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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The Horned Frogs are also bringing in junior college prospects Trent Lincoln and Ryan Hunt along with Serbian forward Milos Sojic.
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Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2026
Cherry took a circuitous route back to San Diego, moving to Phoenix for high school, then a junior college in New Mexico for two seasons, then UNLV in 2024-25, then Sacramento State last season.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026
The four started their collegiate journeys at junior colleges in 2018 or 2019, and the NCAA eligibility clock starts once an athlete enrolls full time in a collegiate institution, even a non-NCAA member school such as a two- or three-year junior college.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Lawyers for the family of an Oklahoma junior college basketball player who died after suffering a head injury during a game said Thursday the student had been struck by another player's elbow and accused the team of not providing proper medical care before putting him back on the court.
—CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
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Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2026
Cherry took a circuitous route back to San Diego, moving to Phoenix for high school, then a junior college in New Mexico for two seasons, then UNLV in 2024-25, then Sacramento State last season.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026
The four started their collegiate journeys at junior colleges in 2018 or 2019, and the NCAA eligibility clock starts once an athlete enrolls full time in a collegiate institution, even a non-NCAA member school such as a two- or three-year junior college.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Lawyers for the family of an Oklahoma junior college basketball player who died after suffering a head injury during a game said Thursday the student had been struck by another player's elbow and accused the team of not providing proper medical care before putting him back on the court.
—CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
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“Junior college.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junior%20college. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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