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History of the Conference

In 1968, the Midwest Junior College Athletic Conference (MJCAC) awarded its first conference championships in Men's Basketball and Men's Baseball.  There were two name changes as the conference grew to better reflect the member institutions.  In the 1980's, the name was changed to Midwest Community College Athletic conference (MCCAC) as institutions were changing from the Junior College focus to the Community College then in 2014 it was again adjusted to reflect the conference schools are all in Missouri so Midwest Community College Athletic Conference became Missouri Community College Athletic Association. In 2025 the conference was again facing leadership changes and challenges and it was voted to join the conferece with the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region XVI to become the Region XVI Sho-Me Conference.

Charter Member Institutions include:

  • St. Louis Community College-Florissant Valley
  • St. Louis Community College-Forest Park
  • St. Louis Community College-Meramec
  • Three Rivers Community College
  • Mineral Area College

In 1973, East Central College and Jefferson College joined the conference followed by Belleville Area College (now Southwestern Illinois College), Lewis and Clark Community College and St. Charles Community College. Shawnee Community College joined the conference in the 2010-11 academic year.

Drastic budget cuts in 2011 faced by all colleges led to the consolidation of the St. Louis Community College athletic departments into one athletic program. During this same academic year, Shawnee Community College and Lewis & Clark Community College dropped out of the conference due to scheduling commitments to NJCAA Region 24.

In 2012-13 State Fair Community College became the newest member of the MCCAC. The addition of State Fair helped keep the conference viable and allowed men's basketball to remain as a conference sponsored sport. Missouri State University West Plains joined in 2015-16 and Moberly Area Community College became the ninth member of the conference in 2016-17.

Current sports sponsored by the conference include men's and women's basketball, men'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.