Pacific West Conference - Definition and Overview

The Pacific West Conference (also known as the PacWest) is an intercollegiate college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division II. The PacWest was formed in 1992 when the Great Northwest Conference merged the Continental Divide Conference, in response to new several member-departures and new NCAA legislation requiring confrences to have at least six members. Member institutions are located in the western United States in the States of Hawaii, Montana and New Mexico. The PacWest does not compete in football.

At one point the conference expanded to 16 members, but in 2001 member schools from Washington, Alaska, California, and Oregon left to form the new Great Northwest Athletic Conference.

Current members

• Brigham Young University-Hawaii
• Chaminade University of Honolulu
• University of Hawaii - Hilo
• Hawaii Pacific University
• Montana State University - Billings
• Western New Mexico University

Former members

• University of Alaska Anchorage
• University of Alaska Fairbanks
• Central Washington University
• Humboldt State University
• Northwest Nazarene University
• Saint Martin's College
• Seattle University
• Seattle Pacific University
• Western Oregon University
• Western Washington University

External link

• Official site of the Pacific West Conference (http://www.gopacwest.org/)