Salina Post

SALINA — The National Junior College Athletic Association announced Thursday that 2015 will be the last NJCAA Division I Women’s Basketball National Championship.

The tournament will be relocated to Lubbock, Texas, for 2016 to 2018, the NJCAA said during its annual meeting in Colorado Springs, Colo.

The NJCAA greatly appreciates the hard work and passion that the city of Salina, its volunteers and tournament director Tiffany Benien have put in to this championship over the last 17 years,” said Mary Ellen Leicht, NJCAA executive director. “The decision to part ways was a difficult one and was not taken lightly.”

Benien, of the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce, said approximately 250 volunteers take part in the annual event, which
is held at the Bicentennial Center. The event is scheduled for March 16 to 21, 2015.