The College of Idaho • Corban University • Eastern Oregon University • Multnomah University Northwest University • Northwest Christian University • Oregon Institute of Technology • Southern Oregon University •The Evergreen State College Walla Walla University • Warner Pacific University
Associate Members British Columbia • Carroll •Embry Riddle • Life Pacific • Menlo • Montana Northern • Providence • Rocky Mountain • Simpson
Life Pacific College Accepted as Associate Member in Men’s Wrestling
May 24, 2018
From the Cascade Collegiate Conference Office Contact: Rob Cashell, [email protected]
LA GRANDE, Ore. – The Cascade Collegiate Conference Council of Presidents’ has accepted Life Pacific College as the latest associate member in men’s wrestling the league office announced.
“We are thrilled to welcome Life Pacific College to the CCC as an associate member in men’s wrestling,” stated CCC Commissioner Robert Cashell. “The Warriors are joining what we believe is the strongest wrestling conference top to bottom in the NAIA and their addition represents the continued re-growth of the sport nationally.”
Last July wrestling became the seventh official men’s sport in the CCC. Life Pacific College, located in San Dimas, California recently added men’s wrestling on their campus under the direction of Head Coach Arsen Aleksanyen. The Warriors have signed an initial class of twenty- one student athletes.
“As Life Pacific College launches varsity men’s wrestling this fall, we are excited to join the Cascade Collegiate Conference (CCC) as an associate member, stated LPC President Dr. Jim J. Adams. “We are grateful to join the CCC family of NAIA institutions as it enters its second year of the sport of men’s wrestling and compete with like-minded “Champions of Character” schools as LPC continues its rapid growth of intercollegiate athletics.”
LPC joins current associate members sponsoring wrestling; Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University- Prescott, Ariz., Menlo College- Atherton, Calif., Montana State University Northern- Havre, Mont., Simpson University-Redding, Calif., University of Providence-Great Falls, Mont. as well as full CCC members Eastern Oregon University, Southern Oregon University, and Warner Pacific University.
“With the incredible value that wrestling brings as a sport to Life Pacific we are extremely excited to join the Cascade Collegiate Conference as it will have a profound impact on our competition and branding in the sport of wrestling and as a Christian University, stated LPC Director of Athletics Tim Cook. “
The College of Idaho • Corban University • Eastern Oregon University • Multnomah University Northwest University • Northwest Christian University • Oregon Institute of Technology • Southern Oregon University •The Evergreen State College Walla Walla University • Warner Pacific University
Associate Members British Columbia • Carroll •Embry Riddle • Life Pacific • Menlo • Montana Northern • Providence • Rocky Mountain • Simpson
Providence University will be the site of the 2019 CCC Men’s Wrestling Championships February 16th. The 62nd Annual NAIA National Championships will be held March 1-2 in De Moines, Iowa in 2019.
About LPC Life Pacific College is a WSCUC and ABHE accredited institution of biblical higher education existing for the transformational development of students into leaders prepared to serve God in the Church, the workplace, and the world. The college has been educating leaders since 1923 and enrolls nearly 700 students in traditional undergraduate, non-traditional, and graduate programs. The college offers NAIA intercollegiate athletics and dynamic degrees in business, ministry, biblical studies, communication, human development and psychology, worship arts and media, and strategic leadership all taught from a spirit-filled, Pentecostal perspective.