North American college athletic conference
The Cascade Collegiate Conference (or Cascade Conference ) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Member schools are located in the Northwestern United States and in British Columbia . The conference's members compete in 15 sports. The current commissioner of the conference is Robert Cashell.
Cascade Collegiate Conference
200km 125miles
Corban
Lewis–Clark State
Walla Walla
Multnomah
Bushnell
Warner Pacific
Evergreen State
Northwest
Southern Oregon
Oregon Tech
College of Idaho
Eastern Oregon
Location of Cascade members:
current
Chronological timeline [ edit ]
1993 – The Cascade Collegiate Conference (CCC) was founded. Charter members included Albertson College of Idaho (now the College of Idaho), Concordia College, Portland (later Concordia University–Portland), Eastern Oregon State College (now Eastern Oregon University), George Fox College (George Fox University), Northwest Nazarene College (now Northwest Nazarene University), the Oregon Institute of Technology (Oregon Tech), Southern Oregon State College (now Southern Oregon University), Western Baptist College (now Corban University) and Western Oregon State College (now Western Oregon University), beginning the 1993–94 academic year.
1995 – George Fox left the CCC and the NAIA to join the Division III ranks of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Northwest Conference (NWC) after the 1994–95 academic year.
1997 – Cascade College and Northwest College (now Northwest University) joined the CCC in the 1997–98 academic year.
1998 – Western Oregon left the CCC and the NAIA to join the NCAA Division II ranks and the Pacific West Conference (PacWest) after the 1997–98 academic year; while remaining in the conference as an affiliate member for some sports until the end of the 1999–2000 academic year.
1999 – The Evergreen State College and Warner Pacific College (now Warner Pacific University) joined the CCC in the 1999–2000 academic year.
2007 – Northwest Christian College (now Bushnell University) joined the CCC in the 2007–08 academic year.
2008 – The University of British Columbia joined the CCC as an affiliate member for baseball in the 2009 spring season (2008–09 academic year).
2009 – Cascade left the CCC as the school announced that it would close at the end of the 2008–09 academic year.
2015 – Multnomah University and Walla Walla University joined the CCC in the 2015–16 academic year.
2015 – Three institutions joined the CCC as affiliate members: Rocky Mountain College for men's and women's soccer; Carroll College and the University of Great Falls (now the University of Providence) for men's and women's soccer and softball, all effective in the 2015–16 academic year.
2017 – Four institutions joined the CCC as affiliate members: Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University–Prescott , Menlo College , Montana State University–Northern and Simpson University (with Providence also adding the sport in its CCC affiliate membership), all effective in the 2017–18 academic year.
2018 – Life Pacific University joined the CCC as an affiliate member for men's wrestling, while British Columbia added men's and women's golf, and men's and women's track & field in its CCC affiliate membership; all effective in the 2018–19 academic year.
2019 – Arizona Christian University and Vanguard University joined the CCC as affiliate members for women's wrestling (with Life Pacific, Menlo and Providence also adding the sport in its CCC affiliate membership); all effective in the 2019–20 academic year.
2020 – Lewis–Clark State College joined the CCC in the 2020–21 academic year.
2021 – Simpson added women's wrestling in its CCC affiliate membership in the 2021–22 academic year.
2022 – Life Pacific left the CCC as an affiliate member for men's and women's wrestling as the school dropped both sports at the end of the 2021–22 academic year.
2024 – Menlo and Vanguard left the CCC and the NAIA as affiliate members for wrestling (Menlo on both genders and Vanguard on women's only) to join the NCAA Division II ranks and the Pacific West Conference (PacWest) after the 2023–24 academic year.
2025 – Trinity Western University will join the CCC as an affiliate member for men's and women's cross country and men's and women's track & field in the 2025–26 academic year.
The CCC currently has 12 full members, all but five are private schools:
Institution
Location
Founded
Affiliation
Enrollment
Nickname
Joined[ a]
Bushnell University [ b]
Eugene, Oregon
1895
Disciples of Christ
800
Beacons
2007
Corban University
Salem, Oregon
1935
Christian
1,160
Warriors
1993
Eastern Oregon University
La Grande, Oregon
1929
Public
3,743
Mountaineers
1993
The Evergreen State College
Olympia, Washington
1967
Public
4,509
Geoducks
1999
College of Idaho
Caldwell, Idaho
1891
Presbyterian (PCUSA)
1,042
Coyotes
1993
Lewis–Clark State College
Lewiston, Idaho
1893
Public
4,500
Warriors &Lady Warriors
2020
Multnomah University
Portland, Oregon
1936
Nondenominational
860
Lions
2015
Northwest University
Kirkland, Washington
1934
Assemblies of God
1,280
Eagles
1997
Oregon Institute of Technology
Klamath Falls, Oregon
1947
Public
3,927
Owls
1993
Southern Oregon University
Ashland, Oregon
1882
Public
6,744
Raiders
1993
Walla Walla University
College Place, Washington
1892
Seventh-day Adventist
1,940
Wolves
2015[ c]
Warner Pacific University
Portland, Oregon
1937
Church of God
1,333
Knights
1999
Notes
^ Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
^ Formerly known as Northwest Christian University until 2020.
^ Walla Walla withdrew from CCC competition during the 2020–21 school year for men's & women's basketball, men's soccer and volleyball as part of its COVID-19 safety plan. All of those mentioned sports returned back to CCC conference play for the 2021–22 school year.[ 1]
The CCC currently has 8 affiliate members, all but two are private schools:
Institution
Location
Founded
Affiliation
Enrollment
Nickname
Joined[ a]
CCC sport
Primary conference
Arizona Christian University
Phoenix, Arizona
1960
Nondenominational
820
Firestorm
2019–20m.wr.
men's wrestling
Great Southwest (GSAC)
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia
1908
Public
50,304
Thunderbirds
2008–09bsb. ; 2015–16sfb. ; 2018–19m.gf. ; 2018–19w.gf. ; 2018–19m.t.f. ; 2018–19w.t.f.
baseball; softball; men's golf; women's golf; men's track & field; women's track & field
Canada West (U Sports )
Carroll College
Helena, Montana
1909
Catholic (Diocese of Helena )
1,502
Fighting Saints
2015–16m.soc. ; 2015–16w.soc. ; 2015–16sfb.
men's soccer; women's soccer; softball
Frontier
Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University–Prescott
Prescott, Arizona
1978
Nonsectarian
1,700
Eagles
2017–18m.wr.
men's wrestling
Great Southwest (GSAC)
Montana State University–Northern
Havre, Montana
1929
Public
1,207
Lights
2017–18m.wr.
men's wrestling
Frontier
University of Providence
Great Falls, Montana
1932
Catholic(Ursulines )
800
Argonauts
2015–16m.soc. ; 2015–16w.soc. ; 2015–16sfb. ; 2017–18m.wr. ; 2019–20w.wr.
men's soccer; women's soccer; softball; men's wrestling; women's wrestling
Frontier
Rocky Mountain College
Billings, Montana
1878
various[ b]
894
Battlin' Bears
2015–16m.soc. ; 2015–16w.soc.
men's soccer; women's soccer
Frontier
Simpson University
Redding, California
1921
Christian & Missionary Alliance
1,280
Red Hawks
2017–18m.wr. ; 2021–22w.wr.
men's wrestling; women's wrestling
California Pacific (CalPac)
Notes
Future affiliate members [ edit ]
The CCC will have one new affiliate member, a private school:
The CCC had five former full members, all but one were private schools:
Notes
^ Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
^ Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
^ Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.
^ a b c d e Currently an NCAA Division II athletic conference.
^ Currently an NCAA Division III athletic conference.
^ Northwest Nazarene adopted its current nickname of Nighthawks since 2017.
^ Western Oregon remained in the CCC as an affiliate member for some sports from 1998–99 to 1999–2000.
The CCC had five former affiliate members, four of them were private schools:
Notes
^ Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
^ Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.
^ a b c d Currently an NCAA Division II athletic conference.
^ Western Oregon was a full member of the CCC from 1993–94 to 1997–98.
Membership timeline [ edit ]
Full member (non-football)
Associate member (sport)
Men's basketball : all full member schools participate
Women's basketball : all full member schools participate
Wrestling: Added in 2017, 12 men's teams and seven women's teams participate
Howard Morris (1994–2003)
Phil Pifer (2003–2006)
Bart Valentine (2007)
Dave Haglund (2007–2012)
Robert Cashell (2012–present)
Conference titles by school [ edit ]
School
Titles
British Columbia
5
Carroll
2
Concordia–Portland
71
Corban
19
Eastern Oregon
32
George Fox
6
College of Idaho
49
Northwest
6
Northwest Christian
6
Northwest Nazarene
7
Oregon Tech
25
Rocky Mountain
2
Southern Oregon
50
Warner Pacific
4
Western Oregon
21
Men
Year
Team
1994
Eastern Oregon
1995
Eastern Oregon
1996
Eastern Oregon
1997
Eastern Oregon
1998
Eastern Oregon
1999
Eastern Oregon
2000
Eastern Oregon
2001
Eastern Oregon
2002
Eastern Oregon
2003
Eastern Oregon
2004
Southern Oregon
2005
Southern Oregon
2006
Concordia–Portland
2007
Eastern Oregon
2008
Southern Oregon
2009
Southern Oregon
2010
Southern Oregon
2011
Southern Oregon
2012
Southern Oregon
2013
Southern Oregon
2014
Southern Oregon
2015
Southern Oregon
2016
Southern Oregon
2017
Southern Oregon
2018
College of Idaho
2019
College of Idaho
Women
Year
Team
1994
George Fox
1995
Eastern Oregon
1996
Eastern Oregon
1997
Eastern Oregon
1998
Eastern Oregon
1999
Eastern Oregon
2000
Northwest
2001
Northwest
2002
Northwest
2003
Northwest
2004
Northwest
2005
Eastern Oregon
2006
Corban
2007
Eastern Oregon
2008
College of Idaho
2009
College of Idaho
2010
Concordia–Portland
2011
College of Idaho
2012
College of Idaho
2013
College of Idaho
2014
Northwest Christian
2015
Northwest Christian
2016
Northwest Christian
2017
Oregon Tech
2018
Oregon Tech
2019
College of Idaho
Men
Year
Team
Record
Tournament
1994
George Fox
5–0–0
1995
Corban
5–1–0
1996
Corban
5–0–1
1997
Corban
8–1–1
Corban
1998
Concordia–Portland Corban
7–3–0
Concordia–Portland
1999
Concordia–Portland
9–1–0
Concordia–Portland
2000
Concordia–Portland
10–2–0
2001
College of Idaho
10–2–0
2002
Concordia–Portland
10–2–0
Concordia–Portland
2003
Concordia–Portland
10–2–0
College of Idaho
2004
Concordia–Portland
9–2–1
2005
Concordia–Portland
11–1–0
2006
Concordia–Portland College of Idaho
9–3–0
2007
Concordia–Portland
13–1–0
2008
College of Idaho †
12–0–0
Concordia–Portland
2009
Warner Pacific
11–2–1
2010
Concordia–Portland
12–1–1
2011
Concordia–Portland
11–1–1
2012
Concordia–Portland
12–1–1
2013
Corban
11–1–2
2014
Concordia–Portland
12–2–0
Corban
2015
Rocky Mountain
11–1–1
2016
Corban Rocky Mountain
11–2 10–1–2
Corban
2017
Southern Oregon Rocky Mountain
11–1–1
Southern Oregion
2018
Southern Oregon
11–0–2
Rocky Mountain
2019
Corban
12–0–1
† Overall Champion
Women
Year
Team
Record
Tournament
1996
Corban
4–2–0
1997
Concordia–Portland
8–1–1
1998
Concordia–Portland
9–0–1
1999
Corban
8–1–1
2000
Concordia–Portland
10–0–0
Concordia–Portland
2001
Concordia–Portland
13–1–0
Concordia–Portland
2002
Concordia–Portland
16–0–0
Concordia–Portland
2003
Concordia–Portland †
10–0–1
2004
Concordia–Portland †
10–0–1
2005
Concordia–Portland †
10–1–0
Concordia–Portland
2006
Concordia–Portland
9–0–0
Concordia–Portland
2007
Concordia–Portland
10–0–0
Concordia–Portland
2008
Concordia–Portland
10–0–0
2009
Concordia–Portland College of Idaho
8–1–0
2010
Concordia–Portland
8–0–1
2011
Concordia–Portland
8–1–0
2012
Northwest
7–1–1
Concordia–Portland
2013
Concordia–Portland
9–0–0
2014
Northwest
8–0–1
Concordia–Portland
2015
Carroll
9–1–1
2016
Southern Oregon Carroll
9–2 8–0–3
2017
Eastern Oregon
9–1–1
2018
Eastern Oregon Carroll
9–1–2
Northwest
2019
Oregon Tech
10–0–2
Eastern Oregon
† Overall Champion
Year
Team
Record
Tournament
1988
Western Oregon
8–0
Western Oregon
1989
Western Oregon
8–0
Western Oregon
1990
Western Oregon Southern Oregon
6–2
Western Oregon
1991
Southern Oregon
8–0
Southern Oregon
1992
Western Oregon
7–0
Western Oregon
1993
Western Oregon
6–0
Western Oregon
1994
Northwest Nazarene
7–0
Northwest Nazarene
1995
Western Oregon Northwest Nazarene
11–1
Western Oregon
1996
Western Oregon
11–1
Northwest Nazarene
1997
Western Oregon
14–2
Corban
1998
Northwest Nazarene
15–1
Northwest Nazarene
1999
Concordia–Portland
14–2
Concordia–Portland
2000
Concordia–Portland
16–0
Concordia–Portland
2001
Concordia–Portland
16–0
Concordia–Portland
2002
Concordia–Portland
18–0
Concordia–Portland
2003
Southern Oregon
15–3
Southern Oregon
Year
Team
Record
Tournament
2004
Southern Oregon Northwest
15–3
Southern Oregon
2005
Southern Oregon
17–1
Southern Oregon
2006
College of Idaho
18–0
College of Idaho
2007
Southern Oregon College of Idaho
19–1
Southern Oregon
2008
College of Idaho
18–2
College of Idaho
2009
College of Idaho
17–1
Western Oregon
2010
Southern Oregon
17–1
Southern Oregon
2011
College of Idaho
17–1
College of Idaho
2012
College of Idaho
16–2
College of Idaho
2013
College of Idaho
16–2
College of Idaho
2014
Eastern Oregon
16–2
College of Idaho
2015
Eastern Oregon
18–2
College of Idaho
2016
Eastern Oregon
19–1
Eastern Oregon
2017
Eastern Oregon
19–1
Eastern Oregon
2018
Southern Oregon Eastern Oregon
17–3
Southern Oregon
2019
Southern Oregon Eastern Oregon
18–2
Southern Oregon
Men
Year
Team
Record
Tournament
1992–93
College of Idaho
14–2
College of Idaho
1993–94
Northwest Nazarene
14–2
Northwest Nazarene
1994–95
Northwest Nazarene
13–3
Northwest Nazarene
1995–96
College of Idaho
13–1
College of Idaho
1996–97
Oregon Tech
12–2
Corban
1997–98
Corban Northwest Nazarene
14–4
Corban
1998–99
Southern Oregon
14–2
Southern Oregon
1999–00
Concordia–Portland
13–3
Oregon Tech
2000–01
Oregon Tech
16–2
College of Idaho
2001–02
Evergreen
17–1
Corban
2002–03
Cascade Concordia–Portland Oregon Tech
13–5
College of Idaho
2003–04
College of Idaho
16–2
College of Idaho
2004–05
Oregon Tech Southern Oregon
14–4
Southern Oregon
2005–06
Warner Pacific
13–5
Oregon Tech
2006–07
Oregon Tech Warner Pacific
15–3
Warner Pacific
2007–08
Eastern Oregon
17–3
Warner Pacific
2008–09
Oregon Tech Eastern Oregon
15–3
Oregon Tech
2009–10
Oregon Tech
15–3
Oregon Tech
2010–11
Oregon Tech
16–2
Oregon Tech
2011–12
Oregon Tech Northwest
15–3
Oregon Tech
2012–13
Eastern Oregon Warner Pacific
15–3
Warner Pacific
2013–14
College of Idaho
16–2
College of Idaho
2014–15
College of Idaho Concordia–Portland
14–4
College of Idaho
2015–16
Northwest Christian
17–3
Northwest Christian
2016–17
Northwest Christian
17–3
Idaho
2017–18
College of Idaho
18–2
College of Idaho
2018–19
Oregon Tech
18–2
College of Idaho
2019–20
College of Idaho
20–0
College of Idaho
Women
Year
Team
Record
Tournament
1991–92
Western Oregon
10–2
1992–93
Southern Oregon
8–2
Not Played
1993–94
Western Oregon
11–1
Western Oregon
1994–95
Western Oregon
10–2
Western Oregon
1995–96
Western Oregon
11–1
Western Oregon
1996–97
Northwest Nazarene
10–2
Northwest Nazarene
1997–98
Western Oregon
13–1
Southern Oregon
1998–99
Southern Oregon
10–2
Southern Oregon
1999–00
Northwest Nazarene
14–1
Northwest Nazarene
2000–01
College of Idaho
14–2
Corban
2001–02
Eastern Oregon
13–3
Southern Oregon
2002–03
Southern Oregon
16–2
Southern Oregon
2003–04
Eastern Oregon
17–1
Eastern Oregon
2004–05
Oregon Tech Eastern Oregon
16–2
Corban
2005–06
Warner Pacific
16–2
Eastern Oregon
2006–07
Eastern Oregon Corban
15–3
Corban
2007–08
Southern Oregon Eastern Oregon
17–3
Southern Oregon
2008–09
Concordia–Portland College of Idaho
18–2
Concordia–Portland
2009–10
College of Idaho
14–4
College of Idaho
2010–11
Concordia–Portland Corban
13–5
Concordia–Portland
2011–12
Corban
15–3
College of Idaho
2012–13
Eastern Oregon
18–0
Eastern Oregon
2013–14
Eastern Oregon
14–4
Oregon Tech
2014–15
Eastern Oregon
16–2
Oregon Tech
2015–16
Southern Oregon
19–1
Southern Oregon
2016–17
Southern Oregon
18–2
Southern Oregon
2017–18
Eastern Oregon
20–0
Eastern Oregon
2018–19
Eastern Oregon
19–1
Eastern Oregon
2019–20
Northwest Christian
17–3
Northwest Christian
Year
Team
Record
1993
George Fox
14–3–0
1994
George Fox
16–2–0
1995
Western Oregon
18–2–0
1996
College of Idaho
14–0–1
1997
College of Idaho
14–1–0
1998
College of Idaho
29–1–0
1999
College or Idaho
25–4–0
2000
College of Idaho
25–5–0
2001
Western Oregon
25–7–0
2002
College of Idaho
18–6–0
2003
Concordia–Portland
11–9–0
2004
Concordia–Portland
22–8–0
2005
College of Idaho Oregon Tech
17–13–0
2006
College of Idaho
20–10–0
2007
College of Idaho
15–3–0
2008
College of Idaho
14–4–0
2009
British Columbia
27–6–0
2010
British Columbia
27–5–0
2011
Lewis–Clark State
23–8–0
2012
Lewis–Clark State
25–6–0
2013
Lewis–Clark State
22–6–0
2014
Lewis–Clark State
24–4–0
2015
Lewis-Clark State
24–4–0
2016
Lewis–Clark State
30–5
2017
Lewis–Clark State
22–8
2018
Lewis–Clark State
26–6
2019
Lewis–Clark State
24–8
Men
Year
Team
2008
Concordia–Portland
2009
Concordia–Portland
2010
Concordia–Portland
2011
Concordia–Portland
2012
Concordia–Portland
2013
Concordia–Portland
2014
Concordia–Portland
2015
Concordia–Portland
2016
Oregon Tech
2017
Northwest Christian
2018
Oregon Tech
2019
British Columbia
Women
Year
Team
2008
Concordia–Portland
2009
Concordia–Portland
2010
Concordia–Portland
2011
Concordia–Portland
2012
Concordia–Portland
2013
Concordia–Portland
2014
Concordia–Portland
2015
Concordia–Portland
2016
Corban
2017
Oregon Tech
2018
Oregon Tech
2019
British Columbia
Year
Team
Record
Tournament
1999
Eastern Oregon
14–4
2000
No Cascade schedule
2001
Oregon Tech
14–4
2002
Oregon Tech
16–4
2003
Southern Oregon
11–4
2004
Southern Oregon
20–5
2005
Southern Oregon
19–6
2006
Oregon Tech
17–2
2007
College of Idaho
16–4
2008
Oregon Tech
20–4
2009
College of Idaho
20–4
2010
Concordia–Portland
21–3
Concordia–Portland
2011
Oregon Tech
19–5
Oregon Tech
2012
Oregon Tech
20–4
Oregon Tech
2013
Corban
24–4
College of Idaho
2014
Oregon Tech
23–5
Concordia–Portland
2015
Oregon Tech
22–6
Corban
2016
E: Carroll W: Southern Oregon
7–5 15–5
Eastern Oregon
2017
Corban
22–5
Southern Oregon
2018
Southern Oregon
22–5
Southern Oregon
2019
Southern Oregon
24–3
Southern Oregon
Men
Year
Team
1995
George Fox
1996
Western Oregon
1997
Western Oregon
1998
Western Oregon
1999
Western Oregon
2000
Southern Oregon
2001
Southern Oregon
2002
Southern Oregon
2003
Eastern Oregon
2004
Southern Oregon
2005
Southern Oregon
2006
Concordia–Portland
2007
Concordia–Portland Eastern Oregon
2008
Concordia–Portland
2009
Concordia–Portland
2010
Concordia–Portland
2011
Concordia–Portland
2012
Concordia–Portland
2013
Southern Oregon
2014
Southern Oregon
2015
Eastern Oregon
2016
Southern Oregon
2017
Southern Oregon
2018
Eastern Oregon
2019
Southern Oregon
Women
Year
Team
1995
George Fox
1996
Western Oregon
1997
Western Oregon
1998
Western Oregon
1999
Western Oregon
2000
Southern Oregon
2001
Southern Oregon
2002
Southern Oregon
2003
Oregon Tech
2004
Oregon Tech
2005
Oregon Tech
2006
Oregon Tech
2007
Concordia–Portland
2008
Concordia–Portland
2009
Concordia–Portland
2010
Concordia–Portland
2011
Concordia–Portland
2012
Concordia–Portland
2013
College of Idaho
2014
College of Idaho
2015
College of Idaho
2016
College of Idaho
2017
College of Idaho
2018
College of Idaho
2019
British Columbia
Single Division Football-only † Conference sponsors football