The National Athletic Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (NAASCU) is an athletic association of

college A college (Latin: ''collegium'') is an educational institution or a constituent part of one. A college may be a degree-awarding tertiary educational institution, a part of a collegiate or federal university, an institution offerin ...

s and

universities A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, ...

in the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

. It was established in 2001. NAASCU sports are men's, women's and junior's

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

, men's and women's

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...

taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean martial arts, Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast k ...

swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

billiards Cue sports are a wide variety of games of skill played with a cue, which is used to strike billiard balls and thereby cause them to move around a cloth-covered table bounded by elastic bumpers known as . There are three major subdivisions ...

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players p ...

beach handball Beach handball is a team sport where two teams pass and bounce or roll a ball, trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team. The game is similar to standard handball, but it is played on sand instead of on a solid floor. Because the ball ...

, street dance and cheerdance.

Member schools

Former members

left in 2002 *Our Lady of Lourdes Technological Institute (OLLTI Saints), Quezon City left in 2003 *

Arellano University Arellano University (AU) is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian university located in Manila, the Philippines. It was founded in 1938 as a law school by Florentino Cayco Sr., the first Filipino Undersecretary of Public Instruction. The univ ...

( AU Flaming Arrows/Chiefs), Manila *

Angeles University Foundation The Angeles University Foundation ( fil, Pundasyong Pamantasan ng Angeles) also referred to by its acronym AUF, is a private Roman Catholic non-stock, a non-profit educational institution run by lay persons in Angeles City. It was established o ...

(

AUF Great Danes The Angeles University Foundation (AUF) Great Danes are the varsity teams of Angeles University Foundation of Angeles City, Philippines. They played as a guest team in the 2009–10 season of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Phi ...

), Pampanga * Las Piñas College (LPC Blue Lions), Las Piñas left in 2004 *World Citi Colleges (WCC Vikings), Quezon City left in 2011 * San Sebastian College - Recoletos de Cavite (SSC-RC Baycats), Cavite left in 2012 *Informatics International University (IIU Icons), Quezon City *

University of Manila , mottoeng = ''Country Science and Virtue'' , type = Private Non-sectarian Research Coeducational Basic and Higher education institution , established = , founders = , academic_affili ...

(UM Hawks), Manila left in 2013 *

STI College STI College (formerly known as ''Systems Technology Institute)'' is a for-profit college network in the Philippines. They primarily cater to computer science and information technology education, but also offer other courses, such as business ...

(STI Olympians), Manila *Trace College (TC Stallions), Los Baños, Laguna left in 2015 *

Central Colleges of the Philippines The Central Colleges of the Philippines, Inc. ( fil, Sentral Kolehiyo ng Pilipinas) also referred to by its acronym CCP is a private, nonsectarian coeducational higher education institution located in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. CCP ...

(CCP Bobcats), Quezon City *Diliman College (Diliman College Senators/Blue Dragons), Quezon City *

Polytechnic University of the Philippines , mottoeng = ''Light of the Nation'' , type = Public coeducational research higher education institution , established = October 19, 1904 , closed = , religious_affiliation = ...

(PUP Mighty Maroons), Manila * Santa Isabel College (Santa Isabel Isabelans), Taft Ave., Manila *

University of Makati The University of Makati ( fil, Unibersidad ng Makati Pamantasan ng Makati), commonly referred to as UMak, is a public, nonsectarian LGU funded higher education institution in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. It was founded in 1972 as the Mak ...

(UMak Hardy Herons),

Makati Makati ( ), officially the City of Makati ( fil, Lungsod ng Makati), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. Makati is the financial center of the Philippines; it has the highest concentration ...

left in 2016 * Centro Escolar University (CEU Scorpions), Mendiola,

Manila Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of Manila ( fil, Lungsod ng Maynila, ), is the capital of the Philippines, and its second-most populous city. It is highly urbanized and, as of 2019, was the world's most densely populate ...

left in 2017 *

Eulogio "Amang" Rodriguez Institute of Science and Technology The Eulogio "Amang" Rodriguez Institute of Science and Technology (commonly referred to as EARIST; Filipino: ''Kolehiyong Eulogio "Amang" Rodriguez sa Agham at Teknolohiya'') is a public college in Santa Mesa, Manila in the Philippines. It was ...

(EARIST Red Fox), Sampaloc,

left in 2018 * Colegio De San Lorenzo (CDSL Griffins),

Quezon City Quezon City (, ; fil, Lungsod Quezon ), also known as the City of Quezon and Q.C. (read in Filipino as Kyusi), is the most populous city in the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 2,960,048 people. It was fou ...

Lyceum of Subic Bay The Lyceum of Subic Bay, Inc. (LSB) is a non-stock, non-profit college in the Philippines, was established in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone in June 2003. History During the first year of its operation, the institution was registered in the ...

(LSB Sharks),

Olongapo Olongapo, officially the City of Olongapo ( fil, Lungsod ng Olongapo; ilo, Siudad ti Olongapo; xsb, Siyodad nin Olongapo), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines. Located in the province of Zambales ...

left in 2019 *De Ocampo Memorial College (DOMC Cobras), Sta. Mesa,

National Teachers College The National Teachers College is a private, non-sectarian, educational institution located in Quiapo, Manila, Philippines, offering preschool, basic, and higher education. History It was founded and incorporated by Segundo M. Infantado, Sr. ...

(NTC Bearers), Quiapo, Manila *

Rizal Technological University Rizal Technological University (RTU) is a state university located at Mandaluyong, Philippines. It was established on July 11, 1969, as the College of Rizal, part of the University of Rizal System before it became autonomous in 1975. The state u ...

(RTU Blue Thunder),

Mandaluyong Mandaluyong, officially the City of Mandaluyong ( fil, Lungsod ng Mandaluyong), is a first class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 425,758 people. Loca ...

Membership timeline

DateFormat = yyyy ImageSize = width:850 height:auto barincrement:20 Period = from:2000 till:2018 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal PlotArea = right:0 left:0 bottom:50 top:0 Colors = id:barcolor id:line value:pink id:bg value:white PlotData= width:15 textcolor:black shift:(5,-5) anchor:from bar:1 color:powderblue from:2001 till:2012 text: AMA (2001-12, 2013-14, 2016-present) bar:1 color:powderblue from:2013 till:2014 text: bar:1 color:powderblue from:2016 till:end text: bar:2 color:powderblue from:2001 till:2003 text: Arellano (2001-03) bar:3 color:powderblue from:2001 till:2003 text: AUF (2001-03) bar:4 color:powderblue from:2001 till:2003 text: LPC (2001-02) bar:5 color:powderblue from:2001 till:2002 text:Lourdes Tech (2001-02) bar:6 color:powderblue from:2001 till:end text:St. Claire (2001-present) bar:7 color:powderblue from:2001 till:2002 text: TUP (2001-02) bar:8 color:powderblue from:2001 till:2011 text: UMak (2001-11, 2014-15) bar:8 color:powderblue from:2014 till:2015 text: bar:9 color:powderblue from:2001 till:2012 text: UM (2001-12} bar:10 color:yellow from:2002 till:end text: CUP (2002-present) bar:11 color:dullyellow from:2003 till:2004 text:World Citi Colleges (2003-04) bar:12 color:pink from:2003 till:2016 text: CEU (2003-16) bar:13 color:pink from:2003 till:2008 text: Holy Angel (2003-08, 2017-present) bar:14 color:orange from:2004 till:end text: New Era (2004-present) bar:15 color:orange from:2004 till:2013 text: STI (2004-13) bar:16 color:lightorange from:2006 till:2010 text: SSC-R Cavite (2006-10) bar:17 color:blue from:2008 till:2012 text:Informatics (2008-12) bar:18 color:blue from:2008 till:2010 text: Lyceum Subic Bay (2008-10, 2014-15, 2016-2018) bar:18 color:blue from:2014 till:2015 text: bar:18 color:blue from:2016 till:end text: bar:19 color:green from:2009 till:end text: OLFU (2009-present) bar:20 color:red from:2011 till:2013 text:Trace College (2011-13) bar:21 color:lavender from:2013 till:2015 text: PUP (2013-present) bar:22 color:lavender from:2013 till:end text: RTU (2013-present) bar:23 color:tan1 from:2014 till:2015 text: CCP (2014-15) bar:24 color:tan1 from:2014 till:2015 text:Diliman College (2014-15) bar:25 color:tan1 from:2014 till:end text: PCU (2014-present) bar:26 color:tan1 from:2014 till:2015 text: Santa Isabel (2014-15) bar:27 color:tan2 from:2016 till:end text:De Ocampo (2016-present) bar:28 color:tan2 from:2016 till:2017 text: Earist (2016-17) bar:29 color:tan2 from:2016 till:end text: Enderun (2016-present) bar:30 color:tan2 from:2016 till:end text: MLQU (2016-present) bar:31 color:tan2 from:2016 till:end text:PMMS (2016-present) bar:32 color:tan2 from:2016 till:end text: San Lorenzo (2016-2018) bar:33 color:tan2 from:2017 till:end text:

De La Salle Araneta University De La Salle Araneta University, also referred to by its acronym (Araneta U or DLSAU), is a private Catholic Lasallian co-educational basic and higher education institution supervised by the Philippine District of the De La Salle Christian Brother ...

(2017-present) bar:34 color:tan2 from:2017 till:end text:Saint Francis of Assisi College (2017-present) ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:1 start:2000

References

External links

NAASCU

NAASCU at Wordpress
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