Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

American college athletic conference

Not to be confused with Great Lakes Valley 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| 11
Headquarters| Bay City, Michigan
Region| Great Lakes
Official website| www.gliac.org
Locations

Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

100km
62miles

Roosevelt

Parkside

Wayne State

Saginaw Valley State

Purdue Northwest

Northern Michigan

Michigan Tech

Lake Superior State

Grand Valley State

Ferris State

Davenport

Location of GLIAC members:  full.

The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) is a 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, Illinois, 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

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### Chronological timeline

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* 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 1974–75 academic year.
* Oakland University joined the GLIAC, effective in the 1974–75 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 D-II independent.
* 1977: Northern Michigan left the GLIAC, effective after the 1976–77 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 1986–87 academic year, but remained in the conference in other sports.
* 1987:
* Northwood left the GLIAC, effective after the 1986–87 academic year.
* Northern Michigan rejoined the GLIAC, effective in the 1987–88 academic year.
* 1989: The GLIAC dropped football as a sponsored sport, effective after the 1989 fall season (1989–90 academic year).
* 1992: Northwood rejoined the GLIAC, effective in the 1992–93 academic year.
* 1994: On December 14, 1994, Ashland University, Gannon University and Mercyhurst College (now Mercyhurst University) joined the GLIAC, effective beginning the 1995–1996 academic year.
* 1997:
* Oakland left the GLIAC to become an NCAA D-I Independent, effective after the 1996–97 academic year. (which would later joined the Mid-Continent Conference (now the Summit League), effective beginning the 1998–99 academic year).
* The University of Findlay joined the GLIAC, effective in the 1997–98 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 (1999–00 academic year).
* 2001: Indianapolis (UIndy) added men's and women's swimming & diving to its GLIAC affiliate membership, effective in the 2001–02 academic year.
* 2004: Lewis University joined the GLIAC as an affiliate member for men's and women's swimming and diving, effective in the 2004–05 academic year.
* 2007: On June 20, 2007, Tiffin University joined the GLIAC, effective beginning the 2008–09 academic year.
* 2008: Gannon and Mercyhurst left the GLIAC to join the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC), effective after the 2007–08 academic year.
* 2010: Lake Erie College and Ohio Dominican University joined the GLIAC, effective in the 2010–11 academic year.
* 2012:
* Malone University and Walsh University joined the GLIAC, effective in the 2012–13 academic year.
* Four institutions joined the GLIAC as affiliate members: Notre Dame College for football, women's lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, and wrestling), and Alderson Broaddus University, Urbana University and Wheeling Jesuit University (now Wheeling University) for women's lacrosse, effective in the 2012–13 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 2012–13 academic year.
* UIndy and Lewis left the GLIAC as affiliate members for men's and women's swimming & diving, effective after the 2012–13 academic year.
* Ursuline College joined the GLIAC as an affiliate member for women's lacrosse and women's swimming & diving, effective in the 2012–13 academic year.
* 2014:
* Urbana and Wheeling Jesuit left the GLIAC as affiliate members for women's lacrosse, effective after the 2014 spring season (2013–14 academic year).
* McKendree University joined the GLIAC as an affiliate member for women's lacrosse, effective in the 2015 spring season (2014–15 academic year).
* 2015:
* Alderson Broaddus and Ursuline left the GLIAC as affiliate members for women's lacrosse, effective after the 2015 spring season (2014–15 academic year).
* UIndy rejoined the GLIAC as an affiliate member in women's lacrosse, effective in the 2016 spring season (2015–16 academic year).
* 2016:
* Malone left the GLIAC to join the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC), effective after the 2015–16 academic year.
* Ursuline left the GLIAC as an affiliate member for women's swimming & diving, effective after the 2015–16 academic year.
* 2017:
* Findlay, Hillsdale, Lake Erie, Ohio Dominican and Walsh left the GLIAC to join the G-MAC, effective after the 2016–17 academic year.
* Davenport University and Purdue University–Northwest joined the GLIAC, effective in the 2017–18 academic year.
* Concordia University, St. Paul joined the GLIAC as an affiliate member for women's lacrosse, effective in the 2018 spring season (2017–18 academic year).
* 2018:
* Tiffin left the GLIAC to join the G-MAC, effective after the 2017–18 academic year.
* The University of Wisconsin–Parkside joined the GLIAC, effective in the 2018–19 academic year. It also adopted the new athletic brand name of Parkside.
* Three institutions joined the GLIAC as affiliate members (and/or added other single sports into their affiliate memberships): Lewis and Maryville University for women's lacrosse, and St. Cloud State University for men's swimming & diving, effective in the 2018–19 academic year.
* 2019:
* UIndy, Lewis, Maryville and McKendree left the GLIAC as affiliate members for women's lacrosse, effective after the 2019 spring season (2018–19 academic year).
* Upper Iowa University joined the GLIAC as an affiliate member for men's soccer and women's lacrosse, effective in the 2019–20 academic year.
* 2021:
* Ashland left the GLIAC to join the G-MAC, effective after the 2020–21 academic year.
* Augustana University joined the GLIAC as an affiliate member for men's swimming & diving, effective in the 2021–22 academic year.
* St. Cloud State added men's soccer to its GLIAC affiliate membership, effective in the 2021 fall season (2021–22 academic year).
* 2022:
* Northwood left the GLIAC for a second time to join the G-MAC, effective after the 2021–22 academic year.
* Roosevelt University announced it would join the GLIAC, effective beginning the 2023–24 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 (GLVC) in all sports after the 2022–23 academic year, including its GLIAC affiliated sports of women's lacrosse and men's soccer.

## Member schools

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### Current members

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The GLIAC currently has 11 full members; all but two are public schools. Reclassifying members in yellow.

Institution  | Location  | Founded  | Affiliation  | Enrollment  | Nickname  | Joined[a] | Colors

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Davenport University | Grand Rapids, Michigan | 1866  | Nonsectarian | 4,848  | Panthers | 2017  |
Ferris State University | Big Rapids, Michigan | 1884  | Public  | 9,959  | Bulldogs | 1972  |
Grand Valley State University | Allendale, Michigan | 1960  | Public  | 22,011  | Lakers | 1972  |
Lake Superior State University | Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan | 1946  | Public  | 1,669  | Lakers | 1972  |
Michigan Technological University | Houghton, Michigan | 1885  | Public  | 7,430  | Huskies | 1980  |
Northern Michigan University | Marquette, Michigan | 1899  | Public  | 6,958  | Wildcats | 1975;
1987[b] |
Purdue University Northwest | Hammond and
Westville, Indiana[c] | 1946[d] | Public  | 9,051  | Pride | 2017  |
Roosevelt University | Chicago, Illinois | 1945  | Nonsectarian  | 4,281  | Lakers | 2023[e] |
Saginaw Valley State University | University Center, Michigan | 1963  | Public  | 6,822  | Cardinals | 1972  |
Wayne State University | Detroit, Michigan | 1868  | Public  | 23,553  | Warriors | 1975  |
University of Wisconsin–Parkside | Somers, Wisconsin | 1968  | Public  | 3,947  | Rangers | 2018  |

Notes

1. ^ Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
2. ^ Northern Michigan left the GLIAC after the 1976–77 school year; which would later re-join back in the 1987–88 school year.
3. ^ Purdue Northwest maintains a branch campus in Westville, where the men's and women's cross country teams are housed and where the men's and women's basketball & women's volleyball teams play a portion of their home contests; the other intercollegiate athletics teams compete on the main campus in Hammond.
4. ^ 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 began competition as a full GLIAC member since fall 2024.

### Affiliate members

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

Institution  | Location  | Founded  | Affiliation  | Enrollment  | Nickname  | Joined[a] | Colors  | GLIAC
sport  | Primary
conference

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Augustana University | Sioux Falls, South Dakota | 1860  | Lutheran ELCA | 2,158  | Vikings | 2021  |     | men's swimming & diving  | Northern Sun (NSIC)
Concordia University–St. Paul | Saint Paul, Minnesota | 1893  | Lutheran LCMS | 5,928  | Golden Bears | 2017  |     | women's lacrosse
St. Cloud State University | St. Cloud, Minnesota | 1869  | Public  | 10,164  | Huskies | 2018m.sw.;
2021m.soc. |     | men's swimming & diving;
men's soccer

Notes

1. ^ Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.

### Former members

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

Institution  | Location  | Founded  | Affiliation  | Enrollment  | Nickname  | Joined[a] | Left[b] | Current
conference

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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  | Northeast (NEC)[c]
Northwood University | Midland, Michigan | 1959  | Nonsectarian  | 2,541  | Timberwolves | 1972;
1992  | 1987;
2022  | Great Midwest (G-MAC)
Oakland University | Rochester, Michigan[d] | 1957  | Public  | 20,519  | Golden Grizzlies | 1974  | 1997  | Horizon[c]
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)[e]

Notes

1. ^ Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
2. ^ Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.
3. ^ a b Currently an NCAA Division I athletic conference.
4. ^ The Oakland campus has a Rochester mailing address, but lies within the separate cities of Auburn Hills and Rochester Hills.
5. ^ Currently an NCAA Division III athletic conference.

### Former affiliate members

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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[a] | Left[b] | GLIAC
sport(s)  | Primary
conference

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Alderson Broaddus University | Philippi, West Virginia | 1871  | Baptist | 2,306  | Battlers | 2012  | 2015  | women's lacrosse  | Closed in 2023
University of Indianapolis | Indianapolis, Indiana | 1902  | United Methodist | 4,168  | Greyhounds | 1999fb.;
2015w.lax.;
2000m.sw.;
2000w.sw. | 2012fb.;
2019w.lax.;
2013m.sw.;
2013w.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 | 2018w.lax.
2004m.sw.
2004w.sw. | 2019w.lax.
2013m.sw.
2013w.sw. | women's lacrosse;
men's swimming & diving;
women's swimming & diving  | Great Lakes Valley (GLVC)
Maryville University | Town and Country, Missouri[c] | 1872  | Catholic | 5,504  | Saints | 2018  | 2019  | women's lacrosse  | Great Lakes Valley (GLVC)
McKendree University | Lebanon, Illinois | 1828  | United Methodist  | 1,702  | Bearcats | 2014  | 2019  | women's lacrosse  | Great Lakes Valley (GLVC)
Notre Dame College | South Euclid, Ohio | 1922  | Catholic | 2,200  | Falcons | 2012fb.;
2012w.lax.;
2012m.soc.;
2012w.soc.;
2012wr. | 2013fb.;
2013w.lax.;
2013m.soc.;
2013w.soc.;
2013wr. | football;
women's lacrosse;
men's soccer;
women's soccer;
wrestling  | Closed in 2024
Upper Iowa University | Fayette, Iowa | 1857  | Nonsectarian  | N/A  | Peacocks | 2019w.lax.;
2019m.soc. | 2022w.lax.;
2023m.soc. | women's lacrosse;
men's soccer  | Great Lakes Valley (GLVC)
Urbana University | Urbana, Ohio | 1850  | Nonsectarian  | N/A  | Blue Knights | 2012  | 2014  | women's lacrosse  | Closed in 2020
Ursuline College | Pepper Pike, Ohio | 1850  | Catholic | 1,073  | Arrows | 2013w.lax.;
2013w.sw. | 2015w.lax.;
2016w.sw. | women's lacrosse;
women's swimming & diving  | Great Midwest (G-MAC)
Wheeling Jesuit University[d] | Wheeling, West Virginia | 1954  | Catholic  | 1,600  | Cardinals | 2012  | 2014  | women's lacrosse  | Mountain East (MEC)

Notes

1. ^ Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
2. ^ Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.
3. ^ The main campus is located in Town and Country but has a St. Louis mailing address.
4. ^ Currently known as Wheeling University since 2019.

### Membership timeline

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Note: The GLIAC dropped football after the 1989 fall season (1989–90 school year) and resumed it since the 1999 fall season (1999–2000 school year).

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

## Sports

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The GLIAC sponsors the following 21 sports:[2]

Conference sports  Sport  | Men's  | Women's

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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

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School  | Baseball  | Basket­ball  | Cross
Country  | Football  | Golf  | Soccer  | Swimming
& Diving  | Tennis  | Track
& Field
Indoor  | Track
& Field
Outdoor  | Total
GLIAC
Sports

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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 | 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
Roosevelt  | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |  | Y | Y | Y | 9
Saginaw Valley State  | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |  | Y | Y | 9
Wayne State  | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |  | Y | Y |  |  | 7
Totals  | 7  | 11  | 10  | 8  | 10  | 6+1  | 5+2  | 8  | 8  | 9  | 81
Affiliate Members
Augustana  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Y |  |  |  | 1
St. Cloud State  |  |  |  |  |  | Y | Y |  |  |  | 2

### Women's sponsored sports by school

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School  | Basketball  | Cross Country  | Golf  | Lacrosse  | Soccer  | Softball  | Swimming & Diving  | Tennis  | Track & field
Indoor  | Track & field
Outdoor  | Volleyball  | Total GLIAC Sports

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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 | 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
Roosevelt  | Y | Y |  |  | Y | Y |  | Y | Y | Y | Y | 8
Saginaw Valley State  | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 11
Wayne State  | Y | Y | Y |  | Y[a] | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 9
Totals  | 12  | 12  | 8  | 3  | 9[b] | 8  | 5  | 9  | 10  | 11  | 11  | 104
Affiliate Member
Concordia–St. Paul  |  |  |  | Y |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1

Notes

1. ^ Wayne State is adding soccer for the 2026-27 season.
2. ^ Increasing to 10 members for the 2026-27 season.

### Other sponsored sports by school

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School  |  | Men  |  | Women  |  | Co-ed

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Ice Hockey[a] | Lacrosse  | Volleyball  | Wrestling  | Stunt[b] | Wrestling[b] | Fencing[a] | Skiing[a]
Davenport  |  | G-MAC |  | G-MAC | G-MAC | GLVC |  |
Ferris State  | CCHA |  |  |  | GLVC |  |  |
Grand Valley State  |  |  |  | IND |  | GLVC |  |
Lake Superior State  | CCHA |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Michigan Tech  | CCHA |  |  |  |  |  |  | CCSA
Northern Michigan  | CCHA |  |  | -[c] |  | GLVC |  | CCSA[d]
Parkside  |  |  |  | NSIC[3] |  |  |  |
Purdue Northwest  |  |  |  |  | GLVC |  |  |
Roosevelt  |  |  | GLVC |  |  |  |  |
Wayne State  |  |  |  |  |  |  | MFC |

Notes

1. ^ a b c 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.
2. ^ a b Part of the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program.
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ 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) as well as men's and women's ultimate.
* 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

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Main article: GLIAC men's basketball tournament

Main article: GLIAC women's basketball tournament

## National Championships

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GLIAC schools have won 53 NCAA National Championships:

Year  | Sport  | School

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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
2024  | Football  | Ferris State
2025  | Women's basketball  | Grand Valley State

## Conference facilities

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School  | Football  | Basketball

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Stadium  | Capacity[4] | 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  | Vandament Arena  | 3,000
Parkside  | non-football school | DeSimone Gymnasium  | 2,120
Purdue Northwest  | non-football school | John Friend Court
H.D. Kesling Gymnasium  | —
1,500
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

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1. ^ "GLIAC Membership History". Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on November 30, 2011. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
2. ^ "Official GLIAC Athletic Site". Archived from the original on August 18, 2008. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
3. ^ "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.
4. ^ "GLIAC Stadiums". D2Football.com. Archived from the original on December 20, 2011. Retrieved October 31, 2011.

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* Purdue Northwest Pride
* Roosevelt Lakers
* Saginaw Valley State Cardinals
* Wayne State Warriors

Affiliate members|

* Augustana Vikings
* Concordia Golden Bears
* St. Cloud State Huskies

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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

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NCAA Division II football conferences

Super Region 1|

* Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
* Mountain East Conference
* Northeast-10 Conference
* Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference

Super Region 2|

* Conference Carolinas
* Gulf South Conference
* South Atlantic Conference
* Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Super Region 3|

* Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
* Great Lakes Valley Conference
* Great Midwest Athletic Conference
* Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference

Super Region 4|

* Great American Conference
* Lone Star Conference
* Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association
* Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference

Division II|

* Independents

NCAA|

* Conferences
* Institutions
* Football (Championship, Bowl Games)

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