College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin


The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin is a college athletic conference which competes in the NCAA's Division III.
CCIW schools have accounted for 46 national championships in NCAA Division III competition, including 15 in men's cross country, six in men's basketball, six in men's outdoor track and field, five in football, four men's indoor track and field, three in women's soccer, two in women's outdoor track and field, women's basketball and men's soccer and one apiece in baseball and women's indoor track and field.
Elmhurst College won a pair of Division III women's volleyball championships, and North Central College won a women's basketball title before the conference began sponsorship of women's athletics in 1986-87.
North Central men's cross country won its 13th national title in program history during the fall of 2009, while the North Central men's indoor track and field team captured the 2010 national championship. The Cardinals made it clean sweep by winning the men's outdoor track and field title in the spring of 2010. In addition, the Illinois Wesleyan women's outdoor track and field team, as well as the baseball team, took home national titles, giving the CCIW five national championships during the 2009–10 season.
North Central defended its titles in men's indoor track and field and outdoor track and field in the spring of 2011 while the Cardinals won their second men's cross country title in three seasons in the fall of 2011 and their third-straight indoor track and field title in 2012. Illinois Wesleyan won the conference's second women's basketball national title in 2012.

History

The conference was formed with nine charter members on April 26, 1946, in Jacksonville, Illinois, and opened competition in the 1946–47 academic year as the College Conference of Illinois. In 1967, the name was changed to the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin to recognize Carthage, which moved to Kenosha, Wisconsin in 1962, and Carroll University, which entered the conference in 1955.
The CCIW sponsors 24 sports: baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, football, men's and women's golf, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, softball, men's and women's swimming, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's indoor track and field, men's and women's outdoor track and field, men's and women's volleyball and wrestling. The most recently added sport is men's volleyball, which starts play in the 2020 season.
CCIW membership has experienced several changes since its inception. After Carthage left in 1952, Illinois College withdrew the following year. Elmhurst and Wheaton withdrew following the 1959–60 academic year. Wheaton re-joined for all sports but football in 1967. Elmhurst re-joined in the fall of 1967 for all sports but football. Carroll joined during the 1955 spring sports season. Carthage returned in the fall of 1961, and North Park University entered the following fall. Lake Forest dropped out at the end of the 1962-63 season. The last member to leave the CCIW was Carroll following the 1991–92 season. Carroll returned to the CCIW in 2016. In 2007, Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology, located in Terre Haute, Indiana, joined the CCIW as an associate member for men's and women's swimming. After 2017, Rose–Hulman left as an associate member shortly before its full-time home of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference announced it would add swimming.

Member schools

Current members

The league currently has nine full members.
InstitutionLocation
NicknameFoundedTypeEnrollmentJoined
Augustana CollegeRock Island, Illinois
Vikings1860Private/Lutheran 2,5131946
Carroll UniversityWaukesha, Wisconsin
Pioneers
Lady Pioneers 		1846Private/Presbyterian2,7891955
20162
Carthage CollegeKenosha, Wisconsin
Red Men
Lady Reds 		1847Private/Lutheran 2,37419461
Elmhurst CollegeElmhurst, Illinois
Bluejays1871Private/United Church of Christ2,74819463
Illinois Wesleyan UniversityBloomington, Illinois
Titans1850Private/Methodist2,1131946
Millikin UniversityDecatur, Illinois
Big Blue1901Private/Presbyterian2,1181946
North Central CollegeNaperville, Illinois
Cardinals1861Private/Methodist2,4901946
North Park UniversityChicago, Illinois
Vikings1891Private/Evangelical Covenant1,8141962
Wheaton CollegeWheaton, Illinois
Thunder1860Private/Evangelical Protestant2,28219464

;Notes
  1. - Carthage left the CCIW in 1951–52 season; but rejoined in the 1961–62 season.
  2. - Carroll left the CCIW in 1992–93 season; but rejoined in the 2016–17 season.
  3. - Elmhurst left the CCIW after the 1959–60 season; but rejoined in the 1967–68 season.
  4. - Wheaton left the CCIW after the 1959–60 season; but rejoined in the 1967–68 season.

    Affiliate members

The "Joined" column indicates the calendar year of entry, which for spring sports will differ from the first season of competition.
InstitutionLocationNicknameFoundedTypeEnrollmentJoinedPrimary
Conference		CCIW Sports
University of DubuqueDubuque, Iowa
Spartans1852Private1,5592014ARCmen's lacrosse,
women's lacrosse
Concordia University WisconsinMequon, WisconsinFalcons1881Private7,7212016NACCWrestling
Lakeland UniversityPlymouth, WisconsinMuskies1862Private3,9732016NACCWrestling
Milwaukee School of EngineeringMilwaukee, WisconsinRaiders1903Private2,8232016NACCWrestling
Chicago, Illinois
Maroons1890Private15,2762018UAAWomen's lacrosse
Washington University in St. LouisSt. Louis, Missouri
Bears1853Private14,1172018UAAfootball
Greenville UniversityGreenville, Illinois
Panthers1892Private9322019SLIACMen's volleyball
Loras CollegeDubuque, Iowa
Duhawks1839Private1,6002019ARCMen's volleyball

Former members

Former affiliate members

Membership timeline


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Sports

In 2015, men's and women's lacrosse were added as sanctioned sports by the CCIW.
The CCIW announced the inclusion of Men's Volleyball for the 2020 season.
The CCIW sponsors championships in the following sports:
SportMen'sWomen's
Baseball
Basketball
Cross Country
Football
Golf
Lacrosse
Soccer
Softball
Swimming
Tennis
Track and field
Track and field
Volleyball
Wrestling

National championships