The California Pacific Conference is a college athletics conference in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The conference commissioner is Doug Weiss of California State University, East Bay. Conference leadership is shared among the member institutions. The conference was formed in 1996. NCAA conferences Division I Division I-A football Bowl Championship Series conferences Atlantic Coast Conference Big Ten Conference Big Twelve Conference Big East Conference Pacific Ten Conference Southeastern Conference Non BCS conferences Conference USA Mid-American Conference Mountain West Conference The University of Utah participated in the 2005 Fiesta Bowl... The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (better known as the NAIA) traces its roots to the National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball. ... Commissioner may be used for a variety of official positions, especially that of a high-ranking official, or that of a senior police officer. ... California State University, East Bay (CSUEB and Cal State East Bay, formerly California State University, Hayward, and called Cal State Hayward or Hayward State) is a branch of the California State University system. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

Current member schools

• Bethany College
• California State University, East Bay (formerly known as California State University, Hayward; also known as CSU East Bay or CSU Hayward)
• California Maritime Academy (also known as CSU Maritime)
• Dominican University
• Holy Names University
• Menlo College
• Mills College
• Notre Dame de Namur
• Pacific Union College
• Simpson University
• William Jessup University

California State University, Monterey Bay is a former member of the conference. CSUMB left the NAIA and California Pacific Conference for Division II of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, in the California Collegiate Athletic Association. California State University, East Bay (CSUEB and Cal State East Bay, formerly California State University, Hayward, and called Cal State Hayward or Hayward State) is a branch of the California State University system. ... The California Maritime Academy is one of 23 campuses in the California State University system. ... Dominican University is a small liberal arts university in San Rafael, California. ... Mills College is a private womens liberal arts college located in Oakland, California, USA. It has played an important role in modern American music through its post-graduate program in experimental music. ... Pacific Union College is a Liberal Arts college located in the town of Angwin in the Napa Valley area of Northern California. ... Simpson University is a small, private, liberal arts college located in Redding, California. ... California State University, Monterey Bay, in the California State University sytem, is located in the city of Seaside, California. ... Division II (or DII) is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced NC-Double-A) is a voluntary and often controversial association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... 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. ...

Sports sponsored

For men, the CPC sponsors basketball, cross country, golf, and soccer. For women, the CPC sponsors basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, and volleyball. Notre Dame de Namur is the only school that competes in all sports; Mills College, being a women's college, competes in only three sports. College basketball refers to the American basketball league organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA. History The game of basketball was devised by James Naismith in 1892. ... 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... Golfer teeing off at the start of a hole Golf is an outdoor sport where individual players or teams hit a small ball into a hole using various clubs. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... Volleyball is a popular sport where teams, separated by a high net, hit a ball back and forth between the teams. ...

External links

• Official website
• Official page on NAIA website