Upper Midwest Athletic Conference

The Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) is a college-level athletic conference. The UMAC is a conference of NCAA Division III since the 2008–09 season. Prior to that, the UMAC was formerly affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Corey Borchardt is the current commissioner of the UMAC, and was appointed to the position in 2008. The UMAC was started in 1972 as the Twin Rivers Conference, and assumed its current name in 1983. Member institutions are located in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Upper Midwest Athletic Conference
UMAC
Established1972
AssociationNCAA
DivisionDivision III
Members9 full, 3 associate
Sports fielded
  • 18
    • men's: 9
    • women's: 9
RegionUpper Midwest
Former namesTwin Rivers Conference
HeadquartersSaint Paul, Minnesota
CommissionerCorey Borchardt (since 2008)
Websiteumacathletics.com
Locations

The UMAC sponsors intercollegiate competition in men's baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, men's football, men's and women's golf, men's and women's soccer, women's softball, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field, and women's volleyball.

Greenville College and Westminster College became associate members of the UMAC in football in 2009 and Iowa Wesleyan College in 2013.

Member schools

Current members

Full members
Institution Nickname Location Founded Type Enrollment Varsity
Teams		 Joined
Bethany Lutheran College Vikings Mankato, Minnesota 1927 Private/Lutheran (ELS) 550 15 2004
Crown College Storm St. Bonifacius, Minnesota 1916 Private/Christian and Missionary Alliance 1,300 18 1994
Martin Luther College Knights New Ulm, Minnesota 1995 Private/Lutheran (WELS) 800 15 1995
University of Minnesota Morris Cougars Morris, Minnesota 1960 Public 1,900 16 2003
North Central University Rams
 Minneapolis, Minnesota 1930 Private/Assemblies of God 1,200 15 20131
Northland College LumberJacks (men's)
LumberJills (women's)		 Ashland, Wisconsin 1906 Private/United
Church of Christ		 700 12 1998
University of Northwestern – St. Paul Eagles Roseville, Minnesota 1902 Private/
Nondenominational		 2,944 16 1972
College of St. Scholastica2 Saints Duluth, Minnesota 1912 Private/Catholic 3,309 16 1995
University of Wisconsin–Superior Yellowjackets Superior, Wisconsin 1893 Public 2,589 15 2015
Note

1 - North Central was an associate member for several sports from the 2008–09 to the 2012–13 seasons.

2 - St. Scholastica will be leaving the conference after the 2020-21 season to join the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.[1]

Associate members
Institution Nickname Location Founded Type Enrollment Varsity
Teams		 Joined Primary
Conference		 UMAC Sport
Greenville University Panthers Greenville, Illinois 1892 Private/Free Methodist 1,200 14 2009–10 SLIAC football
Iowa Wesleyan University Tigers Mt. Pleasant, Iowa 1842 Private/United Methodist 571 12 2013–14 SLIAC[lower-alpha 1] football
Westminster College Blue Jays Fulton, Missouri 1851 Private/Presbyterian 1,050 8 2009–10[lower-alpha 2] SLIAC football
Notes
  1. Iowa Wesleyan will leave the NCAA after the 2020–21 school year and return to the NAIA. The school has not yet determined its future NAIA conference affiliation.[2]
  2. Westminster was formerly an associate member for football from the 2002 to 2007 seasons (ending in the 2007–08 academic year).

Former members

Full members
Institution Nickname Location Founded Type Enrollment Joined Left Current
Conference
Concordia University, Saint Paul Golden Bears St. Paul, Minnesota 1893 Private 2800 1972 1999 NSIC (NCAA Division II)
Dr. Martin Luther College Lancers New Ulm, Minnesota 1884 Private NA 1972 1995 incorporated into Martin Luther College in 1995
Loras College Duhawks Dubuque, Iowa 1839 Private 1,610 1972 1986 ARC
Mount Senario College Fighting Saints Ladysmith, Wisconsin 1930 Private NA 1972 2002 disbanded athletics on December 2001
closed on August 31, 2002
Northwestern College (Wisconsin) Trojans Watertown, Wisconsin 1865 Private NA 1972 1995 incorporated into Martin Luther College in 1995
Pillsbury Baptist Bible College Comets Owatonna, Minnesota 1877 Private 142 1972 1988 closed in 2008
Presentation College Saints Aberdeen, South Dakota 1922 Private 786 2002 2012 NSAA (NAIA)
Viterbo University V-Hawks La Crosse, Wisconsin 1890 Private 3,192 1976 1988 NSAA (NAIA)

Associate members

School names and nicknames reflect those in use during the final school year in which each competed in the UMAC.

Institution Nickname Location Founded Type Enrollment Joined Left Primary
Conference		 UMAC Sport
Blackburn College Beavers Carlinville, Illinois 1837 Private 590 2002–03 2007–08 SLIAC football
Eureka College Red Devils Eureka, Illinois 1855 Private/Christian Church 680 2009–10 2017-18 SLIAC football
Maranatha Baptist Bible College[lower-alpha 1] Crusaders[lower-alpha 2] Watertown, Wisconsin 1968 Private 950 1974–75 2007–08 D-III Independent football
MacMurray College Highlanders Jacksonville, Illinois 1846 Private/United Methodist 683 2009–10 2019-20 closed in 2020 football
Principia College Panthers Elsah, Illinois 1910 Private 550 2002–03 2007–08 SLIAC football
Rockford College[lower-alpha 3] Regents Rockford, Illinois 1847 Private 983 2002–03 2007–08 NACC football
Trinity Bible College Lions Ellendale, North Dakota 1948 Private 333 1997–98 2007–08 NCCAA Independent football
Notes
  1. Known as Maranatha Baptist University since 2013.
  2. Nickname changed in 2014 to Sabercats.
  3. Known as Rockford University since 2013.

Membership timeline

 Full member (all sports)   Full member (non-football)   Associate member (football-only)   Associate member (sport) 

Conference sports
See also: Upper Midwest Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Conference sports
SportMen'sWomen's
Baseball
Y
Basketball
Y
Y
Cross Country
Y
Y
Football
Y
Golf
Y
Y
Indoor Track and field
Y
Y
Soccer
Y
Y
Softball
Y
Tennis
Y
Y
Track and field
Y
Y
Volleyball
Y

Conference facilities
School Football stadium Capacity Basketball arena Capacity
Bethany Lutheran Non-football school N/A Sports and Fitness Center 800
Crown Old National Bank Stadium 1,400 Wild Athletic Center 700
Greenville Francis Stadium 2,000 Football-only member
Iowa Wesleyan Evans Field 5,000 Football-only member
Martin Luther MLC Bowl 2,200 Luther Student Center 700
Minnesota–Morris Big Cat Stadium 3,500 UMM P.E. Center 4,000
North Central Non-football school N/A Clark-Danielson Gymnasium NA
Northland Non-football school N/A Kendrigan Gymnasium 1,000
Northwestern Reynolds Field 1,500 Ericksen Center 1,500
St. Scholastica Duluth Public Schools Stadium and
Griggs Field		 TBA
4,000		 Reif Gymnasium 1,600
Westminster Priest Field 1,000 Football-only member
Wisconsin–Superior Non-football school N/A Mertz Mortorelli Gymnasium 2,500

Football champions
Year Champion(s)
1974 Northwestern (MN)
1975 Northwestern (MN)
1976 Concordia-Saint Paul
Loras
Maranatha Baptist Bible College
Northwestern (MN)
Northwestern (WI)
1977 Concordia-Saint Paul
Dr. Martin Luther College
1978 Northwestern (WI)
1979 Northwestern (MN)
1980 Mount Senario
1981 Concordia-Saint Paul
Northwestern (MN)
1982 Concordia-Saint Paul
Mount Senario
Northwestern (MN)
1983 Mount Senario
Northwestern (MN)
1984 Northwestern (MN)
1985 Mount Senario
1986 Northwestern (WI)
1987 Mount Senario
1988 Concordia-Saint Paul
1989 Mount Senario
1990 Maranatha Baptist Bible College
Northwestern (MN)
1991 Concordia-Saint Paul
1992 Mount Senario
1993 Mount Senario
1994 Mount Senario
1995 Northwestern
1996 Maranatha Baptist Bible College
Martin Luther
1997 Mount Senario
1998 Maranatha Baptist
Martin Luther
Mount Senario
1999 Mount Senario
2000 Mount Senario
2001 Northwestern
2002 Northwestern
2003 Westminster
2004 Westminster
2005 Northwestern
2006 Minnesota-Morris
2007 Northwestern
2008 Northwestern
2009 North Division: Martin Luther
South Division: Greenville
2010 Greenville
2011* St. Scholastica
2012 Greenville
Northwestern
St. Scholastica
2013 St. Scholastica
2014 St. Scholastica
2015 St. Scholastica
2016 Northwestern
2017 Eureka
2018 Martin Luther
2019 Martin Luther

*- 2011 was the first year the UMAC Champion received an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Playoffs.[3]

Ice hockey affiliations

The UMAC does not sponsor ice hockey. Three UMAC member schools sponsor men's and women's ice hockey as a varsity sport. Northland College and UW-Superior are members of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and St. Scholastica is a member of the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association.

References
  1. McCullough, Hunter. "St. Scholastica joins Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference". CBS 3 Duluth. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  2. "IW Tiger Athletics Update" (Press release). Iowa Wesleyan Tigers. June 9, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  3. "UMAC: A Division III playoff bid for the first time". StarTribune.com. August 31, 2011. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
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