Formerly | Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges |
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Conference | None |
Founded | 1946 |
Commissioner | Marco Azurdia |
Sports fielded |
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No. of teams | 36 |
Headquarters | Vancouver, Washington |
Region | Pacific Northwest |
Official website | nwacsports.org |
The Northwest Athletic Conference (NWAC), formerly the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges (NWAACC), is a sports association for community colleges in the U.S. states of Oregon, Washington, and along with the Canadian province of British Columbia.
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.