Iowa Community College Athletic Conference


The Iowa Community College Athletic Conference is the Region 11 of the National Junior College Athletic Association. The Commissioner's Office, headquartered in Ames, Iowa oversees 25 sports. Conference championships are held in most sports and individuals can be named to All-Conference and All-Academic teams.
Freshman Eliana Bommarito of the Indian Hills Community College Women’s Wrestling team was named the 2022-23 Iowa Community College Athletic Conference Female Student-Athlete of the Year.

Member schools

Current members

The ICCAC currently has 18 full members, all are public schools:
InstitutionLocationFoundedAffiliationEnrollmentNicknameJoinedColors
Central Community College at ColumbusColumbus, Nebraska1969Public?Raiders2025
Des Moines Area Community CollegeBoone, Iowa1966Public25,425Bears?
Ellsworth Community CollegeIowa Falls, Iowa1890Public1,100Panthers?
Hawkeye Community CollegeWaterloo, Iowa1966Public5,042RedTails2015
Indian Hills Community CollegeOttumwa, Iowa1966Public5,520Warriors &
Falcons
?
Iowa Central Community CollegeFort Dodge, Iowa1966Public5,697Tritons?
Iowa Lakes Community CollegeEstherville, Iowa1924Public2,349Lakers?
Iowa Western Community CollegeCouncil Bluffs, Iowa1967Public5,500Reivers?
Kirkwood Community CollegeCedar Rapids, Iowa1966Public17,625Eagles?
Marshalltown Community CollegeMarshalltown, Iowa1927Public2,971Tigers?
Northeast Community CollegeNorfolk, Nebraska1928Public2,343Hawks2013
Northeast Iowa Community CollegeCalmar, Iowa1966Public4,786Cougars2025
North Iowa Area Community CollegeMason City, Iowa1918Public2,353Trojans?
Northwest Iowa Community CollegeSheldon, Iowa1966Public2,036Thunder2024
Scott Community CollegeBettendorf, Iowa1966Public5,026Eagles?
Southeastern Community CollegeBurlington, Iowa1920Public3,601Blackhawks?
Southwestern Community CollegeCreston, Iowa1926Public1,785Spartans?
Western Iowa Tech Community CollegeSioux City, Iowa1966Public6,787Comets2023

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Partial members

The ICCAC has one partial member, which is also a public school:
InstitutionLocationFoundedAffiliationEnrollmentNicknameJoinedColorsICCAC
sport
Current
conference
Dakota County Technical CollegeRosemount, Minnesota1970Public3,000Blue Knights? men's soccer
women's soccer
Independent

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Former members

The ICCAC had five former full members, three were public schools:
InstitutionLocationFoundedAffiliationEnrollmentNicknameJoinedLeftCurrent
conference
AIB College of BusinessDes Moines, Iowa1921Non-profit1,014Eagles?2010Closed in 2016
Clinton Community CollegeClinton, Iowa1946Public1,500Cougars?2015N/A
Little Priest Tribal CollegeWinnebago, Nebraska1996Public?Warriors20182020N/A
Muscatine Community CollegeMuscatine, Iowa1929Public1,850Cardinals??N/A
Waldorf CollegeForest City, Iowa1903For-profit higher education in [the United States|For-profit]580Warriors??North Star (NSAA)

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Sports sponsored

The ICCAC member teams compete in:

National championships

Football

  • 1976 Ellsworth
  • 1978 Iowa Central
  • 1987 Ellsworth
  • 2012 Iowa Western
  • 2022 Iowa Western
  • 2023 Iowa Western

Men's Basketball

  • 1971 Ellsworth
  • 1995 NIACC
  • 1997 Indian Hills
  • 1998 Indian Hills
  • 1998 Kirkwood
  • 1999 Indian Hills
  • 2000 Southeastern
  • 2003 Southeastern
  • 2004 Southeastern
  • 2016 Kirkwood
  • 2017 Southwestern
  • 2021 Des Moines Area

Women's Basketball

  • 1997 Kirkwood
  • 2002 Kirkwood
  • 2007 Kirkwood
  • 2008 Kirkwood
  • 2009 Kirkwood
  • 2010 Kirkwood
  • 2017 Kirkwood

Baseball

  • 2010 Iowa Western
  • 2012 Iowa Western
  • 2014 Iowa Western

Men's Bowling

  • 2017 Iowa Central

Men's Cross Country

  • 2014 Iowa Central
  • 2015 Iowa Central

Women's Cross Country

  • 2007 Iowa Central
  • 2008 Iowa Central
  • 2011 Iowa Central
  • 2012 Iowa Central
  • 2013 Iowa Central

Men's Half Marathon

  • 2007 Iowa Central
  • 2011 Iowa Central
  • 2012 Iowa Central
  • 2013 Iowa Central
  • 2016 Iowa Central

Women's Half Marathon

  • 2011 Iowa Central
  • 2012 Iowa Central
  • 2016 Iowa Central

Men's Golf

  • 2000 Indian Hills
  • 2011 Indian Hills
  • 2012 Indian Hills
  • 2014 Indian Hills
  • 2015 Indian Hills

Men's Soccer

  • 2013 Iowa Western

Women's Soccer

  • 2013 Iowa Western
  • 2015 Iowa Central

Softball

  • 1977 Ellsworth
  • 2003 Southeastern

Men's Track and Field

  • 2011 Iowa Central
  • 2012 Iowa Central
  • 2014 Iowa Central
  • 2016 Iowa Central
  • 2017 Iowa Central

Women's Track and Field

  • 2010 Iowa Central
  • 2012 Iowa Central
  • 2013 Iowa Central
  • 2014 Iowa Central
  • 2016 Iowa Central
  • 2016 Iowa Central

Volleyball

  • 2003 Kirkwood
  • 2006 Iowa Western

Wrestling

  • 1973 NIACC
  • 1981 Iowa Central
  • 2002 Iowa Central
  • 2006 Iowa Central
  • 2007 Iowa Central
  • 2008 Iowa Central
  • 2009 Iowa Central
  • 2015 Iowa Central
  • 2017 Iowa Central

The Graphic Edge Bowl

The ICCAC, along with primary sponsor The Graphic Edge, puts on two annual bowl games the first Sunday of December at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. The two games feature the top two teams from the ICCAC versus at-large qualifiers. If one of the Iowa teams has qualified for the NJCAA national championship game, the "feature" game becomes the national championship game if the best Iowa team is ranked No. 1. If the best Iowa team is ranked No. 2, the third-best Iowa team takes its place in the Graphic Edge Bowl. It's possible for both Iowa teams to have losing records in this case as the NJCAA does not require a team to have a winning record to qualify for a bowl game.
The now-defunct Midwest Football Conference, which featured as many as 10 teams from Iowa, Illinois, Michigan and North Dakota sent the champions of each of its divisions unless one of them qualified for the national championship game as the No. 2-ranked team, in which case another Midwest Football Conference team qualified for the bowl in its place.
The second-best Iowa team plays one of the at-large teams in the first game, which kicks off at 11 a.m. The best Iowa team plays another at-large team in the 2:30 p.m. "Feature" game, which can be for the NJCAA title if the Iowa team is ranked No. 1 and the No. 2 team is able to accept a bid to the game.
The two at-large bids vary from year-to-year, but recent tendency is that the 11 a.m. game features one of the better teams from the MCAC and that the later game features a highly-ranked opponent.