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Northwest Conference

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Northwest Conference
Data
Classification NCAA Division III
Established 1926
Members 9
Sports fielded 18 (9 men's, 9 women's)
Region Pacific Northwest
States 2 - Oregon, Washington
Commissioner Matt Newman

The Northwest Conference (NWC) is an athletic conference which competes in the NCAA's Division III. Member teams are located in the states of Oregon and Washington.

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[edit] History

The NWC has continually reinvented itself throughout the past 80 years. Formed in 1926, the conference is one of the oldest athletic alliances in the western United States.

Charter members included Willamette University, Pacific University, Whitman College, the College of Puget Sound (now the University of Puget Sound), Linfield College and the College of Idaho. Lewis & Clark College joined in 1931. Pacific Lutheran University was added in 1965 and Whitworth University became a member in 1970.

The College of Idaho dropped out in 1978 and is now a member of the NAIA's Cascade Collegiate Conference. Whitworth left the NWC in 1984 but returned in 1988. George Fox University and Seattle University joined the conference in 1996. Seattle dropped out again in 1999 to become members of NCAA Division II. Menlo College joined the conference in 2005 as a football-only member.

The Northwest Conference, which for years sponsored athletic competition exclusively for men’s sports, and the Women’s Conference of Independent Colleges joined forces in 1984 to become the Northwest Conference of Independent Colleges. The name was shortened back to Northwest Conference in 1998. In 1998, all nine conference institutions shifted national affiliation from the NAIA to the NCAA. Leaving behind years of success at the NAIA level, the conference embraced the move as one that would foster equity, sportsmanship and genuine concern for the student-athlete in all endeavors of competition.[1]

[edit] Recent National Championships

Since joining the NCAA in 1998, four Northwest Conference programs have won Division III national titles. Pacific Lutheran won the football title in 1999, Linfield captured the football title in 2004 and the softball crown in 2007, and George Fox was the baseball champion in 2005.

[edit] All Sports Trophy

Each year the NWC awards one of its member institutions the NWC All Sports Trophy. In each sport the Conference Champion is awareded 18 points, second place is awarded 16 points, and so on. The school with the most points at the conclusion of the academic year wins the trophy. Men's football, women's volleyball, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's swimming, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's golf, men's baseball, women's softball, and men's and women's track and field are the 18 sports in which points are awarded.

Most recently, Puget Sound has won two straight NWC All Sports Trophies, in 2005/06 and 2006/07. Prior to that Whitworth took home its first ever All Sports Trophy for 2004/05. Linfield won the trophy three times since 2000 while Willamette took the trophy in 1993/94. Pacific Lutheran won the All Sports Trophy 15 times since it began in 1985-86.

[edit] Member teams

The league currently has 9 full members:

Institution Location Team Name Founded Affiliation Enrollment
George Fox University Newberg, Oregon Bruins 1885 Private/Quaker 3,185
Lewis & Clark College Portland, Oregon Pioneers 1867 Private/Non-sectarian 3,433
Linfield College McMinnville, Oregon Wildcats 1849 Private/Baptist 2,110
Pacific University Forest Grove, Oregon Boxers 1849 Private/United Church of Christ 2,500
Pacific Lutheran University Tacoma, Washington Lutes 1890 Private/Lutheran 3,669
University of Puget Sound Tacoma, Washington Loggers 1888 Private/Non-sectarian 2,785
Whitman College Walla Walla, Washington Fighting Missionaries 1859 Private/Non-sectarian 1,450
Whitworth University Spokane, Washington Pirates 1890 Private/Presbyterian 2,504
Willamette University Salem, Oregon Bearcats 1842 Private/Methodist 2,469

[edit] Football-only member

[edit] Sports sponsored

The Northwest Conference sponsors championships in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, and volleyball.

[edit] References

  1. ^ NWC History

[edit] External links


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