Upper Midwest Athletic Conference

Upper Midwest Athletic Conference
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference
UMAC
Established	1972
Association	NCAA
Division	Division III
Members	8 full, 3 associate
Sports fielded	18 men's: 9; women's: 9; ;
Region	Upper Midwest
Former names	Twin Rivers Conference
Headquarters	Saint Paul, Minnesota
Commissioner	Corey Borchardt (since 2008)
Website	umacathletics.com
Locations

The Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) is a college-level athletic conference. The UMAC is a conference of NCAA Division III since the 2008–09 season. Prior to that, the UMAC was formerly affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Corey Borchardt is the current commissioner of the UMAC, and was appointed to the position in 2008. The UMAC was started in 1972 as the Twin Rivers Conference, and assumed its current name in 1983. Member institutions are located in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

The UMAC sponsors intercollegiate 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 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.

Greenville College and Westminster College became associate members of the UMAC in football in 2009 and Finlandia University in 2021.

Member schools[]

Current members[]

Full members[]

Institution	Nickname	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Varsity teams	Joined
Bethany Lutheran College	Vikings	Mankato, Minnesota	1927	Private/Lutheran (ELS)	550	15	2004
Crown College	Storm	St. Bonifacius, Minnesota	1916	Private/Christian and Missionary Alliance	1,300	18	1994
Martin Luther College	Knights	New Ulm, Minnesota	1995	Private/Lutheran (WELS)	800	15	1995
University of Minnesota Morris	Cougars	Morris, Minnesota	1960	Public	1,900	16	2003
North Central University	Rams	Minneapolis, Minnesota	1930	Private/Assemblies of God	1,200	15	2013^[a]
Northland College	LumberJacks (men's) LumberJills (women's)	Ashland, Wisconsin	1906	Private/United Church of Christ	700	12	1998
University of Northwestern – St. Paul	Eagles	Roseville, Minnesota	1902	Private/ Nondenominational	2,944	16	1972
University of Wisconsin–Superior	Yellowjackets	Superior, Wisconsin	1893	Public	2,589	15	2015

Notes

^ North Central was an associate member for several sports from the 2008–09 to the 2012–13 seasons.

Associate members[]

Institution	Nickname	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Varsity teams	Joined	Primary conference	UMAC sport
Finlandia University	Lions	Hancock, Michigan	1896	Private/Lutheran (ELCA)	550	10	2021–22	Coast to Coast	football
Greenville University	Panthers	Greenville, Illinois	1892	Private/Free Methodist	1,200	14	2009–10	SLIAC	football
Westminster College	Blue Jays	Fulton, Missouri	1851	Private/Presbyterian	1,050	8	2009–10^[a]	SLIAC	football

Notes

^ Westminster was formerly an associate member for football from the 2002 to 2007 seasons (ending in the 2007–08 academic year).

Former members[]

Full members[]

Institution	Nickname	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Joined	Left	Current conference
Concordia University, Saint Paul	Golden Bears	St. Paul, Minnesota	1893	Private/Lutheran (LCMS)	2800	1972	1999	NSIC (NCAA Division II)
Dr. Martin Luther College	Lancers	New Ulm, Minnesota	1884	Private/Lutheran (WELS)	NA	1972	1995	incorporated into Martin Luther College in 1995
Loras College	Duhawks	Dubuque, Iowa	1839	Private/Catholic	1,610	1972	1986	ARC
Mount Senario College	Fighting Saints	Ladysmith, Wisconsin	1930	Private/Nonsectarian	NA	1972	2002	disbanded athletics in December 2001 closed on August 31, 2002
Northwestern College (Wisconsin)	Trojans	Watertown, Wisconsin	1865	Private/Lutheran (WELS)	NA	1972	1995	incorporated into Martin Luther College in 1995
Pillsbury Baptist Bible College	Comets	Owatonna, Minnesota	1877	Private/Independent Baptist	142	1972	1988	closed in 2008
Presentation College	Saints	Aberdeen, South Dakota	1922	Private/Catholic	786	2002	2012	NSAA (NAIA)
The College of St. Scholastica	Saints	Duluth, Minnesota	1912	Private/Catholic	3,309	1995	2021	MIAC
Viterbo University	V-Hawks	La Crosse, Wisconsin	1890	Private/Catholic	3,192	1976	1988	NSAA (NAIA)

Associate members[]

School names and nicknames reflect those in use during the final school year in which each competed in the UMAC.

Institution	Nickname	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Joined	Left	Primary conference	UMAC sport
Blackburn College	Beavers	Carlinville, Illinois	1837	Private/Presbyterian (PCUSA)	590	2002–03	2007–08	SLIAC	football
Eureka College	Red Devils	Eureka, Illinois	1855	Private/Disciples of Christ	680	2009–10	2017-18	SLIAC	football
Iowa Wesleyan University	Tigers	Mt. Pleasant, Iowa	1842	Private/United Methodist	571	2013-14	2020-21	SLIAC	football
Maranatha Baptist Bible College^[a]	Crusaders^[b]	Watertown, Wisconsin	1968	Private/Baptist	950	1974–75	2007–08	D-III Independent	football
MacMurray College	Highlanders	Jacksonville, Illinois	1846	Private/United Methodist	683	2009–10	2019-20	closed in 2020	football
Principia College	Panthers	Elsah, Illinois	1910	Private/Christian Science	550	2002–03	2007–08	SLIAC	football
Rockford College^[c]	Regents	Rockford, Illinois	1847	Private/Nonsectarian	983	2002–03	2007–08	NACC	football
Trinity Bible College	Lions	Ellendale, North Dakota	1948	Private/Assemblies of God	333	1997–98	2007–08	NCCAA Independent	football

Notes

^ Known as Maranatha Baptist University since 2013.
^ Nickname changed in 2014 to Sabercats.
^ Known as Rockford University since 2013.

Membership timeline[]

Full member (all sports) Full member (non-football) Associate member (football-only) Associate member (sport)

Conference sports[]

**Conference sports**
Sport	Men's	Women's
Baseball	Y
Basketball	Y	Y
Cross Country	Y	Y
Football	Y
Golf	Y	Y
Indoor Track and field	Y	Y
Soccer	Y	Y
Softball		Y
Tennis	Y	Y
Track and field	Y	Y
Volleyball		Y

Conference facilities[]

School	Football stadium	Capacity	Basketball arena	Capacity
Bethany Lutheran	Non-football school	N/A	Sports and Fitness Center	800
Crown	Old National Bank Stadium	1,400	Wild Athletic Center	700
Finlandia	McAfee Field	1000	Football-only member
Greenville	Francis Stadium	2,000	Football-only member
Martin Luther	MLC Bowl	2,200	Luther Student Center	700
Minnesota–Morris	Big Cat Stadium	3,500	Cougar Sports Center (CSC)	4,000
North Central	Non-football school	N/A	Clark-Danielson Gymnasium	NA
Northland	Non-football school	N/A	Kendrigan Gymnasium	1,000
Northwestern	Reynolds Field	1,500	Ericksen Center	1,500
Westminster	Priest Field	1,000	Football-only member
Wisconsin–Superior	Non-football school	N/A	Mertz Mortorelli Gymnasium	2,500

Football champions[]

Year	Champion(s)
1974	Northwestern (MN)
1975	Northwestern (MN)
1976	Concordia-Saint Paul Loras Maranatha Baptist Bible College Northwestern (MN) Northwestern (WI)
1977	Concordia-Saint Paul Dr. Martin Luther College
1978	Northwestern (WI)
1979	Northwestern (MN)
1980	Mount Senario
1981	Concordia-Saint Paul Northwestern (MN)
1982	Concordia-Saint Paul Mount Senario Northwestern (MN)
1983	Mount Senario Northwestern (MN)
1984	Northwestern (MN)
1985	Mount Senario
1986	Northwestern (WI)
1987	Mount Senario
1988	Concordia-Saint Paul
1989	Mount Senario
1990	Maranatha Baptist Bible College Northwestern (MN)
1991	Concordia-Saint Paul
1992	Mount Senario
1993	Mount Senario
1994	Mount Senario
1995	Northwestern
1996	Maranatha Baptist Bible College Martin Luther
1997	Mount Senario
1998	Maranatha Baptist Martin Luther Mount Senario
1999	Mount Senario
2000	Mount Senario
2001	Northwestern
2002	Northwestern
2003	Westminster
2004	Westminster
2005	Northwestern
2006	Minnesota-Morris
2007	Northwestern
2008	Northwestern
2009	North Division: Martin Luther South Division: Greenville
2010	Greenville
2011*	St. Scholastica
2012	Greenville Northwestern St. Scholastica
2013	St. Scholastica
2014	St. Scholastica
2015	St. Scholastica
2016	Northwestern
2017	Eureka
2018	Martin Luther
2019	Martin Luther
2020	No season COVID-19
2021	Greenville

*- 2011 was the first year the UMAC Champion received an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Playoffs.^[1]

Ice hockey affiliations[]

The UMAC does not sponsor ice hockey. Two UMAC member schools sponsor men's and women's ice hockey as a varsity sport. Northland College and UW-Superior are members of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

References[]

^ "UMAC: A Division III playoff bid for the first time". Star Tribune. August 31, 2011. Retrieved June 21, 2012.

External links[]

Official website

[1] North Central was an associate member for several sports from the 2008–09 to the 2012–13 seasons.

[2] Westminster was formerly an associate member for football from the 2002 to 2007 seasons (ending in the 2007–08 academic year).

[3] Known as Maranatha Baptist University since 2013.

[4] Nickname changed in 2014 to Sabercats.

[5] Known as Rockford University since 2013.

[6] "UMAC: A Division III playoff bid for the first time". Star Tribune. August 31, 2011. Retrieved June 21, 2012.

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Full members	Bethany Lutheran Crown Martin Luther Minnesota Morris North Central (MN) Northland Northwestern-St. Paul Wisconsin–Superior
Associate members	Greenville Finlandia Westminster