The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) is a
college athletic conference
In college athletics in the United States, institutions typically join in Athletic conference, conferences for regular play under different governing bodies.
Varsity sports
There are several national and regional associations governing the var ...
affiliated with the
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates College athletics in the United States, student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and Simon Fraser University, 1 in Canada. ...
(NCAA) at the
Division II level.
The GLIAC was founded in June 1972. Its eleven member institutions are located in the
Midwestern United States
The Midwestern United States (also referred to as the Midwest, the Heartland or the American Midwest) is one of the four census regions defined by the United States Census Bureau. It occupies the northern central part of the United States. It ...
in the states of
Michigan
Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...
,
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...
,
Indiana
Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...
, and
Wisconsin
Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...
. There are three affiliate members who compete in the GLIAC for sports not sponsored by their home conference.
Sponsorship of
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
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
The Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference (MIFC) was a football-only NCAA Division II conference active for nine seasons in the 1990s. The creation of the MIFC was announced in February 1989. The conference play began in September 1990.
Th ...
(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
Chronological timeline
* 1972: The GLIAC began competition in the 1972–73 academic year.
The charter members were
Ferris State University
Ferris State University (FSU or Ferris) is a public university with its main campus in Big Rapids, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 1884 as Big Rapids Industrial School by Woodbridge N. Ferris and became a public institution in 1950. ...
,
Grand Valley State University
Grand Valley State University (GVSU, GV, or Grand Valley) is a public university in Allendale Charter Township, Michigan, Allendale, Michigan, United States. It was established in 1960 as Grand Valley State College. Its main campus is situated on ...
,
Lake Superior State University
Lake Superior State University (colloquially Lake State, Soo Tech, and LSSU) is a public college in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, United States. It enrolls approximately 1,600 students. Due to its proximity to the Canada–United States border, ...
,
Northwood Institute
Northwood University (NU) is a private university focused on business education with its main campus in Midland, Michigan, United States. Opened in 1959, more than 33,000 people have graduated from the institution.
History
Northwood Universit ...
(now Northwood University) and
Saginaw Valley State University
Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU) is a public university in University Center, Michigan, United States, in Saginaw County. It was founded in 1963 as Saginaw Valley College. It is located on in Saginaw County's Kochville Township, appr ...
. Initially the GLIAC competed in the
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) established in 1940, is a college athletics association for higher education, colleges and universities in North America. Most colleges and universities in the NAIA offer athletic schola ...
(NAIA).
* 1974:
** Women's programs became part of the GLIAC, effective in the 1974–1975 academic year.
**
Oakland University
Oakland University (OU or Oakland) is a public university, public research university in Auburn Hills, Michigan, Auburn Hills and Rochester Hills, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1957 through a donation of Matilda Dodge Wilson and husband ...
joined the GLIAC, effective in the 1974–1975 academic year.
* 1975:
Hillsdale College
Hillsdale College is a Private university, private, Conservatism in the United States, conservative, Christian liberal arts college in Hillsdale, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 1844 by members of the Free Will Baptists. Women were admi ...
,
Northern Michigan University
Northern Michigan University (Northern Michigan, Northern or NMU) is a public university in Marquette, Michigan, United States. It was established in 1899 by the Michigan Legislature as Northern State Normal School. In 1963, the state designa ...
and
Wayne State University
Wayne State University (WSU) is a public university, public research university in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1868, Wayne State consists of 13 schools and colleges offering approximately 375 programs. It is Michigan's third-l ...
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 1976–1977 academic year.
* 1980:
Michigan Technological University
Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech, MTU, or simply Tech) is a public research university in Houghton, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 1885 as the Michigan Mining School, the first post-secondary institution in the Uppe ...
(Michigan Tech) joined the GLIAC, effective in the 1980–1981 academic year.
* 1986: Michigan Tech left GLIAC football effective in the 1986–1987 academic year, but remained in the conference in other sports.
* 1987:
** Northwood left the GLIAC, effective after the 1986–1987 academic year.
** Northern Michigan rejoined the GLIAC, effective in the 1987–1988 academic year.
* 1989: The GLIAC dropped football as a sponsored sport, effective after the 1989 fall season (1989–1990 academic year).
* 1992: Northwood rejoined the GLIAC, effective in the 1992–1993 academic year.
* 1994: On December 14, 1994,
Ashland University
Ashland University is a private university in Ashland, Ohio, United States. The university consists of a main campus and several off-campus centers throughout central and northern Ohio
Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern U ...
,
Gannon University
Gannon University is a private Catholic university with campuses in Erie, Pennsylvania, and Ruskin, Florida, United States. Established in 1925, Gannon University enrolls approximately 4,600 undergraduate and graduate students annually. Its i ...
and
Mercyhurst College
Mercyhurst University is a private Catholic university in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States.
History
On September 20, 1926, Mercyhurst College opened its doors just a few blocks away from the city's southern boundary. It was founded by the Si ...
(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 1996–1997 academic year. (which would later joined the
Mid-Continent Conference
The Summit League, or The Summit, is an NCAA Division I intercollegiate athletic conference with its membership mostly located in the Midwestern United States, from Minnesota in the east, to the Dakotas, Nebraska and Colorado to the West, and Mis ...
(now the Summit League), effective beginning the 1998–1999 academic year).
** The
University of Findlay
The University of Findlay (UF) is a private Christian university in Findlay, Ohio, United States. It was established in 1882 through a joint partnership between the Churches of God General Conference and the city of Findlay. UF has nearly 80 ...
joined the GLIAC, effective in the 1997–1998 academic year.
* 1999: The GLIAC reinstated football as a sponsored sport by merging with the
Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference
The Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference (MIFC) was a football-only NCAA Division II conference active for nine seasons in the 1990s. The creation of the MIFC was announced in February 1989. The conference play began in September 1990.
Th ...
(MIFC). The only non-GLIAC member of the MIFC, the
University of Indianapolis
The University of Indianapolis (UIndy) is a private United Methodist Church-affiliated university in Indianapolis, Indiana. It offers Associate, Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degrees. It was founded in 1902 as Indiana Central University an ...
(UIndy) became a football-only affiliate of the GLIAC, effective in the 1999 fall season (1999–2000 academic year).
* 2001: Indianapolis (UIndy) added men's and women's swimming & diving to its GLIAC affiliate membership, effective in the 2001–2002 academic year.
* 2004:
Lewis University
Lewis University is a private Lasallian university in Romeoville, Illinois, United States. It enrolls around 6,600 students in more than 80 undergraduate programs, 35 graduate programs, and accelerated programs for working adults. It is al ...
joined the GLIAC as an affiliate member for men's and women's swimming and diving, effective in the 2004–2005 academic year.
* 2007: On June 20, 2007,
Tiffin University
Tiffin University is a private university in Tiffin, Ohio, United States. It was founded in 1888.
History
Tiffin University began as a Commercial College, affiliated for 30 years with Heidelberg College, as a financially independent and sepa ...
joined the GLIAC, effective beginning the 2008–2009 academic year.
* 2008: Gannon and Mercyhurst left the GLIAC to join the
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. The conference was originally formed in 1951 as the State Teachers C ...
(PSAC), effective after the 2007–2008 academic year.
* 2010:
Lake Erie College
Lake Erie College is a Private university, private liberal arts college in Painesville, Ohio. Founded in 1856 as a female seminary, the college converted to a coeducational institution in 1985.
History
Lake Erie Female Seminary
The semi ...
and
Ohio Dominican University
Ohio Dominican University is a private Dominican university in Columbus, Ohio. In 2024, the university had 1,252 students and offered undergraduate degrees in 42 majors as well as 9 graduate degree programs.
History
The College of St. Mary ...
joined the GLIAC, effective in the 2010–2011 academic year.
* 2012:
**
Malone University
Malone University is a private Christian university in Canton, Ohio, United States. It was founded in 1892 by Walter and Emma Malone as a small, co-educational Bible institute called Cleveland Bible College. The institution has always maintaine ...
and
Walsh University
Walsh University is a Private university, private Catholic university in North Canton, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1960 by the Brothers of Christian Instruction as a liberal arts college, it enrolls approximately 2,100 students as of 2023. ...
joined the GLIAC, effective in the 2012–2013 academic year.
** Four institutions joined the GLIAC as affiliate members:
Notre Dame College
Notre Dame College (Notre Dame College of Ohio or NDC) was a private Roman Catholic college in South Euclid, Ohio. Established in 1922 by the Sisters of Notre Dame as a women's college, it was coeducational from January 2001 until its closure ...
for football, women's lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, and wrestling), and
Alderson Broaddus University
Alderson Broaddus University (AB) was a private Baptist university in Philippi, West Virginia. It was founded in 1871 and suspended its operations on August 31, 2023.
It was historically affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA. It was ...
,
Urbana University
Urbana University was a private university specializing in liberal arts education and located in Urbana, Ohio. In its final few years, it was purchased by Franklin University and was a branch campus of that university.
History
Urbana Universi ...
and
Wheeling Jesuit University
Wheeling University (WU, formerly Wheeling Jesuit University) is a private Catholic university in Wheeling, West Virginia, United States. It was founded as "Wheeling College" in 1954 by the Society of Jesus (also known as the Jesuits) and was a ...
(now Wheeling University) for women's lacrosse, , effective in the 2012–2013 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
The Mountain East Conference (MEC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level and officially began competition on September 1, 2013. It consists of 11 schools, m ...
, effective after the 2012–2013 academic year.
** UIndy and Lewis left the GLIAC as affiliate members for men's and women's swimming & diving, effective after the 2012–2013 academic year.
**
Ursuline College
Ursuline College is a private Catholic college in Pepper Pike, Ohio, United States. It was founded in 1871 by the Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland and is one of the oldest institutions of higher education for women in the United States and the ...
joined the GLIAC as an affiliate member for women's lacrosse and women's swimming & diving, effective in the 2012–2013 academic year.
* 2014:
** Urbana and Wheeling Jesuit left the GLIAC as affiliate members for women's lacrosse, effective after the 2014 spring season (2013–2014 academic year).
**
McKendree University
McKendree University (McK), formerly McKendree College, is a private university in Lebanon, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1828 as the "Lebanon Seminary", it is the oldest college or university in Illinois. The school was renamed McKendree ...
joined the GLIAC as an affiliate member for women's lacrosse, effective in the 2015 spring season (2014–2015 academic year).
* 2015:
** Alderson Broaddus and Ursuline left the GLIAC as affiliate members for women's lacrosse, effective after the 2015 spring season (2014–2015 academic year).
** UIndy added women's lacrosse to its GLIAC affiliate membership, effective in the 2016 spring season (2015–2016 academic year).
* 2016:
** Malone left the GLIAC to join the
Great Midwest Athletic Conference
The Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. It was named the 24th (at the time) NCAA Division II conference and op ...
(G-MAC), effective after the 2015–2016 academic year.
** Ursuline left the GLIAC as an affiliate member for women's swimming & diving, effective after the 2015–2016 academic year.
* 2017:
** Findlay, Hillsdale, Lake Erie, Ohio Dominican and Walsh left the GLIAC to join the G-MAC, effective after the 2016–2017 academic year.
**
Davenport University
Davenport University is a private university with campuses throughout Michigan and online. It was founded in 1866 by Conrad Swensburg and currently offers associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees; diplomas; and post-grad certification prog ...
and
Purdue University–Northwest joined the GLIAC, effective in the 2017–2018 academic year.
**
Concordia University, St. Paul joined the GLIAC as an affiliate member for women's lacrosse, effective in the 2018 spring season (2017–2018 academic year).
* 2018:
** Tiffin left the GLIAC to join the G-MAC, effective after the 2017–2018 academic year.
** The
University of Wisconsin–Parkside
The University of Wisconsin–Parkside (UW Parkside or UWP) is a public university in Somers, Wisconsin, United States. It is part of the University of Wisconsin System and has 4,644 students, 161 full-time faculty, and 89 lecturers and part-ti ...
joined the GLIAC, effective in the 2018–2019 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
Maryville University of St. Louis is a private university in Town and Country, Missouri, United States. It was founded on April 6, 1872, by the Society of the Sacred Heart and offers more than 90 degree programs at the undergraduate and graduate ...
for women's lacrosse, and
St. Cloud State University
St. Cloud State University (SCSU) is a public university in St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States. Founded in 1869, the university is one of the largest institutions in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. In the fall of 2023, it ...
for men's swimming & diving, effective in the 2018–2019 academic year.
* 2019:
** UIndy, Lewis, Maryville and McKendree left the GLIAC as affiliate members for women's lacrosse, effective after the 2019 spring season (2018–2019 academic year).
**
Upper Iowa University
Upper Iowa University (UIU) is a private university in Fayette, Iowa, United States. It enrolls around 3,000 students and offers distance education programs that include centers in the U.S., an online program, an independent study program, an ...
joined the GLIAC as an affiliate member for men's soccer and women's lacrosse, effective in the 2019–2020 academic year.
* 2021:
** Ashland left the GLIAC to join the G-MAC, effective after the 2020–2021 academic year.
**
Augustana University
Augustana University is a private Lutheran university in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The university identifies 1860 as the year of its founding, the same as its Rock Island, Illinois, Swedish-heritage sister school, Augustana College. It deri ...
joined the GLIAC as an affiliate member for men's swimming & diving, effective in the 2021–2022 academic year.
** St. Cloud State added men's soccer to its GLIAC affiliate membership, effective in the 2021 fall season (2021–2022 academic year).
* 2022:
** Northwood left the GLIAC for a second time to join the G-MAC, effective after the 2021–2022 academic year.
**
Roosevelt University
Roosevelt University is a private university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1945, the university was named in honor of United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. The university enrolls arou ...
announced it would join the GLIAC, effective beginning the 2023–2024 academic year. Although Roosevelt will join the conference as a provisional member, it will continue to compete in the
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
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(NAIA) and the
Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference
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(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
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(GLVC) in all sports after the 2022–2023 academic year, including its GLIAC affiliated sports of women's lacrosse and men's soccer.
Member schools
Current members
The GLIAC currently has 11 full members; all but two are
public
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schools. Reclassifying members in yellow.
;Notes:
Affiliate members
The GLIAC currently has three affiliate members, all but one are
private
Private or privates may refer to:
Music
* "In Private", by Dusty Springfield from the 1990 album ''Reputation''
* Private (band), a Denmark-based band
* "Private" (Ryōko Hirosue song), from the 1999 album ''Private'', written and also recorded ...
schools:
;Notes:
Former members
The GLIAC had 13 former full members; all but one are
private
Private or privates may refer to:
Music
* "In Private", by Dusty Springfield from the 1990 album ''Reputation''
* Private (band), a Denmark-based band
* "Private" (Ryōko Hirosue song), from the 1999 album ''Private'', written and also recorded ...
schools:
;Notes:
Former affiliate members
The GLIAC had nine former affiliate members, all were
private
Private or privates may refer to:
Music
* "In Private", by Dusty Springfield from the 1990 album ''Reputation''
* Private (band), a Denmark-based band
* "Private" (Ryōko Hirosue song), from the 1999 album ''Private'', written and also recorded ...
schools. School names and nicknames reflect those in use in the final season each school was an affiliate:
;Notes:
Membership timeline
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).
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(1972–present)
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Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU) is a public university in University Center, Michigan, United States, in Saginaw County. It was founded in 1963 as Saginaw Valley College. It is located on in Saginaw County's Kochville Township, approx ...
(1972–present)
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(1974–1997)
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(1975–1977)
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(1980–present)
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(1999–2013)
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Lewis may refer to:
Names
* Lewis (given name), including a list of people with the given name
* Lewis (surname), including a list of people with the surname
Music
* Lewis (musician), Canadian singer
* " Lewis (Mistreated)", a song by Radiohe ...
(2005–2013)
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(2008–2018)
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(2010–2017)
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Malone () is an Irish surname. From the Irish "''Mael Eóin''", the name means a servant or a disciple of Saint John.
People
* Gilla Críst Ua Máel Eóin (died 1127), historian and Abbot of Clonmacnoise, Ó Maoil Eoin
* Adrian Malone (1937 ...
(2012–2016)
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Walsh may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Walsh (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters
Places Australia
* Mount Walsh, Mount Walsh National Park
Canada
* Fort Walsh, one of the first Royal Canadian Mounted ...
(2012–2017)
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bar:24 color:AssocOS from:2012 till:2015 text: Alderson Broaddus (2012–2015)
bar:25 color:AssocOS from:2012 till:2014 text: Urbana (2012–2014)
bar:26 color:AssocOS from:2012 till:2014 text:Wheeling Jesuit
Wheeling University (WU, formerly Wheeling Jesuit University) is a private Catholic university in Wheeling, West Virginia, United States. It was founded as "Wheeling College" in 1954 by the Society of Jesus (also known as the Jesuits) and was a ...
(2012–2014)
bar:27 color:AssocOS from:2013 till:2016 text: Ursuline (2013–2016)
bar:28 color:AssocOS from:2014 till:2019 text: McKendree (2014–2019)
bar:29 color:Full from:2017 till:end text:Davenport
Davenport may refer to:
Places Australia
*Davenport, Northern Territory, a locality
*Hundred of Davenport, cadastral unit in South Australia
**Davenport, South Australia, suburb of Port Augusta
**District Council of Davenport, former local govern ...
(2017–present)
bar:30 color:FullxF from:2017 till:end text: Purdue–Northwest (2017–present)
bar:31 color:AssocOS from:2017 till:end text: Concordia–St. Paul (2017–present)
bar:32 color:FullxF from:2018 till:end text: Parkside (2018–present)
bar:33 color:AssocOS from:2018 till:end text:St. Cloud State
St. Cloud State University (SCSU) is a public university in St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States. Founded in 1869, the university is one of the largest institutions in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. In the fall of 2023, it ...
(2018–present)
bar:34 color:AssocOS from:2018 till:2019 text: Maryville (2018–2019)
bar:35 color:AssocOS from:2019 till:2023 text: Upper Iowa (2019–2023)
bar:36 color:AssocOS from:2021 till:end text: Augustana (2021-present)
bar:37 color:AssocOS from:2023 till:2024
bar:37 shift:(-10) color:Full from:2024 till:end text:Roosevelt
Roosevelt most often refers to two American presidents:
* Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919, president 1901–1909), 26th president of the United States
* Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945, president 1933–death), 32nd president of the United State ...
(2024–present)
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Sports
The GLIAC sponsors the following 21 sports:
Men's sponsored sports by school
Women's sponsored sports by school
Other sponsored sports by school
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In addition to the above:
* Davenport has varsity teams in esports (coeducational) as well as men's and women's
ultimate
Ultimate or Ultimates may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Music Albums
*Ultimate (Bryan Adams album), ''Ultimate'' (Bryan Adams album)
*Ultimate (Jolin Tsai album), ''Ultimate'' (Jolin Tsai album)
*Ultimate (Pet Shop Boys album), ''Ult ...
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* 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
National Championships
GLIAC schools have won 50 NCAA National Championships:
Conference facilities
References
External links
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