North Star Athletic Association
North Star Athletic Association | |
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NSAA | |
Established | 2013 |
Association | NAIA |
Members | 8 |
Sports fielded |
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Region | |
Headquarters | Jamestown, North Dakota |
Commissioner | Roger Ternes |
Website | www.playnorthstar.com |
Locations | |
The North Star Athletic Association (NSAA) is an NAIA college athletic conference that began play in the 2013–14 school year.[1] The conference currently has eight full member institutions in Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
Member schools[]
Current members[]
Institution | Location | Founded | Type | Enrollment | Nickname | Joined |
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Bellevue University | Bellevue, Nebraska | 1966 | Private (Nonsectarian) | 10,407 | Bruins | 2015 |
Dakota State University | Madison, South Dakota | 1881 | Public | 3,102 | Trojans | 2013 |
Dickinson State University | Dickinson, North Dakota | 1918 | Public | 2,572 | Blue Hawks | 2014 |
Mayville State University | Mayville, North Dakota | 1889 | Public | 780 | Comets | 2013 |
Presentation College | Aberdeen, South Dakota | 1922 | Private (Catholic) | 825 | Saints | 2013 |
Valley City State University | Valley City, North Dakota | 1890 | Public | 1,362 | Vikings | 2013 |
Viterbo University | La Crosse, Wisconsin | 1923 | Private (Catholic) | 2,991 | V-Hawks | 2015 |
Waldorf University | Forest City, Iowa | 1903 | Private (For-profit) | 580 | Warriors | 2014[a] 2015 |
- ^ Football-only member in 2014, became full member in 2015
Affiliate member[]
Institution | Location | Founded | Type | Enrollment | Nickname | Sport | Joined | Current conference |
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Iowa Wesleyan University | Mount Pleasant, Iowa | 1842 | Private (United Methodist Church) | 700 | Tigers | Football | 2021 (Fall) | CAC[2] |
Former member[]
Institution | Location | Founded | Type | Nickname | Joined | Left | Current Conference |
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University of Jamestown[3] | Jamestown, North Dakota | 1883 | Private (Presbyterian) | Jimmies | 2013 | 2018 | GPAC |
Former affiliate member[]
Institution | Location | Founded | Type | Nickname | Joined | Left | Sport | Current conference |
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University of Winnipeg[4] | Winnipeg, Manitoba | 1871 | Public | Wesmen | 2015 | 2017 | Baseball | dropped program |
Membership timeline[]
Full member (all sports) Associate member (football-only) Associate member (baseball-only)
Conference sports[]
The North Star Athletic Association currently fields 18 sports (9 men's and 9 women's):
Sport | Men's | Women's |
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Baseball | ||
Basketball | ||
Cross Country | ||
Football | ||
Golf | ||
Softball | ||
Track & Field - Indoor | ||
Track & Field - Outdoor | ||
Volleyball |
Men's sports[]
School | Baseball | Basketball | Cross country |
Football | Golf | Track & field (indoor) |
Track & field (outdoor) |
Total NSAA Sports |
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Bellevue | 6 | |||||||
Dakota State | 7 | |||||||
Dickinson State | 7 | |||||||
Iowa Wesleyan | 1 | |||||||
Mayville State | 3 | |||||||
Presentation | 4 | |||||||
Valley City State | 7 | |||||||
Viterbo | 6 | |||||||
Waldorf | 7 | |||||||
Totals | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 48 |
Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the North Star Athletic Association which are played by NSAA schools
School | Soccer | Wrestling |
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Bellevue | CAC | No |
Dickinson State | No | Heart of America |
Presentation | GPAC | No |
Viterbo | CAC | No |
Waldorf | CAC | Heart of America |
Women's sports[]
School | Basketball | Cross country |
Golf | Softball | Track & field (indoor) |
Track & field (outdoor) |
Volleyball | Total NSAA Sports |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bellevue | 7 | |||||||
Dakota State | 7 | |||||||
Dickinson State | 7 | |||||||
Mayville State | 3 | |||||||
Presentation | 5 | |||||||
Valley City State | 7 | |||||||
Viterbo | 7 | |||||||
Waldorf | 7 | |||||||
Totals | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 50 |
Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the North Star Athletic Association which are played by NSAA schools
School | Soccer | Wrestling |
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Bellevue | CAC | No |
Presentation | GPAC | No |
Viterbo | CAC | No |
Waldorf | CAC | Independent[a] |
- ^ There are no NAIA affiliated conferences for women's wrestling
Conference Championships[]
Football[]
- NSAA championships won or shared per school
School | Conference | |
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Titles | Last Title | |
Dickinson State | 6 | 2020 |
Valley City State | 2 | 2014 |
Jamestown | 1 | 2013 |
Waldorf | 0 | n/a |
Dakota State | 0 | n/a |
Mayville State | 0 | n/a |
Presentation | 0 | n/a |
Men's basketball[]
References[]
External links[] |
- North Star Athletic Association