NAIA independent schools

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For schools that are independent in football only, see NAIA independent football schools.
Continental Athletic Conference
CAC
Established2008
AssociationNAIA
Members19 (17 in 2022)
Sports fielded
  • 11
    • men's: 5
    • women's: 6
RegionUnited States, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Canada (British Columbia)
Former namesAssociation of Independent Institutions
CommissionerTed Breidenthal
Websitewww.aiisports.com
Locations
Continental Athletic Conference locations

NAIA independent schools are 4-year institutional members of the NAIA that do not have formal conference affiliations.[1] NAIA schools that are not members of any other athletic conference are members of the Continental Athletic Conference (CAC), formerly the Association of Independent Institutions (AII), which provides member services to the institution and allows members to compete in postseason competition. The CAC has one member institution in the U.S. Virgin Islands and another in Canada's British Columbia. It provides services to the member institutions that are not fitting in any other NAIA conference and allows members to compete in postseason competition. The AII renamed itself the Continental Athletic Conference at the end of June 2021, citing the need to identify as a proper conference.[2]

Institution Location Founded Enrollment Nickname
Arkansas Baptist College Little Rock, Arkansas 1884 468 Buffaloes
Bacone College Muskogee, Oklahoma 1880 900 Warriors
Cottey College Nevada, Missouri 1884 307 Comets
Crowley's Ridge College Paragould, Arkansas 1964 331 Pioneers
Fisher College Boston, Massachusetts 1903 2,560 Falcons
Florida College Temple Terrace, Florida 1946 505 Falcons
Florida National University Hialeah, Florida 1988 5,541 Conquistadors
Georgia Gwinnett College Lawrenceville, Georgia 2006 9,000 Grizzlies
Haskell Indian Nations University Lawrence, Kansas 1884 958 Fighting Indians
Iowa Wesleyan University Mount Pleasant, Iowa 1856 570 Tigers
Lincoln Christian University Lincoln, Illinois 1944 1,050 Red Lions
Morris College Sumter, South Carolina 1908 871 Hornets
Northern New Mexico College Española, New Mexico 1909 3,873 Eagles
Penn State Schuylkill Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania 1934 940 Nittany Lions
University of Victoria Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 1903 16,961 Vikes
University of the Virgin Islands Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands 1962 2,392 Buccaneers
Voorhees College Denmark, South Carolina 1897 600 Tigers
Washington Adventist University Takoma Park, Maryland 1904 1,493 Shock
Wilberforce University Wilberforce, Ohio 1856 900 Bulldogs

References[]

  1. ^ "NAIA Member Schools". NAIA. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  2. ^ "Athletics' Conference, Association of Independent Institutions Re-brands to Continental Athletic Conference". Haskell Indians. June 26, 2021.

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