Summit League

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 Illinois on the East of the Mississippi River to the Dakotas and Nebraska on the West, with additional members in the Western state of Colorado and the Southern state of Oklahoma. Founded as the Association of Mid-Continent Universities in 1982,[1] it rebranded as the Mid-Continent Conference in 1989,[2] then again as the Summit League on June 1, 2007.[3] The league headquarters are in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Summit League
EstablishedJune 18, 1982[1]
AssociationNCAA
DivisionDivision I
Subdivisionnon-football
Members9 full (4 associates)
(10 full members, 5 associates in 2021)
Sports fielded
  • 19
    • men's: 9
    • women's: 10
Region
Former namesAssociation of Mid-Continent Universities (1982–1989)
Mid-Continent Conference (1989–2007)
HeadquartersSioux Falls, South Dakota
CommissionerTom Douple (since 2005)
Websitethesummitleague.org
Locations

The membership currently consists of nine full members plus four associate members. The University of Missouri–Kansas City returned as a full member after a seven-year absence with the new athletic identity of the Kansas City Roos in 2020,[4] while Purdue University Fort Wayne left for the Horizon League.[5] A total of 31 schools have been full members, but the only charter member remaining in the league today is Western Illinois University.[6]

Member schools

Current full members
Institution Location Founded Type Enrollment Endowment[7] Joined Nickname Colors
University of Denver Denver, Colorado 1864 Private 11,952 $711,345,798 2013 Pioneers          
University of Missouri–Kansas City[8][lower-alpha 1] Kansas City, Missouri 1933 Public 16,944 $1.2 billion (systemwide) 1994
2020[lower-alpha 2]		 Roos          
University of Nebraska Omaha Omaha, Nebraska 1908 Public 15,431 $72,000,000 2012 Mavericks          
University of North Dakota Grand Forks, North Dakota 1883 Public 13,847 $230,600,000 2018 Fighting Hawks          
North Dakota State University Fargo, North Dakota 1890 Public 14,358 $201,600,000 2007 Bison          
Oral Roberts University Tulsa, Oklahoma 1963 Private 4,053 $40,490,533 1997 [lower-alpha 3]
2014		 Golden Eagles               
University of South Dakota Vermillion, South Dakota 1862 Public 10,151 $213,560,000 2011 Coyotes          
South Dakota State University Brookings, South Dakota 1881 Public 12,613 $135,700,000 2007 Jackrabbits          
Western Illinois University Macomb, Illinois 1899 Public 7,624 $32,134,249 1982 [lower-alpha 4] Leathernecks          
Notes
  1. Since July 1, 2019, UMKC has branded its athletic program, previously the UMKC Kangaroos, as the Kansas City Roos.[4]
  2. Kansas City, a previous member of the conference from 1994–95 to 2012–13 under its former athletic identity of the UMKC Kangaroos, rejoined in 2020.
  3. Oral Roberts, a previous member of the conference from 1997–98 to 2011–12, rejoined in 2014.
  4. The Mid-Con did not sponsor women's sports until 1992–93. Before that time, Western Illinois had been a member of the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference, which began as a women's-only conference and added football in 1985; WIU was a member of both sides of the conference. When the Gateway merged its women's side into the Missouri Valley Conference, WIU moved its women's sports into the Mid-Con, but has kept its football team in the Gateway (now known as the Missouri Valley Football Conference) to this day.

Current associate members
Institution Location Founded Type Enrollment Joined Nickname Primary
Conference		 Summit Sport(s)
Drake University Des Moines, Iowa 1881 Private 5,270 2017–18 Bulldogs MVC Men's tennis[9]
Eastern Illinois University Charleston, Illinois 1895 Public 8,626 2005–06sw.dv.
2011–12m.soc.		 Panthers OVC Swimming and Diving,[10]
Men's Soccer[11]
Illinois State University Normal, Illinois 1857 Public 20,706 2017–18 Redbirds MVC Men's tennis[9]
Valparaiso University Valparaiso, Indiana 1859 Private 4,500 2017–18 Crusaders MVC Men's swimming[lower-alpha 1]
  1. Valparaiso does not include diving in its intercollegiate aquatics program for either men or women.[12]

Future full members
Institution Location
(Population)		 Founded Type Enrollment Endowment[13][7] Joining Nickname Colors Notes
University of St. Thomas[14] Saint Paul, Minnesota 1885 Private 9,878 $519 million 2021 Tommies     [lower-alpha 1][15]


  1. On July 15, 2020, St. Thomas received approval from the NCAA to move directly from Division III to Division I.

Future associate members
Institution Location Founded Type Enrollment Joining Nickname Primary
Conference		 Summit Sport(s)
University of Northern Colorado Greeley, Colorado 1889 Public 12,862 2021 Bears Big Sky Baseball[16]

Former full members

The Summit League has 22 former members.

Institution Location Founded Type Enrollment Joined Left Nickname New
Conference		 Current
Conference
University of Akron Akron, Ohio 1870 Public 29,251 1990 1992 Zips Mid-American (MAC)
University at Buffalo Buffalo, New York 1846 Public 28,601 1994 1998 Bulls Mid-American (MAC)
Centenary College of Louisiana Shreveport, Louisiana 1825 Private 787 2003 2011 Gentlemen (men's)
Ladies (women's)		 American Southwest SCAC (Div. III)
Central Connecticut State University New Britain, Connecticut 1849 Public 11,360 1994 1997 Blue Devils Northeast (NEC)
Chicago State University Chicago, Illinois 1867 Public 3,578 1994 2006 Cougars NCAA D-I Independent WAC
Cleveland State University Cleveland, Ohio 1964 Public 17,204 1982[lower-alpha 1] 1994 Vikings Horizon
Eastern Illinois University Charleston, Illinois 1895 Public 11,651 1982[lower-alpha 2] 1996 Panthers OVC
University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, Illinois 1858 Public 28,091 1982[lower-alpha 1] 1994 Flames Horizon
Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis Indianapolis, Indiana 1969 Public 27,184 1998 2017 Jaguars Horizon
Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, Illinois 1867 Public 11,149 1994 1998 Golden Eagles Discontinued intercollegiate athletics
Northern Illinois University DeKalb, Illinois 1895 Public 25,313 1990[lower-alpha 1] 1994 Huskies Horizon Mid-American (MAC)
University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, Iowa 1876 Public 11,147 1982 1991 Panthers Missouri Valley
Oakland University[17] Rochester, Michigan 1957 Public 19,379 1998 2013 Golden Grizzlies Horizon
Purdue University Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, Indiana 1964[lower-alpha 3] Public 10,139 2007 2020 Mastodons Horizon
Southern Utah University Cedar City, Utah 1897 Public 8,297 1997 2012 Thunderbirds Big Sky
Southwest Missouri State University[lower-alpha 4] Springfield, Missouri 1905 Public 21,059 1982 1990 Bears (men's)
Lady Bears (women's)		 Missouri Valley
Troy State University[lower-alpha 5] Troy, Alabama 1887 Public 29,689 1994 1997 Trojans TAAC Sun Belt
University of Wisconsin–Green Bay Green Bay, Wisconsin 1965 Public 6,700 1982[lower-alpha 1] 1994 Phoenix Horizon
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1885 Public 30,502 1993 1994 Panthers Horizon
Valparaiso University Valparaiso, Indiana 1859 Private 4,061 1982[lower-alpha 1] 2007 Crusaders Horizon Missouri Valley
Wright State University Fairborn, Ohio 1967 Public 17,789 1991[lower-alpha 1] 1994 Raiders Horizon
Youngstown State University Youngstown, Ohio 1908 Public 15,194 1992 2001 Penguins Horizon
Notes
  1. This school joined the then-Mid-Continent Conference before the league began sponsoring women's sports in 1992–93. It had previously been a member of the women's sports-only North Star Conference, which was absorbed by the Mid-Con in 1992.
  2. Before the Mid-Con began sponsoring women's sports in 1992–93, Eastern Illinois had been a member of the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference, which began as a women's-only conference and added football in 1985; EIU was a member of both sides of the conference. When the Gateway merged its women's side into the Missouri Valley Conference, EIU moved its women's sports into the Mid-Con, but kept its football team in the Gateway until it moved its entire athletic program into the Ohio Valley Conference in 1996.
  3. Purdue Fort Wayne (PFW) did not begin operation until 2018, but inherited its athletic program from Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW), founded in 1964. IPFW dissolved in 2018, and the Purdue University and Indiana University systems each established a new Fort Wayne campus.[18]
  4. Known since 2005 as Missouri State University.
  5. Known since 2005 as Troy University.

Former associate members
Institution Location Founded Type Enrollment Joined Left Nickname Primary
Conference		 Summit Sport
DePaul University Chicago, Illinois 1898 Private 24,414 1992–93 1998–99 Blue Demons Big East softball
Howard University Washington, D.C. 1867 Private 10,000 1996–97 1998–99 Bison MEAC[lower-alpha 1] men's soccer
C.W. Post of Long Island University Brookville, New York 1954 Public 8,472 1994–95 1997–98 Pioneers NEC[lower-alpha 2] baseball
New York Institute of Technology New York, NY 1955 Private 13,000 1994–95 1997–98 Bears East Coast (ECC)
(NCAA Division II)[lower-alpha 3]		 baseball
Oral Roberts University Tulsa, OK 1963 Private 3,417 2012–13 2013–14 Golden Eagles Southland[lower-alpha 4] men's soccer
Pace University New York, NY 1906 Private 12,772 1994–95 1997–98 Setters Northeast-10 (NE-10)
(NCAA Division II)		 baseball
Quincy University Quincy, Illinois 1860 Private 1,269 1994–95 1995–96 Hawks GLVC
(NCAA Division II)		 men's soccer
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIU Edwardsville) Edwardsville, Illinois 1957 Public 13,850 1994–95 1995–96 Cougars OVC[lower-alpha 5] men's soccer
University of South Dakota Vermillion, South Dakota 1862 Public 10,151 2009–10 2010–11 Coyotes Summit swimming and diving
South Dakota State University Brookings, South Dakota 1881 Public 12,851 2005–06 2006–07 Jackrabbits Summit swimming and diving
State University of New York at Oneonta Oneonta, New York 1889 Public 5,852 1996–97 1998–98 Red Dragons SUNYAC
(NCAA Division III)		 men's soccer
Valparaiso University Valparaiso, Indiana 1859 Private 4,500 2017–18 2019–20 Crusaders MVC Men's tennis[lower-alpha 6]
Notes
  1. Howard currently plays men's soccer in the Sun Belt Conference, and will move that sport to the Northeast Conference in July 2021.
  2. After the 2018–19 school year, Long Island University merged the LIU Post athletic program with the program of its other principal campus, LIU Brooklyn, creating a new Division I program that now competes as the LIU Sharks. The unified athletic program, which maintains Brooklyn's memberships in Division I and the Northeast Conference, now fields a single baseball team that plays on the Post campus in Brookville.[19]
  3. NYIT remained in Division I baseball through the 2017 season (2016–17 school year), after which it downgraded baseball to Division II and added that sport to its existing ECC membership.
  4. Between Oral Roberts' 2012 departure for the Southland Conference and 2014 return to the Summit League, it maintained Summit associate membership in men's soccer.
  5. SIU Edwardsville currently plays men's soccer in the Mid-American Conference, but will return that sport to the Missouri Valley Conference in 2021.
  6. Valparaiso dropped men's tennis after the 2019–20 season. It remains an associate in men's swimming.[20]

History

Foundation

The association was created on June 18, 1982 at the O'Hare Hilton Hotel in Chicago, Illinois[1] as the Association of Mid-Continent Universities (or AMCU or AMCU-8, pronounced Am-cue) that it was known as until 1989.[21] The conference sponsored football from 1982 until 1984 at the Division I-AA level (now Division I FCS); and current members North Dakota, North Dakota State, South Dakota, South Dakota State, and Western Illinois have FCS football programs.

Mid-Continent Conference logo, 1982–2007

Changes and the addition of women's sports

The conference saw its first changes in the early 1990s. Southwest Missouri State departed for membership in the Missouri Valley Conference as the University of Akron and Northern Illinois University joined in 1990. Then Wright State University joined in 1991 as Northern Iowa followed Southwest Missouri State to the MVC.

Major changes came to the conference in 1992. First, Akron left for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and another Ohio school, Youngstown State University, replaced it. More significantly, the Mid-Continent added women's sports by absorbing the North Star Conference (NSC), a women's-only league whose final seven members were in the Mid-Continent. All of the final NSC members except for Akron moved their women's sports into the Mid-Continent. At the same time, Eastern Illinois and Western Illinois moved their women's sports into the Mid-Continent when their former women's sports home, the Gateway Conference, merged into the Missouri Valley Conference. The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee joined the Mid-Continent a year later.

Horizon and ECC transitions

In 1994, charter members Cleveland State University, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, as well as newer members Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Northern Illinois, and Wright State left the conference to join the Midwestern Collegiate Conference, now known as the Horizon League.

The Mid-Continent absorbed Central Connecticut State University, Chicago State University, the University at Buffalo, Troy State University (now Troy University), and Northeastern Illinois University from the collapsed East Coast Conference in response. None of these institutions remain in the league.

Missouri-Kansas City, formerly an independent, also joined the Mid-Continent Conference in 1994.

Declining membership

Eastern Illinois moved to the Ohio Valley Conference in 1996, reducing membership to nine programs. Troy State departed for the Trans America Athletic Conference while Central Connecticut joined the Northeast Conference in 1997. Buffalo joined the MAC in 1998 while Northeastern Illinois ceased intercollegiate athletics at that time. Oral Roberts University and Southern Utah University replaced the former pair while Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) and Oakland University moved into the latter duo's spots a year later.

Youngstown State switched to the Horizon League in 2001, and Centenary College replaced it in 2003. Chicago State University announced in the spring of 2006 that it would withdraw from the conference to compete as an independent starting in the 2006-07 school year. Charter member Valparaiso University then moved to the Horizon in 2007.

Renewed expansion and contraction

Conference expansion was discussed at length at the Mid-Continent Conference annual Presidents Council meeting in 2006, and Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW, now Purdue Fort Wayne), North Dakota State, and South Dakota State were approved for site visits. On August 30, 2006, IPFW accepted an invitation to join the Mid-Continent Conference as a full member starting July 1, 2007.[22] Both North Dakota State and South Dakota State also accepted invitations to join the conference the next day.[23][24]

The Summit League continued its renewed expansion push with the admission of the University of South Dakota. The Coyotes began conference play in the 2011–12 academic year and become eligible for all championships the following season.[25] Centenary College subsequently announced that it would leave the Summit League following the 2010–2011 campaign.[26]

The University of North Dakota had also been openly rumored to have been courted by the Summit League, but controversy over the Fighting Sioux nickname in all likelihood prevented UND's admission at that time. Expectations that UND would join the Summit League came to an end on November 1, 2010, when North Dakota instead accepted an invitation to join the Big Sky Conference. The University of South Dakota entered into very brief negotiations to join the Big Sky as well, rather than continuing their plans to join the Summit. However, South Dakota chose instead to remain with the more compact Summit League (along with other Dakota schools, NDSU and SDSU). As the University of Nebraska Omaha began the transition to Division I athletics in all sports, it joined the Summit League on July 1, 2012. With the departures of Centenary to Division III at the end of the 2010-11 athletic year, and Southern Utah and Oral Roberts for other Division I conferences at the end of the 2011-12 athletic year, the Summit League continued with nine institutions, all within the Midwest geographical region.[27]

The conference unveiled the University of Denver (DU) as its 10th member on November 27, 2012, and the Pioneers joined in July 2013.[28] While Denver is slightly outside The Summit's current Midwestern base, the city's status as a major air hub seemingly minimized travel issues for the other members.[28] With Denver among the eight of ten WAC members switching to other conferences, that league searched for new members. UMKC announced on February 7, 2013, that it would be one of six schools joining the WAC for the 2013-14 season,[29] dropping the Summit league back to nine member schools. Membership fell to eight schools on May 7, 2013, when Oakland announced that it was joining the Horizon League.[17] Eight of the nine then-current Horizon League programs were former Summit League members with Oakland's move (the Horizon has since added two more members that were never in The Summit League, Northern Kentucky and Robert Morris, as well as another former Summit member in Purdue Fort Wayne).

In December 2013, The Summit League office announced that Oral Roberts University returned to the conference in all sports, effective July 1, 2014.[30]

The next changes to the conference's core membership were announced in 2017. First, on January 26, North Dakota, which had resolved its controversy by selecting the new nickname Fighting Hawks, unveiled as a new member beginning in 2018.[31] Then, on June 28, IUPUI announced it would leave the conference to join the Horizon League effective July 1, 2017.[32]

For much of 2018, speculation involving further league expansion focused on Augustana University, a Division II school located in the Summit's headquarters city of Sioux Falls. Many of the school's boosters have ties to Sanford Health, a hospital company that has long been a major league sponsor and also owns the office complex that houses the league headquarters.[33][34] The university announced on December 14 that it would start a transition to Division I, though stating at the time that no such move would take place until at least 2021.[35] The conference expanded anyway, announcing in June 2019 that UMKC would return in 2020 after a seven-year absence.[8] However, shortly thereafter, Purdue Fort Wayne announced its 2020 departure for the Horizon League, maintaining the full-time conference membership at nine schools.[5] Then, on October 4, 2019, the University of St. Thomas, a Minnesota school that was set to be expelled from its longtime athletic home of the NCAA Division III Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) in 2021, announced that it received an invitation to join the Summit upon its MIAC departure.[36] St. Thomas eventually received a waiver of an NCAA rule mandating that Division III schools can only transition to Division II, allowing the school to move directly to D-I on the originally announced schedule.[37]

Shortly before St. Thomas' future conference membership was confirmed, the University of Northern Colorado was announced as a baseball-only member effective in 2021–22.[16]

Membership timeline
University of Northern ColoradoUniversity of St. Thomas (Minnesota)University of North DakotaIllinois State UniversityDrake UniversityUniversity of DenverUniversity of Nebraska OmahaUniversity of South DakotaPurdue University Fort WayneNorth Dakota State UniversitySouth Dakota State UniversityCentenary College of LouisianaOakland UniversityIndiana University – Purdue University IndianapolisOral Roberts UniversitySouthern Utah UniversityHoward UniversityState University of New York at OneontaSouthern Illinois University EdwardsvilleQuincy UniversityPace UniversityNew York Institute of TechnologyLIU PostUniversity of Missouri–Kansas CityChicago State UniversityNortheastern Illinois UniversityUniversity at BuffaloTroy UniversityCentral Connecticut State UniversityUniversity of Wisconsin–MilwaukeeYoungstown State UniversityDePaul UniversityWright State UniversityNorthern Illinois UniversityUniversity of AkronWestern Illinois UniversityValparaiso UniversityEastern Illinois UniversityUniversity of Wisconsin–Green BayUniversity of Illinois at ChicagoCleveland State UniversityUniversity of Northern IowaMissouri State University

Full members Full members (non-football) Associate member (baseball, men's soccer, softball, swimming and diving, or men's tennis)

  • Purdue Fort Wayne joined the league as IPFW. The athletic branding was changed to "Fort Wayne" in 2016, and to Purdue Fort Wayne shortly before the dissolution of IPFW on July 1, 2018.
  • Southwest Missouri State adopted its current name of Missouri State University in 2005.
  • The two former members that are part of the University of Wisconsin System, namely UW–Green Bay and UW–Milwaukee, now brand themselves for athletic purposes as "Green Bay" and "Milwaukee".
  • Troy State adopted its current name of Troy University in 2004.
  • UMKC rebranded its athletic program as "Kansas City" in 2019, a year before its return to the league.[4]

The Summit League sponsors championship competition in nine men's and ten women's NCAA sanctioned sports.[38] Former full member Eastern Illinois is an associate member for men's and women's swimming and diving and men's soccer. Drake and Illinois State became associate members in men's tennis starting in 2017–18, and former full member Valparaiso rejoined for men's swimming and men's tennis at the same time. Valparaiso dropped men's tennis after the 2019–20 season, but remains a swimming associate.

Teams in Summit League competition
SportMen'sWomen's
Baseball5–
Basketball99
Cross country78
Golf99
Soccer69
Softball–7
Swimming and diving66
Tennis88
Track and field (indoor)78
Track and field (outdoor)78
Volleyball–9

    Men's sponsored sports by school
    SchoolBaseballBasketballCross
    Country     		Golf Soccer Swimming
    & Diving     		Tennis Indoor
    Track & Field    		Outdoor
    Track & Field    		Total
    Summit League
    Sports
    Denver
    N
    Y
    N
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    N
    N
    5
    Kansas City
    N
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    N
    Y
    Y
    Y
    7
    North Dakota
    N
    Y
    Y
    Y
    N
    N
    Y
    Y
    Y
    		6
    North Dakota State
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    N
    N
    Y
    Y
    Y
    7
    Omaha
    Y
    Y
    N
    Y
    Y
    N
    Y
    N
    N
    5
    Oral Roberts
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    N
    Y
    Y
    Y
    8
    South Dakota
    N
    Y
    Y
    Y
    N
    Y
    N
    Y
    Y
    6
    South Dakota State
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    N
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    8
    Western Illinois
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    N
    Y
    Y
    8
    Totals
    5[lower-alpha 1]
    9
    7
    9
    5+1[lower-alpha 2]
    4+2[lower-alpha 3]
    6+2[lower-alpha 4]
    7
    7
    57+5
    Future member
    St. Thomas
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    9
    1. Northern Colorado will become a baseball associate in 2021 (2022 season).
    2. Associate member: Eastern Illinois
    3. Associate members: Eastern Illinois and Valparaiso (swimming only)
    4. Associate members: Drake and Illinois State

    Men's varsity sports not sponsored by The Summit League which are played by member schools:

    Future member St. Thomas indicated in gray; its listed affiliations reflect those in place when it joins the Summit.

    SchoolFootballIce HockeyLacrosseSkiingVolleyballWrestling
    Denver—NCHCBig EastRMISA——
    North DakotaMVFCNCHC————
    North Dakota StateMVFC————Big 12
    Omaha—NCHC————
    St. ThomasPFLCCHA————
    South DakotaMVFC—————
    South Dakota StateMVFC————Big 12
    Western IllinoisMVFC—————

      Women's sponsored sports by school
      School BasketballCross
      Country       		GolfSoccer Softball Swimming
      & Diving      		Tennis Indoor
      Track & Field      		Outdoor
      Track & Field      		VolleyballTotal
      Summit League
      Sports
      Denver
      Y
      N
      Y
      Y
      N
      Y
      Y
      N
      N
      Y
      6
      Kansas City
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      N
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      9
      North Dakota
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      N
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      		9
      North Dakota State
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      N
      N
      Y
      Y
      Y
      8
      Omaha
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      10
      Oral Roberts
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      N
      N
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      8
      South Dakota
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      10
      South Dakota State
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      10
      Western Illinois
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      10
      Totals
      9
      8
      9
      9
      7
      5+1[w 1]
      8
      8
      8
      9
      80+1
      Future member
      St. Thomas
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      Y
      10
      Notes
      1. Associate member Eastern Illinois.

      Women's varsity sports not sponsored by The Summit League which are played by member schools:

      Future member St. Thomas indicated in gray; its listed affiliations reflect those in place when it joins the Summit.

      SchoolEquestrianGymnasticsIce HockeyLacrosseSkiing
      Denver—Big 12—Big EastRMISA
      St. Thomas——WCHA——
      South Dakota StateUnited Equestrian Conference &
      National Collegiate Equestrian Association      		————

      Football
      Main article: Association of Mid-Continent Universities football

      Men's basketball

      Men's basketball in the NCAA tournament
      See also: Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament
      Year Team Seed Results
      1983 none
      1984 none
      1985 none
      1986 Cleveland State 14* defeated Indiana
      defeated Saint Joseph's
      lost to Navy
      1987 Southwest Missouri State[39] 13 defeated Clemson
      lost to Kansas
      1988 Southwest Missouri State 13 lost to UNLV
      1989 Southwest Missouri State 14 lost to Seton Hall
      1990 Southwest Missouri State 9* lost to North Carolina
      Northern Iowa 14 defeated Missouri
      lost to Minnesota
      1991 Green Bay 12 lost to Michigan State
      Northern Illinois 13* lost to St. John's
      1992 Eastern Illinois 15 lost to Indiana
      1993 Wright State 16 lost to Indiana
      1994 Green Bay 12 defeated California
      lost to Syracuse
      1995 none
      1996 Valparaiso 14 lost to Arizona
      1997 Valparaiso 12 lost to Boston College
      1998 Valparaiso 13 defeated Ole Miss
      defeated Florida State
      lost to Rhode Island
      1999 Valparaiso 15 lost to Maryland
      2000 Valparaiso 16 lost to Michigan State
      2001 Southern Utah 14 lost to Boston College
      2002 Valparaiso 13 lost to Kentucky
      2003 IUPUI 16 lost to Kentucky
      2004 Valparaiso 15 lost to Gonzaga
      2005 Oakland 16 defeated Alabama A&M**
      Lost to North Carolina
      2006 Oral Roberts 16 lost to Memphis
      2007 Oral Roberts 14 lost to Washington State
      2008 Oral Roberts 13 lost to Pittsburgh
      2009 North Dakota State 14 lost to Kansas
      2010 Oakland 14 lost to Pittsburgh
      2011 Oakland 13 lost to Texas
      2012 South Dakota State 14 lost to Baylor
      2013 South Dakota State 13 lost to Michigan
      2014 North Dakota State 12 defeated Oklahoma
      lost to San Diego State
      2015 North Dakota State 15 lost to Gonzaga
      2016 South Dakota State 12 lost to Maryland
      2017 South Dakota State 16 lost to Gonzaga
      2018 South Dakota State 12 lost to Ohio State
      2019 North Dakota State 16 defeated NCCU**
      lost to Duke

      * At-large bid
      ** Opening round game

      Summit League championships won per school
      School Conference Tournament
      Titles Last
      Title      		 Titles Last
      Title
      Valparaiso 9 2003-04 8 2004
      Oral Roberts 6 2011-12 3 2008
      South Dakota State 6 2019-20 5 2018
      Missouri State 4 1989-90 2 1989
      North Dakota State 4 2019-20 5 2020
      Oakland 3 2010-11 3 2011
      Cleveland State 3 1992-93 1 1986
      Western Illinois 2 2012-13 1 1984
      Green Bay 2 1993-94 2 1994
      Purdue Fort Wayne 1 2015-16 0 N/A
      South Dakota 1 2016-17 0 N/A
      IUPUI 1 2005-06 1 2003
      Illinois-Chicago 1 1983-84 0 N/A
      Northern Illinois 1 1990-91 0 N/A
      Southern Utah 1 2000-01 1 2001
      Eastern Illinois 0 N/A 2 1992
      Wright State 0 N/A 1 1993
      Northern Iowa 0 N/A 1 1990

      Women's Basketball

      Summit League championships won per school
      School Conference Tournament
      Titles Last
      Title      		 Titles Last
      Title
      South Dakota State 6 2018-19 9 2019
      Western Illinois 6 2016-17 2 2017
      Youngstown State 5 1998-99 3 2000
      South Dakota 4 2019-20 2 2020
      Oakland 3 2006-07 2 2006
      Oral Roberts 2 2010-11 5 2008
      Northern Illinois 2 1993-94 1 1993
      Valparaiso 2 2001-02 2 2004
      Troy 1 1996-97 1 1997
      Buffalo 1 1994-95 0 N/A
      Green Bay 0 N/A 1 1994

      Facilities

      Future members St. Thomas (all sports) and Northern Colorado (baseball only) indicated in gray.

      Full members
      School Soccer stadium Capacity Basketball arena Capacity Baseball field Capacity Softball field Capacity
      Denver CIBER Field at the University of Denver Soccer Stadium 2,000 Magness Arena 7,200 Non-baseball school Non-softball school
      Kansas City Durwood Soccer Stadium 850 Swinney Recreation Center[40] 1,500 Non-baseball school Urban Youth Academy N/A
      North Dakota Bronson Field N/A Betty Engelstad Sioux Center[lower-alpha 1] 3,300 Non-baseball school Apollo Sports Complex N/A
      North Dakota State Dacotah Field[41] 2,600[42] Scheels Center 5,644[43] Newman Outdoor Field 4,600 Ellig Sports Complex[44] 450
      Omaha Al F. Caniglia Field[45] 3,097 Baxter Arena[46] 7,898 Seymour Smith Park 1,000 Westside Field
      at Westbrook      		 300[47]
      Oral Roberts Case Soccer Complex 1,000 Mabee Center 10,575 J. L. Johnson Stadium 2,418 Non-softball school
      St. Thomas South Field N/A Anderson Athletic and Recreation Complex 2,000 Koch Diamond 250 South Field N/A
      South Dakota USD Soccer Field N/A Sanford Coyote Sports Center 6,000 Non-baseball school Nygard Field 500[48]
      South Dakota State Fishback Soccer Park 1,500 Frost Arena 6,500 Erv Huether Field 600 Jackrabbit Softball Stadium 200
      Western Illinois MacKenzie Alumni Field 1,000 Western Hall 5,139 Alfred D. Boyer Stadium 500 Mary Ellen McKee
      Softball Stadium      		 500
      Associate members
      Eastern Illinois Lakeside Soccer Field 1,000[49] Soccer-only member
      Northern Colorado Baseball-only member from July 2021 Jackson Field 1,500 Baseball-only member from July 2021
      1. North Dakota also schedules basketball games at the Ralph Engelstad Arena.

      See also

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