Golden State Athletic Conference

The Golden State Athletic Conference is a college athletics conference in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The conference commissioner is Dr. Cliff Hamlow of Azusa Pacific University. Conference leadership is shared among the member institutions. The conference was formed in Autumn of 1986.

The conference is unique among collegiate athletic conferences as its members are all Christian colleges located in Central and Southern California. They are all similar in enrollment, academics, athletics and student life.

Conference teams have won 20 national championships. Azusa Pacific won the 2004-2005 as well as the 2005-2006 National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) NAIA Director's Cup. Azusa Pacific's football team, which competes as an independent as the GSAC does not sponsor football, even beat the University of San Diego football team [http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/pioneer/san_diego/opponents_records.php?teamid=241 three consecutive years] . USD football competes in Division I-AA of the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the Pioneer Football League.

Hope International University and San Diego Christian College joined the GSAC in the fall of 1999. The newest member of the GSAC, The Master's College, joined in the fall of 2001.

Current member schools

*Azusa Pacific University - Azusa, California
*Biola University - La Mirada, California
*California Baptist University - Riverside, California
*Concordia University - Irvine, California
*Fresno Pacific University - Fresno, California
*Hope International University - Fullerton, California
*The Master's College - Santa Clarita, California
*Point Loma Nazarene University - San Diego, California
*San Diego Christian College - El Cajon, California
*Vanguard University - Costa Mesa, California
*Westmont College - Santa Barbara, California

ports sponsored

For men, the GSAC offers baseball, basketball, cross country, soccer, tennis, and track and field. For women, the GSAC offers basketball, cross country, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field, and volleyball.

External links

* [http://www.gsacsports.org Official website]
* [http://www.naia.org/reg/reg2/gsac.html Official page on NAIA website]