NJCAA Awards Championships to Multiple Cities

May 04, 2020

At the NJCAA Convention, hosted virtually April 20-24, 25 locations were awarded upcoming NJCAA Championships for future years, announced by the Championship Events Committee.

"On behalf of our Championship Staff, I'm excited about this great group of future championship hosts," said NJCAA Director of Championships Rod Lovett. "It is a nice mix of former and first-time hosts and I think our student-athletes and coaches will enjoy playing in these venues and communities. This was a very competitive bid process and we think we have some excellent sites for the next several years. I'm especially excited that we will have four new championships this fall with the addition of Division II men's and women's cross country and Division II men's and women's soccer."

16 different NJCAA sports received new championship locations over the course of the next several years. 14 states received bids, including three bids awarded to Tyler, TX. The state of New York was awarded four bids, including a pair to Erie. A number of new locations earned championship bids, including Oxford, AL which will play home to the Division I and Division II softball championships in alternating years from 2021-2024.

Along with the following championship sites awarded below, the NJCAA previously awarded championships for the newly created Division II men's and women's soccer championships.

Division II Men's Soccer
- Wichita, KS (Stryker Complex) | 2020
- Peachtree City, GA (MOBA Soccer Complex) | 2021
Division II Women's Soccer
- Peachtree City, GA (MOBA Soccer Complex) | 2020
- Wichita, KS (Stryker Complex) | 2021

To read more about the addition of Division II men's and women's soccer, along with the addition of Division II men's and women's cross country, visit: NJCAA to add Divsion II play in cross country, soccer

In addition to the new championship bids, the NJCAA has made the decision to reissue NJCAA Championship host sites that were impacted from COVID-19 during the spring seasons of 2020. The championships that were impacted will now host the events in the spring of 2022. Those championships that have been reissued include:

Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field | Hutchinson, KS
Men's Lacrosse | Garden City, NY
Division I Men's Golf | Odessa, TX
Division II Men's Golf | Joplin, MO
Women's Golf | Finney County, KS (awarded 2023 due to prior selections in 2021, 2022)

Along with the championship bid selections, a number of revisions and additions were added to specific championship formats. To read more about upcoming championship changes, visit: NJCAA announces championship revisions

To read more about all NJCAA Championship bid approvals from the 2020 NJCAA Convention, click the respective links below.

Division I Men's Soccer