The Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges, commonly called the NWAACC ("En-Wack"), is a sports association for community colleges in the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington, and the Canadian province of British Columbia.
The NWAACC 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 Oregon Community College Athletic Association (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 Canadian border.
The NWAACC, 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 NWAACC website athletes representing conference schools in the NJCAA wrestling tournament.
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