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List Of College Athletic Programs In Delaware
This is a list of college athletics programs in the United States, U.S. state of Delaware. Notes: *This list is in a tabular format, with columns arranged in the following order, from left to right: **Athletic team description (short school name and nickname), with a link to the school's athletic program article if it exists. When only one nickname is listed, it is used for teams of both sexes. (Note that in recent years, many schools have chosen to use the same nickname for men's and women's teams even when the nickname is distinctly masculine.) When two nicknames are given, the first is used for men's teams and the other is used for women's teams. Different nicknames for a specific sport within a school are noted separately below the table. **Full name of school. **Location of school. **Conference of the school (if conference column is left blank, the school is either independent or the conference is unknown). *Apart from the ongoing conversions, the following notes apply: **Follo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
College Athletics
College athletics encompasses non-professional, collegiate and university-level competitive sports and games. World University Games The first World University Games were held in 1923. There were originally called the ''Union Nationale des Étudiants Français''. In 1957, following several previous renames, they became known in English as the World University Games. Continents and countries North America United States College athletics is a major enterprise in the United States, with more than 500,000 student athletes attending over 1,100 universities and colleges competing annually. The largest programs are: * National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) * National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) * National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). Among many other sports, the most-watched competitions are college football and college basketball, though there are competitions in many other sports, including badminton, baseball, softba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilmington, Delaware
Wilmington ( Lenape: ''Paxahakink /'' ''Pakehakink)'' is the largest city in the U.S. state of Delaware. The city was built on the site of Fort Christina, the first Swedish settlement in North America. It lies at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. It is the county seat of New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Delaware Valley metropolitan area. Wilmington was named by Proprietor Thomas Penn after his friend Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, who was prime minister during the reign of George II of Great Britain. At the 2020 census, the city's population was 70,898. The Wilmington Metropolitan Division, comprising New Castle County, Delaware, Cecil County, Maryland and Salem County, New Jersey, had an estimated 2016 population of 719,887. Wilmington is part of the Delaware Valley metropolitan statistical area, which also includes Philadelphia, Reading, Camden, and other urban are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of USCAA Institutions
As of July 2022, the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) has 72 member institutions from 21 states for competition in college athletics. See also *List of NCAA Division I institutions *List of NCAA Division II institutions * List of NCAA Division III institutions *List of NAIA institutions *List of NCCAA institutions *List of NJCAA Division I schools *List of NJCAA Division II schools There are 118 Division II teams in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) that play in 24 different regions. Members Arkansas * North Arkansas College Pioneers in Harrison Arizona * Chandler-Gilbert Community College Coyotes in ... * List of NJCAA Division III schools References {{reflist External links USCAA Members *USCAA USCAA institutions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of NAIA Institutions
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics has 250 member colleges and universities for athletic competition in 2022–23 season. NAIA institutions *Note: The NAIA once had basketball teams split into two divisions. In April 2018, the NAIA announced that its Division II basketball championships for both men and women would be discontinued after the 2019–20 season. The final D-II tournament was ultimately held in 2019, with the planned 2020 tournament canceled due to COVID-19. Non-basketball playing institutions are denoted by *. See also *List of NCAA Division I institutions *List of NCAA Division II institutions * List of NCAA Division III institutions *List of USCAA institutions *List of NCCAA institutions *List of NJCAA Division I schools *List of NJCAA Division II schools * List of NJCAA Division III schools * List of NAIA football programs *NAIA lacrosse References {{National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Institutions Institutions are hum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of NCAA Division II Institutions
There are currently 303 American, Canadian, and Puerto Rican colleges and universities classified as Division II for NCAA competition. During the 2022–23 academic year, seven schools are in the process of reclassifying to Division II. Forty-four of the 50 U.S. states, plus the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Canadian province of British Columbia are represented. Arizona, Louisiana, Maine, Nevada, Rhode Island, and Wyoming do not currently have D-II institutions. Division II institutions Full members ;Notes Reclassifying to Division II The reclassification process from one NCAA division to another requires four years, except for moves to Division II. Moves from Division III or another national governing body (such as the NAIA) to Division II require three years, and moves from Division I to Division II require two years. Reclassifying from Division II The following programs are reclassifying away from NCAA Division II, or have announced de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of NCAA Division I Institutions
This is a list of colleges and universities that are members of Division I, the highest level of competition sponsored by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Currently, there are 363 institutions classified as Division I, including those in the process of transitioning from other divisions. An additional 202 institutions in one of the NCAA's other two divisions compete or will compete in Division I in at least one sport. All colleges and universities on this list are located in the United States; all states (except Alaska) plus the District of Columbia are represented by full members. Information in this list represents the forthcoming 2022–23 seasons. Full members These schools are full members of Division I, meaning they either have finished the process of joining Division I or were members of its predecessor, the University Division. The teams of one university, Hartford, are in the process of departing for Division III, but will compete in Division I for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgetown, Delaware
Georgetown is a town and the county seat of Sussex County, Delaware, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population of the town is 6,422, an increase of 38.3% over the previous decade. Georgetown is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Second county seat Lewes, sited on the Delaware Bay, was designated as the first county seat. It was the first colony in Delaware, founded by the Dutch in 1631, and it remained the only significant European settlement in the region for some time. When English colonist William Penn organized the three southern counties of Pennsylvania, which are now Delaware, Lewes was the natural choice for the location of the Sussex County's Seat of Justice. Sussex County was not well defined until after 1760, following resolution of a dispute between William Penn's family and Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore after intervention from the Crown. This dispute over borders had delayed discussion over t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garden State Athletic Conference
The Garden State Athletic Conference (GSAC) is a junior college conference in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) for many technical and community colleges in New Jersey. And it is one conference in the Region 19 of the NJCAA. Conference championships are held in most sports and individuals can be named to All-Conference and All-Academic teams. Members *Atlantic Cape Community College *Bergen Community College *Brookdale Community College *Camden County College *County College of Morris *Essex County College *Mercer County Community College *Middlesex County College *Ocean County College *Passaic County Community College *Raritan Valley Community College * RCSJ–Cumberland * RCSJ–Gloucester *Salem Community College * Sussex County Community College *Union County College Former Members *Delaware Technical & CC/Stanton-Wilmington *Delaware Technical & CC-Terry *Delaware Technical & Community College *Rowan College at Burlington County *Thaddeus Stevens Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delaware Technical & Community College
Delaware Technical Community College (previously Delaware Technical & Community College, also known as DTCC, Delaware Tech, or Del Tech) is a public community college in the U.S. state of Delaware. Delaware Tech is an open admission institution accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. The college offers more than 100 associate degrees, diplomas, and certificate programs. Of these programs, 48 are accredited degree programs with articulation agreements with 61 other higher learning institutions. It is the only community college in the state. The four-component campuses that make up the college are the Jack F. Owens Campus in Georgetown, Delaware, the Stanton Campus in Stanton, Delaware, the Charles L. Terry Campus in Dover, and the Orlando J. George, Jr. Campus in Wilmington, Delaware. History The Delaware General Assembly created Delaware Technical Community College in 1966 with the approval of House Bill 529, signed into law by then-Governor Charles L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NJCAA
The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), founded in 1938, is the governing association of community college, state college and junior college athletics throughout the United States. Currently the NJCAA holds 24 separate regions across 24 states and is divided into 3 divisions. History The idea for the NJCAA was conceived in 1937 at Fresno, California. A handful of junior college representatives met to organize an association that would promote and supervise a national program of junior college sports and activities consistent with the educational objectives of junior colleges. A constitution was presented and adopted at the charter meeting in Fresno on May 14, 1938. In 1949, the NJCAA was reorganized by dividing the nation into sixteen regions. The officers of the association were the president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, public relations director, and the sixteen regional vice presidents. Although the NJCAA was founded in California, it no longer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Castle, Delaware
New Castle is a city in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. The city is located six miles (10 km) south of Wilmington and is situated on the Delaware River. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 5,285. History New Castle was originally settled by the Dutch West India Company in 1651 under the leadership of Peter Stuyvesant on the site of a former aboriginal village, "Tomakonck" ("Place of the Beaver"), to assert their claim to the area based on a prior agreement with the aboriginal inhabitants of the area. The Dutch originally named the settlement Fort Casimir, but this was changed to Fort Trinity (Swedish: ''Trefaldighet'') following its seizure by the colony of New Sweden on Trinity Sunday, 1654. The Dutch conquered the entire colony of New Sweden the following year and rechristened the fort Nieuw-Amstel ("New Amstel", after the Amstel). This marked the end of the Swedish colony in Delaware as an official entity, but it remained a semi-autonomous unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
