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OOKWHO'S TURNING T HE WEST COAST CONFERENCE TURNS 50 TH IS YEAR and will embark on a season-long celebration looking back at 50 years of tradit ion-fill ed riva lries, excellence in the classroom and exciting athletics success.

THE WEST COAST CONF ERENCE was origi nally founded in 1952 as the Cal ifornia Basketbal l Association to provide a convenient venue for f ive San Francisco Bay Area schools to compete in basketball. Since that modest beg inn ing, the Conference has evolved into a nationally recognized and competitive force within the NCAA. T he league forma lly known as the West Coast Athletic Conference currently sponsors 13 sports: baseba ll, both men's and women's basketba ll, cross country, golf, soccer, and tennis; and women's volleybal l and crew. FROM THE PINE FORESTS of Eastern Washington, to the Columbia River Basin, to t he dynam ic San Francisco Bay Area, to the sunny beaches of Southern California, t he current wee membership spans the western coast of the United States . The Conference is characterized by the stabili t y of its membership, as only two NCAA Div ision I conferences nationally have been toget her longer. S ince its birth in 1952, the wee has been a dom inant force in intercol legiate athletics, boasting 33 NCAA individ ual and team championships. And whi le t itles are being ea rned on t he fie ld, degrees are being earned in the classroom, as the wee is home to numerous Academ ic A ll-Ameri ca ns. And after graduation, West Coast Conference alumn i have continued to flour ish, as some of t he world's elite athletes started in t he wee. THE so-YEAR H ISTORY OF THE wee demonstrates t hat success in interco lleg iate at hl etics can be built on t he foundat ion of val ues, character and academics. The champions of t omorrow are competing today, so look to t he West Coast Conference, where t he nation 's best student-at hl etes cont inue to make t heir mark in sports history.

For up-to-date informat ion and events connected w ith our celebrat ion visit ou r Webs ite: WWW.WCCSPORTS.COM

GONZAGA • LOYOLA MARVMOUNT • PEPPERDINE • PORTLAND SA INT MARV'S • SAN DIEGO • SAN FRANCISCO • SANTA CLARA

West Coast Conference • 1200 Bayhil l Drive, Suite 302 • San Bruno, CA 94066 • (650) 873-8622 phone • (650) 873-7846 fax