The National Congress of State Games is an American nonprofit sports association, consisting of 27 full members divided into three regions. As of 2023, NCSG members run 26 Summer Games and a number of winter games The NCSG is part of the United States Olympic Committee and organizes the State Games of America, an Olympic-style multi-sport event in which athletes who have won a medal in their home state's Games are eligible to compete.[3][4][5]
Sport | Multiple sports |
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Category | Amateur |
Jurisdiction | United States |
Abbreviation | NCSG |
Founded | 1988[1] |
Affiliation | United States Olympic Committee |
Location | Grand Rapids, Michigan |
President | Eric Engelbarts [2] |
Vice president(s) | Kevin Cummings [2] |
Official website | |
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Member States
editThere are 28 member states.[5]
- Alabama Sports Festival (Alabama)
- Grand Canyon State Games (Arizona)
- California State Games (California)
- Rocky Mountain State Games (Colorado)
- Nutmeg State Games (Connecticut)
- Sunshine State Games (Florida)
- Georgia Games (Georgia)
- Iowa Games (Iowa)
- Sunflower State Games (Kansas)
- Bluegrass State Games (Kentucky)
- Louisiana State Games (Louisiana)
- Bay State Games (Massachusetts)
- State Games of Michigan (Michigan)
- State Games of Mississippi (Mississippi)
- Show-Me State Games (Missouri)
- Big Sky State Games (Montana)
- Cornhusker State Games (Nebraska)
- Garden State Games (New Jersey)
- New Mexico Games (New Mexico)
- Empire State Winter Games (New York)
- State Games of North Carolina (North Carolina)
- State Games of Oregon (Oregon)
- Keystone State Games (Pennsylvania)
- Games of Texas (Texas)
- Utah Summer Games, Utah Winter Games (Utah)
- Virginia Commonwealth Games (Virginia)
- Badger State Games (Wisconsin)
- Cowboy State Games (Wyoming)
Former
edit- Prairie Rose State Games (North Dakota) (ran from 1987 to 2011)
References
edit- ^ Guidestar Info on NCSG
- ^ a b NCSG Contact Us page
- ^ National Congress of America About Us page Archived May 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "About". www.stategames.organization. National Congress of State Games. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
- ^ a b "Member States". www.stategames.org. National Congress of State Games. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
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