Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Great Lakes Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference
Association	NCAA
Founded	1972
Commissioner	Kris Dunbar (since 2018)
Sports fielded	21 men's: 10; women's: 11; ;
Division	Division II
No. of teams	10 (11 in 2024)
Headquarters	Bay City, Michigan
Region	Great Lakes
Official website	www.gliac.org
Locations

🌍

Location of GLIAC members:

full, and

future.

The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) is a competitive college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level.

The GLIAC was founded in June 1972. Its eleven member institutions are located in the Midwestern United States in the states of Michigan, Indiana, and Wisconsin. There are three affiliate members who compete in the GLIAC for sports not sponsored by their home conference.

Sponsorship of football was dropped by the GLIAC after the 1989 season. Conference schools sponsoring football joined with members of the Heartland Football Conference to form the Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference (MIFC), which began play in 1990. The MIFC merged with the GLIAC in July 1999, and the GLIAC resumed sponsorship of football that fall.

History

Chronological timeline

1972: The GLIAC began competition in the 1972-73 academic year.^[1] The charter members were Ferris State University, Grand Valley State University, Lake Superior State University, Northwood Institute (now Northwood University) and Saginaw Valley State University. Initially the GLIAC competed in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).
1974:
- Women's programs became part of the GLIAC, effective in the 1974–1975 academic year.
- Oakland University joined the GLIAC, effective in the 1974–1975 academic year.
1975: Hillsdale College, Northern Michigan University and Wayne State University joined the GLIAC, effective in the 1975–1976 academic year. Northern Michigan continued to play football as an NCAA Division II independent.
1977: Northern Michigan left the GLIAC, effective after the 1976–1977 academic year.
1980: Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech) joined the GLIAC, effective in the 1980–1981 academic year.
1986: Michigan Tech left GLIAC football effective in the 1986-1987 academic year, but remained in the conference in other sports.
1987:
- Northwood left the GLIAC, effective after the 1986–1987 academic year.
- Northern Michigan re-joined the GLIAC, effective in the 1987–1988 academic year.
1989–1990: The GLIAC dropped football as a sponsored sport, effective after the 1989–1990 academic year.
1992: Northwood re-joined the GLIAC, effective in the 1992–1993 academic year.
1994: On December 14, 1994, Ashland University, Gannon University and Mercyhurst College (now Mercyhurst University) joined the GLIAC, effective in the 1995–1996 academic year.
1997:
- Oakland left the GLIAC to become a Division I Independent, effective after the 1996-1997 academic year. (Oakland later joined the Mid-Continent Conference, effective in the 1998–1999 academic year).
- The University of Findlay joined the GLIAC, effective in the 1997–1998 academic year.
1999: The GLIAC reinstated football as a sponsored sport by merging with the Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference (MIFC). The only non-GLIAC member of the MIFC, the University of Indianapolis (UIndy) became a football-only affiliate of the GLIAC, effective in the 1999 fall season (1999–2000 academic year).
2001: Indianapolis added men's and women's swimming & diving to its GLIAC affiliate membership, effective in the 2001–2002 academic year.
2004: Lewis University joined the GLIAC as an affiliate member for men's and women's swimming and diving, effective in the 2004–2005 academic year.
2007: On June 20, 2007, Tiffin University joined the GLIAC, effective in the 2008–2009 academic year.
2008: Gannon and Mercyhurst left the GLIAC to join the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC), effective after the 2007–2008 academic year.
2010: Lake Erie College and Ohio Dominican University joined the GLIAC, effective in the 2010–2011 academic year.
2012:
- Malone University and Walsh University joined the GLIAC, effective in the 2012–2013 academic year.
- Notre Dame College joined the GLIAC as an affiliate member for some sports (football, women's lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, and wrestling), effective in the 2012–2013 academic year.
- Alderson Broaddus University, Urbana University and Wheeling Jesuit University joined the GLIAC as affiliate members for women's lacrosse, effective in the 2013 spring season (2012–2013 academic year).
2013:
- Notre Dame (OH) left the GLIAC as an affiliate member to move its sports into its new primary conference home in the Mountain East Conference, effective after the 2012–2013 academic year.
- UIndy and Lewis left the GLIAC as affiliate members for men's and women's swimming & diving, effective after the 2012–2013 academic year.
- Ursuline College joined the GLIAC as an affiliate member for women's lacrosse and women's swimming & diving, effective in the 2012–2013 academic year.
2014:
- Urbana and Wheeling Jesuit left the GLIAC as affiliate members for women's lacrosse, effective after the 2014 spring season (2013–2014 academic year).
- McKendree University joined the GLIAC as an affiliate member for women's lacrosse, effective in the 2015 spring season (2014–2015 academic year).
2015:
- Alderson Broaddus and Ursuline left the GLIAC as affiliate members for women's lacrosse, effective after the 2015 spring season (2014–2015 academic year).
- UIndy added women's lacrosse to its GLIAC affiliate membership, effective in the 2016 spring season (2015–2016 academic year).
2016:
- Malone left the GLIAC to join the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC), effective after the 2015–2016 academic year.
- Ursuline left the GLIAC as an affiliate member for women's swimming & diving, effective after the 2015–2016 academic year.
2017:
- Findlay, Hillsdale, Lake Erie, Ohio Dominican and Walsh left the GLIAC to join the G-MAC, effective after the 2016–2017 academic year.
- Davenport University and Purdue University–Northwest joined the GLIAC, effective in the 2017–2018 academic year.
- Concordia University, St. Paul joined the GLIAC as an affiliate member for men's lacrosse, effective in the 2018 spring season (2017–2018 academic year).
2018:
- Tiffin left the GLIAC to join the G-MAC, effective after the 2017–2018 academic year.
- The University of Wisconsin–Parkside joined the GLIAC, effective in the 2018–2019 academic year. It also adopted the new athletic brand name of Parkside.
- Three institutions joined the GLIAC as affiliate members: Lewis and Maryville University for women's lacrosse, and St. Cloud State University for men's swimming and men's swimming & diving, effective in the 2018–2019 academic year.
2019:
- UIndy, Lewis, Maryville and McKendree left the GLIAC as affiliate members for women's lacrosse, effective after the 2019 spring season (2018–2019 academic year).
- Upper Iowa University joined the GLIAC as an affiliate member for men's soccer and women's lacrosse, effective in the 2019–2020 academic year.
2021:
- Ashland left the GLIAC to join the G-MAC, effective after the 2020–2021 academic year.
- Augustana University joined the GLIAC as an affiliate member for men's swimming & diving, effective in the 2021–2022 academic year.
2022:
- Northwood left the GLIAC for a second time to join the G-MAC, effective after the 2021–2022 academic year.
- Roosevelt University announced it would join the GLIAC, effective in the 2023–2024 academic year. Although Roosevelt will join the conference as a provisional member, it will continue to compete in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) in 2023–2024 before beginning competition as a full GLIAC member in July 2024.
- Upper Iowa announces its intent to move to the Great Lakes Valley Conference in all sports after the 2022–2023 academic year, including its GLIAC affiliated sports of women's lacrosse and men's soccer.

Member schools

Current members

The GLIAC currently has 10 full members; all but one are public schools:

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined
Davenport University	Grand Rapids, Michigan	1866	Nonsectarian	5,384	Panthers	2017
Ferris State University	Big Rapids, Michigan	1884	Public	10,072	Bulldogs	1972
Grand Valley State University	Allendale, Michigan	1960	Public	22,406	Lakers	1972
Lake Superior State University	Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan	1946	Public	1,655	Lakers	1972
Michigan Technological University	Houghton, Michigan	1885	Public	7,074	Huskies	1980
Northern Michigan University	Marquette, Michigan	1899	Public	6,970	Wildcats	1975; 1987^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Purdue University Northwest	Hammond and Westville, Indiana	1946^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Public	6,861	Pride	2017
Saginaw Valley State University	University Center, Michigan	1963	Public	7,523	Cardinals	1972
Wayne State University	Detroit, Michigan	1868	Public	23,788	Warriors	1975
University of Wisconsin–Parkside	Somers, Wisconsin	1968	Public	3,966	Rangers	2018

Notes

↑ Northern Michigan left the GLIAC after the 1976–77 school year; which would later re-join back, effective in the 1987–88 school year.
↑ Purdue Northwest was originally founded as two separate institutions: Purdue University–Calumet in Hammond and Purdue University–North Central in Westville, which both began offering degrees in 1946. The two institutions were merged to become Purdue Northwest in 2016.

Future members

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Joining	Colors	Current conference
Roosevelt University^[2]	Chicago, Illinois	1945	Nonsectarian	3,725	Lakers	2023–24^{[lower-alpha 1]}		Chicagoland (CCAC)^{[lower-alpha 2]}

Notes

↑ Roosevelt joined the GLIAC as a provisional member in July 2023 while still competing in the NAIA's Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC); it will begin competition as a full GLIAC member in the 2024–25 school year.
↑ Currently an NAIA athletic conference.

Affiliate members

The GLIAC currently has three affiliate members, all but one are private schools:

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined	GLIAC sport	Primary conference
Augustana University	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	1860	Lutheran ELCA	2,113	Vikings	2021–22	men's swimming & diving	Northern Sun (NSIC)
Concordia University–St. Paul	Saint Paul, Minnesota	1893	Lutheran LCMS	5,139	Golden Bears	2017–18	women's lacrosse
St. Cloud State University	St. Cloud, Minnesota	1869	Public	12,608	Huskies	2018–19^m.sw.; 2018–19^m.soc.	men's swimming & diving; men's soccer

Former members

The GLIAC had 13 former full members; all but one are private schools:

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined	Left	Current conference
Ashland University	Ashland, Ohio	1878	Brethren	6,626	Eagles	1995	2021	Great Midwest (G-MAC)
University of Findlay	Findlay, Ohio	1882	Churches of God	4,870	Oilers	1997	2017	Great Midwest (G-MAC)
Gannon University	Erie, Pennsylvania	1925	Catholic	4,238	Golden Knights	1995	2008	Pennsylvania (PSAC)
Hillsdale College	Hillsdale, Michigan	1844	Nonsectarian	1,521	Chargers	1975	2017	Great Midwest (G-MAC)
Lake Erie College	Painesville, Ohio	1856	Nonsectarian	1,177	Storm	2010	2017	Great Midwest (G-MAC)
Malone University	Canton, Ohio	1892	Evangelical	1,684	Pioneers	2012	2016	Great Midwest (G-MAC)
Mercyhurst University	Erie, Pennsylvania	1926	Catholic	3,217	Lakers	1995	2008	Pennsylvania (PSAC)
Northwood University	Midland, Michigan	1959	Nonsectarian	2,541	Timberwolves	1972; 1992	1987; 2022	Great Midwest (G-MAC)
Oakland University	Rochester, Michigan	1957	Public	20,519	Golden Grizzlies	1974	1997	Horizon^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Ohio Dominican University	Columbus, Ohio	1911	Catholic	1,716	Panthers	2010	2017	Great Midwest (G-MAC)
Tiffin University	Tiffin, Ohio	1888	Nonsectarian	3,096	Dragons	2008	2018	Great Midwest (G-MAC)
Walsh University	North Canton, Ohio	1960	Catholic	2,779	Cavaliers	2012	2017	Great Midwest (G-MAC)
Westminster College	New Wilmington, Pennsylvania	1852	Presbyterian	1,482	Titans	1997	2000	Presidents' (PAC)^{[lower-alpha 2]}

Notes

↑ Currently an NCAA Division I athletic conference.
↑ Currently an NCAA Division III athletic conference.

Former affiliate members

The GLIAC had nine former affiliate members, all were private schools. School names and nicknames reflect those in use in the final season each school was an affiliate:

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined	Left	GLIAC sport	Primary conference
Alderson Broaddus University	Philippi, West Virginia	1871	Baptist	2,306	Battlers	2012–13	2014–15	women's lacrosse	N/A^{[lower-alpha 1]}
University of Indianapolis	Indianapolis, Indiana	1902	United Methodist	4,168	Greyhounds	1999–2000^fb.; 2015–16^w.lax.; 2000–01^m.sw.; 2000–01^w.sw.	2011–12^fb.; 2018–19^w.lax.; 2012–13^m.sw.; 2012–13^w.sw.	football; women's lacrosse; men's swimming & diving; women's swimming & diving	Great Lakes Valley (GLVC)
Lewis University	Romeoville, Illinois	1932	Catholic	4,306	Flyers	2018–19^w.lax. 2004–05^m.sw. 2004–05^w.sw.	2018–19^w.lax. 2012–13^m.sw. 2012–13^w.sw.	women's lacrosse; men's swimming & diving; women's swimming & diving	Great Lakes Valley (GLVC)
Maryville University	Town and Country, Missouri	1872	Catholic	5,504	Saints	2018–19	2018–19	women's lacrosse	Great Lakes Valley (GLVC)
McKendree University	Lebanon, Illinois	1828	United Methodist	1,702	Bearcats	2014–15	2018–19	women's lacrosse	Great Lakes Valley (GLVC)
Notre Dame College	South Euclid, Ohio	1922	Catholic	2,200	Falcons	2012–13^fb.; 2012–13^w.lax.; 2012–13^m.soc.; 2012–13^w.soc.; 2012–13^wr.	2012–13^fb.; 2012–13^w.lax.; 2012–13^m.soc.; 2012–13^w.soc.; 2012–13^wr.	football; women's lacrosse; men's soccer; women's soccer; wrestling	Mountain East (MEC)
Upper Iowa University	Fayette, Iowa	1857	Nonsectarian	N/A	Peacocks	2019–20	2021-22^w.lax.; 2022-23^m.soc.	women's lacrosse & men's soccer	Great Lakes Valley (GLVC)
Urbana University	Urbana, Ohio	1850	Nonsectarian	N/A	Blue Knights	2012–13	2013–14	women's lacrosse	N/A^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Ursuline College	Pepper Pike, Ohio	1850	Catholic	1,073	Arrows	2013–14^w.lax.; 2013–14^w.sw.	2014–15^w.lax.; 2015–16^w.sw.	women's lacrosse; women's swimming & diving	Great Midwest (G-MAC)
Wheeling Jesuit University^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Wheeling, West Virginia	1954	Catholic	1,600	Cardinals	2012–13	2013–14	women's lacrosse	Mountain East (MEC)

Notes

↑ Alderson Broaddus closed after the 2022–23 school year.
↑ Urbana closed after the 2019–20 school year.
↑ Currently known as Wheeling University since 2019.

Membership timeline

The GLIAC dropped football after the 1989 fall season (1989–1990 school year) and resumed it for the 1999 fall season (1999–2000 school year).

Full member (all sports) Full member (non-football) Associate member (football-only) Associate member (sport)

Sports

The GLIAC sponsors the following 21 sports:^[3]

A divisional format is used for basketball (M / W) and volleyball.
North Lake Superior State Michigan Tech Northern Michigan Saginaw Valley State^{[lower-alpha 1]} Wayne State (MI)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	South Davenport Ferris State^{[lower-alpha 2]} Grand Valley State Parkside^{[lower-alpha 2]} Purdue Northwest^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Notes: 1 2 South Division member in basketball; North Division member in volleyball. 1 2 3 North Division member in basketball; South Division member in volleyball.

Conference sports
Sport	Men's	Women's
Baseball	Y
Basketball	Y	Y
Cross Country	Y	Y
Football	Y
Golf	Y	Y
Lacrosse		Y
Soccer	Y	Y
Softball		Y
Swimming & Diving	Y	Y
Tennis	Y	Y
Track & Field Indoor	Y	Y
Track & Field Outdoor	Y	Y
Volleyball		Y

Men's sponsored sports by school

Departing members in pink.

School	Baseball	Basketball	Cross Country	Football	Golf	Soccer	Swimming & Diving	Tennis	Track & Field Indoor	Track & Field Outdoor	Total GLIAC Sports
Davenport	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	9
Ferris State		Y	Y	Y	Y			Y	Y	Y	7
Grand Valley State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Lake Superior State		Y	Y		Y			Y	Y	Y	6
Michigan Tech		Y	Y	Y				Y		Y	5
Northern Michigan		Y		Y	Y	Y	Y				5
Parkside	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y			Y	Y	7
Purdue Northwest	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	8
Saginaw Valley State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	9
Wayne State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y			7
Totals	6	10	9	7	9	5	4	7	7	8	72
Affiliate Members
Augustana							Y				1
St. Cloud State						Y	Y				1
Future Member
Roosevelt	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	9

Women's sponsored sports by school

Departing members in pink.

School	Basketball	Cross Country	Golf	Lacrosse	Soccer	Softball	Swimming & Diving	Tennis	Track & field Indoor	Track & field Outdoor	Volleyball	Total GLIAC Sports
Davenport	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	11
Ferris State	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Grand Valley State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	11
Lake Superior State	Y	Y	Y					Y	Y	Y	Y	7
Michigan Tech	Y	Y			Y			Y		Y	Y	6
Northern Michigan	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y		Y	Y	Y	9
Parkside	Y	Y			Y	Y			Y	Y	Y	7
Purdue Northwest	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Saginaw Valley State	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Wayne State	Y	Y	Y			Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Totals	10	10	8	3	8	7	5	8	9	10	10	96
Affiliate Member
Concordia–St. Paul				Y								1
Future Member
Roosevelt	Y	Y			Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	8

Other sponsored sports by school

Future member in yellow

School	Men				Women		Co-ed
School	Ice Hockey^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Lacrosse	Volleyball	Wrestling	Bowling	Wrestling^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Fencing^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Skiing^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Davenport		GLVC		GLVC		IND
Ferris State	CCHA
Grand Valley State				IND
Lake Superior State	CCHA
Michigan Tech	CCHA							CCSA
Northern Michigan	CCHA			^{[lower-alpha 3]}		IND		CCSA^{[lower-alpha 4]}
Parkside				NSIC^[4]
Roosevelt			TBD		TBD
Wayne State							MFC

1 2 3 De facto Division I sport. In men's ice hockey, the NCAA Division I championship is open to Division II members. In fencing and skiing, the NCAA sponsors single championship events open to members of all three divisions.
↑ Part of the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program.
↑ Northern Michigan houses an official U.S. Olympic training center for the non-NCAA discipline of Greco-Roman wrestling. All trainees are enrolled at NMU, and are recognized as NMU varsity athletes.
↑ Northern Michigan only competes in NCAA-sponsored events in Nordic skiing. Its Alpine skiing squad is recognized as a varsity team, but does not compete in NCAA events.

In addition to the above:

Davenport has varsity teams in esports (coeducational) and the women-only cheerleading discipline of STUNT. It will add men's and women's varsity teams in the flying disc sport of ultimate in 2023–24.
Michigan Tech and Purdue Northwest have coeducational varsity esports teams.
Northern Michigan recognizes esports (fully coeducational) as a varsity sport. Also, the university hosts an official U.S. Olympic training center for men's and women's weightlifting; all participants in this program are enrolled at NMU, and are recognized as varsity athletes.
Roosevelt recognizes ACHA (club) D1 and D2 men's hockey as well as ACHA women's hockey within its athletic department.

Championships

National Championships

GLIAC schools have won 49 NCAA National Championships:

Year	Sport	School
1975	Football	Northern Michigan
1980	Men's swimming & diving	Oakland
1990	Women's swimming & diving	Oakland
1991	Women's swimming & diving	Oakland
1992	Women's swimming & diving	Oakland
1993	Women's swimming & diving	Oakland
1993	Women's volleyball	Northern Michigan
1994	Men's swimming & diving	Oakland
1994	Women's swimming & diving	Oakland
1994	Women's volleyball	Northern Michigan
1995	Men's swimming & diving	Oakland
1996	Men's swimming & diving	Oakland
1997	Men's swimming & diving	Oakland
2002	Football	Grand Valley State
2003	Football	Grand Valley State
2005	Football	Grand Valley State
2005	Women's volleyball	Grand Valley State
2006	Women's basketball	Grand Valley State
2006	Football	Grand Valley State
2009	Men's basketball	Findlay
2009	Women's soccer	Grand Valley State
2010	Women's cross country	Grand Valley State
2010	Women's soccer	Grand Valley State
2011	Women's track & field (I)	Grand Valley State
2011	Women's track & field (O)	Grand Valley State
2012	Women's cross country	Grand Valley State
2012	Women's swimming & diving	Wayne State (MI)
2012	Women's track & field (I)	Grand Valley State
2012	Women's track & field (O)	Grand Valley State
2013	Women's basketball	Ashland
2013	Women's cross country	Grand Valley State
2013	Women's soccer	Grand Valley State
2014	Women's cross country	Grand Valley State
2014	Women's soccer	Grand Valley State
2015	Women's soccer	Grand Valley State
2016	Women's cross country	Grand Valley State
2016	Men's track & field (I)	Tiffin
2017	Women's basketball	Ashland
2017	Men's track & field (I)	Tiffin
2018	Men's basketball	Ferris State
2018	Men's cross country	Grand Valley State
2018	Women's cross country	Grand Valley State
2019	Men's track & field (I)	Ashland
2019	Men's track & field (O)	Ashland
2019	Women's soccer	Grand Valley State
2021	Women's track & field (O)	Grand Valley State
2021	Men's Cross Country	Grand Valley State
2021	Women's Soccer	Grand Valley State
2021	Football	Ferris State
2022	Men's Track & Field (I)	Grand Valley State
2022	Football	Ferris State

Conference facilities

School	Football		Basketball
School	Stadium	Capacity^[5]	Arena	Capacity
Davenport	Meyering Field	2,300	Davenport Student Center	1,500
Ferris State	Top Taggart Field	6,200	Jim Wink Arena	2,400
Grand Valley State	Lubbers Stadium	10,444	GVSU Fieldhouse	4,200
Lake Superior State	non-football school		Ronald "Bud" Cooper Gymnasium	2,500
Michigan Tech	Sherman Field	3,000	SDC Gymnasium	3,200
Northern Michigan	Superior Dome	8,000	Berry Events Center	4,300
Parkside	non-football school		DeSimone Gymnasium	2,120
Purdue Northwest	non-football school		John Friend Court
Roosevelt	Morris Field		Goodman Center	500
Saginaw Valley State	Wickes Memorial Stadium	6,300	James E. O'Neill Jr. Arena	3,500
Wayne State	Adams Field	6,000	Wayne State Fieldhouse	3,000

References

↑ "GLIAC Membership History". Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on November 30, 2011. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
↑ "Roosevelt University approved as provisional member of the GLIAC - GLIAC". Archived from the original on 2022-08-04. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
↑ "Official GLIAC Athletic Site". Archived from the original on August 18, 2008. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
↑ "NSIC to add UW-Parkside as associated member in wrestling starting in 2021-22" (Press release). Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. June 4, 2020. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
↑ "GLIAC Stadiums". D2Football.com. Archived from the original on December 20, 2011. Retrieved October 31, 2011.

External links

Official website

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[2] Northern Michigan left the GLIAC after the 1976–77 school year; which would later re-join back, effective in the 1987–88 school year.

[3] Purdue Northwest was originally founded as two separate institutions: Purdue University–Calumet in Hammond and Purdue University–North Central in Westville, which both began offering degrees in 1946. The two institutions were merged to become Purdue Northwest in 2016.

[5] Roosevelt joined the GLIAC as a provisional member in July 2023 while still competing in the NAIA's Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC); it will begin competition as a full GLIAC member in the 2024–25 school year.

[NAIA-6] Currently an NAIA athletic conference.

[D1-7] Currently an NCAA Division I athletic conference.

[D3-8] Currently an NCAA Division III athletic conference.

[9] Alderson Broaddus closed after the 2022–23 school year.

[10] Urbana closed after the 2019–20 school year.

[11] Currently known as Wheeling University since 2019.

[sbsk-13] 1 2 South Division member in basketball; North Division member in volleyball.

[nbsk-14] 1 2 3 North Division member in basketball; South Division member in volleyball.

[DI-15] 1 2 3 De facto Division I sport. In men's ice hockey, the NCAA Division I championship is open to Division II members. In fencing and skiing, the NCAA sponsors single championship events open to members of all three divisions.

[16] Part of the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program.

[17] Northern Michigan houses an official U.S. Olympic training center for the non-NCAA discipline of Greco-Roman wrestling. All trainees are enrolled at NMU, and are recognized as NMU varsity athletes.

[18] Northern Michigan only competes in NCAA-sponsored events in Nordic skiing. Its Alpine skiing squad is recognized as a varsity team, but does not compete in NCAA events.

[1] "GLIAC Membership History". Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on November 30, 2011. Retrieved October 29, 2011.

[4] "Roosevelt University approved as provisional member of the GLIAC - GLIAC". Archived from the original on 2022-08-04. Retrieved 2022-08-03.

[gliac_org-12] "Official GLIAC Athletic Site". Archived from the original on August 18, 2008. Retrieved October 29, 2011.

[19] "NSIC to add UW-Parkside as associated member in wrestling starting in 2021-22" (Press release). Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. June 4, 2020. Retrieved March 23, 2021.

[20] "GLIAC Stadiums". D2Football.com. Archived from the original on December 20, 2011. Retrieved October 31, 2011.

[1]

[lower-alpha 1]

[lower-alpha 2]

[2]

[lower-alpha 1]

[lower-alpha 2]

[lower-alpha 1]

[lower-alpha 2]

[lower-alpha 1]

[lower-alpha 2]

[lower-alpha 3]

[3]

[lower-alpha 1]

[lower-alpha 2]

[lower-alpha 1]

[lower-alpha 2]

[lower-alpha 3]

[lower-alpha 4]

[4]

[5]

Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Current members	Davenport Panthers Ferris State Bulldogs Grand Valley State Lakers Lake Superior State Lakers Michigan Tech Huskies Northern Michigan Wildcats Parkside Rangers Purdue Northwest Pride Saginaw Valley State Cardinals Wayne State Warriors
Future members	Roosevelt Lakers (starting conference play in 2024)
Affiliates	Augustana University Vikings Concordia Golden Bears St. Cloud State Huskies

NCAA Division II all-sports conferences
Atlantic	Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Mountain East Conference Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Independent — Salem University
Central	Great American Conference Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
East	Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference East Coast Conference Northeast-10 Conference
Midwest	Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Great Lakes Valley Conference Great Midwest Athletic Conference
South	Gulf South Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Sunshine State Conference
South Central	Lone Star Conference Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
Southeast	Conference Carolinas Peach Belt Conference South Atlantic Conference
West	California Collegiate Athletic Association Great Northwest Athletic Conference Pacific West Conference
Division II	Independents

NCAA Division II football conferences
Super Region 1	Great Midwest Athletic Conference Mountain East Conference Northeast-10 Conference Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
Super Region 2	Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Conference Carolinas (starting in 2025) Gulf South Conference South Atlantic Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Super Region 3	Great American Conference Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Great Lakes Valley Conference Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association
Super Region 4	Lone Star Conference Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
Division II	Independents
NCAA	Conferences Institutions Football (Championship, Bowl Games)