Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference


The Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference is a college athletic conference that is a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association. As of 2007, the KJCCC was home to more than 3,000 student-athletes in the 19 men's and women's sports. The conference's name comes from "Jayhawk" which is a term used for people born in the state of Kansas, where all of the conference's schools are located. The term Jayhawk, however, originated with a group of anti-slavery guerrillas during the American Civil War.

Member schools

Current members

The KJCCC currently has 20 full members, and all except Hesson are public schools. All KJCCC schools which compete in football, wrestling, track and field, and cross country do so at the Division I level. Hesston is the only member that competes in Division II baseball. Independence and Northwest Kansas Technical are the only members that do not field a baseball team. In other sports, the schools are split between Division I and Division II status.
InstitutionLocationFoundedAffiliationEnrollmentNicknameJoinedColorsDivision
Allen Community CollegeIola1923Public2,385Red Devils1923 Eastern
Barton Community CollegeGreat Bend1969Public6,281Cougars1969 Western
Butler Community CollegeEl Dorado1927Public7,019Grizzlies1927 Western
Cloud County Community CollegeConcordia1965Public3,437Thunderbirds1996 Western
Coffeyville Community CollegeCoffeyville1923Public1,772Red Ravens1923 Eastern
Colby Community CollegeColby1964Public?Trojans? Western
Cowley Community CollegeArkansas City1922Public?Tigers1924 Eastern
Dodge City Community CollegeDodge City1935Public?Conquistadors1936 Western
Fort Scott Community CollegeFort Scott1919Public2,000Greyhounds1923/1962 Eastern
Garden City Community CollegeGarden City1919Public2,122Broncbusters1924 Western
Highland Community CollegeHighland1858Public?Scotties1970/1996 Eastern
Hutchinson Community CollegeHutchinson1928Public5,114Blue Dragons1929 Western
Independence Community CollegeIndependence1925Public1,133Pirates1925 Eastern
Johnson County Community CollegeOverland Park1967Public16,651Cavaliers? Eastern
Kansas City Kansas Community CollegeKansas City1923Public4,886Blue Devils1925 Eastern
Labette Community CollegeParsons1923Public?Cardinals1923 Eastern
Neosho County Community CollegeChanute1936Public?Panthers1936 Eastern
Northwest Kansas Technical CollegeGoodland1964Public?Mavericks2017 Western
Pratt Community CollegePratt1938Public?Beavers1939 Western
Seward County Community CollegeLiberal1969Public2,692Saints? Western

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Football

Only seven of the schools have football: Butler, Coffeyville, Dodge City, Garden City, Hutchinson, Highland, and Independence. The conference is not divided into divisions for football. Fort Scott terminated its football program on Nov. 8, 2021.
From 2000 through the 2013 season, the regular-season champion was considered the Jayhawk Conference champion while the playoff champion was considered the Region VI champion. Prior to the 2014 season, the playoffs were eliminated from the schedule so that each Jayhawk Conference team could play a game versus each football-playing school in Iowa. The Jayhawk Conference regular-season champion is now also the Region 6 champion.
The Independence Pirates football team was featured on the third and fourth seasons of the television documentary "Last Chance U" and consequently multiple games of the conference were featured on the documentary.

Yearly standings