936     Western
Fort Scott Community College[lower-alpha 2] Fort Scott 1919 2,000 Greyhounds 1923/1962     Eastern
Garden City Community College[lower-alpha 4] Garden City 1919 2,122 Broncbusters 1924     Western
Hesston College[lower-alpha 2] Hesston 1909 Mennonite 442 Larks 2018     Eastern
Highland Community College[lower-alpha 4] Highland 1858 Public[lower-alpha 3]  ? Scotties 1970/1996     Eastern
Hutchinson Community College[lower-alpha 4] Hutchinson 1928 5,114 Blue Dragons 1929     Western
Independence Community College[lower-alpha 6] Independence 1925 1,133 Pirates 1925     Eastern
Johnson County Community College[lower-alpha 2] Overland Park 1967 16,651 Cavaliers  ?     Eastern
Kansas City Kansas Community College[lower-alpha 2] Kansas City 1923 4,886 Blue Devils 1925     Eastern
Labette Community College[lower-alpha 2] Parsons 1923  ? Cardinals 1923     Eastern
Neosho County Community College[lower-alpha 2] Chanute 1936  ? Panthers 1936     Eastern
Northwest Kansas Technical College[lower-alpha 4] Goodland 1964  ? Mavericks 2017     Western
Pratt Community College[lower-alpha 4] Pratt 1938  ? Beavers 1939     Western
Seward County Community College[lower-alpha 4] Liberal 1969 2,692 Saints  ?     Western
Notes
  1. ↑ All locations are within the State of Kansas.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Member institution is a Division II school in basketball, volleyball and softball.
  3. 1 2 Part of the Kansas Board of Regents System.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Member institution is a Division I school in basketball, volleyball and softball.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Member institution is a Division I school in basketball, and a Division II member in volleyball and softball.
  6. ↑ Member institution is a Division I school in basketball and softball, and a Division II member in volleyball.

Former affiliate members

The KJCCC had one former affiliate member, which was also a private school:

Institution Location[lower-alpha 1] Founded Affiliation Enrollment Nickname Joined Left Current
conference
Brown Mackie College Salina 1892 For-profit 7,773 Red Devils  ? 2017 N/A
Notes
  1. ↑ All locations are within the State of Kansas.

Football

Only seven of the schools have football: Butler, Coffeyville, Dodge City, Garden City, Hutchinson, Highland, and Independence. The conference is not divided into divisions for football.[5] Fort Scott terminated its football program on Nov. 8, 2021.

From 2000 through the 2013 season, the regular-season champion was considered the Jayhawk Conference champion while the playoff champion was considered the Region VI champion. Prior to the 2014 season, the playoffs were eliminated from the schedule so that each Jayhawk Conference team could play a game versus each football-playing school in Iowa. The Jayhawk Conference regular-season champion is now also the Region 6 champion.

The Independence Pirates football team was featured on the third and fourth seasons of the television documentary "Last Chance U" and consequently multiple games of the conference were featured on the documentary.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Definition of Jayhawker | Dictionary.com". www.dictionary.com.
  2. ↑ "Definition of JAYHAWKER". www.merriam-webster.com.
  3. ↑ "jayhawker" – via The Free Dictionary.
  4. ↑ "About Hesston College". Hesston College. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  5. ↑ Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Football
  6. ↑ "'Last Chance U' Renewed by Netflix for Season 3". 24 August 2017.
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