CCAA 50th Anniversary: Women's Basketball
In 1978, Women’s Basketball was added to the calendar and included as part of the CCAA’s Festival of Sport. Hosted within the Olympic Velodrome, John Abbott College earned the first gold medals at the six-team championship.
John Abbott set the standard for the sport, winning the first three championships, followed by four more in the 1980s and then another three in the 1990s for a total of ten in 20 years.
The mid to late 90s saw a changing of the guard as another RSEQ team rose to prominence. Collège Montmorency followed up John Abbott’s feat with a run of their own, winning nine CCAA gold medals, three silver and three bronze over a similar timespan.
While programs from all Conferences have experienced periodic CCAA women’s basketball triumph none have experienced the same dynastic excellence as these two programs.
CCAA 50th Anniversary – Women's Basketball Programs
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1 |
Collège Montmorency |
26 |
Cégep de Sherbrooke |
|
2 |
John Abbott College |
27 |
Vanier College |
|
3 |
Lethbridge College |
28 |
Medicine Hat College |
|
4 |
Dawson College |
29 |
Algonquin College |
|
5 |
Cégep de Sainte-Foy |
30 |
University of British Columbia - Okanagan |
|
6 |
Mount Royal University |
31 |
Concordia University of Edmonton |
|
7 |
University of the Fraser Valley |
32 |
Red Deer Polytechnic |
|
8 |
Langara College (VCC) |
33 |
Collège de Maisonneuve |
|
9 |
Humber College |
34 |
Cégep Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu |
|
10 |
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology |
35 |
Champlain College Saint-Lambert |
|
11 |
Collège Ahuntsic |
36 |
Capilano University |
|
12 |
Vancouver Island University (Malaspina) |
37 |
Thompson Rivers University (Cariboo) |
|
13 |
Mount Saint Vincent University |
38 |
Lambton College |
|
14 |
Mohawk College |
39 |
Sheridan College |
|
15 |
St. Thomas University |
40 |
Collège du Nord-Ouest |
|
16 |
MacEwan University |
41 |
Briercrest College and Seminary |
|
17 |
Fanshawe College |
42 |
Seneca Polytechnic |
|
18 |
Dalhousie Agricultural Campus (NSAC) |
43 |
Mount Allison University |
|
19 |
Douglas College |
44 |
Nova Scotia Teachers College |
|
20 |
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology |
45 |
SIAST Kelsey |
|
21 |
Northwestern Polytechnic (GPRC) |
46 |
Cape Breton University |
|
22 |
Cégep Édouard-Montpetit |
47 |
University of King's College |
|
23 |
Lakeland College |
48 |
*Four Teams Tied |
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24 |
Olds College |
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25 |
Holland College |
*Trinity Western University / Canadian Bible College / Red River College Polytechnic / St. Clair College
Fun Fact: In 1978, Pat Blundy of Sheridan and Judy Smith of NSAC represent change at the administrative level of the CCAA, becoming the first female convenors in the Association for women’s volleyball and basketball respectively.
