FRESNO, Calif. - FPU Athletics' official podcast, The Sunbirds Sports Show, returned for a special edition to discuss FPU's impending move to the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) in 2026.  Host and FPU alum Paul Meadors was joined in the ESPN Fresno Studios with Sunbirds Director of Athletics Kyle Ferguson before CCAA Commissioner Allen Hardison called in from SoCal.  

Ferguson starts by going over the two-year process that led to this transition, as well as the many positive opportunities that will come from being CCAA members - from increasing their regional footprint, decreasing their time on the road, and what it will be like the be the only private, Christian university in the new conference.

Then, Hardison talks about their expansion process and what excited them about the prospect of adding the Sunbirds to the conference.  From expanding into the growing Fresno market to bolstering their central valley presence along with UC Merced and Stanislaus State, the conference envisions a bright future with Fresno Pacific now on board.

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