Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Data
Classification	NCAA Division II
Established	1972
Members	13
Sports fielded	20 (10 men?s, 10 women?s)
Region	Great Lakes Region
States	4 - Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana
Headquarters	Bay City, Michigan
Locations
GLIAC Map

The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (or GLIAC) is a competitive intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA?s Division II. The GLIAC was founded in June 1972. Member institutions are located in the midwestern United States in the States of Michigan, Ohio,Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Indiana

Charter members included Grand Valley State, Lake Superior State, Northwood, and Saginaw Valley State.

Former members (and years of membership) include Oakland University (1972-1997) and Westminster (1997-2000).

Sponsorship of football was dropped by the GLIAC after the 1989 season. Conference schools sponsoring football joined with football-playing members of the Heartland Conference to form the Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference (MIFC), which began play in 1990. The MIFC merged with the GLIAC in July 1999 and the GLIAC resumed sponsorship of football that fall.

Tiffin University will join the GLIAC on July 1, 2008.^[1] Gannon University and Mercyhurst College will leave the GLIAC for the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference on July 1, 2008.^[2]

Current members

• University of Indianapolis (1999) (associate member in football and swimming & diving only)

• Lewis University (2005) (associate member in swimming and diving only)

Teams

• Ashland Eagles
• Ferris State Bulldogs
• Findlay Oilers
• Gannon Golden Knights
• Grand Valley State Lakers
• Hillsdale Chargers
• Indianapolis Greyhounds
• Lake Superior State Lakers
• Mercyhurst Lakers
• Michigan Tech Huskies
• Northern Michigan Wildcats
• Northwood Timberwolves
• Saginaw Valley Cardinals
• Tiffin University Dragons
• Wayne State Warriors

Sports

The GLIAC sponsors intercollegiate athletic 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 swimming, 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.

External links

• Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

References