Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

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Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
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Classification NCAA Division III
Established 1913
Members 9
Sports fielded 20 (9 men's, 11 women's)
Region Midwestern United States
States 1 - Wisconsin
Headquarters Madison, Wisconsin

The Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) is an College Athletic Conference which competes in the NCAA's Division III. As the name implies, member teams are located in the state of Wisconsin, although there are three associate members from Minnesota. All full members are part of the University of Wisconsin System.

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[edit] History

An organizational meeting of the Wisconsin State University Athletic Conference, then to be known as the State Normal Conference, was held in Madison in July of 1913. The twofold purpose of this meeting was to secure for each school a schedule of games and to establish rules to regulate and control athletic competition within the proposed conference. The schools represented at the organizational meeting in 1913 were UW-Superior, UW-River Falls, UW-Stevens Point and UW-La Crosse, which were to become known as the Northern Division; with UW-Oshkosh, UW-Whitewater, UW-Milwaukee, and UW-Platteville constituting the membership of the Southern Division.

UW-Stout became a member in 1914, and the first record of membership of UW-Eau Claire was in January 1917. These two, along with the original eight, maintained continuous membership over the years until June, 1964, at which time the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee terminated its membership in the conference.

The WIAC initiated women's competition on July 1, 1997, merging with the Wisconsin Women's Intercollegiate Conference which had been in place since 1970.

[edit] Member schools

Institution Nickname Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment
UW-Eau Claire Blugolds Eau Claire, Wisconsin 1916 Public 10,500
UW-La Crosse Eagles La Crosse, Wisconsin 1909 Public 8,746
UW-Oshkosh Titans Oshkosh, Wisconsin 1871 Public 11,242
UW-Platteville Pioneers Platteville, Wisconsin 1866 Public 5,600
UW-River Falls Falcons River Falls, Wisconsin 1847 Public 5,800
UW-Stevens Point Pointers Stevens Point, Wisconsin 1894 Public 8,775
UW-Stout Blue Devils Menomonie, Wisconsin 1891 Public 7,400
UW-Superior Yellowjackets Superior, Wisconsin 1893 Public 2,900
UW-Whitewater Warhawks Whitewater, Wisconsin 1868 Public 10,632

[edit] Former members

Institution Current Conference Years
UW-Milwaukee Horizon League 1913-1964

Additionally, Winona State University, Gustavus Adolphus College and Hamline University are gymnastics only members.

[edit] Sports

Member teams field men's and women's teams in cross country, basketball, track and field, swimming and diving. Men's teams are field for baseball, football, ice hockey and wrestling. Women's teams are field for golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball.

[edit] Conference facilities

School Football stadium Capacity Basketball arena Capacity
UW-Eau Claire Carson Park 6,500 W. L. Zorn Arena 2,450
UW-La Crosse Veterans Memorial Stadium 4,349 Mitchell Hall 2,880
UW-Oshkosh Titan Stadium 9,800 Kolf Sports Center 5,800
UW-Platteville Ralph E. Davis Pioneer Stadium 10,000 Williams Fieldhouse 2,300
UW-River Falls Ramer Field 4,800 Karges Center 2,000
UW-Stevens Point Goerke Field 4,000 Quandt Fieldhouse 3,281
UW-Stout Don and Nona Williams Stadium 5,000 Johnson Fieldhouse 1,800
UW-Superior Non-Football School N/A Mertz Morterelli Memorial Fieldhouse 2,500
UW-Whitewater Forrest Perkins Stadium 13,200 Williams Center 3,000

[edit] External links

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