The Wisconsin State University Conference (WSUC) was an American intercollegiate college athletic conference that was formed in July 1913 as the Wisconsin State Normal Conference. All member institutions were located in the State of

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 ...

. The WSUC sponsored competitions and championships in

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, and other sports. Charter members included

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, Wisconsin State College of Milwaukee (1913-1956), Oshkosh, Platteville, River Falls,

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, and

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. Other members included

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(joined 1917) and

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(1914). All of these schools were (and remain) State institutions, most of them had been founded as normal schools in the late 19th century. They were renamed as state teachers colleges, state colleges, and state universities before becoming campuses of the University of Wisconsin System when the latter merged with the

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in 1971. Wisconsin State College–Milwaukee became

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in 1956, and left the conference. In July 1997, the nine members of the WSUC merged with the

Wisconsin Women’s Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Wisconsin ( ) is a state in the 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, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Su ...

to form the

Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference The Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) is an intercollegiate athletic conference that competes in the NCAA's Division III. In women's gymnastics, it competes alongside Division I and II members, as the NCAA sponsors a singl ...

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Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference History
Defunct NCAA Division III conferences College sports in Wisconsin