Cascade Collegiate Conference
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The Cascade Conference is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIA allows colleges and universities outside the USA...

. Member schools are located in the Northwestern United States
Northwestern United States
The Northwestern United States comprise the northwestern states up to the western Great Plains regions of the United States, and consistently include the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, to which part of southeast Alaska is also sometimes included...

. Its basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 teams compete in Division II, the lower of the two levels of NAIA basketball competition. The conference's ten members compete in 13 sports. The current commissioner of the conference is Dave Haglund, who became the conference's first full time commissioner in July 2007.

Full members

Institution Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment Nickname Varsity Sports
The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID
(31,041)
1891 Private (Presbyterian Church) 834 Coyotes 17
Concordia University Portland, OR
(538,554)
1905 Private (Missouri Synod) 1,600 Cavaliers 13
Corban University Salem, OR
(142,914)
1935 Private (Association of Christian Schools International
Association of Christian Schools International
The Association of Christian Schools International is an association of evangelical Protestant Christian schools.-Purposes:ACSI, a protestant association for Christian schools, impacts nearly 23,000 schools and transforms the lives of more than 3.9 million students worldwide...

)
900 Warriors 13
Eastern Oregon University
Eastern Oregon University
Eastern Oregon University is one of seven state-funded, four-year universities of higher education in the State of Oregon and belongs to the Oregon University System...

La Grande, OR
(12,282)
1929 Public (Oregon University System
Oregon University System
The Oregon University System consists of seven public, four-year universities in the State of Oregon administered by the Chancellor of the OUS, who is appointed by the Oregon State Board of Higher Education...

)
3,500 Mountaineers 10
The Evergreen State College
The Evergreen State College
The Evergreen State College is an accredited public liberal arts college and a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. It is located in Olympia, Washington, USA. Founded in 1967, Evergreen was formed to be an experimental and non-traditional college...

Olympia, WA
(44,114)
1967 Public (Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges
Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges
The Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges or COPLAC is a consortium of 26 public colleges and universities in 24 states and one Canadian province...

)
4,800 Geoducks 8
Northwest University Kirkland, WA
(45,814)
1934 Private (Assemblies of God
Assemblies of God
The Assemblies of God , officially the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, is a group of over 140 autonomous but loosely-associated national groupings of churches which together form the world's largest Pentecostal denomination...

)
1,280 Eagles 9
Northwest Christian University Eugene, OR
(142,185)
1895 Private (Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
The Christian Church is a Mainline Protestant denomination in North America. It is often referred to as The Christian Church, The Disciples of Christ, or more simply as The Disciples...

)
500 Beacons 12
Oregon Institute of Technology
Oregon Institute of Technology
Oregon Institute of Technology, also known as Oregon Tech or OIT, is an accredited university in the Oregon University System, and the only public institute of technology in the northwest United States. Located in Klamath Falls, Oregon, it provides undergraduate and graduate degrees in many...

Klamath Falls, OR
(12,286)
1947 Public (Oregon University System
Oregon University System
The Oregon University System consists of seven public, four-year universities in the State of Oregon administered by the Chancellor of the OUS, who is appointed by the Oregon State Board of Higher Education...

)
3,101 Owls 9
Southern Oregon University
Southern Oregon University
is a public liberal arts college located in Ashland, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1926, it was formerly known as Southern Oregon College and Southern Oregon State College . SOU offers criminology, natural sciences, including environmental science, Shakespearean studies and theatre arts programs...

Ashland, OR
(20,406)
1882 Public (Oregon University System
Oregon University System
The Oregon University System consists of seven public, four-year universities in the State of Oregon administered by the Chancellor of the OUS, who is appointed by the Oregon State Board of Higher Education...

)
5,000 Raiders
Southern Oregon Raiders
The Southern Oregon Raiders refers to the athletic teams of Southern Oregon University, located in Ashland, OR. The Raiders are a member of the Cascade Collegiate Conference for all sports excluding American football, wrestling and tennis...

12
Warner Pacific College
Warner Pacific College
Warner Pacific College is an urban, Christian liberal arts college located in Southeast Portland, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1937, the college is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities...

Portland, OR
(538,554)
1937 Private (Church of God) 644 Knights 9

Former members

  • Cascade College
    Cascade College
    Cascade College was a private, four-year, liberal arts college associated with the Churches of Christ. Located in Portland, Oregon, United States, it was a branch campus of Oklahoma Christian University. Its mission was to emphasize spiritual growth and career preparation...

  • George Fox University
    George Fox University
    George Fox University is a Christian university of the liberal arts and sciences, and professional studies located in Newberg, Oregon, United States. Founded as a school for Quakers in 1885, the private school has more than 3,400 students combined between its main campus in Newberg and its centers...

  • Northwest Nazarene University
    Northwest Nazarene University
    Northwest Nazarene University is a private Christian liberal arts college located in Nampa, Idaho.-History:Eugene Emerson organized a combination grade school and Bible school in 1913 as Idaho Holiness School...

  • Western Oregon University
    Western Oregon University
    Western Oregon University is a public liberal arts college located in Monmouth, Oregon, United States. It was originally established in 1856 by Oregon pioneers as Monmouth University. Subsequent names include Oregon Normal School, Oregon College of Education, and Western Oregon State College...


Endowment

  1. The College of Idaho, $39.0 million
  2. Oregon Institute of Technology
    Oregon Institute of Technology
    Oregon Institute of Technology, also known as Oregon Tech or OIT, is an accredited university in the Oregon University System, and the only public institute of technology in the northwest United States. Located in Klamath Falls, Oregon, it provides undergraduate and graduate degrees in many...

    , $14.5 million
  3. Southern Oregon University
    Southern Oregon University
    is a public liberal arts college located in Ashland, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1926, it was formerly known as Southern Oregon College and Southern Oregon State College . SOU offers criminology, natural sciences, including environmental science, Shakespearean studies and theatre arts programs...

    , $13.0 million
  4. Northwest Christian University, $12.7 million
  5. Northwest University, $8.4 million
  6. Concordia University, $7.2 million
  7. Warner Pacific College
    Warner Pacific College
    Warner Pacific College is an urban, Christian liberal arts college located in Southeast Portland, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1937, the college is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities...

    ,$2.95 million
  8. The Evergreen State College
    The Evergreen State College
    The Evergreen State College is an accredited public liberal arts college and a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. It is located in Olympia, Washington, USA. Founded in 1967, Evergreen was formed to be an experimental and non-traditional college...

    , $2.4 million
  9. Eastern Oregon University
    Eastern Oregon University
    Eastern Oregon University is one of seven state-funded, four-year universities of higher education in the State of Oregon and belongs to the Oregon University System...

    , $1.7 million
  10. Corban College
    Corban College
    Corban University is a private, independent Baptist college in Salem, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1935 as Western Baptist Bible College in Arizona, the school moved to Oregon near Salem in 1969 and changed its name to Corban College in 2005, and to the present moniker in 2010...

    , $1.5 million

Fall

  • Men's cross country
    Cross country running
    Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...

    , all schools participate
  • Women's cross country
    Cross country running
    Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...

    , all schools participate
  • Men's soccer, nine schools participate (Eastern Oregon and Southern Oregon do not)
  • Women's soccer, all schools participate
  • Women's Volleyball
    Volleyball
    Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

    , all schools participate

Winter

  • Men's basketball
    Basketball
    Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

    , all schools participate
  • Women's basketball
    Basketball
    Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

    , all schools participate

Spring

  • Baseball
    Baseball
    Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

    , only College of Idaho, Concordia, Corban and Oregon Tech participate
  • Golf
    Golf
    Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

     (men's & women's), nly College of Idaho, Concordia, Corban, Northwest Christian and Warner Pacific participate
  • Softball
    Softball
    Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...

    , seven schools participate (Cascade, Evergreen, Northwest and Warner Pacific do not)
  • Men's track and field
    Track and field
    Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

    , all schools participate
  • Women's track and field
    Track and field
    Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

    , all schools participate

Sports not sponsored

  • The College of Idaho participates in men's and women's skiing
    Skiing
    Skiing is a recreational activity using skis as equipment for traveling over snow. Skis are used in conjunction with boots that connect to the ski with use of a binding....

     as a member of the Northwest Conference of the United States Collegiate Ski & Snowboard Association, men's and women's swimming
    Swimming (sport)
    Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

     and women's tennis
    Tennis
    Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

    .
  • Eastern Oregon University participates in football
    American football
    American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

     as a member of the Frontier Conference
    Frontier Conference
    The Frontier Conference is a college athletic conference, founded in 1952 and affiliated with the NAIA. Member institutions are located in the northwestern United States, in the states of Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Utah....

    .
  • Southern Oregon University participates in football and wrestling
    Wrestling
    Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...

     as an independent member of the NAIA and women's tennis
    Tennis
    Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

    .

Commissioners

  • Howard Morris (1994–2003)
  • Phil Pifer (2003–2006)
  • Bart Valentine (2007)
  • Dave Haglund (2007–present)

Conference titles by school

Current members
  • Southern Oregon University: 26
  • Corban College: 25
  • Eastern Oregon University: 22
  • The College of Idaho: 21
  • Concordia University: 20
  • Oregon Institute of Technology: 11
  • Northwest University: 5
  • Warner Pacific: 2


Former members
  • Western Oregon University: 20
  • Northwest Nazarene University: 7
  • George Fox University: 6

Cross country

Year Men's Women's
1994 Eastern Oregon George Fox
1995 Eastern Oregon Eastern Oregon
1996 Eastern Oregon Eastern Oregon
1997 Eastern Oregon Eastern Oregon
1998 Eastern Oregon Eastern Oregon
1999 Eastern Oregon Eastern Oregon
2000 Eastern Oregon Northwest
2001 Eastern Oregon Northwest
2002 Eastern Oregon Northwest
2003 Eastern Oregon Northwest
2004 Southern Oregon Northwest
2005 Southern Oregon Eastern Oregon
2006 Concordia Corban
2007 Eastern Oregon Eastern Oregon

Regular season

Men's Women's
Conf Ovrl Conf Ovrl
Year Team W L T W L T Team W L T W L T
1994 George Fox 5 0 0 15 3 0 Not Played
1995 Corban 5 1 0 Not Played
1996 Corban 5 0 1 15 4 1 Corban 4 2 0 4 13 0
1997 Corban 8 1 1 12 4 3 Concordia 8 1 1 11 6 1
1998 Concordia 7 3 0 9 8 2 Concordia 9 0 1 14 4 1
Corban 7 3 0 11 8 0
1999 Concordia 9 1 0 17 5 2 Corban 8 1 1 13 10 1
2000 Concordia 10 2 0 13 8 0 Concordia 10 0 0 16 5 0
2001 College of Idaho 10 2 0 17 5 0 Concordia 13 1 0 20 4 0
2002 Concordia 10 2 0 17 6 0 Concordia 16 0 0 23 3 0
2003 Concordia 10 2 0 14 9 0 Concordia 10 0 1 15 1 2
2004 Concordia 9 2 1 11 6 2 Concordia 10 0 1 18 3 4
2005 Concordia 11 1 0 15 5 1 Concordia 10 1 0 17 4 0
2006 Concordia 9 3 0 12 6 3 Concordia 9 0 0 18 1 2
College of Idaho 9 3 0 11 7 1
2007 Concordia 13 1 0 16 4 0 Concordia 10 0 0 18 2 2
† Denotes best record between North and South divisions.

Conference tournament

Men's Women's
Year Team Year Team
1997 Corban 2000 Concordia
1998 Concordia 2001 Concordia
1999 Concordia 2002 Concordia
2002 Concordia 2005 Concordia
2003 College of Idaho 2006 Concordia
2007 Concordia

Volleyball

Regular Season Tournament
Conf Ovrl
Year Team W L W L Team
1988 Western Oregon 8 0 45 11 Western Oregon
1989 Western Oregon 8 0 31 15 Western Oregon
1990 Western Oregon 6 2 24 18 Western Oregon
Southern Oregon 6 2 22 19
1991 Southern Oregon 8 0 33 6 Southern Oregon
1992 Western Oregon 7 0 49 9 Western Oregon
1993 Western Oregon 6 0 43 17 Western Oregon
1994 Northwest Nazarene 7 0 35 8 Northwest Nazarene
1995 Western Oregon 11 1 42 7 Western Oregon
Northwest Nazarene 11 1 23 10
1996 Western Oregon 11 1 38 8 Northwest Nazarene
1997 Western Oregon 14 2 32 12 Corban
1998 Northwest Nazarene 15 1 34 7 Northwest Nazarene
1999 Concordia 14 2 19 5 Concordia
2000 Concordia 16 0 29 3 Concordia
2001 Concordia 16 0 25 5 Concordia
2002 Concordia 18 0 24 3 Concordia
2003 Southern Oregon 15 3 24 8 Southern Oregon
2004 Southern Oregon 15 3 28 8 Southern Oregon
Northwest 15 3 22 8
2005 Southern Oregon 17 1 26 6 Southern Oregon
2006 College of Idaho 18 0 34 3 College of Idaho
2007 Southern Oregon 19 1 26 6 Not Played
College of Idaho 19 1 25 8

Regular season

Men's Women's
Conf Ovrl Conf Ovrl
Year Team W L W L Team W L W L
1991–92 Not Played Western Oregon 10 2 26 9
1992–93 College of Idaho 14 2 22 8 Southern Oregon 8 2 20 7
1993–94 Northwest Nazarene 14 2 26 8 Western Oregon 11 1 31 6
1994–95 Northwest Nazarene 13 3 27 7 Western Oregon 10 2 23 9
1995–96 College of Idaho 13 1 32 3 Western Oregon 11 1 30 4
1996–97 Oregon Tech 12 2 29 6 Northwest Nazarene 10 2 27 7
1997–98 Corban 14 4 25 11 Western Oregon 13 1 24 11
Northwest Nazarene 14 4 27 10
1998–99 Southern Oregon 14 2 22 9 Southern Oregon 10 2 27 5
1999–00 Concordia 13 3 24 9 Northwest Nazarene 14 1 33 5
2000–01 Oregon Tech 16 2 32 6 College of Idaho 14 2 26 8
2001–02 Evergreen 17 1 26 7 Eastern Oregon 13 3 20 5
2002–03 Cascade 13 5 25 9 Southern Oregon 16 2 22 10
Concordia 13 5 22 9
Oregon Tech 13 5 27 7
2003–04 College of Idaho 16 2 27 7 Eastern Oregon 17 1 26 3
2004-05 Oregon Tech 14 4 28 10 Oregon Tech 16 2 22 9
Southern Oregon 14 4 22 10 Eastern Oregon 16 2 20 7
2005–06 Warner Pacific 13 5 23 8 Warner Pacific 16 2 22 9
2006–07 Oregon Tech 15 3 28 5 Eastern Oregon 15 3 25 7
Warner Pacific 15 3 28 6 Corban 15 3 27 7
2007–08 Eastern Oregon 17 3 26 6 Southern Oregon 17 3 29 5
Eastern Oregon 17 3 25 6

Conference tournament

Men's Women's
Year Team Team
1992–93 College of Idaho Not Played
1993–94 Northwest Nazarene Western Oregon
1994–95 Northwest Nazarene Western Oregon
1995–96 College of Idaho Western Oregon
1996–97 Corban Northwest Nazarene
1997–98 Corban Southern Oregon
1998–99 Southern Oregon Southern Oregon
1999–00 Oregon Tech Northwest Nazarene
2000–01 College of Idaho Corban
2001–02 Corban Southern Oregon
2002–03 College of Idaho Southern Oregon
2003–04 College of Idaho Eastern Oregon
2004–05 Southern Oregon Corban
2005–06 Oregon Tech Eastern Oregon
2006–07 Warner Pacific Corban
2007–08 Warner Pacific Southern Oregon

Baseball

Conf Ovrl
Year Team W L T W L T
1993 George Fox 14 3 0 26 14 1
1994 George Fox 16 2 0 31 13 0
1995 Western Oregon 18 2 0 32 11 1
1996 College of Idaho 14 0 1 45 14 0
1997 College of Idaho 14 1 0 40 7 0
1998 College of Idaho 29 1 0 47 7 0
1999 College or Idaho 25 4 0 43 15 0
2000 College of Idaho 25 5 0 49 14 0
2001 Western Oregon 25 7 0 41 20 0
2002 College of Idaho 18 6 0 42 20 1
2003 Concordia 11 9 0 24 28 0
2004 Concordia 22 8 0 37 22 0
2005 College of Idaho 17 13 0 26 25 0
Oregon Tech 17 13 0 26 25 0
2006 College of Idaho 20 10 0 36 20 0
2007 College of Idaho 15 3 0 31 17 0
2008 College of Idaho 14 4 0 30 26 0

Golf

Year Men's Women's
2008 Concordia Concordia

Softball

Conf Ovrl
Year Team W L W L
2001 Oregon Tech 14 4 40 19
2002 Oregon Tech 16 4 37 9
2003 Southern Oregon 11 4 29 11
2004 Southern Oregon 20 5 40 12
2005 Southern Oregon 19 6 39 19
2006 Oregon Tech 17 2 37 6
2007 College of Idaho 16 4 37 12
2008 Oregon Tech 20 4 36 14

Track and field

Year Men's Women's
1995 George Fox George Fox
1996 Western Oregon Western Oregon
1997 Western Oregon Western Oregon
1998 Western Oregon Western Oregon
1999 Western Oregon Western Oregon
2000 Southern Oregon Southern Oregon
2001 Southern Oregon Southern Oregon
2002 Southern Oregon Southern Oregon
2003 Eastern Oregon Oregon Tech
2004 Southern Oregon Oregon Tech
2005 Southern Oregon Oregon Tech
2006 Concordia Oregon Tech
2007 Concordia Concordia
Eastern Oregon
2008 Concordia Concordia
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