The Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference (KJCCC) is a college athletic conference that is a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). 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 anti-slavery guerrillas during the American Civil War.
Member schools Current members The KJCCC currently has 19 full members. All KJCCC schools which compete in football, wrestling, track and field, and cross country do so at the Division I level. Independence and Fort Hays Tech Northwest are the only members that do not field a baseball team. In other sports, the schools are split between Division I and Division II status.
Institution Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment Nickname Joined Colors Division Allen Community College Iola 1923 Public 2,385 Red Devils 1923 Eastern Barton Community College Great Bend 1969 6,281 Cougars 1969 Western Butler Community College El Dorado 1927 7,019 Grizzlies 1927 Western Cloud County Community College Concordia 1965 3,437 Thunderbirds 1996 Western Coffeyville Community College Coffeyville 1923 1,772 Red Ravens 1923 Eastern Colby Community College Colby 1964 ? Trojans ? Western Cowley College Arkansas City 1922 ? Tigers 1924 Eastern Dodge City Community College Dodge City 1935 ? Conquistadors 1936 Western Fort Hays Tech Northwest Goodland 1964 ? Tigers 2017 Western Fort Scott Community College Fort Scott 1919 2,000 Greyhounds 1923/1962 Eastern Garden City Community College Garden City 1919 2,122 Broncbusters 1924 Western Highland Community College Highland 1858 ? Scotties 1970/1996 Eastern Hutchinson Community College Hutchinson 1928 5,114 Blue Dragons 1929 Western Independence Community College Independence 1925 1,133 Pirates 1925 Eastern Johnson County Community College Overland Park 1967 16,651 Cavaliers ? Eastern Kansas City Kansas Community College Kansas City 1923 4,886 Blue Devils 1925 Eastern Labette Community College Parsons 1923 ? Cardinals 1923 Eastern Neosho County Community College Chanute 1936 ? Panthers 1936 Eastern Pratt Community College Pratt 1938 ? Beavers 1939 Western Seward County Community College Liberal 1969 2,692 Saints ? Western
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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.Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Football 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 6 champion.
The Independence Pirates football team was featured on the third and fourth seasons of the television documentary "Last Chance U" and consequently multiple games of the conference were featured on the documentary.
Yearly standings
See also List of college athletic programs in Kansas
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