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The Scenic West Athletic Conference (also known as the Scenic West Conference) is a sports association for junior colleges located in Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, and California. The conference is a member of the NJCAA and sponsors 10 sports, 5 for men and 5 for women. It is the sole conference in the NJCAA's Region 18.

History

The origins of the Scenic West started in 1986, as the nine schools in the region resumed round-robin competition after discontinuing it in 1985. Salt Lake Community College began play in 1987, and the conference adopted its current name in 1990.

Region 18 itself was formed in 1968, as Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington were split off from Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah, which remained in the NJCAA's Region 1. When almost all of the Oregon and Washington schools left the NJCAA to form the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges (now NWAC) in 1983, the next year Nevada, Utah, and far western Colorado were added to Region 18 to keep the region feasible. This year brought the initial round-robin schedule, but the next year the addition of Flathead Community College of Montana caused that schedule to be dropped. This was short-lived, as Flathead's team disbanded during the season, and the remaining regional schools joined to form the current Scenic West.

Member schools

Current members

The SWAC currently has eight full members, all but one are public schools:

Notes

1. ^ Part of the Utah System of Higher Education.
2. ^ Declared as a new program, as it began sponsoring intercollegiate athletics.
3. ^ Part of the Nevada System of Higher Education.
4. Formerly known as College of Eastern Utah until 2010.

Former members

Scenic West

The SWAC had six former full members, all but two are public schools:

Notes

1. Formerly known as Dixie College until 2001, later as Dixie State College from 2001 to 2011, then as Dixie State University from 2011 to 2022, now currently known as Utah Tech University since 2022.
2. ^ Part of the Utah System of Higher Education.
3. Dixie State's/Utah Tech's nickname changed to Red Storm from 2009 to 2016, and then to Trailblazers since 2016.
4. ^ Currently an NCAA Division I athletic conference.
5. Formerly known as Ricks College until 2001.
6. ^ Discontinued its intercollegiate athletics program.
7. Part of the Oregon Community College Association.
8. Formerly known as Utah Valley College from 1987–1993 and Utah Valley State College for the rest of the school's SWAC tenure. Currently known as Utah Valley University since 2007.
9. Part of the Nevada System of Higher Education.
10. Declared as a new program, as it began sponsoring intercollegiate athletics.

Schools leaving before Region XVIII became the NWAC

Notes

1. ^ Part of the Washington Community and Technical Colleges System.
2. ^ Part of the Oregon Community College Association.
3. ^ Discontinued its intercollegiate athletics program.
4. ^ Declared as a new program, as it began sponsoring intercollegiate athletics.
5. Later known as Cascade College from 1993 until 2009.
6. Later known as Concordia College from 1977 until 1995; then known as Concordia University from 1995 until 2020.
7. Currently known as Pierce College since 1986.
8. Currently known as Green River College since 2014.
9. Currently known as Yakima Valley College since 2022.

Region 18 Divisions

1968-69

1969-70

1970-71

1971-72 to 1973-74

1974-75 to 1975-76

1976-77 to 1977-78

1978-79

1979-80 to 1980-81

1981-82 to 1982-83

Post-NWAACC Alignments

Sponsored sports (men)

• Basketball
• Baseball – uses wooden bats in conference play
• Golf
• Wrestling
• Soccer

Sponsored sports (women)

• Basketball
• Golf
• Soccer
• Softball
• Volleyball

References

1. "Coming a long way: Evolution of a mighty JC conference". Carbon County (UT) Sun Advocate. 2010-03-02. Retrieved 2014-01-14.
2. "Scenic West Welcomes New Member for Fall 2021 Season". Truckee Meadows Community College. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
3. "Nick Arbelaez Named Coach of Soccer Programs - News - Truckee Meadows Community College". www.tmcc.edu. Retrieved 2022-09-23.

External links

• Scenic West Athletic Conference

1. "Archive Website: Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges". NWAC. Archived from the original on 2022-09-28. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
2. "Archive Website: NWAACC Men's Basketball Past Standings" (PDF). NWAC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-09-25. Retrieved September 25, 2022.

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