INTRO PLAYERS COACHES OPPONENTS REVIEW RECORDS STAFF HISTORY Page 77 Dr. Bob Boerigter Larry House Amber Feldman Josh Slaughter commissioner Ralph McFillen succeeded Jones, serving 10 years before his retirement in 2007. Jim Johnson succeeded McFillen in July of that year and served as commissioner until September of 2010. Dr. Bob Boerigter succeeded Johnson in September 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. Kellen Coleman replaced Newbery in 2009 as the Director of Communications. 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. She became the Assistant Commissioner for Compliance and Internal Operations/SWA before being succeeded by Renee Hultgren in 2010. The current MIAA Assistant Commissioner for Compliance and Internal Operations/SWA, Amber Feldman, replaced Hultgren in 2011. Larry House joined the staff in August 2007 as coordinator of external affairs, and is now the Assistant Commissioner for Championships and Business Development. 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, the addition of Fort Hays State University in 2006 and the University of Nebraska Omaha in 2008, the re-joining of Lincoln in 2010, and the departure of Nebraska Omaha in 2011. On July 29, 2010, the MIAA CEO Council voted to extend invitations to the University of Central Oklahoma and Northeastern State University to become members of the league, and on September 24, 2010, it voted to extend invitations to the University of Nebraska-Kearney and Lindenwood University to become conference institutions, beginning in 2012-13. Truman State University will leave the MIAA for the Great Lakes Valley in the fall of 2013. www.themiaa.com 114 W. 11th St. • Suite 105 Kansas City, Mo. 64105 Phone: 816-421-MIAA (6422) Fax: 816-421-6423 Media Relations Fax: 816-421-6429 Commissioner: Dr. Bob Boerigter Assistant Commissioner for Championshps and Business Development: Larry House Assistant Commissioner for Compliance and Internal Operations/Senior Woman Administrator: Amber Feldman Director of Communications: Josh Slaughter About the MIAA: The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association, a 14-member conference (beginning in 2013-14) of NCAA Division II institutions in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Nebraska, was first organized in 1912 as the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association. 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 16 NCAA team championships and, since 1964, more than 170 individual national titles. The MIAA currently conducts championships in eight 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, golf 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, the 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 (later the University of Missouri-Rolla) 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 fulltime commissioner, Ken Jones, in July. He would be in the position for 16 years, retiring in 1997. Former Gulf South and Metro Year Sports School Joined Sponsorship Nickname Location Enrollment Athletics Director Uinversity of Central Missouri 1912 16 Mules/Jennies Warrensburg, Mo. 11,000 Jerry Hughes University of Central Oklahoma 2012 15 Bronchos Edmond, Okla. 17,101 Joe Mueller Emporia State University 1991 15 Hornets/Lady Hornets Emporia, Kan. 6,258 Kent Weiser Fort Hays State University 2006 16 Tigers/Lady Tigers Hays, Kan. 9,000 Curtis Hammeke Lincoln University 2010 15 Blue Tigers Jefferson City, Mo. 3,200 Betty Kemma Lindenwood University 2012 19 Lions/Lady Lions St. Charles, Mo. 8,787 John Creer Missouri Southern State Univ. 1989 14 Lions Joplin, Mo. 5,740 Jared Bruggeman Missouri Western State Univ. 1989 10 Griffons St. Joseph, Mo. 6,074 Kurt McGuffin University of Nebraska-Kearney 2012 18 Lopers Kearney, Neb. 6,500 Paul Plinske Northeastern State University 2012 10 RiverHawks Tahlequah, Okla. 6,964 Tony Duckworth Northwest Missouri State 1912 15 Bearcats Maryville, Mo. 6,900 Mel Tjeerdsma Pittsburg State University 1989 13 Gorillas Pittsburg, Kan. 7,277 Jim Johnson Southwest Baptist University 1986 16 Bearcats/Lady Bearcats Bolivar, Mo. 3,400 Mike Pitts Washburn University 1989 10 Ichabods/Lady Blues Topeka, Kan. 7,500 Loren Ferre’ MICHAEL HILL, D2FOOTBALL.COM OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
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