junior college
noun
: an educational institution that offers two years of studies corresponding to those in the first two years of a four-year college and that often offers technical, vocational, and liberal studies to the adults of a community
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Rolovich is from the Bay Area and was a two-time junior college All-America quarterback at City College of San Francisco in 1998 and 1999.
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Ralph D. Russo, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
With the recent ruling on Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia stating that junior college years don’t count against NCAA eligibility, Hall might have two years of eligibility left or just one.
—Davis Wilson, Kansas City Star, 4 Jan. 2025
One local recruit verbal commit to the Hornets is Elias Brown, the former Sacramento Bee All-Metro running back out of Rocklin High who earned junior college All-American honors in 2024 with American River College while rushing for 1,148 yards and 16 scores.
—Joe Davidson, Sacramento Bee, 2 Jan. 2025
At issue was Pavia playing two years at junior college New Mexico Military Institute, which counted against Pavia’s NCAA eligibility clock (four seasons within five years).
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 23 Dec. 2024
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Ralph D. Russo, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
With the recent ruling on Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia stating that junior college years don’t count against NCAA eligibility, Hall might have two years of eligibility left or just one.
—Davis Wilson, Kansas City Star, 4 Jan. 2025
One local recruit verbal commit to the Hornets is Elias Brown, the former Sacramento Bee All-Metro running back out of Rocklin High who earned junior college All-American honors in 2024 with American River College while rushing for 1,148 yards and 16 scores.
—Joe Davidson, Sacramento Bee, 2 Jan. 2025
At issue was Pavia playing two years at junior college New Mexico Military Institute, which counted against Pavia’s NCAA eligibility clock (four seasons within five years).
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Junior college.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junior%20college. Accessed 12 Jan. 2025.
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