MCCAC - Midwest Community College Athletic Conference
MCCAC Information
History of the Conference
The Midwest Community College Athletic Conference (MCCAC) was originally founded in 1967 and named the Midwest Junior College Athletic Conference (MJCAC). The name was changed in the 1980's to reflect the growing trend in changing names of junior colleges to community colleges. Charter members included: St. Louis Community College-Florissant Valley, St. Louis Community College- Forest Park, St. Louis Community College- Meramec, Three Rivers Community College, and Mineral Area College. In 1969, East Central College joined the MCCAC followed by Lewis and Clark Community College and St. Charles Community College. Shawnee Community College will join the conference for the 2010-11 academic year.
Current sports sponsored by the MCCAC include men's and women's basketball, men's and women's soccer, softball, baseball, and women's volleyball. Some of the institutions have sponsored other sports in the past, but have discontinued programs due to budgetary constraints.
MCCAC Awards
The Harold Oetting All-Sports Award:
Each academic year, the MCCAC Conference awards the Harold Oetting All-Sports Award to the conference athletic department with the highest overall grade point average. The award is named after the long time basketball coach, baseball coach and athletic director at Jefferson College.
Conference Champions and All- Conference Teams
Each conference sponsored sport: men's and women's basketball, men's and women's soccer, women's volleyball, softball, and baseball awards a conference championship to the team with the best conference record each season. Each sport has its own sport code to determine the conference championship rules and tiebreakers. The coaches select a predetermined number of All-Conference student athletes in each sport as well.
National Award
The Lea Plarski Award
The NJCAA awards the Lea Plarski Award, named after former STLCC-Florissant Valley coach and athletic director, to a junior college student-athlete who exemplifies sportsmanship, leadership, community service, academic excellence and athletic ability. Presented at the end of each academic year, this is the most prestigious honor presented to an NJCAA student athlete.
Professional Athletes Produced by the MCCAC
Major League Baseball- MLB
National Basketball Association-NBA
Major League Soccer / North American Soccer League - MLS/NASL
- David Freese_ STLCC-Meramec-Men' Baseball- MLB
- Matt Pickens - STLCC-Meramec-Men's Soccer- MLS
- Cliff Politte- Jefferson College, Men's Baseball - MLB
- Mark Buerhle- Jefferson College, Men's Baseball- MLB
- Mike Henneman-Jefferson College, Men's Baseball-MLB
- Joe Boever- STLCC - Meramec, Men's Baseball - MLB
- Tom Henke- East Central, Men's Baseball - MLB
- Omir Santos- East Central, Men's Baseball- MLB
- TJ Matthews - STLCC-Meramec - MLB
- Jason Isringhausen- Lewis & Clark- Men's Baseball - MLB
- Latrell Sprewell - Three Rivers - Men's Basketball- NBA
- Steve Ralston - STLCC -Forest Park, Men's Soccer- MLS
- Tom Redmond - STLCC -Meramec, Men's Soccer - NASL
- Denny Vanniger- STLCC- Florissant Valley-NASL
- Steve Pecher - STLCC- Florisant Valley- NASL
- Josh Outman- STLCC Forest Park –Men’s Baseball – MLB
- Dennis Tankersley- STLCC- Meramec – Men’s Baseball - MLB
- Bert Green- STLCC- Meramec – Men’s Baseball - MLB
- Donnie Wall- STLCC- Meramec – Men’s Baseball - MLB
- Lonnie Maclin- STLCC- Meramec – Men’s Baseball - MLB
- Scott Bailes- STLCC- Meramec – Men’s Baseball - MLB
- Neil Fiala- STLCC- Meramec – Men’s Baseball – MLB
Participants in the Pan-Am Games
- Mindy Jenkins - STLCC- Meramec - Women’s Softball
Olympians Produced by the MCCAC
- Jeff Hartwig - STLCC Florissant Valley - Track & Field
MCCAC National Lea Plarski Award Recipient
- Sarah Wood - STLCC Meramec - Women's Soccer