St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Historyhttp://www.sliac.org/information/Conf_Info/About/History

• September 1989: The SLIAC chartered with Blackburn, Fontbonne, Maryville, Parks, Principia and Webster the original members.
• September 1990: The SLIAC's first year gets underway. MacMurray and Westminster join the charter members.
• February 1991: The first SLIAC Men's Basketball Tournament is held.
• February 1995: Westminster wins the men's basketball tournament title to earn the SLIAC's first automatic bid to an NCAA Division III national championship event.
• September 1995: Greenville begins its first year as a member of the conference, bringing SLIAC membership to nine schools.
• March 1996: MacMurray wins the women's basketball tournament title to earn the conference's first automatic bid to an NCAA Division III women's national championship event.
• April 1996: Parks competes in its final conference event. Parks closed after the 1995-96 year and its academic programs were moved to the Saint Louis University campus.
• November 1996: Blackburn, MacMurray, and Westminster share the first-ever SLIAC football title.
• September 1999: The SLIAC begins its tenth year of operation.
• November 1999: The fourth and final conference football title is awarded.
• September 2006: Eureka and Lincoln Christian begin play as the ninth and tenth members of the conference.
• March 2007: Huntingdon and LaGrange admitted to the SLIAC as affiliate members in the sport of football. The SLIAC announces football will return in the fall of 2008 after a nine-year hiatus.
• May 2007: William Wolper hired as the Conference's first full-time Commissioner.
• November 2007: With the completion of the fall season, Lincoln Christian departs the SLIAC.
• September 2008: Football begins play as the 13th conference sport after a nine-year hiatus.
• September 2008: Spalding University admitted to the SLIAC to begin play during the 2009–10 academic year.
• April 2009: The SLIAC announced it would cease its sponsorship of football; five football-playing schools join the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference as associate members for the sport. Huntingdon and LaGrange end football affiliation with the conference.
• June 2010: University of Dallas admitted to the SLIAC as an affiliate member in the sports of men's golf, men's and women's cross country.
• September 2010: University of Dallas is accepted as a full member into the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference and drops its affiliate membership with the SLIAC after the spring men's golf season.
• December 2011: Iowa Wesleyan College admitted to the SLIAC as a full member to begin play during the 2013–14 academic year.
• March 2020: MacMurray College announced it would close in May 2020 due to financial struggles.
• June 2020: Iowa Wesleyan announced that it would leave the NCAA and return to the NAIA after the 2020–21 academic year.

  Member schools

Current members

Former members

1. - Parks College's academic programs were moved to Saint Louis University main campus in August 1996.
2. - Lincoln Christian's former athletic nickname were the Preachers and the Angels.
3. - Lincoln Christian left the SLIAC after the end of the 2007 fall season without completing the rest of the 2007-08 academic year.

   Former associate members

Membership timeline