St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference; (SLIAC)
Established	1989
Association	NCAA
Division	Division III
Members	9 full, 1 associate
Sports fielded	14 (men's: 7; women's: 7)
Region	Midwest
Headquarters	St. Louis, Missouri
Commissioner	Will Wolper
Website	sliac.org
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The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) is an NCAA Division III collegiate athletic conference in the Midwestern United States. There are nine full member institutions as of 2008.

On March 13, 2007, it was announced that the SLIAC would be re-adding football to their conference beginning in Fall 2008. The football members of the conference were to be: Blackburn College, Eureka College, Greenville College, new member Huntingdon College, new member LaGrange College, MacMurray College, The Principia, and Westminster College. However, the SLIAC dropped its sponsorship of football in 2009 after Blackburn dropped its football program and Principia suspended its program.^[1]

[edit] Members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Varsity Teams	Year Joined
Blackburn College	Carlinville, Illinois	Beavers	1837	Private/Presbyterian	590	12	1989
Eureka College	Eureka, Illinois	Red Devils	1855	Private/Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	680	16	2006
Fontbonne University	Clayton, Missouri	Griffins	1923	Private/Catholic	2,900	10	1989
Greenville College	Greenville, Illinois	Panthers	1892	Private/Free Methodist	1,200	14	1995
MacMurray College	Jacksonville, Illinois	Highlanders	1846	Private	683	10	1990
Principia College	Elsah, Illinois	Panthers	1912	Private	600	12	1989
Spalding University	Louisville, Kentucky	Golden Eagles	1814	Private	1,692	11	2009
Webster University	Webster Groves, Missouri	Gorlocks	1915	Private	5,000	11	1989
Westminster College	Fulton, Missouri	Blue Jays	1851	Private/Presbyterian	1,050	8	1990

Institution	Location	Nickname	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Sport	Year Joined
University of Dallas	Irving, Texas	Crusaders	1956	Private/Catholic	3,500	men’s and women’s cross country men’s golf	2010

Institution	Location	Nickname	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Varsity Teams	Year Joined	Year Left	Current Conference
Parks College	Cahokia, Illinois	Falcons	1927	Private/Jesuit	N/A	N/A	1989	1996	Academic programs were moved to Saint Louis University main campus in August 1996. Athletic programs discontinued.
Lincoln Christian College	Lincoln, Illinois	Preachers/Angels	1944	Christian Churches/Churches of Christ	1,000	10	2006	2008	Indepedent (NCCAA)
Maryville University	St. Louis, Missouri	Saints	1872	Private/Nonsectarian	2,500	14	1989	2009	GLVC (NCAA D-II)

September 1989: SLIAC chartered with Blackburn, Fontbonne, Maryville, Parks, Principia and Webster the original members.

Conference begans first season in September 1990, MacMurray and Westminster join the charter members.

Greenville joins the conference in September 1995, bringing SLIAC membership to nine schools.

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.

September 2006, Eureka and Lincoln Christian begin play as the ninth and tenth members of the conference.

September 2008, Huntingdon and LaGrange join the conference as football only members as football is reestablished as a conference sport for the first time since 1999.

April 2009, SLIAC decides to end sponsorship of football after two programs fold. Huntingdon and LaGrange end football affiliation with the conference.^[2]