The MIAA MIAA Commissioner Dr. Bob Boerigter Phone: (816) 421-6422 Fax: (816) 421-6423 bboer@themiaa.com Assistant Commissioner for Championships & Business Development Larry House Phone: (816) 421-6422 lhouse@themiaa.com Director of Communications Josh Slaughter Phone: (816) 421-6422 jslaughter@themiaa.com Assistant Commissoner for Compliance/SWA Amber Feldman Phone: (816) 421-6422 feldman@themiaa.com School Joined Central Missouri, University of 1912 Central Oklahoma 2012 Emporia State University 1991 Fort Hays State University 2006 Lincoln (MO) University 2010 Year School 2013........................................ MSSU 2012.......................................... UCM 2011........................................... UCM 2010.......................................... UCM 2009............................................ESU 2008............................................ESU 2007.......................................... UCM 2006............................................ESU 2005.......................................... UCM 2004.......................................... UCM 2003.......................................... UCM 2002.......................................... UCM 2001.......................................... UCM 2000.......................................... UCM 1999............................................ PSU 1998.......................................... UCM 1997.......................................... UCM 1996.......................................... UCM 1995.......................................... UCM 1994.......................................... UCM 1993............................................ESU 1992........................................ MSSU Over the past 100 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 15 NCAA team championships and, since 1964, more than 160 individual national titles. The MIAA currently conducts championships in ten sports for men and nine 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, University of Central Missouri, 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 University of Missouri for Sciences and Technology) 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 2007 until leaving in the fall of 2010 to become the athletics director at Pittsburg State University. Former Northwest Missouri AD, Dr. Bob succeeded Johnson and remains at the helm today. 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. 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. Larry House joined the staff in August 2007 as coordinator of external affairs and Kellen Coleman was added this summer as Director of Communications The current membership of the MIAA is at 11 schools, with the departure of Missouri-St. Louis in 1996 and Missouri-Rolla in 2005, the forfeiture of membership by Lincoln in 1999 and the addition of Fort Hays State University in 2006 and The University of Nebraska-Omaha in 2008. The 2010-11 year saw the re-addition of Lincoln University and the announcement of the league expanding to 16 teams with the additions of Northeastern State, University of Central Oklahoma, University of Nebraska-Kearney, and Lindenwood University starting in 2012. The spring of 2011 also saw the University of Nebraska Omaha announce they were leaving the MIAA to turn NCAA Division I, leaving the MIAA with 15 schools starting in the 2012-13 season. MIAA Members Lindenwood 2012 Missouri Southern State University 1989 Missouri Western State University 1989 Nebraska-Kearney 2012 Northeastern State 2012 Northwest Missouri State University 1912 Pittsburg State University 1989 Southwest Baptist University 1986 Washburn University 1989 All-Time MIAA Champions 1991........................................ MSSU 1990.......................................... UCM 1989.......................................... UCM 1988.......................................... UCM 1987......................................SEMSU 1986.......................................... UCM 1985......................................SEMSU 1984.........................................UMSL 1983....................................NWMSU 1982....................................NWMSU 1981.......................................... UCM 1980....................................NWMSU 1979.........................................SMSU 1978....................................NWMSU 1977......................................SEMSU 1976......................................SEMSU 1975....................................NWMSU 1974.......................................... UCM 1973....................................NWMSU 1972.......................................... UMR 1971.......................................... UCM 1970.........................................SMSU 1969.........................................SMSU 1968.......................................... UMR 1967......................................SEMSU 1966.......................................... UCM MIAA titles won or shared: UCM 21, NWMSU 6, SEMSU 5, ESU 4, MSSU 3, SMSU 3, UMR 2, UMSL 1, PSU 1. How the MIAA champion was determined 1966-70, 1979-83: Best-of-three series between Northern and Southern Division winners. 1971-78: Best regular season conference record. 1984: Top three teams in each division advanced to six-team, doubleelimination bracket (one of the teams, UMR, chose not to participate). 1985-93: Top two teams in each division advanced to a four-team, double-elimination bracket. 1994-96, 1998-2000: Eight teams advanced to postseason, with four teams eliminated through best-of-three series. The series winners played a four-team, double-elimination tournament. 1997: Two four-team double elimination brackets, with winners playing a best-of-three championship series. 2001-present: Best regular season conference record. Four-team, doubleelimination tournament winner is recognized separately. (Since 2010 - Six Team Tournament) Southeast Missouri State, Southwest Missouri State, Missouri-Rolla and Missouri-St. Louis are no longer members of the MIAA. 46 2014 MSSU BASEBALL @mososports missourisouthernlions mssulions.com
Missouri Southern Baseball Media Guide 2014
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