Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

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Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Data
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.

1 History
2 Member Schools
3 Sports
4 Conference Facilities
5 External link

[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 two-fold 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

Additionally, Lawrence University is a wrestling only member. 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	Nelson Field	5,000	Johnson Fieldhouse	1,800
UW-Superior	Non-Football School	N/A	Gates Fieldhouse	2,500
UW-Whitewater	Forrest Perkins Stadium	11,000	Williams Center	3,000

[edit] External link

WIAC Home Page

Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Gustavus Adolphus^‡ • Hamline^‡ • Lawrence^† • UW–Eau Claire • UW–La Crosse • UW–Oshkosh • UW–Platteville • UW–River Falls • UW–Stevens Point • UW–Stout • UW–Superior • UW–Whitewater • Winona State^‡ ^† wrestling-only member • ^‡gymnastics-only member