SKC Athletics

Salish Kootenai College athletics offers men’s and women’s basketball.  We are the Bison, and our colors are Maroon and Gold. Our teams are composed of students who have an interest in playing competitive basketball past high school.

We have about 25 games scheduled against college varsity and junior varsity programs throughout Montana, Washington, and North Dakota as well as some independent tournaments as far as Oregon. We are currently working on scheduling games for next season with the hopes of adding schools from Wyoming and Idaho.

 At SKC, we draw on both education and athletics as a means of preparing our students for both work and life. Prospective student-athletes will find the classes motivating, the campus environment welcoming, and the surrounding area sociable.

We are currently working with architects to finalize plans for our new gymnasium, which will open in the spring of 2007. Watch this site for more information and plans on the gym.

Key facts about Salish Kootenai College for prospective student-athletes…

  • SKC was chartered by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes in December 1976
  • SKC became the first regionally accredited Tribal College in the Northwest U.S. at the associate degree level in 1980 and at the bachelor’s level in 1988
  • Our campus sits on 100 acre’s of land on the Flathead Indian Reservation at the base of the Mission Mountains
  • We currently have 18 buildings on campus, 55 apartment style housing units, and plans to construct a new Information Technology center and dormitories
  • 3 administrators, 56 full-time faculty, and 129 support staff serve more than 1100 students with a variety of educational programs including:
    • 6 Bachelor’s degrees
    • 14 Associate degrees
    • 7 Vocational certificates
  • 695 Indian students from 72 tribes, 13 states, and 3 Canadian provinces attended SKC last year
  • From 1979 – 2004, SKC conferred 1269 associated degrees and 301 bachelor’s degrees on Indian students from 97 reservations
  • SKC is a leader in recruiting, retaining, and graduating Indian students
  • The registered nursing program is ranked in the top 10 nursing schools in the U.S. in the number of Indian graduates