North Star Conference

Association| NCAA
Founded| 1983
Ceased| 1992
Division| Division I
No. of teams| 15
Locations

The North Star Conference or NSC was a women's conference in the NCAA. The conference existed from the 1983–84 school year through the 1991–92 school year. Originally announced in 1983, the conference was formed by charter members Butler, Dayton, DePaul, Detroit, Evansville, Loyola (Chicago), Notre Dame, and Xavier.[1] Although the conference was to offer competition in cross country, softball, swimming, tennis, and volleyball, the conference was created primarily as a basketball conference. With the exception of Butler and Dayton, all charter members' women's basketball teams were already competing at the NCAA Division I level; Butler and Dayton upgraded their teams from NCAA Division II and commenced competition in the conference's second season.[1] The conference was effectively absorbed by the Mid-Continent Conference (now known as The Summit League), as six of its final seven members moved their women's sports to that organization (the remaining member, Akron, moved all its sports for both sexes to the Mid-American Conference).

## Membership

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* Akron 1988-1989 through 1991-1992
* Butler 1984-1985 through 1985-1986[2]
* Cleveland State 1988-1989 through 1991-1992[3][4]
* Dayton 1984-1985 through 1987-1988[5]
* DePaul 1983-1984 through 1990-1991[6]
* Detroit 1983-1984 through 1985-1986[7]
* Evansville 1983-1984 through 1985-1986[8]
* Illinois-Chicago 1988-1989 through 1991-1992[9]
* Loyola (Illinois) 1983-1984 through 1985-1986[10]
* Marquette 1986-1987 through 1988-1989[11]
* Northern Illinois 1987-1988 through 1991-1992[12]
* Notre Dame 1983-1984 through 1987-1988[13][14]
* Valparaiso 1987-1988 through 1991-1992[15]
* Wisconsin-Green Bay 1988-1989 through 1991-1992[16]
* Wright State 1990-1991 through 1991-1992[17]
* Xavier 1983-1984 through 1985-1986[18]

### Membership timeline

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## Commissioner

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* Jean Lenti Ponsetto (1987–1989)[19]
* Arnie Fielkow (1989–1991)
* Phyllis Holmes (1991–1992)

## Women's Basketball

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### Conference Champions

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#### Regular season

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Season  | Teams  | School

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1984 | 6 | Loyola (Illinois)
1985 | 8 | Notre Dame
1986 | 8 | Notre Dame
1987 | 4 | DePaul
1988 | 6 | DePaul
1989 | 8 | Northern Illinois/DePaul
1990 | 7 | Northern Illinois
1991 | 8 | Wisconsin-Green Bay
1992 | 7 | Wisconsin-Green Bay

### Conference Tournament

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Season  | Teams  | Champion

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1989 | 8 | DePaul[20]
1990 | 7 | Northern Illinois
1991 | 8 | DePaul
1992 | 7 | Northern Illinois

### Honors

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#### Coach of the Year

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* 1983-84
* 1984-85 Mary DiStanislao, Notre Dame[13]
* 1985-86 Mary DiStanislao, Notre Dame[13]
* 1986-87
* 1987-88 Muffet McGraw, Notre Dame[13]
* 1988-89 Jane Albright-Dieterle, Northern Illinois[12]
* 1989-90 Jane Albright-Dieterle, Northern Illinois[12]
* 1990-91
* 1991-92

#### Player of the Year

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* 1983-84
* 1984-85
* 1985-86 Trena Keys, Notre Dame[13]
* 1986-87 Trena Keys, Notre Dame[13]
* 1987-88
* 1988-89
* 1989-90 Carol Owens, Northern Illinois[12]
* 1990-91 Lisa Foss, Northern Illinois[12]
* 1991-92

### Attendance

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Season  | Teams  | G/S  | Attendance  | P/G  | Net  | Total

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1984 | 6 | 57 | 18,694 | 328 | UP | 1,329
1985 | 8 | 89 | 23,198 | 261 | DN | 2,767
1986 | 8 | 95 | 21,662 | 228 | DN | 1,536
1987 | 4 | 50 | 14,678 | 294 | UP | 1,224
1988 | 6 | 64 | 23,870 | 373 | UP | 9,192
1989 | 8 | 94 | 41,514 | 442 | UP | 17,644
1990 | 7 | 85 | 53,752 | 632 | UP | 16,336
1991 | 8 | 88 | 53,675 | 610 | DN | 77
1992 | 7 | 76 | 48,155 | 634 | Up | 18,195

## Women's Volleyball

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### Conference Champions

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#### Regular season

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* Season Number of Teams School
* 1983 6
* 1984 8
* 1985 8
* 1986 4
* 1987 6
* 1988 8 Northern Illinois
* 1989 7
* 1990 8
* 1991 7

### Conference Tournament

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Season  | Teams  | Champion

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1988 | 8 | Northern Illinois
1989 | 7 |
1990 | 8 |
1991 | 7 |

## References

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1. ^ a b Kay, Linda (10 May 1983). "Eight schools form women's league". Chicago Tribune. p. 7. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
2. ^ "Butler" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-04. Retrieved 2015-03-24.
3. ^ "Cleveland State - History and Records" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-07-28. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
4. ^ "Green Bay joins MU; North Star grows to 8". The Milwaukee Journal. October 15, 1987. pp. Page 10C. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
5. ^ "2009 Women's Basketball Media Guide by University of Dayton - Issuu".
6. ^ "De Paul Record Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
7. ^ "2011-12 Women's Basketball Yearbook". University of Detroit Mercy Athletics.
8. ^ "Evansville Athletics - 2011-12 Women's Basketball Media Reference Guide". Archived from the original on 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
9. ^ "UIC OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE - Women's Basketball". Archived from the original on 2011-01-05. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
10. ^ "2010-11 Media guide - year-by-year results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-29.
11. ^ "Marquette women's basketball record book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-03. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
12. ^ a b c d e "1995 Inductee Husky Hall of Fame" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-29. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
13. ^ a b c d e f "NCAA Tournament History" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04.
14. ^ "Irish History" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04.
15. ^ "Women's Basketball All-Time Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-22. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
16. ^ "Women's Basketball" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-12-10. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
17. ^ "2011-12 Women's Basketball Media Guide by Matt Zircher - Issuu". 31 October 2011.
18. ^ "History & records" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04.
19. ^ "Jean Lenti Ponsetto Profile - DePaul University Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on 2012-10-30. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
20. ^ "Official 2009 NCAA Women's Basketball Records Book" (PDF). www.ncaapublications.com.

## External links

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* NCAA - Basketball Record Books