The California Pacific Conference (Cal Pac) is a

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affiliated with the

National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) established in 1940, is a college athletics association for colleges and universities in North America. Most colleges and universities in the NAIA offer athletic scholarships to its stu ...

(NAIA). The conference

commissioner A commissioner (commonly abbreviated as Comm'r) is, in principle, a member of a commission or an individual who has been given a commission (official charge or authority to do something). In practice, the title of commissioner has evolved to in ...

is Don Ott. Conference leadership is shared among the member institutions. The conference president is Themy Adachi of

Mills College Mills College at Northeastern University is a private college in Oakland, California and part of Northeastern University's global university system. Mills College was founded as the Young Ladies Seminary in 1852 in Benicia, California; it was ...

. The conference vice president is Farnum Smith of

William Jessup University William Jessup University is a private Christian university in Rocklin, California, with an additional site in San Jose, California. The university had 1,743 students during the 2019–20 academic year, over 1650 being full-time equivalents. Foun ...

. The secretary is Marv Christopher of

California Maritime Academy The California State University Maritime Academy (Cal Maritime or CSU Maritime Academy) is a public university in Vallejo, California. It is one of 23 campuses in the California State University system and the only maritime academy on the Unit ...

. The conference was formed in 1996. Conference members range from members of the

University of California The University of California (UC) is a public land-grant research university system in the U.S. state of California. The system is composed of the campuses at Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, ...

and

California State University The California State University (Cal State or CSU) is a public university system in California. With 23 campuses and eight off-campus centers enrolling 485,550 students with 55,909 faculty and staff, CSU is the largest four-year public univers ...

systems to

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and

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History

California State University at East Bay,

California State University at Monterey Bay California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB or Cal State Monterey Bay) is a public university in Monterey County, California. Its main campus is located on the site of the former military base Fort Ord, straddling the cities of Seaside and ...

, Dominican University,

, and

Notre Dame de Namur University Notre Dame de Namur University (NDNU) is a private Catholic university in Belmont, California. It is the third oldest college in California and the first college in the state authorized to grant the baccalaureate degree to women. In 2021, the u ...

are former members of the conference that have left the Cal Pac and the NAIA for the Division II and

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ranks of the

National Collegiate Athletic Association The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...

(NCAA). * Cal State–Monterey Bay and Cal State–East Bay left the Cal Pac to join the NCAA Division II California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) in the 2004–05 and 2008–09 seasons, respectively. *

Patten University Patten University is an online college in Oakland, California. Its parent organization, Patten Educational Foundation, was founded in 1944 by Bebe Patten as a bible college, and went through several stages in its history, variously under the na ...

left the Cal Pac when the school chose to discontinue its athletic program after the 2004–05 season. * Notre Dame de Namur left the Cal Pac to join the NCAA Division II Pacific West Conference in the 2006–07 season, followed by Dominican in the 2008–09 season. * Mills moved to NCAA Division III as an Independent in the 2011–12 season. In June 2011,

Bethany University Bethany University was a four-year private coeducational Christian university located in Scotts Valley, California, in Santa Cruz County. It operated from 1919 until closing in 2011 and was endorsed by the Assemblies of God USA, a Pentecostal d ...

announced it was ceasing operations effective immediately, decreasing the Cal Pac to seven active members. In 2012,

Holy Names University Holy Names University is a private Roman Catholic university in Oakland, California. It was founded by and remains affiliated with the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary. It was founded in 1868 and plans to close in 2023. History The ...

left the Cal Pac to join the Pacific West Conference; while Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University at Prescott,

Marymount California University Marymount California University was a private Catholic university in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. Originally founded by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary (RHSM), the university awarded associate, bachelor's, and graduate degrees. T ...

, and

Soka University of America Soka University of America (SUA) is a private liberal arts college in Aliso Viejo, California. Originally founded in 1987, it was established on its current campus in 2001 by Daisaku Ikeda, the founder of the Soka Gakkai International Buddhist mo ...

joined to increase the conference membership to nine schools.

La Sierra University La Sierra University (La Sierra or LSU) is a private, Seventh-day Adventist university in Riverside, California. Founded in 1922 as La Sierra Academy, it later became La Sierra College, a liberal arts college, and then was merged into Loma Li ...

joined in 2013 to bring the conference up to 10 members.

left in 2014, leaving the conference with nine members. Membership rose to twelve schools in 2015 when the

University of Antelope Valley The University of Antelope Valley (UAV) is a private, for-profit university in Lancaster, California. It offers masters, bachelors, and associate degrees as well as certificate programs and continuing education courses. History The school was ...

Benedictine University at Mesa Benedictine University is a private Roman Catholic university in Lisle, Illinois. It was founded in 1887 as St. Procopius College by the Benedictine monks of St. Procopius Abbey in the Pilsen community on the West Side of Chicago. The instit ...

Providence Christian College Providence Christian College is a private Christian liberal arts college in Pasadena, California. Founded in 2002, it is an independent, confessionally Reformed college with no formal denominational ties. The college offers only one degree progr ...

, and

Sierra Nevada University Sierra Nevada University (SNU) was a private university in Incline Village, Nevada in the Sierras. In 2022 it became University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe. Founded in 1969, Sierra Nevada College was accredited by the Northwest Commission o ...

joined; while

Menlo College Menlo College is a private college specializing in business and is located in Atherton, California. Campus Menlo College is situated on 45-acre (0.18 km2) campus in Atherton, California, 25 miles southeast of San Francisco and 20 miles nort ...

left for the

Golden State Athletic Conference The Golden State Athletic Conference (GSAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The conference commissioner is Mike Daniels. Conference leadership is shared among the membe ...

. The University of Saint Katherine joined in 2019. In March 2020, the conference announced two additions for the 2020–21 academic year when Park University at Gilbert and Westcliff University were admitted to the NAIA. Sierra Nevada approved in July 2021 an agreement to merge with

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University of Nevada, Reno The University of Nevada, Reno (Nevada, the University of Nevada, or UNR) is a public land-grant research university in Reno, Nevada. It is the state's flagship public university and primary land grant institution. It was founded on October 12, ...

(Nevada). The merger was given accreditation approval in late December and scheduled for completion before 2022–23, leading to Sierra Nevada's departure from Cal Pac.

Chronological timeline

* 1995 - The California Pacific Conference (Cal Pac) was founded. Charter members included Bethany College (later Bethany University),

(now California State University Maritime Academy),

, Dominican College (now the Dominican University of California),

Holy Names College Holy Names University is a private Roman Catholic university in Oakland, California. It was founded by and remains affiliated with the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary. It was founded in 1868 and plans to close in 2023. History Th ...

(now Holy Names University),

Pacific Union College Pacific Union College (PUC) is a private university, private liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Angwin, California. It is the only four-year college in Napa County, California, Napa County. It is a coeducational r ...

Patten College Patten College is a private aided secondary school for boys in Mauritius. See also * List of secondary schools in Mauritius The following is a list of notable secondary schools in Mauritius, Rodrigues and the outer islands. Mauritius Zone ...

(now Patten University) and

Simpson College Simpson College is a private Methodist liberal arts college in Indianola, Iowa. It is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and has about 1,250 full-time and 300 part-time students. In addition to the Indianola residential campus, Simpso ...

(now Simpson University), effective beginning the 1996-97 academic year. * 1998 - California State University at Hayward (now California State University at East Bay) and the College of Notre Dame (later Notre Dame de Namur University) joined the Cal Pac, effective in the 1998-99 academic year. * 1999 -

joined the Cal Pac, effective in the 1999-2000 academic year. * 2004 - Cal State–Monterey Bay left the Cal Pac to join the Division II ranks of the

(NCAA) and the

California Collegiate Athletic Association The California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. All of its current members are public universities, and upon UC ...

(CCAA), effective after the 2003-04 academic year. * 2004 -

joined the Cal Pac, effective in the 2004-05 academic year. * 2005 - Patten left the Cal Pac to become an NAIA Independent, effective after the 2004-05 academic year. * 2006 - Notre Dame de Namur left the Cal Pac to join the NCAA Division II ranks and the

Pacific West Conference The Pacific West Conference (also known as the PacWest) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. Member institutions are located in California and Hawaii. Th ...

(PacWest), effective after the 2005-06 academic year. * 2009 - Two institutions left the Cal Pac and the NAIA to join the NCAA Division II ranks and to their respective new home primary conferences: Cal State–East Bay to the CCAA, and Dominican (Cal.) to the PacWest, effective after the 2008-09 academic year. * 2011 - The University of California at Merced joined the Cal Pac, effective in the 2011-12 academic year. * 2012 - Holy Names left the Cal Pac and the NAIA to join the NCAA Division II ranks and the PacWest, effective after the 2011-12 academic year. * 2012 - Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University–Prescott,

and

joined the Cal Pac, effective in the 2012-13 academic year. * 2013 -

joined the Cal Pac, effective in the 2013-14 academic year. * 2014 - William Jessup left the Cal Pac to join the

, effective after the 2013-14 academic year. * 2015 - Menlo left the Cal Pac to join the GSAC, effective after the 2014-15 academic year. * 2015 - The

and

Sierra Nevada College Sierra Nevada University (SNU) was a private university in Incline Village, Nevada in the Sierras. In 2022 it became University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe. Founded in 1969, Sierra Nevada College was accredited by the Northwest Commission o ...

(now Sierra Nevada University) joined the Cal Pac, effective in the 2015-16 academic year. * 2019 - The University of Saint Katherine joined the Cal Pac, effective in the 2019-20 academic year. * 2020 -

Park University Gilbert Park University is a private university in Parkville, Missouri. It was founded in 1875. In the fall of 2017, Park had an enrollment of 11,457 students. History The school which was originally called Park College was founded in 1875 by John A. ...

and Westcliff University joined the Cal Pac, effective in the 2020-21 academic year. * 2021 - Sierra Nevada left the Cal Pac, effective after the 2021-22 academic year. As the school announced plans to merge with the

, effectively dropping all athletic programs in the process. * 2022 - Marymount California left the Cal Pac, effective after the 2021-22 academic year. As the school announced its closure in August of that year.

Member schools

Current members

The Cal Pac currently has 13 full members, all but two are

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schools: ;Notes:

Former members

The Cal Pac had 12 former full members, all but two were

schools: ;Notes:

Membership timeline

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Notre Dame de Namur Notre Dame de Namur University (NDNU) is a private Catholic university in Belmont, California. It is the third oldest college in California and the first college in the state authorized to grant the baccalaureate degree to women. In 2021, the u ...

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William Jessup William Jessup (June 21, 1797 – September 11, 1868) was a Pennsylvania judge and father of the missionary Henry Harris Jessup. A member of the Republican party, he is best known for being the chairman of the platform committee that crafted ...

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Antelope Valley The Antelope Valley is located in northern Los Angeles County, California, and the southeast portion of Kern County, California, and constitutes the western tip of the Mojave Desert. It is situated between the Tehachapi, Sierra Pelona, and the ...

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Sierra Nevada The Sierra Nevada () is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primarily ...

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Sports sponsored

References

External links

* {{NAIA conference navbox College sports in California 1996 establishments in California Organizations based in Oakland, California Sports in the San Francisco Bay Area