{"id":4172,"date":"2024-09-25T13:26:40","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T21:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/?p=4172"},"modified":"2026-02-08T10:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T18:05:08","slug":"announcing-the-ncta-regional-conferences-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/2024\/09\/25\/announcing-the-ncta-regional-conferences-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the NCTA Regional Conferences Initiative!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dear NCTA Coaches and Athletes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am so pleased and excited\u00a0to introduce the <a href=\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/ncta-regional-conferences\/\">NCTA\u00a0Regional Conferences initiative<\/a>! Six regional conferences are being recognized and organized around the United States and will provide more\u00a0opportunities than ever before for college students to compete and grow as athletes and leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Participation in the regional conferences will qualify collegiate athletes for a new additional division at the NCTA Championships, the NCTA Team Championships. This division will see athletes competing to take home a traveling cup, the new NCTA Cup, which will reside with the winning Team Division school each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you to the hard work of our regional conference leads: Casey Denham (Mid-Atlantic\/ACATA), Haksung Kim (Pacwest), David Lee (Midwest), Sung Park (Northeast\/ECTC), Catherine Tong (Pacific Northwest), and Joseph Van (South), and to our hardworking NCTA Tournament Committee Chair Tara Sarathi for spearheading this effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You should&nbsp;all be receiving more communication soon about upcoming events, but feel free to reach out to&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:ncta.contact@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ncta.contact@gmail.com<\/a>&nbsp;for more information at any time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Best,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dan Chuang<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President, NCTA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1003\" height=\"649\" src=\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image.png 1003w, https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-768x497.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1003px) 100vw, 1003px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear NCTA Coaches and Athletes: I am so pleased and excited\u00a0to introduce the NCTA\u00a0Regional Conferences initiative! 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