BRIEF HISTORY

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The year 1924 marked the formation of an athletic organization known as the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) which gave new meaning to sports competition. Its initial members were the University of the Philippines (UP), Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU), De La Salle College (DLSC), Institute of Accounts (now Far Eastern University), National University (NU), San Beda College (SBC), University of Manila (UM) and the University of Santo Tomas (UST). Its objectives include promoting good relationships among institutions of learning that give courses approved by the Department of Education in the secondary level and the Commission on Higher Education in the tertiary level; establishing and maintaining uniformed rules for the government of college and high school sports; instituting, regulating, and awarding college and high school athletic championships; promoting competitive sports founded on physical, moral, and spiritual values; and cooperating with the national sports associations in all matters pertaining to amateur sports activities, as an established student-athlete farm. Dr. Regino R. Ylanan of the University of the Philippines was NCAA’s first President.

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In 1927, Jose Rizal College joined the association.  Colegio de San Juan de Letran followed suit in 1928.  National University, however, left the NCAA permanently in 1929. With the filing of incorporation in 1932, UP, UST & the Institute of Accounts withdrew from the NCAA, thereby leaving ADMU, CSJL, DLSC, JRC, MIT and SBC as the remaining regular school members.

 

Through the years, the NCAA, the oldest multi-sporting league, has seen a lot of changes in many aspects of the amateur league. Policies have been modified, membership has changed a number of times, and championship honors have come and gone. Through it all, the NCAA has managed to assert itself and give truth to its public recognition as the country’s glamour league, decidedly the most prestigious of collegiate tournaments. For over four decades, “NCAA” meant the Blue Eagles of Ateneo, the Bombers of Jose Rizal, the Archers of La Salle, the Cardinals of Mapua, the Knights of Letran, and the Red Lions of San Beda.

 

In 1969, it welcomed a new member: San Sebastian College Recoletos. Some years later, Ateneo withdrew in 1978 followed by De La Salle in 1981. Trinity College was admitted in 1983. This was followed by the entry of Perpetual Help College of Rizal (now University of Perpetual Help DALTA) in 1984 who eventually begged off from the tournament in the same year when San Beda came back after a leave of absence. Philippine Christian University and College of Saint Benilde-LSGH were welcomed as new members in 1996 and 1998, respectively. Indeed, it has been quite a merry mix-up in the past decade.

 

In 2009, NCAA decided to have ten (10) members in the league. In line with this, it accepted three (3) schools as guest members, namely, Arellano University (AU), Emilio Aguinaldo College (EAC) and Angeles University Foundation (AUF). After one season, however, AUF begged off from the league. AU became a regular member in 2013 while Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU) remains as a probationary member of the league. While Emilio Aguinaldo College (EAC) and Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU) became regular member in 2015.

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MISSION

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The NCAA of the Philippines, which is committed to the total quality development of sports in the country, binds itself to the following missions:

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1. Administer a year-long multi-event scholastic athletic program participated in by all its member-schools;

2. Advance grassroots sports through a vibrant junior level sports competition;

3. Promote camaraderie and good values among the students of the member schools through keen but friendly athletic competition;

4. Develop student-athletes to the best of their potential to be members of the national pool of athletes;

5. Ensure the participation of the NCAA in the development of Philippine sports by being a stakeholder in the different national sports associations; and,

6. Expand the reach of the NCAA through international and provincial games and competitions.

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VISION

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To be the leading national scholastic athletic association in the Philippines that stage high quality sports competitions nationwide for the youth who are bonafide student-athletes of its member-schools.