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Athletics Milestones


1959  – Intercollegiate Men’s Basketball Begins
1959 – Began Eight-Year Membership in Willamette Christian College Conference (WCCC), Ends 1967
1969 – Began 13-Year Membership in Pacific Northwest Collegiate Conference (PNCC), Ends 1982
1972 – Intercollegiate Women’s Volleyball Begins
1974 – Began Eight-Year Membership in National Little College Athletic Association (NLCAA), Ends 1982
1982 – Began 12-Year Membership in National Bible College Athletic Association (NBCAA), Ends 1994
1983 – Men’s Basketball Team Wins First of Six NBCAA National Championships in Seven-Year Span
1985 – Intercollegiate Women’s Volleyball Ends
1994 – Began 13-Year Membership in National Small College Athletic Association (NSCAA), Ends 2007
1998 – Men’s Basketball Team Wins First of Back-to-Back NSCAA National Championships
1999 – Intercollegiate Women’s Softball Begins
2003 – NSCAA Becomes United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA)
2004 – Intercollegiate Women’s Basketball Begins
2005 – Intercollegiate Women’s Volleyball Reinstated
2006 – Began membership in National Intercollegiate Athletic Association (NAIA)
2006 – Began membership in Cascade Collegiate Conference (CCC)
2006 – Intercollegiate Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Begin
2006 – Intercollegiate Men’s and Women’s Soccer Begin
2007 – Intercollegiate Men’s and Women’s Golf Begin
2008 – Intercollegiate Men’s and Women’s Distance Track Begin
2008 - Northwest Christian College becomes Northwest Christian University
2011 – Women’s Cross Country Team becomes first to qualify for NAIA National Championships, Takes 4th Place
2013 – Intercollegiate Men’s and Women’s Distance Track Expands to Full Track & Field Program
2014 – Men’s Basketball makes first trip to NAIA National Championships
2014 – Women’s Cross Country wins NCU’s first Cascade Collegiate Conference Championship
2015 – Women’s Cross Country wins NCU’s first NAIA National Championship
2016 – Men’s Basketball wins first of back-to-back Cascade Collegiate Conference Championships
2018 – Bailey Dell wins NAIA National Championship in Javelin
2018 – Intercollegiate Esports Begins
2019 – Anika Rasubala wins NAIA National Championship in 3000m Steeplechase
2020 – Women’s Basketball wins first Cascade Collegiate Conference Championship
2020 - Northwest Christian University becomes Bushnell University
2021 - Volleyball makes first trip to NAIA National Championships
2021 - Men's Golf wins first Cascade Collegiate Conference Championship
2022 - Intercollegiate Beach Volleyball Begins
2022 - Intercollegiate Baseball Reinstated