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Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

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Established
  
1920

Division
  
Division III

Region
  
Minnesota

Association
  
NCAA

Members
  
13

Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Sports fielded
  
22 (men's: 11; women's: 11)

The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) is a college athletic conference which competes in the NCAA's Division III. As the name implies, member schools are located in the state of Minnesota. All of the member schools are private, with all but one having a religious affiliation, and only two being non-sectarian.

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History

On March 15, 1920, a formal constitution was adopted and the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference was born, with Carleton College, Gustavus Adolphus College, Hamline University, Macalester College, Saint John's University, St. Olaf College, and the University of St. Thomas.

Concordia College joined the MIAC in 1921, Augsburg College in 1924, and Saint Mary's University in 1926. Carleton dropped membership in 1925, rejoining in 1983. St. Olaf left in 1950, returning in 1975. The University of Minnesota Duluth was a member of the MIAC from 1950 to 1975. Bethel University joined in 1978. The MIAC initiated women's competition in the 1981–82 season. Two all-women's schools subsequently joined the conference, St. Catherine University in 1983 and the College of St. Benedict in 1985 joined the league.

Augsburg did not participate in intercollegiate football from 1935 through 1938. The conference did not play sports from the fall 1943 to the spring of 1945 due to World War II. Saint Mary's discontinued its football program in 1955. Macalester became an independent in football in 2002, but still retains its MIAC membership in other sports. Wrestling was dropped as a conference sponsored sport after the 2002–03 season. St. Catherine and St. Benedict, being both women's colleges, also do not sponsor football. Together with Saint John's, one of only a handful of men's colleges, St. Benedict forms a joint academic institution, known commonly by the initialism CSB/SJU.

From 1947 to 2003 the MIAC had a strong men's wrestling program, which was discontinued following the 2002–03 season. The strongest teams over the history of the conference were Augsburg with 31 team championships, and Saint John's with 14 team championships. The MIAC teams and individual wrestlers demonstrated a strong national and Olympic presence in the 1970s and beyond

Current members

Note
  1. – Women's college
  2. – Men's college
  3. – Carleton left the MIAC after the 1924–25 season, and re-joined back in the 1983–84 season.
  4. – St. Olaf left the MIAC after the 1949–50 season, and re-joined back in the 1975–76 season.
  5. – Macalester became a member of the Midwest Conference for football starting with the 2014 season after being an independent in football since 2002.

Sports

Member teams compete in football (men's), soccer (men's and women's), cross country (men's and women), golf (men's and women), volleyball (women's), basketball (men's and women), ice hockey (men's and women), indoor track and field (men's and women), swimming and diving (men's and women), baseball (men's), tennis (men's and women), track and field (men's and women) and softball (women's). The conference no longer sponsors men's wrestling or men's and women's Nordic skiing.

Trophy games between MIAC football members

  • The Goat Trophy (Carleton College v. St. Olaf College) started 1931
  • The Hammer (Augsburg College v. Hamline University) started 2005
  • The Holy Grail (Saint John's University v. University of St. Thomas) started 2001
  • The Troll (Concordia College v. St. Olaf College) started 1974

    • Trophy games between MIAC football members and non football members

  • The Old Paint Bucket (Macalester College v. Hamline University) – started 1965
  • Book of Knowledge (Carleton College v. Macalester College) — started 1998
  • Power Bowl (Concordia College v. Minnesota State University-Moorhead) — 1999–2007 (formerly the American Crystal Sugar Bowl — 1984–1998 — the matchup dated back to 1919) [1]

    • Conference titles

  • c = co champions
  • * No Longer a MIAC member
  • ** No Longer competes in MIAC football
  • *** No Longer competes in football
  • No football played in 1943 and 1944 due to World War II

    • Men's basketball regular season conference titles

  • Not played 1943–44 to 1944–45
  • c = co champions
  • * No longer a Member of the MIAC

    • Women's basketball regular season conference titles

  • c = co champions

    • Men's ice hockey regular season conference titles

  • Hockey not played 1942–43 to 1945–46
  • c = co champions
  • * No longer a member of the MIAC
  • ** Does not have a varsity hockey team

    • Women's ice hockey regular season conference titles

  • c = co champions
  • * Does not have a varsity hockey team

    • Conference facilities

    *Played an independent football schedule 2002–2013. In 2014 joined the Midwest Conference for football.

    Executive director

    The executive director, a position was created in 1994, serves as the conference "commissioner".

  • Carlyle Carter (1994–2005)
  • Daniel McKane (2005–present)

    • References

    Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Wikipedia
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