Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

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Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
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Data
Classification NCAA Division III
Established 1920
Members 13
Sports fielded 22 (11 men's, 11 women's)
Region Midwestern United States
State Minnesota
Headquarters St. Paul, Minnesota

The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) is an College Athletic Conference which competes in the NCAA's Division III. As the name implies, member schools are located in the state of Minnesota; also, all of the member schools are private, with all but two having a religious affiliation.

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On March 15, 1920, a formal constitution was adopted and the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference was born, with Carleton College, Gustavus Adolphus College, Hamline University, Macalester College, St. John's University, St. Olaf College and the University of St. Thomas.

Concordia College-Moorhead joined the MIAC in 1921, Augsburg College in 1924 and St. Mary's University in 1926. Carleton dropped membership in 1925, rejoining in 1983. St. Olaf left in 1950, returning in 1975. University of Minnesota Duluth was a member of the MIAC from 1951 to 1975. Bethel University joined in 1977.

The MIAC initiated women's competition in 1982, and it was at that time that the College of St. Benedict and the College of St. Catherine joined the league.

Institution Nickname Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment
Augsburg College Auggies Minneapolis, Minnesota 1869 Private/Lutheran 3,564
Bethel University Royals Arden Hills, Minnesota 1871 Private/Baptist 2,900
Carleton College Knights Northfield, Minnesota 1866 Private/Non-sectarian 1,750
Concordia College Cobbers Moorhead, Minnesota 1891 Private/Lutheran 2,826
Gustavus Adolphus College Gusties St. Peter, Minnesota 1862 Private/Lutheran 2,536
Hamline University Pipers St. Paul, Minnesota 1854 Private/Methodist 1,944
Macalester College Scots St. Paul, Minnesota 1874 Private/Non-sectarian 1,700
College of Saint Benedict Blazers St. Joseph, Minnesota 1961 Private/Catholic 2,006
College of Saint Catherine Wildcats St. Paul, Minnesota 1905 Private/Catholic 4,600
Saint John's University Johnnies Collegeville, Minnesota 1857 Private/Catholic 1,684
St. Mary’s University Cardinals Winona, Minnesota 1912 Private/Catholic 1,350
St. Olaf College Oles Northfield, Minnesota 1874 Private/Lutheran 2,900
University of St. Thomas Tommies St. Paul, Minnesota 1885 Private/Catholic 5,304

St. Mary's discontinued its football program in 1955. Macalester left the MIAC for football in 2002, but still retains its MIAC membership in other sports. St. Catherine and St. Benedict, being both women's colleges, also do not sponsor football. Together with St. John's (one of only a handful of men's colleges), St. Benedict forms a joint academic institution, known commonly by the acronym CSB/SJU.

Member teams compete in football (mens), soccer (men's and women's), cross country (men's and women), golf (men's and women), volleyball (women's), basketball (men's and women), ice hockey (men's and women), indoor track and field (men's and women), swimming and diving (men's and women), baseball (mens), tennis (men's and women), track and field (men's and women) and softball (women's). The conference no longer sponsors men's wrestling or men's and women's Nordic skiing.

  • The Goat Trophy (Carleton College v. Saint Olaf College)
  • The Hammer (Augsburg College v. Hamline University) started 2005
  • The Holy Grail (St. John's University v. University of St. Thomas)
  • The Troll (Concordia College v. Saint Olaf College)

  • The Old Paint Bucket (Macalester College v. Hamline University)
  • Book of Knowledge (Carleton College v. Macalester College) started 1999

Team Championships Years won
St. John's 29 1932, 1935c, 1936c, 1938, 1953c, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1971c, 1974c, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979c, 1982, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995c, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001c, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006c
Gustavus Adolphus 22 1926, 1927, 1933, 1935c, 1936c, 1937, 1940, 1945, 1946, 1950, 1951, 1952c, 1953c, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1967, 1968, 1971c, 1972, 1987
Concordia 18 1931, 1934, 1942c, 1952c, 1957, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1974c, 1978c, 1979c, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1988c, 1990c, 1995c, 2004
St. Thomas 14 1922c, 1929, 1930c, 1939, 1941, 1942c, 1947c, 1948, 1949, 1956, 1973c, 1979c, 1983, 1990
St. Olaf 6 1922c, 1923, 1930c, 1935c, 1978c, 1979c
Hamline 5 1920, 1921, 1966, 1984, 1988c
Bethel 3 2000, 2001c, 2006c
UM-Duluth* 3 1960, 1961, 1973c
Augsburg 2 1928c, 1997
Carleton 2 1924, 1992
Macalester** 2 1925, 1947c
St. Mary's** 1 1928c
  • c = shared championship
  • * No Longer a MIAC member
  • ** No Longer competes in MIAC football

no football played in 1943-1944 due to World War II

Team Championships Years won
St. Thomas 22 1924, 1946c, 1949c, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1981c, 1989c, 1990, 1991c, 1992c, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006c, 2007
Hamline 19 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938c, 1939c, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1947, 1948, 1949c, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1960
Gustavus Adolphus 16 1925, 1926, 1928, 1938c, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1968, 1975c, 1988, 1991c, 1992c, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2005
Augsburg 13 1927, 1946c, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1975c, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1998, 1999
St. John's 7 1969, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1987, 1993, 2001
Carleton 4 1921, 1922, 1923, 2006c
UM-Duluth* 4 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962
St. Olaf 3 1929, 1930, 1989c
Concordia 3 1931, 1982, 1983
Macalester 2 1937, 1981c
St. Mary's 2 1939c, 1940
  • c = shared championship
  • * No Longer a Member of the MIAC

School Number Last Won Years Won
St. Thomas 27 2006 1923c, 1934, 1938c, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1947, 1949, 1951c, 1952, 1953c, 1974, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993c, 1994, 1995, 1998c, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006
Gustavus Adolphus 13 1993 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977c, 1984, 1993c
%Macalester 12 1963 1923c, 1930, 1931, 1932c, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1939c, 1950c, 1951c, 1962, 1963
*UM-Duluth 9 1961 1953c, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961
Augsburg 8 1998 1928, 1977c, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981c, 1982, 1998c
St. John's 7 2005 1935, 1950c, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005
St. Mary's 4 1988 1929, 1964, 1965, 1988
Hamline 3 1948 1923c, 1932c, 1948
Concordia 2 1987 1981c, 1987
St. Olaf 2 1939 1938c, 1939c
  • c = shared championship
  • * No longer a member of the MIAC
  • % No longer a hockey member - played as a club team

School Number Last Won Years Won
Gustavus 5 2006 1999c, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006
St. Thomas 2 2004 2003, 2004
Augsburg 2 2000 1999c, 2000c
St. Mary's 2 2000 1999c, 2000c
  • c = shared championship

School Football stadium Capacity Basketball arena Capacity Hockey arena Capacity
Augsburg Edor Nelson Field 1,400 Si Melby Hall 2,200 Augsburg Ice Arena 800
Bethel Royal Stadium 3,500 Robinson Center 2,000 Schwan Super Rink Blaine Ice Palace 1,000
Carleton Laird Stadium 7,500 West Gymnasium 1,850
Concordia Jake Christiansen Stadium 7,000 Memorial Auditorium 3,500 Moorhead Sports Center
Gustavus Adolphus Hollingsworth Field 4,000 Lund Center 3,000 Lund Arena 1,500
Hamline Klas Center 2,000 Hutton Fieldhouse 2,000 Drake Arena 600
Macalester* Macalester Stadium 4,000 Macalester Gymnasium 600
St. Benedict Non-Football School N/A Claire Lynch Hall 1,000 Torrey Arena
St. Catherine Non-Football School N/A Butler Center 500 Ridder Arena 3,400
St. John’s Clemens Stadium 7,000 Sexton Arena 2,964 National Hockey Center 5,763
St. Mary’s Non-Football School N/A St. Mary's Fieldhouse 3,500 St. Mary's Ice Arena
St. Olaf Manitou Field 3,500 Skogland Athletic Center 3,000 Northfield Ice Arena 600
St. Thomas O'Shaughnessy Stadium 5,025 Schoenecker Arena 2,200 St. Thomas Ice Arean 1,400

* plays an independent football schedule

The Executive Director services as the conference "commissioner", the position was created in 1994.

  • Carlyle Carter 1994-2005
  • Dan McKane 2005-


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