Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association


The Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association is a college athletic conference and member of the National Junior College Athletic Association in the NJCAA Region 17. Members of the GCAA include technical and community colleges in the U.S. state of Georgia.
Conference championships are held in most sports and individuals can be named to All-Conference and All-Academic teams. The conference is the successor to the Georgia Junior College Athletic Association, which began in 1967.
In 2010, all of the existing members of the GJCAA joined the newly organized Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association.

Member schools

Current members

The GCAA currently has 11 full members, all but two are public schools:
InstitutionLocationFoundedAffiliationEnrollmentNicknameJoined
Albany Technical CollegeAlbany1961Public4,000Titans2010
Andrew CollegeCuthbert1854United Methodist350Fighting Tigers2010
Central Georgia Technical CollegeMacon1962Public3,896Titans2010
East Georgia State CollegeSwainsboro1973Public2,384Bobcats2010
Georgia Highlands CollegeRome1970Public5,529Chargers2011
Georgia Military CollegeMilledgeville1879Public1,200Bulldogs2010
Gordon State CollegeBarnesville1872Public4,555Highlanders2010
Oxford College of Emory UniversityOxford1836Nonsectarian753Eagles2010
South Georgia State CollegeDouglas1906Public1,959Hawks2010
South Georgia Technical CollegeAmericus1948Public1,972Jets2010
Southern Crescent Technical CollegeGriffin1961Public501Tigers2010

;Notes:

Former members

The GCAA had 14 former full members, all but one were public schools:
;Notes:

Membership timeline


DateFormat = yyyy
ImageSize = width:900 height:auto barincrement:20
Period = from:2010 till:2030
TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal
PlotArea = right:5 left:5 bottom:40 top:5
Colors =
id:line value:black
id:Full value:rgb # all sports
id:FullxF value:rgb # non-football
id:AssocF value:rgb # football-only
id:AssocOS value:rgb # associate
id:OtherC1 value:rgb # another conference
id:OtherC2 value:rgb # another conference 2
PlotData =
width:15 textcolor:black shift: anchor:from fontsize:s
bar:1 color:FullxF from:2010 till:2024 text:Abraham Baldwin
bar:2 color:FullxF from:2010 till:end text:Albany Tech
bar:3 color:FullxF from:2010 till:2026 text:Andrew
bar:4 color:FullxF from:2010 till:2020 text:Atlanta Metropolitan State
bar:5 color:FullxF from:2010 till:end text:Central Georgia Tech
bar:6 color:FullxF from:2010 till:2017 text:Chattahoochee Tech
bar:7 color:FullxF from:2010 till:2011 text:Coastal Georgia
bar:8 color:FullxF from:2010 till:2017 text:Darton State
bar:9 color:FullxF from:2010 till:2026 text:East Georgia State
bar:10 color:FullxF from:2010 till:end text:Georgia Military
bar:11 color:FullxF from:2010 till:2016 text:Georgia Northwestern Tech
bar:12 color:FullxF from:2010 till:end text:Georgia Perimeter
bar:13 color:FullxF from:2010 till:end text:Gordon State
bar:14 color:FullxF from:2010 till:2013 text:Macon State
bar:15 color:FullxF from:2010 till:2013 text:Middle Georgia
bar:16 color:FullxF from:2013 till:2014 text:Middle Georgia State
bar:17 color:FullxF from:2010 till:2013 text:Middle Georgia Tech
bar:18 color:FullxF from:2010 till:2015 text:North Georgia Tech
bar:19 color:FullxF from:2010 till:end text:Oxford–Emory
bar:20 color:FullxF from:2010 till:end text:South Georgia State
bar:21 color:FullxF from:2010 till:end text:South Georgia Tech
bar:22 color:FullxF from:2010 till:end text:Southern Crescent Tech
bar:23 color:FullxF from:2010 till:2013 text:Waycross
bar:24 color:FullxF from:2010 till:2019 text:West Georgia Tech
bar:25 color:FullxF from:2010 till:2011 text:Young Harris
bar:26 color:FullxF from:2011 till:end text:Georgia Highlands
ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:1 start:2010
TextData =
fontsize:M
textcolor:black
pos: tabs:
text:^"Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association membership history"
  1. > If the chart uses more than one bar color, add a legend by selecting the appropriate fields from the following three options Leave a blank line after the end of the timeline, then add a line with the selected values from the list, separated by a space.
<#