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NJCAA

ATHLETICS

History
The American Medical Association Committee on the Medical Aspects
of Sports invited the organization to participate in their activities in
this field. Also a liaison committee between the AAJC and the NJCAA
was formed .
The year 1967-68 was one of many changes in the NJCAA.
Membership stood at 391 colleges. The 1967 legislative assembly
approved a grant-in-aid to Michael Mould, Keystone Junior College,
LaPlume, Pennsylvania, to write a complete history of the NJCAA to
fulfill a requirement for the completion of his doctorate degree at
Springfield College, Springfield, Massachusetts.
In 1968 the legislative assembly reorganized the administrative
structure for the 16 regions established in 1949 to 19 regions. This
was accomplished by dividing Region VIII, Region I, and Region XV
to form three new regions. Membership had now reached 419
colleges.
The NJCAA, for the first time, conducted its own Olympic Trials in
basketball. A squad of ten players competed in the final trials in
Albuquerque, New Mexico. Athletes of member colleges also
competed in Olympic Trials for wrestling and track and field.
A third post-season football game, sponsored by the El Toro
Foundation of Yuma, Arizona, was added to the football program.
Called the El Toro Bowl, its first competition came in 1968.
Membership in the United States Collegiate Sports Council, the
United States Baseball Federation and the United States Wrestling
Federation were accepted by the NJCAA in 1968, and a National
Invitational Gymnastics Meet was added to the program.
In 1969 the appointment of George E. Killian as full-time Executive
Director was approved by the legislative assembly, and the new
office was officially opened August l, 1969, in the Hilton Inn,
Hutchinson, Kansas.

Source: http://www.njcaa.org/todaysNJCAA_History.cfm?category=History

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