Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC)

Established	1920
Association	NCAA
Division	Division III
Members	13
Sports fielded	22 (men's: 11; women's: 11)
Region	Minnesota
Headquarters	Saint Paul, Minnesota
Commissioner	Daniel McKane (since 2005)
Website	www.miacathletics.com
Locations

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.^[1]

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 ^[2]

Member schools

Current members

Institution	Nickname	Location (all in Minnesota)	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Joined
Augsburg College	Auggies	Minneapolis	1869	Private/Lutheran (ELCA)	3,785	1924
Bethel University	Royals	Arden Hills	1871	Private/Baptist (BGC)	5,596	1977
Carleton College	Knights	Northfield	1866	Private/Non-Sectarian	1,958	1920, 1983³
Concordia College	Cobbers	Moorhead	1891	Private/Lutheran (ELCA)	2,788	1921
Gustavus Adolphus College	Gusties	St. Peter	1862	Private/Lutheran (ELCA)	2,600	1920
Hamline University	Pipers	St. Paul	1854	Private/Methodist (UMC)	4,900	1920
Macalester College⁵	Scots	St. Paul	1874	Private/Non-Sectarian	1,996	1920
College of Saint Benedict¹	Blazers	St. Joseph	1913	Private/Catholic	2,049	1985
St. Catherine University¹	Wildcats	St. Paul	1905	Private/Catholic	5,246	1983
Saint John's University²	Johnnies	Collegeville	1857	Private/Catholic	1,917	1920
Saint Mary's University	Cardinals	Winona	1912	Private/Catholic	1,300	1926
St. Olaf College	Oles	Northfield	1874	Private/Lutheran (ELCA)	3,007	1920, 1975⁴
University of St. Thomas	Tommies	St. Paul	1885	Private/Catholic	10,839	1920

Note

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

Former members

Institution	Nickname	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Joined	Left	Current Conference
University of Minnesota–Duluth	Bulldogs	Duluth	1902	Public	11,729	1951	1975	NSIC (NCAA Division II)

Membership timeline

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.

Football

Trophy games

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)

Conference titles

Team	Championships	Years won
Saint John's	32	1932, 1935c, 1936c, 1938, 1953c, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1971c, 1974c, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979c, 1982, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995c, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001c, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006c, 2008, 2009, 2014
Gustavus Adolphus	22	1926, 1927, 1933, 1935c, 1936c, 1937, 1940, 1945, 1946, 1950, 1951, 1952c, 1953c, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1967, 1968, 1971c, 1972, 1987
Concordia	18	1931, 1934, 1942c, 1952c, 1957, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1974c, 1978c, 1979c, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1988c, 1990c, 1995c, 2004
St. Thomas	18	1922c, 1929, 1930c, 1939, 1941, 1942c, 1947c, 1948, 1949, 1956, 1973c, 1979c, 1983, 1990, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015
St. Olaf	6	1922c, 1923, 1930c, 1935c, 1978c, 1979c
Hamline	5	1920, 1921, 1966, 1984, 1988c
Bethel	5	2000, 2001c, 2006c, 2007, 2013
UM-Duluth*	3	1960, 1961, 1973c
Augsburg	2	1928c, 1997
Carleton	2	1924, 1992
Macalester**	2	1925, 1947c
Saint Mary's***	1	1928c

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

Basketball

Men's basketball regular season conference titles

Team	Championships	Years won
St. Thomas	31	1924, 1946c, 1949c, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1981c, 1989c, 1990, 1991c, 1992c, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006c, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011c, 2012c, 2013, 2014, 2015
Hamline	19	1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938c, 1939c, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1947, 1948, 1949c, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1960
Gustavus Adolphus	17	1925, 1926, 1928, 1938c, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1968, 1975c, 1988, 1991c, 1992c, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2012c
Augsburg	13	1927, 1946c, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1975c, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1998, 1999
Saint John's	7	1969, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1987, 1993, 2001
Carleton	5	1921, 1922, 1923, 2006c, 2011c
UM-Duluth*	4	1958, 1959, 1961, 1962
St. Olaf	3	1929, 1930, 1989c, 2016
Concordia	3	1931, 1982, 1983
Macalester	2	1937, 1981c
Saint Mary's	2	1939c, 1940
Bethel	0

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

Women's basketball regular season conference titles

Team	Championships	Years won
St. Thomas	15	1983c, 1984, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998c, 2000, 2001, 2002c, 2008c, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016
St. Benedict	13	1989, 1993, 1995, 1998c, 1999, 2002c, 2003c, 2004c, 2006, 2007, 2008c, 2009, 2010c
Concordia	7	1982, 1983c, 1986c, 1987c, 1988, 1990, 2013
Carleton	3	2003c, 2004c, 2005
Saint Mary's	3	1985, 1986c, 2014
Gustavus Adolphus	2	2003c, 2010c
Bethel	1	1994
St. Olaf	1	1983c
Augsburg	0
Hamline	0
Macalester	0
St. Catherine	0

c = co champions

Ice hockey

Men's ice hockey regular season conference titles

Team	Championships	Years won
St. Thomas	31	1923c, 1934, 1938c, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1947, 1949, 1951c, 1952, 1953c, 1974, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993c, 1994, 1995, 1998c, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2012, 2013c, 2014
Gustavus Adolphus	14	1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977c, 1984, 1993c, 2010
Macalester **	12	1923c, 1930, 1931, 1932c, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1939c, 1950c, 1951c, 1962, 1963
UM-Duluth *	9	1953c, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961
Augsburg	9	1928, 1977c, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981c, 1982, 1998c, 2016
Saint John's	8	1935, 1950c, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2013c
Hamline	6	1923c, 1932c, 1948, 2008, 2011, 2015
Saint Mary's	4	1929, 1964, 1965, 1988
St. Olaf	3	1938c, 1939c, 2009
Concordia	2	1981c, 1987
Bethel	1	2007
Carleton**	NA

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

Main article: National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Championship

Team	Championships	Years won
Gustavus Adolphus	13	1999c, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015
St. Thomas	4	2003, 2004, 2014, 2016c
Augsburg	2	1999c, 2000c
Saint Mary's	2	1999c, 2000c
Bethel	1	2016c
Concordia	0
Hamline	0
St. Benedict	0
St. Catherine	0
St. Olaf	0
Carleton*	NA
Macalester*	NA

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

Conference facilities

School	Football stadium	Capacity	Basketball arena	Capacity	Hockey arena	Capacity
Augsburg	Edor Nelson Field	1,400	Si Melby Hall	2,200	Augsburg Ice Arena	800
Bethel	Royal Stadium	3,500	Robertson Center	2,000	NSC Schwan's Rink Blaine Ice Palace	1,000
Carleton	Laird Stadium	7,500	West Gymnasium	1,850	Non-Hockey School	N/A
Concordia	Jake Christiansen Stadium	7,000	Memorial Auditorium	4,500	Moorhead Sports Center
Gustavus Adolphus	Hollingsworth Field	5,000	Gus Young Court	3,000	Don Roberts Ice Rink	1,500
Hamline	Klas Field	2,000	Hutton Arena	2,000	Oscar Johnson Arena, Vadnais Heights Sports Center, Warner Coliseum	300, 1,300, 5,520
Macalester*	Macalester Stadium	4,000	Leonard Center	1,200	Non-Hockey School	N/A
St. Benedict	Non-Football School	N/A	Claire Lynch Hall	1,000	Municipal Athletic Complex
St. Catherine	Non-Football School	N/A	Butler Center	500	Ridder Arena	3,400
Saint John's	Clemens Stadium	7,000	Sexton Arena	2,964	National Hockey Center	5,763
Saint Mary's	Non-Football School	N/A	Fieldhouse	3,500	SMU Ice Arena
St. Olaf	Manitou Field	3,500	Skoglund Center	3,000	Northfield Ice Arena	600
St. Thomas	O'Shaughnessy Stadium	5,025	Schoenecker Arena	2,200	St. Thomas Ice Arena	1,400

*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

↑ "MIAC Official Website". Retrieved 2013-08-15.
↑ "Wrestling Recordbook". Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Retrieved 2013-08-15.

External links

Official website

Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Augsburg Bethel Carleton Concordia Moorhead Gustavus Adolphus Hamline Macalester Saint Catherine Saint Benedict & Saint John's Saint Mary's St. Olaf St. Thomas

NCAA Division III football conferences

American Southwest Conference College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Centennial Conference Eastern Collegiate Football Conference Empire 8 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Liberty League Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Middle Atlantic Conference Midwest Conference Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference New England Football Conference New England Small College Athletic Conference New Jersey Athletic Conference North Coast Athletic Conference Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Northwest Conference Ohio Athletic Conference Old Dominion Athletic Conference Presidents' Athletic Conference Southern Athletic Association Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Upper Midwest Athletic Conference USA South Athletic Conference Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Independents

NCAA Division III Football Championship

NCAA Division III hockey conferences

Men	The Commonwealth Coast Conference ECAC West Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference New England Hockey Conference New England Small College Athletic Conference Northern Collegiate Hockey Association State University of New York Athletic Conference Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Women	Colonial Hockey Conference ECAC West Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference New England Hockey Conference New England Small College Athletic Conference Northern Collegiate Hockey Association Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

NCAA	College ice hockey NCAA Division III Championships: Men / Women

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