The California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) is an intercollegiate athletic conference in the Division II of the NCAA. It was founded in December of 1938 and began competition in 1939. The commissioner of the CCAA is Robert Hiegert. CCAA offices are located in Walnut Creek, California. Division II is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often said NC-Double-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... A Commissioner is one of various classes of persons who holds an office by virtue of a commission in the normally from the head of state, particularly of a state in the Commonwealth of Nations. ... Looking east across Walnut Creek. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ...

Original members

• Fresno State University
• San Diego State University
• San Jose State University
• UC Santa Barbara

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Current member schools (and year joined)

• Cal Poly Pomona - 1967
• Cal State Bakersfield - 1972
• Cal State Dominguez Hills - 1980
• Cal State Los Angeles - 1950
• Cal State San Bernardino - 1991
• Cal State Stanislaus - 1998
• Chico State - 1998
• University of California, San Diego - 2000
• San Francisco State - 1998
• Sonoma State - 1998

Cal State Monterey Bay is currently in the process of joining the conference and is a provisional member. California State Polytechnic University, Pomona The California State Polytechnic University, Pomona is a public, coeducational university situated at the western corner of the city of Pomona, a suburb of Los Angeles, California, and is adjacent to Mt. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB), located in Bakersfield, California, was founded in 1965. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... California State University, Dominguez Hills is in the California State University system and is located in Carson, California. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Cal State LA campus California State University, Los Angeles (often shortened to CSULA or Cal State L.A.) is a state-run public university located in Los Angeles, California near the city of Alhambra. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... California State University, San Bernardino is a state-funded university in San Bernardino, California, part of the California State University System. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... California State University, Stanislaus, a campus in the California State University system, was established in 1957 in Turlock, California. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... California State University, Chico California State University, Chico is the second_oldest campus in the California State University system. ... The University of California, San Diego (popularly known as UCSD) is a public, coeducational university located in La Jolla, California. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... San Francisco State University is a branch of the California State University system. ... Sonoma State University is a campus of the California State University system located in Rohnert Park, California (about seven miles south of Santa Rosa). ... California State University, Monterey Bay, in the California State University sytem, is located in the city of Seaside, California. ...

Sports sponsored

The CCAA sponsors seven sports for women and six sports for men. The CCAA sponsors cross country, soccer, volleyball, basketball, tennis, outdoor track & field, and softball for women. For men, the CCAA sponsors cross country, soccer, basketball, golf, outdoor track and field, and baseball. Cross country, soccer and volleyball are autumn sports, basketball is a winter sport, and tennis, golf, outdoor track & field, softball, and baseball are spring sports. Throughout the years, CCAA teams have won 145 NCAA championships in their sports, which is best among all Division II conferences. The term cross-country, when used by itself, can refer to: Cross-country running Cross-country skiing Cross-country equestrianism Cross-country or XC mountain biking Fell running also known as hill running and mountain running This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might... The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. ... Volleyball is a popular sport where teams separated by a high net hit a ball back and forth between the teams. ... Basketball Basketball is a ball sport in which two teams of five players each try to score points by throwing a ball through a hoop. ... Tennis balls This article is about the sport, tennis. ... Athletics, also known as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events. ... Softball is a team sport in which a ball, eleven to twelve inches in circumference, is thrown by a player called a pitcher and hit by an offensive player called a batter with a round, smooth stick called a bat. ... Golfer teeing off at the start of a hole Golf is an outdoor game where individual players or teams play a small ball into a hole using various clubs. ... Baseball is a team sport, in which a fist-sized ball is thrown by a defensive player called a pitcher and hit by an offensive player called a batter with a round, smooth stick called a bat. ... Autumn colours at Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire, England. ... Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Winter, 1573. ... Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Spring, 1573. ...

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

External link

• CCAA Official Website