NWAC Updates Return to Play Guidelines

The Northwest Athletic Conference (NWAC) released updated Return to Play guidelines for its member institutions. You can read the full NWAC press release here. 

Last week the Northwest Athletic Conference (NWAC) Executive Board agreed that all sports (excluding Cross Country) scheduled to begin winter term will resume competition March 1, 2021. The resumption of competition is dependent on the decision of each member college to participate and on the approval of state and local health authorities.  The start date for Cross Country is February 13, 2021. All competition will end no later than June 15, 2021.  

All NWAC Championship contests are canceled. Competition schedules will be determined regionally by the participating colleges.

Beginning January 2, NWAC Return to Play phased protocols will commence.  Opportunities for team activities, practice, training, region competition and regionalized playoff/championship contests will be determined and defined by each region (member institutions), with the approval of each member college president. NWAC return to play health and safety policies and state and local protocols must be followed.

LB student-athletes will return for the Winter Quarter, which begins January 4, 2021, and begin NWAC Gray Phase protocol on January 2. The phased return to play begins with a self quarantine for 14 days (Gray), followed by 14 days of small group workouts (Red), then full team workouts (Yellow) for 14 days and finally competition (Green). 

Sport committes are in the process of reworking competition schedules to align with the revised guidelines and should be released in the near future. 

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