St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC)
Established	1989
Association	NCAA
Division	Division III
Members	10
Sports fielded	14 (men's: 7; women's: 7)
Region	Midwest
Headquarters	St. Louis, Missouri
Commissioner	Will Wolper
Website	sliac.org
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The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) is an NCAA Division III collegiate athletic conference in the Midwestern United States. There are 10 full member institutions as of 2013.

History^[1]

• - September 1989: The SLIAC chartered with Blackburn, Fontbonne, Maryville, Parks, Principia and Webster the original members.
• - September 1990: The SLIAC's first year gets underway. MacMurray and Westminster join the charter members.
• - February 1995: Westminster wins the men's basketball tournament title to earn the SLIAC's first automatic bid to an NCAA Division III national championship event.
• - September 1995: Greenville begins its first year as a member of the conference, bringing SLIAC membership to nine schools.
• - March 1996: MacMurray wins the women's basketball tournament title to earn the conference's first automatic bid to an NCAA Division III women's national championship event.
• - April 1996: Parks competes in its final conference event. Parks closed after the 1995-96 year and its academic programs were moved to the Saint Louis University campus.
• - November 1996: Blackburn, MacMurray, and Westminster share the first-ever SLIAC football title.
• - September 1999: The SLIAC begins its tenth year of operation.
• - November 1999: The fourth and final (until 2008) conference football title is awarded (six teams needed for conference to sponsor a sport).
• - September 2006: Eureka and Lincoln Christian begin play as the ninth and tenth members of the conference.
• - March 2007: Huntingdon and LaGrange admitted to the SLIAC as affiliate members in the sport of football. The SLIAC announces football will return in the fall of 2008 after a nine-year hiatus.
• - May 2007: William Wolper hired as the Conference's first full-time Commissioner (officially started in July).
• - November 2007: With the completion of the fall season, Lincoln Christian departs the SLIAC.
• - September 2008: Football begins play as the 13th conference sport after a nine-year hiatus.
• - September 2008: Spalding University admitted to the SLIAC to begin play during the 2009-10 academic year.
• - April 2009: The SLIAC announced it would cease its sponsorship of football; five football-playing schools join the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) as associate members for the sport. Huntingdon and LaGrange end football affiliation with the conference.^[2]
• - June 2010: University of Dallas admitted to the SLIAC as an affiliate member in the sports of men's golf, men's and women's cross country.
• - September 2010: University of Dallas is accepted as a full member into the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) and drops its affiliate membership with the SLIAC after the spring men's golf season.
• - December 2011: Iowa Wesleyan College admitted to the SLIAC as a full member to begin play during the 2013-14 academic year.

Member schools

Current members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Varsity Teams	Joined
Blackburn College	Carlinville, Illinois	Beavers	1837	Private/Presbyterian	590	12	1989
Eureka College	Eureka, Illinois	Red Devils	1855	Private/Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	680	16	2006
Fontbonne University	Clayton, Missouri	Griffins	1923	Private/Catholic	2,900	10	1989
Greenville College	Greenville, Illinois	Panthers	1892	Private/Free Methodist	1,200	14	1995
Iowa Wesleyan University	Mount Pleasant, Iowa	Tigers	1842	Private/United Methodist Church	571	12	2013
MacMurray College	Jacksonville, Illinois	Highlanders	1846	Private	683	10	1990
Principia College	Elsah, Illinois	Panthers	1912	Private	600	12	1989
Spalding University	Louisville, Kentucky	Golden Eagles	1814	Private/Catholic	1,692	11	2009
Webster University	Webster Groves, Missouri	Gorloks	1915	Private	5,000	11	1989
Westminster College	Fulton, Missouri	Blue Jays	1851	Private/Presbyterian	1,050	8	1990

Former members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Varsity Teams	Joined	Left	Current Conference
Parks College	Cahokia, Illinois	Falcons	1927	Private/Jesuit	N/A	N/A	1989	1996	Athletic programs discontinued.^1
Lincoln Christian University	Lincoln, Illinois	Red Lions^2	1944	Christian Churches/Churches of Christ	1,000	10	2006	2008^3	NCCAA Independent
Maryville University	St. Louis, Missouri	Saints	1872	Private/Nonsectarian	2,500	14	1989	2009	GLVC (NCAA Division II)

Notes

1. - Parks College's academic programs were moved to Saint Louis University main campus in August 1996.
2. - Lincoln Christian's former athletic nickname were the Preachers (men's) and the Angels (women's).
3. - Lincoln Christian left the SLIAC after the end of the 2007 fall season without completing the rest of the 2007-08 academic year.

Former associate members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Joined	Left	Primary Conference	SLIAC Sport
University of Dallas	Irving, Texas	Crusaders	1956	Private/Catholic	3,500	2010-11	2011-12	SCAC	men's and women's cross country men's golf
Huntingdon College	Montgomery, Alabama	Hawks	1854	Private/Methodist	900	2008	2009	USA South	football
LaGrange College	LaGrange, Georgia	Panthers	1831	Private/Methodist	1137	2008	2009	USA South	football

Membership timeline

References

1. http://www.sliac.org/information/Conf_Info/About/History
2. http://www.lagrange.edu/athletics/football/news/2008/news-41609_SLIAC_release.htm

External links

• Official website