North Star Athletic Association

North Star Athletic Association
Association	NAIA
Commissioner	Cory Anderson
Sports fielded	18 men's: 9; women's: 9; ;
Region	The Dakotas, Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin; Midwest; Region III of the NAIA
Official website	www.playnorthstar.com
Locations

The North Star Athletic Association (NSAA) is an NAIA college athletic conference that began play in the 2013–14 school year.^[1] The conference currently has eight full member institutions in Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

Member schools

Current members

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined
Bellevue University	Bellevue, Nebraska	1966	Private (Nonsectarian)	10,407	Bruins	2015
Dakota State University	Madison, South Dakota	1881	Public	3,102	Trojans	2013
Dickinson State University	Dickinson, North Dakota	1918	Public	2,572	Blue Hawks	2014
Mayville State University	Mayville, North Dakota	1889	Public	780	Comets	2013
Presentation College	Aberdeen, South Dakota	1922	Private (Catholic)	825	Saints	2013
Valley City State University	Valley City, North Dakota	1890	Public	1,362	Vikings	2013
Viterbo University	La Crosse, Wisconsin	1923	Private (Catholic)	2,991	V-Hawks	2015
Waldorf University	Forest City, Iowa	1903	Private (For-profit)	580	Warriors	2014^[a] 2015

^ Football-only member in 2014, became full member in 2015

Future affiliate member

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Sport	Year Joining	Current Conference
Iowa Wesleyan University	Mount Pleasant, Iowa	1842	Private (United Methodist Church)	700	Tigers	Football	2021 (Fall)	SLIAC (NCAA D-III)^[a] UMAC (NCAA D-III)^[b]

^ Iowa Wesleyan will return to the NAIA in 2021-22. The school has not yet determined its future full-time NAIA conference affiliation.^[2]
^ Was a football only member of the conference while in the NCAA^[3]

Former member

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Nickname	Joined	Left	Current Conference
University of Jamestown^[4]	Jamestown, North Dakota	1883	Private (Presbyterian)	Jimmies	2013	2018	GPAC

Former affiliate member

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Nickname	Joined	Left	Sport	Current Conference
University of Winnipeg^[5]	Winnipeg, Manitoba	1871	Public	Wesmen	2015	2017	Baseball	dropped program

Membership timeline

Full member (all sports) Associate member (football-only) Associate member (baseball-only)

Conference sports

The North Star Athletic Association currently fields 18 sports (9 men's and 9 women's):

Conference sports
Sport	Men's	Women's
Baseball	Y
Basketball	Y	Y
Cross Country	Y	Y
Football	Y
Golf	Y	Y
Softball		Y
Track & Field - Indoor	Y	Y
Track & Field - Outdoor	Y	Y
Volleyball		Y

Men's Sports

Men's sponsored sports by school
School	Baseball	Basketball	Cross Country	Football	Golf	Track & Field (Indoor)	Track & Field (Outdoor)	Total NSAA Sports
Bellevue	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	6
Dakota State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	7
Dickinson State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	7
Mayville State	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	N	3
Presentation	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	4
Valley City State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	7
Viterbo	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	6
Waldorf	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	7
Totals	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	47

Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the North Star Athletic Association which are played by NSAA schools

School	Soccer	Wrestling
Bellevue	A.I.I.	No
Dickinson State	No	Heart of America
Presentation	GPAC	No
Viterbo	A.I.I.	No
Waldorf	A.I.I.	Heart of America

Women's Sports

Women's sponsored sports by school
School	Basketball	Cross Country	Golf	Softball	Track & Field (Indoor)	Track & Field (Outdoor)	Volleyball	Total NSAA Sports
Bellevue	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	7
Dakota State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	7
Dickinson State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	7
Mayville State	Y	N	N	Y	N	N	Y	3
Presentation	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	5
Valley City State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	7
Viterbo	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	7
Waldorf	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	7
Totals	8	6	6	8	7	7	8	50

Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the North Star Athletic Association which are played by NSAA schools

School	Soccer	Wrestling
Bellevue	A.I.I.	No
Presentation	GPAC	No
Viterbo	A.I.I.	No
Waldorf	A.I.I.	Independent^[a]

^ There are no NAIA affiliated conferences for women's wrestling

Conference Championships

Football

NSAA Championships Won or Shared Per School

School	Conference
School	Titles	Last Title
Dickinson State	6	2020
Valley City State	2	2014
Jamestown	1	2013
Waldorf	0	n/a
Dakota State	0	n/a
Mayville State	0	n/a
Presentation	0	n/a

NSAA All-Time Standings (2013–2020)

School	W	L	Pct
Dickinson State	45	4	.918
Valley City State	37	14	.725
Waldorf	26	23	.531
Dakota State	25	27	.481
Jamestown	12	18	.400
Presentation	13	40	.245
Mayville State	9	41	.180

NSAA Champions By Year

Year	School	Record
2013	Valley City State Jamestown	3-1
2014	Valley City State	6-0
2015	Dickinson State	5-1
2016	Dickinson State	6-0
2017	Dickinson State	8-0
2018	Dickinson State	6-1
2019	Dickinson State	6-1
2020	Dickinson State	9-0

Volleyball

NSAA Championships Per School

School	Conference		Tournament
School	Titles	Last Title	Titles	Last Title
Viterbo	4	2019	4	2019
Jamestown	2	2014	2	2014
Bellevue	0	n/a	0	n/a
Dakota State	0	n/a	0	n/a
Mayville State	0	n/a	0	n/a
Dickinson State	0	n/a	0	n/a
Valley City State	0	n/a	0	n/a
Presentation	0	n/a	0	n/a
Waldorf	0	n/a	0	n/a

NSAA All-Time Standings (2013 to 2019)

School	W	L	Pct	Tournament
School	W	L	Pct	W	L
Jamestown	57	6	.905	8	3
Viterbo	53	15	.779	11	2
Bellevue	50	16	.758	5	5
Dakota State	50	41	.549	5	6
Mayville State	37	52	.416	4	6
Valley City State	36	55	.396	4	5
Dickinson State	26	55	.321	0	4
Presentation	26	65	.286	2	4
Waldorf	19	49	.279	0	3

NSAA Regular Season Champions By Year

Year	School
2013	Jamestown
2014	Jamestown
2015	Viterbo
2016	Viterbo
2017	Viterbo
2018*	N/A
2019	Viterbo

*Viterbo was stripped of the 2018 championship after a player was found to be ineligible^[6]

NSAA Tournament Champions By Year

Year	School
2013	Jamestown
2014	Jamestown
2015	Viterbo
2016	Viterbo
2017	Viterbo
2018*	N/A
2019	Viterbo

*Viterbo was stripped of the 2018 conference tournament championship after a player was found to be ineligible

Men's Basketball

NSAA championships won per school

School	Conference		Tournament
School	Titles	Last Title	Titles	Last Title
Bellevue	4	2019-20	1	2016-17
Jamestown	3	2016-17	1	2013-14
Dakota State	2	2015-16	2	2015-16
Presentation	1	2018-19	0	n/a
Dickinson State	1	2016-17	0	n/a
Mayville State	0	n/a	3	2019-20
Viterbo	0	n/a	0	n/a
Waldorf	0	n/a	0	n/a
Valley City State	0	n/a	0	n/a

NSAA All-Time Standings (2013-14 to 2019-20)

School	W	L	Pct	Tournament
School	W	L	Pct	W	L
Bellevue	53	17	.757	7	4
Jamestown	41	22	.651	6	4
Dickinson State	46	37	.554	5	6
Dakota State	46	46	.500	8	5
Viterbo	33	35	.485	2	5
Mayville	42	51	.452	11	3
Valley City State	40	51	.440	1	7
Waldorf	29	45	.392	2	5
Presentation	33	61	.351	2	5

References

^ "North Star Athletic Association Announces Formation". Valley City State University. 22 April 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
^ "IW Tiger Athletics Update" (Press release). Iowa Wesleyan Tigers. June 9, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
^ "Iowa Wesleyan joins North Star Athletic Association as Football associate member" (Press release). North Star Athletic Association. January 22, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
^ University of Jamestown accepted by GPAC; press conference Thursday | Jamestown Sun
^ University of Winnipeg announces cuts, eliminates Wrestling and Men's Baseball | Toronto Metro News
^ Sommerfeldt, Tod (12 September 2019). "College volleyball: Viterbo forced to forfeit games from 2018". Retrieved 19 October 2020.

External links

Official website

[2] Football-only member in 2014, became full member in 2015

[4] Iowa Wesleyan will return to the NAIA in 2021-22. The school has not yet determined its future full-time NAIA conference affiliation.^[2]

[6] Was a football only member of the conference while in the NCAA^[3]

[9] There are no NAIA affiliated conferences for women's wrestling

[1] "North Star Athletic Association Announces Formation". Valley City State University. 22 April 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2013.

[3] "IW Tiger Athletics Update" (Press release). Iowa Wesleyan Tigers. June 9, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.

[5] "Iowa Wesleyan joins North Star Athletic Association as Football associate member" (Press release). North Star Athletic Association. January 22, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2021.

[7] University of Jamestown accepted by GPAC; press conference Thursday | Jamestown Sun

[8] University of Winnipeg announces cuts, eliminates Wrestling and Men's Baseball | Toronto Metro News

[10] Sommerfeldt, Tod (12 September 2019). "College volleyball: Viterbo forced to forfeit games from 2018". Retrieved 19 October 2020.

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