The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) is a college athletic conference which competes in the NCAA

National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...

's Division III. As the name implies, member schools are located in the state of Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

. All of the member schools are private, with all but one having a religious affiliation, and only two being non-sectarian.

History

On March 15, 1920, a formal constitution was adopted and the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference was born, with Carleton College

Carleton College

Carleton College is an independent non-sectarian, coeducational, liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, USA. The college enrolls 1,958 undergraduate students, and employs 198 full-time faculty members. In 2012 U.S...

, Gustavus Adolphus College

Gustavus Adolphus College

Gustavus Adolphus College is a private liberal arts college affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America located in St. Peter, Minnesota, United States. A coeducational, four-year, residential institution, it was founded in 1862 by Swedish Americans. To this day the school is firmly...

, Hamline University

Hamline University

-Red Wing location :Hamline was named in honor of Leonidas Lent Hamline, a bishop of the Methodist Church whose interest in the frontier led him to donate $25,000 toward the building of an institution of higher learning in what was then the territory of Minnesota. Today, a statue of Bishop Hamline...

, Macalester College

Macalester College

Macalester College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It was founded in 1874 as a Presbyterian-affiliated but nonsectarian college. Its first class entered September 15, 1885. The college is located on a campus in a historic residential neighborhood...

, Saint John's University, St. Olaf College

St. Olaf College

St. Olaf College is a coeducational, residential, four-year, private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, United States. It was founded in 1874 by a group of Norwegian-American immigrant pastors and farmers, led by Pastor Bernt Julius Muus. The college is named after Olaf II of Norway,...

, and the University of St. Thomas

University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)

The University of St. Thomas is a private, Catholic, liberal arts, and archdiocesan university located in St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States...

.

Concordia College joined the MIAC in 1921, Augsburg College

Augsburg College

Augsburg College is a selective liberal arts college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Augsburg was named for the Augsburg Confession, the document of Lutheran belief. The school was founded in 1869 in Marshall, Wisconsin as Augsburg Seminary and moved...

 in 1924, and Saint Mary's University

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota is a private, comprehensive, coeducational university with an undergraduate campus in the city of Winona, Minnesota, United States...

 in 1926. Carleton dropped membership in 1925, rejoining in 1983. St. Olaf left in 1950, returning in 1975. The University of Minnesota Duluth

University of Minnesota Duluth

The University of Minnesota Duluth is a regional branch of the University of Minnesota system located in Duluth, Minnesota, USA. As Duluth's public research university, UMD offers 13 bachelor's degrees in 74 majors, graduate programs in 24 different fields, a two-year program at the School of...

 was a member of the MIAC from 1950 to 1975. Bethel University

Bethel University (Minnesota)

Bethel University is a Christian higher education institution with approximately 6,000 students from 36 countries enrolled in undergraduate, graduate, seminary, and adult education programs...

 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

St. Catherine University

is a private university in Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan. It was established first as a women's junior college in 1966 and became a women's four-year university in 1988. It became a co-educational university in 2004.-External links:*...

 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

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

. 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 acronym 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

Member schools

Institution	Nickname	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment
Augsburg College Augsburg College Augsburg College is a selective liberal arts college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Augsburg was named for the Augsburg Confession, the document of Lutheran belief. The school was founded in 1869 in Marshall, Wisconsin as Augsburg Seminary and moved...	Auggies	Minneapolis, Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota Minneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...	1869	Private/Lutheran (ELCA)	3,785
Bethel University Bethel University (Minnesota) Bethel University is a Christian higher education institution with approximately 6,000 students from 36 countries enrolled in undergraduate, graduate, seminary, and adult education programs...	Royals	Arden Hills, Minnesota Arden Hills, Minnesota As of the census of 2000, there were 9,652 people, 2,959 households, and 2,228 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,087.3 people per square mile . There were 3,017 housing units at an average density of 339.9 per square mile...	1871	Private/Baptist (BGC)	5,596
Carleton College Carleton College Carleton College is an independent non-sectarian, coeducational, liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, USA. The college enrolls 1,958 undergraduate students, and employs 198 full-time faculty members. In 2012 U.S...	Knights	Northfield, Minnesota Northfield, Minnesota As of the census of 2000, there were 17,147 people, 4,909 households, and 3,210 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,452.2 people per square mile . There were 5,119 housing units at an average density of 732.1 per square mile...	1866	Private/Non-Sectarian	1,958
Concordia College	Cobbers	Moorhead, Minnesota Moorhead, Minnesota Moorhead is a city in Clay County, Minnesota, United States, and the largest city in northwest Minnesota. The population was 38,065 at the 2010 Census. It is the county seat of Clay County....	1891	Private/Lutheran (ELCA)	2,788
Gustavus Adolphus College Gustavus Adolphus College Gustavus Adolphus College is a private liberal arts college affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America located in St. Peter, Minnesota, United States. A coeducational, four-year, residential institution, it was founded in 1862 by Swedish Americans. To this day the school is firmly...	Gusties	St. Peter, Minnesota St. Peter, Minnesota St. Peter is a city in Nicollet County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 11,196 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Nicollet County.St...	1862	Private/Lutheran (ELCA)	2,600
Hamline University Hamline University -Red Wing location :Hamline was named in honor of Leonidas Lent Hamline, a bishop of the Methodist Church whose interest in the frontier led him to donate $25,000 toward the building of an institution of higher learning in what was then the territory of Minnesota. Today, a statue of Bishop Hamline...	Pipers	St. Paul, Minnesota	1854	Private/Methodist (UMC)	4,900
Macalester College Macalester College Macalester College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It was founded in 1874 as a Presbyterian-affiliated but nonsectarian college. Its first class entered September 15, 1885. The college is located on a campus in a historic residential neighborhood...	Scots	St. Paul, Minnesota	1874	Private/Non-Sectarian	1,996
College of Saint Benedict	Blazers	St. Joseph, Minnesota St. Joseph, Minnesota As of the census of 2000, there were 4,681 people, 1,120 households, and 712 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,517.4 people per square mile . There were 1,147 housing units at an average density of 616.8 per square mile...	1913	Private/Catholic	2,049
St. Catherine University St. Catherine University is a private university in Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan. It was established first as a women's junior college in 1966 and became a women's four-year university in 1988. It became a co-educational university in 2004.-External links:*...	Wildcats	St. Paul, Minnesota	1905	Private/Catholic	5,246
Saint John's University	Johnnies	Collegeville, Minnesota Collegeville Township, Minnesota As of the census of 2000, there were 3,516 people, 669 households, and 559 families residing in the township. The population density was 111.1 people per square mile . There were 721 housing units at an average density of 22.8/sq mi...	1857	Private/Catholic	1,917
Saint Mary's University Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Saint Mary's University of Minnesota is a private, comprehensive, coeducational university with an undergraduate campus in the city of Winona, Minnesota, United States...	Cardinals	Winona, Minnesota Winona, Minnesota Winona is a city in and the county seat of Winona County, in the U.S. State of Minnesota. Located in picturesque bluff country on the Mississippi River, its most noticeable physical landmark is Sugar Loaf....	1912	Private/Catholic	7,100
St. Olaf College St. Olaf College St. Olaf College is a coeducational, residential, four-year, private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, United States. It was founded in 1874 by a group of Norwegian-American immigrant pastors and farmers, led by Pastor Bernt Julius Muus. The college is named after Olaf II of Norway,...	Oles	Northfield, Minnesota Northfield, Minnesota As of the census of 2000, there were 17,147 people, 4,909 households, and 3,210 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,452.2 people per square mile . There were 5,119 housing units at an average density of 732.1 per square mile...	1874	Private/Lutheran (ELCA)	3,007
University of St. Thomas University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) The University of St. Thomas is a private, Catholic, liberal arts, and archdiocesan university located in St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States...	Tommies	St. Paul, Minnesota	1885	Private/Catholic	10,839

Sports

Member teams compete in football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 (men's), soccer (men's and women's), cross country

Cross country running

Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...

 (men's and women), golf

Golf

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

 (men's and women), volleyball

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

 (women's), basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 (men's and women), ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 (men's and women), indoor track and field (men's and women), swimming

Swimming (sport)

Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

 and diving

Diving

Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...

 (men's and women), baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

 (men's), tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 (men's and women), track and field

Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

 (men's and women) and softball

Softball

Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...

 (women's). The conference no longer sponsors men's wrestling

Collegiate wrestling

Collegiate wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as Folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practised at the collegiate and university level in the United States. Collegiate wrestling emerged from the folk wrestling styles practised in the early history of the United States...

 or men's and women's Nordic skiing

Nordic skiing

Nordic skiing is a winter sport that encompasses all types of skiing where the heel of the boot cannot be fixed to the ski, as opposed to Alpine skiing....

.

Trophy games between MIAC football members

• The Goat Trophy (Carleton College v. Saint 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 http://www.tommiesports.com/ftbl/news/archives/2001/09262001.html
• The Troll (Concordia College v. Saint Olaf College)
• Wilson Brothers Cup (Hamline University vs. University of St. Thomas)

Trophy games between MIAC football members and non football members

• The Old Paint Bucket (Macalester College v. Hamline University)
• Book of Knowledge (Carleton College v. Macalester College) — since 1999
• 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) http://www.cord.edu/dept/sports/sportsbackup/boxes/w9899boxes/powerbowl.htm

Conference titles

Team	Championships	Years won
Saint John's Saint John's Johnnies football The Saint John's Johnnies football program represents Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota. They compete at the NCAA Division III level and are members of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference....	31	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
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	16	1922c, 1929, 1930c, 1939, 1941, 1942c, 1947c, 1948, 1949, 1956, 1973c, 1979c, 1983, 1990, 2010, 2011
St. Olaf	6	1922c, 1923, 1930c, 1935c, 1978c, 1979c
Hamline	5	1920, 1921, 1966, 1984, 1988c
Bethel	4	2000, 2001c, 2006c, 2007
UM-Duluth*	3	1960, 1961, 1973c
Augsburg	2	1928c, 1997
Carleton	2	1924, 1992
Macalester**	2	1925, 1947c
Saint Mary's***	1	1928c

• c = shared championship
• * 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 conference titles

Team	Championships	Years won
St. Thomas	26	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
Hamline	19	1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938c, 1939c, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1947, 1948, 1949c, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1960
Gustavus Adolphus	16	1925, 1926, 1928, 1938c, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1968, 1975c, 1988, 1991c, 1992c, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2005
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
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 = shared championship
• * No longer a Member of the MIAC

Women's basketball conference titles

Team	Championships	Years won
St. Benedict	13	1989, 1993, 1995, 1998c, 1999, 2002c, 2003c, 2004c, 2006, 2007, 2008c, 2009, 2010c
St. Thomas	12	1983c, 1984, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998c, 2000, 2001, 2002c , 2008c, 2011
Concordia	6	1982, 1983c, 1986c, 1987c, 1988, 1990
Carleton	3	2003c, 2004c, 2005
Gustavus Adolphus	2	2003c, 2010c
Saint Mary's	2	1985, 1986c
Bethel	1	1994
St. Olaf	1	1983c
Augsburg	0
Hamline	0
Macalester	0
St. Catherine	0

• c = shared championship

Men's ice hockey conference titles

Team	Championships	Years won
St. Thomas	27	|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
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	8	1928, 1977c, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981c, 1982, 1998c
Saint John's	7	1935, 1950c, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005
Hamline	5	1923c, 1932c, 1948, 2008, 2011
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 = shared championship
• * No longer a member of the MIAC
• ** Does not have a varsity hockey team

Women's ice hockey conference titles

Team	Championships	Years won
Gustavus Adolphus	10	1999c, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
St. Thomas	2	2003, 2004
Augsburg	2	1999c, 2000c
Saint Mary's	2	1999c, 2000c
Bethel	0
Concordia	0
Hamline	0
St. Benedict	0
St. Catherine	0
St. Olaf	0
Carleton*	NA
Macalester*	NA

• c = shared championship
• * 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	Vadnis Heights Sports Center Warner Coliseum Warner Coliseum Warner Coliseum is an indoor arena in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. It hosted the Professional Indoor Football League's Minnesota Monsters. The arena holds 5,785 people. Built on the grounds of the Minnesota State Fair, it also hosts indoor events of the fair as well as high school ice hockey...	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 Ridder Arena Ridder Arena is the ice rink of the women's hockey team at the University of Minnesota. The Golden Gophers are the only collegiate women's hockey team to have an arena built for them. The arena was opened in 2002. The arena seats about 3,400 people; included in that total are the occupants of about...	3,400
Saint John's	Clemens Stadium Clemens Stadium Clemens Stadium is a football stadium located in Collegeville, Minnesota. The stadium serves as the host stadium to Saint John's University football, track and field teams and other intramural activities...	7,000	Sexton Arena	2,964	National Hockey Center National Hockey Center The National Hockey Center is a 5,763-seat hockey arena in St. Cloud, Minnesota. It is home to the St. Cloud State University Huskies men's & women's ice hockey teams, and the Saint John's University Johnnies ice hockey team. The main rink is now named for former SCSU President Brendan J....	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

* plays an independent football schedule

Executive director

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

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

External links