8 Schools•Division III•Est. 1913
The Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ranks among the oldest conferences in the NCAA. It was formed in July 1913 as an athletic league for Wisconsin's state normal schools, with its constitution and bylaws adopted on December 20, 1913, following an organizational meeting in Madison.
The charter members were the normal schools at La Crosse, Milwaukee, Oshkosh, Platteville, River Falls, Stevens Point, Superior, and Whitewater. Stout Institute joined in 1916 and Eau Claire Normal in 1917. As the schools grew into state universities, the league became the Wisconsin State University Conference in 1964.
Women's athletics have a long history in the WIAC family. The Wisconsin Women's Intercollegiate Athletic Conference was established in 1971 and held its first championships in the 1971 and 1972 year in badminton, basketball, track and field, softball, swimming and diving, and volleyball. In 1980 UW Oshkosh won the AIAW national title in women's gymnastics.
The men's and women's conferences operated separately for 26 years before merging on July 1, 1997, to form the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. After years of NAIA ties, all member institutions were competing solely in the NCAA by 1993, and the WIAC is a proud Division III conference with deep roots across the Badger State.
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The Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ranks among the oldest conferences in the NCAA. It was formed in July 1913 as an athletic league for Wisconsin's state normal schools, with its constitution and bylaws adopted on December 20, 1913, following an organizational meeting in Madison.
The charter members were the normal schools at La Crosse, Milwaukee, Oshkosh, Platteville, River Falls, Stevens Point, Superior, and Whitewater. Stout Institute joined in 1916 and Eau Claire Normal in 1917. As the schools grew into state universities, the league became the Wisconsin State University Conference in 1964.
Women's athletics have a long history in the WIAC family. The Wisconsin Women's Intercollegiate Athletic Conference was established in 1971 and held its first championships in the 1971 and 1972 year in badminton, basketball, track and field, softball, swimming and diving, and volleyball. In 1980 UW Oshkosh won the AIAW national title in women's gymnastics.
The men's and women's conferences operated separately for 26 years before merging on July 1, 1997, to form the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. After years of NAIA ties, all member institutions were competing solely in the NCAA by 1993, and the WIAC is a proud Division III conference with deep roots across the Badger State.
Official Website