California Collegiate Athletic Association

California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA)
Established	1938
Association	NCAA
Division	Division II
Members	12
Sports fielded	12 (men's: 6; women's: 6)
Region	California
Headquarters	Walnut Creek, California
Commissioner	Mike Matthews
Website	goccaa.org
Locations

The California Collegiate Athletic Association or CCAA is a collegiate athletic conference at the Division II level ^[1] of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). All of its current members are public universities, and all except for UC San Diego are members of the California State University system.^[2]

It was founded in December 1938 and began competition in 1939. The commissioner of the CCAA is Mike Matthews. CCAA offices are located in Walnut Creek, California, which is also the city where the Pac-12 Conference headquarters are located.^[3] The CCAA is the most successful conference in NCAA Division II, as its former and current members have won 153 National Championships.^[4]

Membership

Current members

• California State–Los Angeles — left the CCAA in 1969, and re-joined in 1974.

Future members

• Provisional member in red.^[5]

Former members

Membership timeline

 Full member (all sports)   Full member (non-football)   Associate member (football-only)   Associate member (sport) 

Sports sponsored

The CCAA sponsors six sports for women and six sports for men. Cross country, soccer and volleyball are fall sports; basketball is a winter sport; golf, outdoor track & field, softball, and baseball are spring sports. Throughout the years, CCAA teams have won 152 NCAA championships in their sports, which is best among all Division II conferences.

The CCAA has a Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, which is made up of student-athletes from each member institution.

Conference sports

Sport	Men's	Women's
Baseball	Y
Basketball	Y	Y
Cross Country	Y	Y
Golf	Y
Soccer	Y	Y
Softball		Y
Track & Field Outdoor	Y	Y
Volleyball		Y

Men's sponsored sports by school

School	Baseball	Basketball	Cross Country	Golf	Soccer	Track & Field Outdoor	Total CCAA Sports
Cal Poly Pomona	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	5
Chico State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	6
Cal State Dominguez Hills	Y	Y		Y	Y		4
Cal State East Bay	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	6
Cal State Los Angeles	Y	Y			Y	Y	4
Cal State Monterey Bay	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		5
Cal State San Bernardino	Y	Y		Y	Y		4
Cal State Stanislaus	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	6
UC San Diego	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	6
Humboldt State		Y	Y		Y	Y	4
San Francisco State	Y	Y	Y		Y		4
Sonoma State	Y	Y		Y	Y		4
Totals	11	12	8	8	12	7	58
Future Members
Cal State San Marcos	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	6

Women's sponsored sports by school

School	Basketball	Cross Country	Soccer	Softball	Track & Field Outdoor	Volleyball	Total CCAA Sports
Cal Poly Pomona	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	5
Chico State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	6
Cal State Dominguez Hills	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	5
Cal State East Bay	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	6
Cal State Los Angeles	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	5
Cal State Monterey Bay	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	6
Cal State San Bernardino	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	6
Cal State Stanislaus	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	6
UC San Diego	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	6
Humboldt State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	6
San Francisco State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	6
Sonoma State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	6
Totals	12	11	12	10	12	12	69
Future Members
Cal State San Marcos	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	6

Other sponsored sports by school

• ^‡ — D-I sport
• PCSC — Pacific Collegiate Swim and Dive Conference

Championships

Location of current members in California

Conference facilities

See also

• Big West Conference, a Division I conference that consists predominantly of California schools. Seven out of its nine members (Hawaii and UC Irvine being the exceptions) are former members of the CCAA.
• California Pacific Conference, an NAIA Division I conference that consisted entirely of California schools from its formation in 1996 until 2012.
• Golden State Athletic Conference, an NAIA Division I conference that consisted entirely of California schools from its formation in 1986 until 2012.

References

External links

• Official website

California Collegiate Athletic Association Members Cal Poly Pomona Broncos Chico State Wildcats Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros Cal State East Bay Pioneers Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles Cal State Monterey Bay Otters Cal State San Bernardino Coyotes Cal State Stanislaus Warriors UC San Diego Tritons Humboldt State Lumberjacks San Francisco State Gators Sonoma State Seawolves Future Cal State San Marcos Cougars

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