Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference

The Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference (KJCCC) is a college athletic conference that is a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association. As of 2007, the KJCCC was home to more than 3,000 student-athletes in the 19 men's and women's sports. The conference's name comes from "Jayhawk" which is a term used for people born in the state of Kansas, where all of the conference's schools are located. The term Jayhawk, however, originated with a group of guerrillas during the American Civil War.[1][2][3]

Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference
KJCCC
Established1923
AssociationNJCAA
Members21
Sports fielded
  • 19
    • men's: 9
    • women's: 10
RegionVI
Former namesKansas Public Junior College Association (1923–1962)
Kansas Jayhawk Junior College Conference (1962–1975)
HeadquartersBaldwin City, Kansas
CommissionerCarl Heinrich
Websitewww.kjccc.org
Locations

Members

InstitutionLocationFoundedNicknameColorsBasketballVolleyballSoftball
Allen Community College Iola 1923 Red Devils     Division II Division II Division II
Barton Community College Great Bend 1969 Cougars     Division I Division I Division I
Butler Community College El Dorado 1927 Grizzlies     Division I Division I Division I
Cloud County Community College Concordia 1965 Thunderbirds     Division I Division II Division II
Colby Community College Colby 1964 Trojans     Division I Division II Division II
Coffeyville Community College Coffeyville 1923 Red Ravens     Division I Division II Division II
Cowley Community College Arkansas City 1922 Tigers     Division I Division II Division II
Dodge City Community College Dodge City 1935 Conquistadors     Division I Division I Division I
Fort Scott Community College Fort Scott 1919 Greyhounds     Division II Division II Division II
Garden City Community College Garden City 1919 Broncbusters     Division I Division I Division I
Hesston College Hesston 1909 Larks     Division II Division II Division II
Highland Community College Highland 1858 Scotties     Division II Division II Division II
Hutchinson Community College Hutchinson 1928 Blue Dragons     Division II Division II Division II
Independence Community College Independence 1925 Pirates     Division I Division II Division I
Johnson County Community College Overland Park 1967 Cavaliers     Division II Division II Division II
Kansas City Kansas Community College Kansas City 1923 Blue Devils     Division II Division II Division II
Labette Community College Parsons 1923 Cardinals     Division II Division II Division II
Neosho County Community College Chanute 1936 Panthers     Division II Division II Division II
Northwest Kansas Technical College Goodland 1964 Mavericks     Division I Division I Division I
Pratt Community College Pratt 1938 Beavers     Division I Division I Division I
Seward County Community College Liberal 1969 Saints     Division I Division I Division I

All KJCCC schools compete in Division I football, wrestling, track and field and cross country. Hesston is the only member that competes in Division II baseball. Independence is the only member that does not field a baseball team.

Football

Only seven of the schools have football: Butler, Coffeyville, Dodge City, Garden City, Hutchinson, Highland, and Independence. The conference is not divided into divisions for football.[4] Fort Scott terminated its football program on Nov. 8, 2021.

From 2000 through the 2013 season, the regular-season champion was considered the Jayhawk Conference champion while the playoff champion was considered the Region VI champion. Prior to the 2014 season, the playoffs were eliminated from the schedule so that each Jayhawk Conference team could play a game versus each football-playing school in Iowa. The Jayhawk Conference regular-season champion is now also the Region VI champion.

Division I vs. Division II

KJCCC members can choose to compete in either NJCAA Division I or Division II in any sport (Except football, which does not have a Division II). All members except Hesston compete in Division I in baseball but other sports are split.

The majority of schools are Division II in volleyball and softball. In these sports, the Western Division consists of the Division I schools while the Eastern Division consists of those choosing to play Division II. This results in an unbalanced alignment. During the 2010 season, for example, KJCCC softball had 14 members playing softball in the Eastern Division and only 5 in the Western Division.

In men's and women's basketball, only Allen County, Neosho County, Johnson County, Fort Scott, Hesston, Kansas City Kansas, Labette and Highland currently play Division II. In the 2013–14 season, the four schools which were playing in Division II at the time (Labette did not change divisions until 2014–15), competed in a separate division ("East Division II"). Butler moved from the Western Division to the Eastern Division to help balance out the divisions in Division I. For 2014–15, the former division structure was restored with the Division I and II schools recombined in the Eastern Division and Butler going back to the Western Division.

Beginning in 2015–16, the basketball divisions were changed once again. All Division I schools were merged into a single division but did not play a full round-robin schedule. All Division II schools were also put into a single division, the same as in 2013–14. The Division I schools began playing a full-round robin basketball schedule in 2016–17 but have since made adjustments to deal with the great distances between most of the schools.

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