NCAA Division III independent schools

NCAA Division III independents are four-year institutions that compete in college athletics at the NCAA’s Division III level, but do so independently of an established athletic conference. These same institutions often compete as members of an intercollegiate athletic conference in some sports. The reason for independent status varies among institutions, but it is frequently because the primary athletic conference to which the institution belongs does not sponsor a particular sport. Independent programs for Division III:

Football independents (as of March 2012)

Institution	Team	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Primary Conference
Huntingdon College	Hawks	Montgomery, Alabama	1854	Private	1,107	GSAC
Macalester College	Scots	Saint Paul, Minnesota	1874	Private	2,005	MIAC
Wesley College	Wolverines	Dover, Delaware	1873	Private	2,320	CAC

Basketball independents (as of March 2012)

Institution	Team	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Football	Future Conference
University of California, Santa Cruz	Banana Slugs	Santa Cruz, California	1965	Public	15,825	No
Covenant College1	Scots (men's) Lady Scots (women's)	Lookout Mountain, Georgia	1955	Private/Presbyterian	1,282	No	USA South
Finlandia University	Lions	Hancock, Michigan	1896	Private	500	No	GSAC4
Huntingdon College1	Hawks	Montgomery, Alabama	1854	Private/Methodist	1,107	Yes	USA South
University of Maine at Presque Isle†	Owls	Presque Isle, Maine	1903	Public	1,600	No	GSAC4
Mills College^2	Cyclones	Oakland, California	1852	Private	1,555	No	GSAC
Mount Mary College^	Blue Angels	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	1913	Private	1,929	No
Nebraska Wesleyan University†	Prairie Wolves	Lincoln, Nebraska	1887	Private	2,100	Yes
College of New Rochelle^	Blue Angels	New Rochelle, New York	1904	Private	6,800	No
North Central University3	Rams	Minneapolis, Minnesota	1930	Private	1,338	No
Rust College	Bearcats	Holly Springs, Mississippi	1866	Private	1,200	No
St. Joseph's College-Brooklyn Campus	Bears	Brooklyn, New York	1918	Private	1,261	No

^ - Women's college
† - Schools holds dual membership with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).
¹ - Covenant and Huntingdon are both co-educational colleges, but they're only competing as Independents for men's sports while the women's sports are competing in the Great South Athletic Conference (GSAC) only for the 2012-13 season. Both schools will join the USA South Athletic Conference (USA South) for all sports, effectively on July 1, 2013.
² - Mills is a non-basketball women's college.
³ - Almost most of North Central's sports teams (except for football) compete in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) as associate members.
⁴ - Finlandia and Maine–Presque Isle (UMPI) are both co-educational colleges, but they will only be competing in the Great South Athletic Conference (GSAC) for women's sports, while the men's sports will still be competing as Independents, starting effectively in the 2013-14 season.

External links

• The Association of Division III Independents