Great Plains Athletic Conference

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The Great Plains Athletic Conference (or GPAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA. Member institutions are located in Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota. The conference was originally founded in 1969 as the Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, later becoming the Nebraska-Iowa Athletic Conference (1992) before being renamed the Great Plains Athletic Conference (2000).

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[edit] Members (and year joined)

[edit] Sponsored sports

The GPAC sponsors intercollegiate competition in men's baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, men's football, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s soccer, women's softball, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s indoor track and field, men's and women's outdoor track and field, and women's volleyball. The conference also has a loose affiliation with wrestling in which a conference tournament is competed but has little effect to chances of competing at the National tournament. The GPAC announced the for the 06-07 season Wrestling will become an official conference sport.

[edit] History

It was founded in 1969 as the Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The six charter members were Concordia University, Dana College, Doane College, Hastings College, Midland Lutheran College, and Nebraska Wesleyan University.

With the addition of Northwestern College in 1992, the NIAC was renamed the Nebraska-Iowa Athletic Conference.

The NIAC was transformed into the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) in 2000 with the addition of Dakota Wesleyan University, Dordt College, Mount Marty College, and University of Sioux Falls. All former members of the NIAC remain affiliated with the GPAC.


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