THE MIAA <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 1924 Truman 1946 Southeast Missouri 1966 Missouri State 1986 Central Missouri 2004 Pittsburg State 1925 Northwest Missouri 1947 Missouri S&T 1967 Southeast Missouri 1987 UCM & SEMSU 2005 Washburn 1926 Central Missouri 1948 Missouri St. & NWMSU 1968 Southeast Missouri 1988 UCM, SEMSU 2006 Northwest Missouri 1927 Truman 1949 Missouri S&T 1969 SEMSU & Truman & TSU 2007 Northwest Missouri 1928 Missouri State & Truman 1950 Missouri S&T 1970 UCM & Truman 1989 Pittsburg State 2008 Northwest Missouri 1929 Truman 1951 Missouri State-Truman 1971 Truman 1990 Pittsburg State 2009 Northwest Missouri 1930 Truman 1952 NWMSU-Truman 1972 NWMSU & Lincoln 1991 Pittsburg State 2010 Northwest Missouri 1931 Northwest Missouri 1953 Truman 1973 Southeast Missouri 1992 Pittsburg State 2011 Pittsburg State 1932 Truman 1954 Truman 1974 Northwest Missouri 1993 Missouri Southern 2012 Missouri Western 1933 Truman 1955 Southeast Missouri 1975 Southeast Missouri 1994 Pittsburg State 2013 Northwest Missouri 1934 Truman 1956 UCM & Missouri S&T 1976 SEMSU & TSU 1995 Pittsburg State 1935 Truman 1957 Southeast Missouri 1977 SEMSU & Missouri S&T 1996 PSU & NWMSU NWMSU has won or shared 22 titles, 1936 Truman 1958 Southeast Missouri 1978 Missouri State 1997 Northwest Missouri PSU 11, UCM 8, MWSU 2, MSSU 1, ESU 1937 Southeast Missouri 1959 Southeast Missouri 1979 Northwest Missouri 1998 Northwest Missouri 1, WU 1, LU 1. TSU won or shared 26 1938 Northwest Missouri 1960 Truman 1980 Missouri S&T 1999 Northwest Missouri titles, SEMO 17, Mo. S&T 8, and Missouri 1939 Northwest Missouri 1961 Truman 1981 Truman 2000 Northwest Missouri State 7 while members of the MIAA. 1940 Missouri State 1962 Southeast Missouri 1982 Truman 2001 Pittsburg State 1941 NWMSU & Mo. S&T 1963 Missouri State 1983 UCM & Missouri S&T 2002 Northwest Missouri 1942 NWMSU & Missouri St. 1964 Truman 1984 Northwest Missouri 2003 CMSU, ESU, MWSC, 1943-45 No MIAA Comp. 1965 Truman 1985 Truman PSU & NWMSU 94 2014 Missouri Southern Football mssulions.com missourisouthernlions @mososports Over the past 102 years, the MIAA has gained the reputation of being one of the top NCAA Division II conferences in the nation. MIAA student-athletes have won 14 NCAA team championships and, since 1964, 149 individual national titles. The MIAA currently conducts championships in eight sports for men and eight for women. For the men, champions are crowned in football, cross country, basketball, indoor and outdoor track & field, baseball, tennis and golf. The women compete for titles in volleyball, cross country, soccer, basketball, indoor and outdoor track & field, softball and tennis. The MIAA turned a new page on July 1, 1992, when the NCAA Division II conference changed its name from the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association to the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association. The decision to make the change originated in 1989, when Pittsburg State University and Washburn University became the first schools outside the state of Missouri to gain membership in the MIAA. The conference was first organized in 1912 with 14 member institutions. Of those original members, Central Missouri State University, Truman State University, and Northwest Missouri State University still remain a part of the MIAA. The first change in membership came in 1924, when the MIAA reorganized to include only the five regional Missouri state colleges: Central, Truman (at the time known as Northeast Missouri State), Northwest, Southeast Missouri State University and Southwest Missouri State University (now Missouri State). Over the next 56 years, three schools joined the membership: the Missouri School of Mines (now Missouri S&T) in 1935, Lincoln University in 1970, and the University of Missouri-St. Louis in 1980. The 1980s brought the biggest changes in the conference. In 1981, Southwest Missouri State University opted to move to NCAA Division I and the MIAA appointed its first full-time commissioner, Ken Jones, in July. He would be in the position for 16 years, retiring in 1997. Former Gulf South and Metro commissioner Ralph McFillen succeeded Jones, serving 10 years before his retirement in 2007. Jim Johnson succeeded McFillen in July of that year. Bob Boerighter was named commissioner in 2010. Southwest Baptist University brought membership back to eight schools in 1986, before the major expansion of the conference in 1989. Pittsburg State, Washburn, Missouri Southern State College (now University) and Missouri Western State College (now University) – formerly members of the Central States Intercollegiate Conference – began competition in the 1989-90 season. Southeast Missouri State left the MIAA following the 1990-91 season to move on to NCAA Division I, and was replaced by Emporia State University in the 1991-92 season. In August 1991, Judy Willson was hired as the MIAA’s first full-time sports information director. She left in 1994, and was succeeded by Matt Newbery, formerly the assistant sports information director at Pittsburg State. He became the assistant to the commissioner for media relations in 2005. A third full-time staff member was added in 2005, as former Emporia State track and field athlete Natasha Oakes was hired as the assistant to the commissioner for compliance. The current membership of the MIAA is at 14 schools, with the departure of Nebraska Omaha for NCAA Division I in 2011, and the addition of the University of Central Oklahoma, Northeastern State, Lindenwood and the University of Nebraska-Kearney in 2012. Truman state left for the GLVC in 2013. MIAA Members Institution Joined University of Central Missouri 1912 University of Central Oklahoma 2012 Emporia State University 1991 Fort Hays State University 2006 Lincoln University 2010 Lindenwood University 2012 Missouri Southern State University 1989 Missouri Western State University 1989 University of Nebraska-Kearney 2012 Northeastern State University 2012 Northwest Missouri State University 1912 Pittsburg State University 1989 Southwest Baptist University 1986 Washburn University 1989 MIAA Commissioner Dr. Bob Boerighter Phone: (816) 421-6422 Fax: (816) 421-6423 bboe@themiaa.com Assistant Commissioner for Championships and Business Development Larry House Phone (816) 421-6422 lhouse@themiaa.com Director of Communications Josh Slaughter Phone: (816) 421-6422 Fax: (913) 341-2995 kcoleman@themiaa.com Assistant Commissioner for Internal Operations Amber Feldman Phone: (816) 421-6422 feldman@themiaa.com MIAA Football Champions 1924 - 2013
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