Conference History

1912: Original Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association formed -- Cape Girardeau State Teachers, Kirksville State Teachers, Maryville State Teachers, Springfield State Teachers, Warrensburg State Teachers, Central Coll., Central Wesleyan, Culver-Stockton, Drury, Missouri Valley, Missouri Wesleyan, Tarkio, Westminster, and William Jewell.

1924: The MIAA reorganized to include only the five regional state colleges -- Central, Northwest, Northeast, Southwest and Southeast. Sports include football basketball and outdoor track & field.

1931: Tennis added as a conference sport.

1932: Indoor track added as an MIAA sport.

1934: Golf added as a conference sport.

1935: Missouri School of Mines (now Missouri-Rolla) joins the MIAA.

1957: MIAA joins the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) College Division.

1958: Cross country added as an MIAA sport.

1963: Southwest Missouri State's men's golf squad wins MIAA's first NCAA College Division championship.

1964: Missouri Mines changes its name to University of Missouri-Rolla

1965: Wrestling and swimming added as MIAA sports

1966: Baseball added as an MIAA sport

1970: Lincoln University joins the MIAA.

1974: Southwest Missouri State wins the NCAA Division II Men's Cross Country Championship.

1980: University of Missouri-St. Louis joins the MIAA.

1981: Men's soccer added as a conference sport... Ken B. Jones is appointed as MIAA's first full-time commissioner... Southwest Missouri State leaves for NCAA Division I.

1982: The MIAA begins sponsoring championships in women's athletics -- volleyball, softball, basketball, cross country, track & field and tennis.

1984: Central Missouri becomes the first school in NCAA history to have its men's and women's basketball squads earn national championships in the same season. Southeast Missouri State also wins an NCAA Division II National Championship in men's cross country.

1985: Southeast Missouri State claims NCAA Division II Men's Indoor Track National Championship.

1986: Southwest Baptist University joins the MIAA.

1989: Missouri Southern, Missouri Western, Pittsburg State and Washburn join MIAA... Men's soccer championship suspended.

1991: Southeast Missouri State leaves for NCAA Division I... Emporia State joins the MIAA... MIAA establishes Sports Information Office... Pittsburg State, in just its third season as an NCAA Division II member, wins the Football National Championship with a 20-6 win over Jacksonville (Ala.) State.

1992: Missouri Southern State's softball squad, also in it's third season in Division II play, defeats California State-Hayward, 1-0, to win the national championship... Conference name changed to Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association.

1994: Central Missouri knocks off Florida Southern, 14-9, to capture the NCAA Division II Baseball Championship... Men's soccer championship play resumes... First Ken B. Jones Award for MIAA Student-Athlete of the Year given.

1996: Missouri-St. Louis completes final season before moving to the Great Lakes Valley Conference... Northeast Missouri State changes its name to Truman State University.

1997: Ken B. Jones retires on June 30 after 16 years of service as commissioner to the conference... MIAA chief executive officers select former Metro Conference and Gulf South Conference commissioner Ralph McFillen as his successor... New MIAA office established in Overland Park, Kan.

1998: Northwest Missouri State became the first football team in NCAA Division II history to post a 15-0 record, as the Bearcats won their first national title in any sport with a 24-6 win over Carson-Newman (Tenn.).

1999: Lincoln forfeits membership in the MIAA at the conclusion of the 1998-99 academic year... Men's soccer championship discontinued... Women's soccer added as a championship sport... Northwest Missouri State wins the longest NCAA Championship football game at any level, defending the Division II National Title with a 58-52, four-overtime win over Carson-Newman (Tenn.) at Florence, Ala.

2000: The MIAA enters agreement with Mineral Water Bowl, where the top team from the conference not making the NCAA-II Football Playoffs will take on a representative from the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference the first Saturday in December.

2002: On Oct. 17, 26,695 football fans at Kansas City's Arrowhead Stadium watch Northwest Missouri State defeat Pittsburg State, 29-6 -- the largest crowd ever to witness an MIAA event.

2003: First MIAA Basketball Tournament played at Kansas City's Municipal Auditorium. Central Missouri wins its second NCAA Division II Baseball Championship.

2005: Washburn wins the NCAA Division II women's basketball championship. Missouri-Rolla completes final MIAA season.

2006: Fort Hays State University joins the MIAA. Central Missouri State changes its name to University of Central Missouri.

2007: Nebraska-Omaha accepted as 11th member of MIAA, to begin play in 2008-09. Ralph McFillen retires as commissioner, succeeded by Jim Johnson. Southwest Baptist announces intention to play football as an independent in 2008.

2008: MIAA introduces new logo. MIAA Baseball Tournament played at Community America Ballpark in Kansas City, Kan., for the first time. Women's golf added as a conference sport.

2009: MIAA conducts first TitleFest, crowning eight champions over a 10-week span from March through May in the Kansas City metropolitan area in the sports of men's and women's basketball, men's and women's golf, men's and women's tennis, softball and baseball.