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Since 1996, the Briercrest College and Seminary
Clippers have competed in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference
(ACAC) of the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). As
the only ACAC insitution in Saskatchewan it is the only
non-Albertan institution in the
Conference.
The ACAC has a long and storied history, beginning as
the "Western Inter-College Conference" in 1963 before
changing to the current ACAC in 1968. In 1970 the ACAC
entered into an affiliation with the college athletic conferences
in the three other western provinces to form the
4-West Conference for regional
play-downs.
The CCAA was founded in 1974, and
the first CCAA National
Championships were staged that same year. Camrose Lutheran College
won the ACAC's first National Championship by
capturing gold medal in men's ice hockey that same
year.
In 1979 ACAC elected to
permanently abandon the 4-West Conference Championships in favour
of sending its own ACAC Champions to the CCAA National
Championships.
There have been many changes in membership and sports
offered since the inception of the ACAC. Currently membership
includes Ambrose University College, University of Alberta,
Augustana, Briercrest College, Concordia University College of
Alberta, Grande Prairie Regional College, Keyano College, Lakeland
College, Lethbridge College, Grant MacEwan University, Medicine Hat
College, NAIT, Olds College, Portage College, Red Deer College,
SAIT Polytechnice, St. Mary's University College, and The King's
University College. ACAC sports include basketball, cross country
running, futsal, golf, ice hockey, soccer, and
volleyball.