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Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC /ˈmaɪæk/ MY-ak) is an intercollegiate athletic conference that competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III. All 13 of the member schools are located in Minnesota and are private institutions, with only two being non-sectarian.

History

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College of St. Scholastica
St. Scholastica
St. Olaf College
St. Olaf
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
Saint Mary's
Saint John's University
Saint John's
St. Catherine University
St. Catherine
College of Saint Benedict
Saint Benedict
Macalester College
Macalester
Hamline University
Hamline
Gustavus Adolphus College
Gustavus Adolphus
Concordia College
Concordia
Carleton College
Carleton
Bethel University
Bethel
Augsburg University
Augsburg
  
Location of MIAC schools. Current members: green. Former members: red.

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

Concordia College joined the MIAC in 1921, Augsburg University 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.

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 football left the conference in 2002, but subsequently rejoined. 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.[1]

On May 22, 2019, it was announced that the University of St. Thomas would depart the MIAC at the end of spring 2021. St. Thomas by this point had over twice the enrollment of any other member institution.[2] and on May 28, 2020, the conference announced the addition of the College of St. Scholastica after leaving the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference in 2021.[3]

The conference split into two divisions for football in 2021. The Northwoods Division consists of Carleton College, Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint John's University, St. Olaf College, and The College of St. Scholastica. The Skyline Division consists of Augsburg University, Bethel University, Concordia College, Hamline University, and Macalester College.

Chronological timeline

Member schools

Current members

The MIAC currently has 13 full members, all private schools.

Notes
  1. ^ All cities are located within the State of Minnesota.
  2. ^ Carleton left the MIAC after the 1924–25 school year, before re-joining in the 1983–84 school year.
  3. ^ Macalester re-joined the conference in football in the 2021 fall season (2021–22 school year). It became an independent in football from the 2002 to 2013 fall seasons (2002–03 to 2013–14 school years), and then a football-only member of the Midwest Conference from the 2014 to 2020 fall seasons (2014–15 to 2020–21 school years).[3]
  4. ^ a b Saint Benedict (women's) and Saint John's (men's) are together the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University and usually grouped together, but they participate separately in athletics.
  5. ^ a b This institution is a women's college, therefore it does not compete in men's sports.
  6. ^ This institution is a men's college, therefore it does not compete in women's sports.
  7. ^ St. Olaf left the MIAC after the 1949–50 school year, before re-joining in the 1974–75 school year.

Former members

Notes
  1. ^ All cities are located within the State of Minnesota.

Membership timeline

College of St. ScholasticaCollege of Saint Benedict and Saint John's UniversitySt. Catherine UniversityBethel University (Minnesota)University of Minnesota DuluthSaint Mary's University of MinnesotaAugsburg UniversityConcordia College (Moorhead, Minnesota)University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)St. Olaf CollegeCollege of Saint Benedict and Saint John's UniversityMacalester CollegeHamline UniversityGustavus Adolphus CollegeCarleton College

Full members Full members (non-football) Other conference Football only

Sports

Member teams compete in 22 sports, 11 men's and 11 women's.

Men's sports
Women's sports

The conference no longer sponsors wrestling or men's and women's Nordic skiing.

Rivalry trophies

Football
Other sports
Defunct

Source:[6]

All-Sports Trophy

The All-Sports Trophy is given to the school with the best overall record for all MIAC sports in each gender. The men's trophy was first awarded for 1962-63 to Macalester College. St. Olaf College received the first women's trophy in 1983-84. The University of St. Thomas won both the men's and women's trophies from 2008 to 2017. The men's is named the George Durenberger Trophy and the women's is named the Pat Wiesner Trophy[7] Not awarded 2019-20 and 2020-21 due to Covid pandemic.


Football

Conference titles

  1. ^ a b No longer a MIAC member.
  2. ^ Did not compete in MIAC football from 2002 through 2020.
  3. ^ Remains a MIAC member, but no longer sponsors football.

c = Co-champions
No 1943 and 1944 seasons due to World War II.
No 2020 season due to COVID-19.
Source:[8]

Soccer

Men's soccer regular season conference titles

  1. ^ No longer a conference member.

c = Co-champions
No championship awarded for 2020 due to Covid pandemic
Source:[9]

Women's soccer regular season conference titles

  1. ^ No longer a conference member.

c = Co-champions
No championship awarded for 2020 due to Covid pandemic
Source:[10]

Basketball

Men's basketball regular season conference titles

  1. ^ a b No longer a conference member.

c = Co-champions
No 1943–44 and 1944–45 seasons due to World War II.
No championship awarded for 2020-21 due to Covid pandemic.
Source:[11]

Women's basketball regular season conference titles

  1. ^ No longer a conference member.

c = Co-champions
No championship awarded for 2021 due to Covid pandemic
Source:[12]

Ice hockey

Men's ice hockey regular season conference titles

  1. ^ a b No longer a conference member.
  2. ^ Remains a conference member, but no longer has a men's ice hockey team.

c = Co-champions
No seasons from 1942–43 to 1945–46.
No championship awarded for 2020-21 due to Covid pandemic.
Source:[13]

Men's ice hockey conference tournament

Women's ice hockey regular season conference titles

  1. ^ No longer a conference member.

c = Co-champions
No championship awarded for 2021 due to Covid pandemic
Source:[14]

Women's ice hockey conference tournament

Facilities

Commissioner

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

References

  1. ^ "Wrestling Recordbook". Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on March 18, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
  2. ^ Campbell, Dave (May 22, 2019). "MIAC ousts original member St. Thomas for being too strong". USA Today. Associated Press. Archived from the original on May 9, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Johnson, Randy (May 28, 2020). "MIAC overhaul: Macalester back in football; St. Scholastica joining league". Star Tribune. Archived from the original on June 8, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  4. ^ "Best Colleges in Minnesota". U.S. News & World Report. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
  5. ^ "Concordia vs Moorhead State football games will be the "Power Bowl"" (Press release). Concordia College. June 3, 1999. Archived from the original on July 12, 2007. Retrieved July 1, 2007.
  6. ^ "MIAC Rivalry Trophies". Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on 2017-07-05. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  7. ^ "All-Sports Competitioni History". Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  8. ^ "MIAC Football Record Book" (PDF). Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletics Conference. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  9. ^ "MIAC Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  10. ^ "MIAC Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-10-31.>
  11. ^ "MIAC Men's Basketball Recordbook". Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletics Conference. Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  12. ^ "MIAC Women's Basketball Recordbook". Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  13. ^ "MIAC Men's Hockey Record Book". Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on 2017-11-04. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  14. ^ "MIAC Women's Hockey Recordbook". Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletics Conference. Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-10-31.

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