Iowa Community College Athletic Conference

Junior college athletic conference

Iowa Community College Athletic Conference

Association| NJCAA
Founded| 1970
Commissioner| Thom McDonald
Sports fielded|

* 25 (13 men's, 12 women's)

Division| Region 11
No. of teams| 14
Headquarters| Ames, Iowa
Region| Midwest (Iowa and northeast Nebraska)
Official website| www.iccac.org

The Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) is the Region 11 of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). The Commissioner's Office, headquartered in Ames, Iowa oversees 25 sports. Conference championships are held in most sports and individuals can be named to All-Conference and All-Academic teams.

Freshman Eliana Bommarito of the Indian Hills Community College Women’s Wrestling team was named the 2022-23 Iowa Community College Athletic Conference Female Student-Athlete of the Year.[1]

## Member schools

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### Current members

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The ICCAC currently has 14 full members, all are public schools:

Institution  | Location[a] | Founded  | Affiliation  | Enrollment  | Nickname  | Joined  | Colors

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Des Moines Area Community College | Boone, Iowa | 1966  | Public  | 25,425  | Bears  | ?  |
Ellsworth Community College | Iowa Falls, Iowa | 1890  | Public  | 1,100  | Panthers  | ?  |
Hawkeye Community College | Waterloo, Iowa | 1966  | Public  | 5,042  | RedTails  | ?  |
Indian Hills Community College | Ottumwa, Iowa | 1966  | Public  | 5,520  | Warriors &
Falcons  | ?  |
Iowa Central Community College | Fort Dodge, Iowa | 1966  | Public  | 5,697  | Tritons  | ?  |
Iowa Lakes Community College | Estherville, Iowa | 1924  | Public  | 2,349  | Lakers  | ?  |
Iowa Western Community College | Council Bluffs, Iowa | 1967  | Public  | 5,500  | Reivers  | ?  |
Kirkwood Community College | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | 1966  | Public  | 17,625  | Eagles  | ?  |
Marshalltown Community College | Marshalltown, Iowa | 1927  | Public  | 2,971  | Tigers  | ?  |
Northeast Community College | Norfolk, Nebraska | 1928  | Public  | 2,343  | Hawks  | ?  |
North Iowa Area Community College | Mason City, Iowa | 1918  | Public  | 2,353  | Trojans  | ?  |
Scott Community College | Bettendorf, Iowa | 1966  | Public[b] | 5,026  | Eagles  | ?  |
Southeastern Community College | Burlington, Iowa | 1920  | Public  | 3,601  | Blackhawks  | ?  |
Southwestern Community College | Creston, Iowa | 1926  | Public  | 1,785  | Spartans  | ?  |

Notes

1. ^ All locations are within the State of Iowa.
2. ^ Part of the Eastern Iowa Community Colleges System.

### Partial members

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The ICCAC has one partial member, which is also a public school:

Institution  | Location[a] | Founded  | Affiliation  | Enrollment  | Nickname  | Joined  | Colors  | ICCAC
sport(s)  | Current
conference

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Dakota County Technical College | Rosemount, Minnesota | 1970  | Public[b] | 3,000  | Blue Knights  | ?  |  | men's soccer
women's soccer  | Independent
(NJCAA Region XIII)

Notes

1. ^ All locations are within the State of Iowa.
2. ^ Part of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System.

### Former members

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The ICCAC had five former full members, three were public schools:

Institution  | Location  | Founded  | Affiliation  | Enrollment  | Nickname  | Joined  | Left  | Current
conference

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AIB College of Business | Des Moines, Iowa | 1921  | Non-profit | 1,014  | Eagles | ?  | 2010  | Closed in 2016
Clinton Community College | Clinton, Iowa | 1946  | Public[a] | 1,500  | Cougars  | ?  | 2015  | N/A[b]
Little Priest Tribal College | Winnebago, Nebraska | 1996  | Public[c] | ?  | Warriors  | 2018  | 2020  | N/A[d]
Muscatine Community College | Muscatine, Iowa | 1929  | Public[a] | 1,850  | Cardinals  | ?  | ?  | N/A[b]
Waldorf College[e] | Forest City, Iowa | 1903  | For-profit | 580  | Warriors | ?  | ?  | North Star (NSAA)[f]

Notes

1. ^ a b Part of the Eastern Iowa Community Colleges System.
2. ^ a b Discontinued its athletics program.
3. ^ Part of the Nebraska Community College Association.
4. ^ Athletics program currently on hiatius due to COVID-19 pandemic.
5. ^ Currently known as Waldorf University since 2016.
6. ^ Currently an NAIA athletic conference.

## Sports sponsored

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The ICCAC member teams compete in:

* Baseball (men's)
* Basketball (men's & women's)
* Bowling (men's & women's)
* Cross country (men's & women's)
* Football (men's)
* Golf (men's & women's)
* Indoor track & field (men's & women's)
* Outdoor track & field (men's & women's)
* Rodeo (men's & women's)
* Soccer (men's & women's)
* Softball (women's)
* Sports shooting (men's & women's)
* Swimming & diving (men's & women's)
* Volleyball (women's)
* Wrestling (men's)

## National championships

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### Football

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* 1976 Ellsworth (9-0)
* 1978 Iowa Central (9-1)
* 1987 Ellsworth (10-0)
* 2012 Iowa Western (12-0)

### Men's Basketball

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* 1971 Ellsworth
* 1995 NIACC (DII)
* 1997 Indian Hills
* 1998 Indian Hills
* 1998 Kirkwood (DII)
* 1999 Indian Hills
* 2000 Southeastern
* 2003 Southeastern
* 2004 Southeastern
* 2016 Kirkwood (DII)
* 2017 Southwestern (DII)
* 2021 Des Moines Area (DII)

### Women's Basketball

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* 1997 Kirkwood (DII)
* 2002 Kirkwood (DII)
* 2007 Kirkwood (DII)
* 2008 Kirkwood (DII)
* 2009 Kirkwood (DII)
* 2010 Kirkwood (DII)
* 2017 Kirkwood (DII)

### Baseball

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* 2010 Iowa Western
* 2012 Iowa Western
* 2014 Iowa Western

### Men's Bowling

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* 2017 Iowa Central

### Men's Cross Country

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* 2014 Iowa Central
* 2015 Iowa Central

### Women's Cross Country

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* 2007 Iowa Central
* 2008 Iowa Central
* 2011 Iowa Central
* 2012 Iowa Central
* 2013 Iowa Central

### Men's Half Marathon

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* 2007 Iowa Central
* 2011 Iowa Central
* 2012 Iowa Central
* 2013 Iowa Central
* 2016 Iowa Central

### Women's Half Marathon

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* 2011 Iowa Central
* 2012 Iowa Central
* 2016 Iowa Central

### Men's Golf

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* 2000 Indian Hills
* 2011 Indian Hills
* 2012 Indian Hills
* 2014 Indian Hills
* 2015 Indian Hills

### Men's Soccer

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* 2013 Iowa Western

### Women's Soccer

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* 2013 Iowa Western
* 2015 Iowa Central

### Softball

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* 1977 Ellsworth
* 2003 Southeastern

### Men's Track and Field

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* 2011 Iowa Central (Indoor)
* 2012 Iowa Central (Indoor)
* 2014 Iowa Central (Indoor)
* 2016 Iowa Central (Indoor)
* 2017 Iowa Central (Indoor)

### Women's Track and Field

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* 2010 Iowa Central (Indoor)
* 2012 Iowa Central (Indoor)
* 2013 Iowa Central (Outdoor)
* 2014 Iowa Central (Indoor)
* 2016 Iowa Central (Indoor)
* 2016 Iowa Central (Outdoor)

### Volleyball

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* 2003 Kirkwood
* 2006 Iowa Western

### Wrestling

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* 1973 NIACC
* 1981 Iowa Central
* 2002 Iowa Central
* 2006 Iowa Central
* 2007 Iowa Central
* 2008 Iowa Central
* 2009 Iowa Central
* 2015 Iowa Central
* 2017 Iowa Central

## The Graphic Edge Bowl

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The ICCAC, along with primary sponsor The Graphic Edge, puts on two annual bowl games the first Sunday of December at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. The two games feature the top two teams from the ICCAC versus at-large qualifiers. If one of the Iowa teams has qualified for the NJCAA national championship game, the "feature" game becomes the national championship game if the best Iowa team is ranked No. 1. If the best Iowa team is ranked No. 2, the third-best Iowa team takes its place in the Graphic Edge Bowl. It's possible for both Iowa teams to have losing records in this case as the NJCAA does not require a team to have a winning record to qualify for a bowl game.

The now-defunct Midwest Football Conference, which featured as many as 10 teams from Iowa, Illinois, Michigan and North Dakota sent the champions of each of its divisions unless one of them qualified for the national championship game as the No. 2-ranked team, in which case another Midwest Football Conference team qualified for the bowl in its place.

The second-best Iowa team plays one of the at-large teams in the first game, which kicks off at 11 a.m. The best Iowa team plays another at-large team in the 2:30 p.m. "Feature" game, which can be for the NJCAA title if the Iowa team is ranked No. 1 and the No. 2 team is able to accept a bid to the game.

The two at-large bids vary from year-to-year, but recent tendency is that the 11 a.m. game features one of the better teams from the MCAC (Minnesota College Athletic Conference) and that the later game features a highly-ranked opponent.

## See also

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* National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA)

## References

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1. ^ Release, Press (May 24, 2023). "BOMMARITO NAMED ICCAC STUDENT-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR".

## External links

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* Official website
* NJCAA Website