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class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:West_Virginia_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Conference_logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/df/West_Virginia_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Conference_logo.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="115" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="115" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Association</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">NCAA</a> (1993–2013)<br /><a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics" title="National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics">NAIA</a> (until 1995)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1924</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Ceased</th><td class="infobox-data">2013</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Commissioner</th><td class="infobox-data">Barry Blizzard (1987–2013)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Sports fielded</th><td class="infobox-data hlist"> <ul><li>16 <ul><li>men's: 8</li> <li>women's: 8</li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Division</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">Division II</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">No. of teams</th><td class="infobox-data">15</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Princeton,_West_Virginia" title="Princeton, West Virginia">Princeton, West Virginia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Region</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Appalachia" title="Appalachia">Appalachia</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #EDEDED; color: #000000;">Locations</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:WVIACstates.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of teams in {{{title}}}"><img alt="Location of teams in {{{title}}}" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/WVIACstates.png/250px-WVIACstates.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/WVIACstates.png/375px-WVIACstates.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/WVIACstates.png/500px-WVIACstates.png 2x" data-file-width="841" data-file-height="580" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference</b> (<b>WVIAC</b>) was a collegiate <a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_conferences" title="List of NCAA conferences">athletic conference</a> which historically operated exclusively in the state of <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a>, but briefly had one <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a> member in its early years, and expanded into <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> in its final years. It participated in the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">Division II</a> ranks of the <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">National Collegiate Athletic Association</a> (NCAA), originally affiliated in the <a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics" title="National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics">National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics</a> (NAIA) until 1995, but held its final athletic competitions in spring 2013, and officially disbanded on September 1 of that year. Its football-playing members announced in June 2012 that they planned to withdraw to form a new Division II conference at the end of the 2012–13 season; this led to a chain of conference moves that saw all but one of the WVIAC's members find new conference homes. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Virginia_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Conference&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The conference was one of the oldest in intercollegiate athletics, dating back to its founding in 1924 by the West Virginia Department of Education. </p><p>In its final school year of 2012–13, the WVIAC offered championships in 16 sports and was headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Princeton,_West_Virginia" title="Princeton, West Virginia">Princeton, West Virginia</a>. Men's championships were offered in football, basketball, baseball, track, cross country, soccer, tennis, and golf. Women's titles were contested in volleyball, softball, basketball, cross country, soccer, track, tennis, and golf. </p><p>The WVIAC moved into the NCAA Division II in 1995 after its long affiliation with the NAIA. </p><p>Its post-season basketball tournament, which was first conducted in 1936, was at the time of the conference's demise one of the oldest college post-season tournaments in continuous existence—only the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Conference_men%27s_basketball_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Conference men's basketball tournament">Southern Conference men's basketball tournament</a>, established in 1922, was older. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chronological_timeline">Chronological timeline</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Virginia_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Conference&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Chronological timeline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1924 – The West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) was founded. Charter members included <a href="/wiki/Alderson_Broaddus_University" title="Alderson Broaddus University">Alderson College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bethany_College_(West_Virginia)" title="Bethany College (West Virginia)">Bethany College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alderson_Broaddus_University" title="Alderson Broaddus University">Broaddus College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Concord_University" title="Concord University">Concord State Normal School</a> (now Concord University), <a href="/wiki/Davis_%26_Elkins_College" title="Davis & Elkins College">Davis & Elkins College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fairmont_State_University" title="Fairmont State University">Fairmont State Normal School</a> (now Fairmont State University), <a href="/wiki/Glenville_State_University" title="Glenville State University">Glenville State Normal School</a> (now Glenville State University), the <a href="/wiki/Potomac_State_College_of_West_Virginia_University" title="Potomac State College of West Virginia University">Keyser Preparatory Branch of West Virginia University</a> (now as Potomac State College), <a href="/wiki/Marshall_University" title="Marshall University">Marshall College</a> (now Marshall University), <a href="/wiki/University_of_Charleston" title="University of Charleston">Morris Harvey College</a> (now the University of Charleston), <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_University_Institute_of_Technology" title="West Virginia University Institute of Technology">New River State School</a> (now the West Virginia Tech Institute of Technology), <a href="/wiki/Salem_University" title="Salem University">Salem College</a> (now Salem University), <a href="/wiki/Shepherd_University" title="Shepherd University">Shepherd College</a> (now Shepherd University), <a href="/wiki/West_Liberty_University" title="West Liberty University">West Liberty State Teachers College</a> (now West Liberty University), the <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_University" title="West Virginia University">West Virginia University</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Wesleyan_College" title="West Virginia Wesleyan College">West Virginia Wesleyan College</a>, beginning the 1924–25 academic year.</li> <li>1927 – West Virginia left the WVIAC after the 1926–27 academic year.</li> <li>1929 – <a href="/wiki/Morehead_State_University" title="Morehead State University">Morehead State Normal and Teachers College</a> (now Morehead State University) joined the WVIAC in the 1929–30 academic year.</li> <li>1932 – <a href="/wiki/Alderson_Broaddus_University" title="Alderson Broaddus University">Alderson–Broaddus College</a> (now Alderson–Broaddus University) joined the WVIAC due to the merger of both Alderson and Broaddus Colleges in the 1932–33 academic year.</li> <li>1933 – Two institutions left the WVIAC to join their respective new home primary conferences: Marshall to the <a href="/wiki/Buckeye_Athletic_Association" title="Buckeye Athletic Association">Buckeye Conference</a> and Morehead State to fully align with the <a href="/wiki/River_States_Conference" title="River States Conference">Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference</a> (KIAC) (a second conference they had joined since the 1931–32 school year), both effective after the 1932–33 academic year.</li> <li>1939 – Marshall rejoined the WVIAC as a non-competing member in the 1939–40 academic year.</li> <li>1946 – <a href="/wiki/Mountain_State_University" title="Mountain State University">Mountain State University</a> joined the WVIAC in the 1946–47 academic year.</li> <li>1948 – Marshall left the WVIAC for a second time to join the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">University Division</a> ranks of the <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">National Collegiate Athletic Association</a> (NCAA) and the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Valley_Conference" title="Ohio Valley Conference">Ohio Valley Conference</a> (OVC) after the 1947–48 academic year.</li> <li>1955 – <a href="/wiki/Bluefield_State_University" title="Bluefield State University">Bluefield State College</a> (now Bluefield State University) and <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_State_University" title="West Virginia State University">West Virginia State College</a> (now West Virginia State University) joined the WVIAC in the 1955–56 academic year.</li> <li>1957 – <a href="/wiki/Wheeling_University" title="Wheeling University">Wheeling College</a> (later Wheeling Jesuit College, then Wheeling Jesuit University, now Wheeling University) joined the WVIAC in the 1957–58 academic year.</li> <li>1962 – Bethany left the WVIAC to fully align with the <a href="/wiki/Presidents%27_Athletic_Conference" title="Presidents' Athletic Conference">Presidents' Athletic Conference</a> (a second conference they had joined since the 1958–59 school year) after the 1961–62 academic year.</li> <li>1963 – Potomac State left the WVIAC after the 1962–63 academic year.</li> <li>1977 – Mountain State left the WVIAC after the 1976–77 academic year.</li> <li>1986 – West Virginia Wesleyan left the WVIAC after the 1985–86 academic year.</li> <li>1988 – West Virginia Wesleyan rejoined the WVIAC in the 1988–89 academic year.</li> <li>1993 – The WVIAC joined the NCAA ranks, while still being affiliated with the NAIA, beginning the 1993–94 academic year.</li> <li>1995 – The WVIAC had achieved full membership status within the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">NCAA Division II</a> ranks after years being mostly affiliated in the <a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics" title="National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics">National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics</a> (NAIA) in the 1995–96 academic year.</li> <li>1999 – <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Valley_University" title="Ohio Valley University">Ohio Valley University</a> joined the WVIAC in the 1999–2000 academic year.</li> <li>2006 – West Virginia Tech left the WVIAC to return to the NAIA and join the <a href="/wiki/Mid-South_Conference" title="Mid-South Conference">Mid-South Conference</a> after the 2005–06 academic year.</li> <li>2006 – The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Pittsburgh_at_Johnstown" title="University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown">University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown</a> (Pittsburgh–Johnstown) and <a href="/wiki/Seton_Hill_University" title="Seton Hill University">Seton Hill University</a> joined the WVIAC as provisional members, becoming the first two institutions to join the conference from outside the state of West Virginia since the departure of Morehead in 1933 in the 2006–07 academic year.</li> <li>2010 – Salem left the WVIAC to become an <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division II independent schools">NCAA D-II Independent</a> after the 2009–10 academic year.</li> <li>2013 – The WVIAC ceased operations as an athletic conference after the 2012–13 academic year; as many schools left to join their respective new home primary conferences, beginning the 2013–14 academic year: Alderson–Broaddus, Davis & Elkins and Ohio Valley joined the <a href="/wiki/Great_Midwest_Athletic_Conference" title="Great Midwest Athletic Conference">Great Midwest Athletic Conference</a> (G-MAC); Concord, Charleston, Fairmont State, Glenville State, Shepherd, West Liberty, West Virginia State, West Virginia Wesleyan and Wheeling Jesuit joined alongside <a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_College" title="Notre Dame College">Notre Dame College of Ohio</a> (former D-II Independent school), <a href="/wiki/Urbana_University" title="Urbana University">Urbana University</a> (from the G-MAC), and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Virginia%27s_College_at_Wise" title="University of Virginia's College at Wise">University of Virginia's College at Wise</a> (from the <a href="/wiki/Mid-South_Conference" title="Mid-South Conference">Mid-South Conference</a> of the NAIA) to form the <a href="/wiki/Mountain_East_Conference" title="Mountain East Conference">Mountain East Conference</a>; and Pittsburgh–Johnstown and Seton Hill joined the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_Athletic_Conference" title="Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference">Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference</a> (PSAC). The only school since the conference's breakup who hadn't still found a new conference home was Bluefield State, which ultimately ended up as a <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division II independent schools">D-II Independent</a> (until it rejoined the CIAA beginning the 2023–24 school year) alongside former member Salem (who would later join the G-MAC from 2013–14 to 2015–16, before returning as an independent).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="WVIAC_breakup">WVIAC breakup</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Virginia_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Conference&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: WVIAC breakup"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On June 18, 2012, nine football-playing members of the WVIAC announced they would withdraw from the league to form a new regional all-sports conference.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The WVIAC officially ceased to exist on September 1, 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eight of the nine football-playing members (Concord, Charleston, Fairmont State, Glenville State, Shepherd, West Liberty, West Virginia State, and West Virginia Wesleyan) and one non-football playing member (Wheeling Jesuit) of the conference joined a provisional D-II member from Virginia (<a href="/wiki/University_of_Virginia%27s_College_at_Wise" title="University of Virginia's College at Wise">UVA-Wise</a>) and two associate <a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Conference" title="Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference">Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference</a> members from Ohio (<a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_College" title="Notre Dame College">Notre Dame</a> and <a href="/wiki/Urbana_University" title="Urbana University">Urbana</a>) to form a new all-sports conference, the <a href="/wiki/Mountain_East_Conference" title="Mountain East Conference">Mountain East Conference</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Seton Hill and Pitt-Johnstown joined the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_Athletic_Conference" title="Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference">Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference</a>. Three of the remaining non-football members (Alderson–Broaddus, Davis & Elkins, and Ohio Valley) accepted invitations to join the <a href="/wiki/Great_Midwest_Athletic_Conference" title="Great Midwest Athletic Conference">Great Midwest Athletic Conference</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The final remaining member, Bluefield State, competed as a <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division II independent schools">D-II independent</a> for 9 years before being invited to rejoin its former conference in the <a href="/wiki/Central_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Association" title="Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association">Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association</a> in 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Member_schools_at_breakup">Member schools at breakup</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Virginia_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Conference&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Member schools at breakup"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Institution<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Location </th> <th>Founded </th> <th>Affiliation </th> <th>Enrollment </th> <th>Nickname </th> <th>Joined<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Left<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Subsequent<br />conference </th> <th>Current<br />conference </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Alderson_Broaddus_University" title="Alderson Broaddus University">Alderson Broaddus College</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-NF_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NF-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philippi,_West_Virginia" title="Philippi, West Virginia">Philippi, West Virginia</a> </td> <td>1871 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Baptist_Churches_USA" title="American Baptist Churches USA">ABCUSA</a> </td> <td>800 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alderson%E2%80%93Broaddus_Battlers" class="mw-redirect" title="Alderson–Broaddus Battlers">Battlers</a> </td> <td>1932 </td> <td>2013 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Great_Midwest_Athletic_Conference" title="Great Midwest Athletic Conference">Great Midwest (G-MAC)</a><sup id="cite_ref-D2_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(2013–20)<br /><a href="/wiki/Mountain_East_Conference" title="Mountain East Conference">Mountain East (MEC)</a><sup id="cite_ref-D2_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(2020–23) </td> <td>Closed in 2023 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bluefield_State_University" title="Bluefield State University">Bluefield State College</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-NF_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NF-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>g<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bluefield,_West_Virginia" title="Bluefield, West Virginia">Bluefield, West Virginia</a> </td> <td>1895 </td> <td>Public </td> <td>1,800 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bluefield_State_Big_Blues" class="mw-redirect" title="Bluefield State Big Blues">Big Blues</a> &<br /><a href="/wiki/Bluefield_State_Lady_Blues" class="mw-redirect" title="Bluefield State Lady Blues">Lady Blues</a> </td> <td>1955 </td> <td>2013 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division II independent schools">D-II Independent</a><br />(2013–23) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Association" title="Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association">Central (CIAA)</a><sup id="cite_ref-D2_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(2023–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Charleston !"><b><a href="/wiki/University_of_Charleston" title="University of Charleston">University of Charleston</a></b></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charleston,_West_Virginia" title="Charleston, West Virginia">Charleston, West Virginia</a> </td> <td>1888 </td> <td>Nonsectarian </td> <td>1,315 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charleston_Golden_Eagles" title="Charleston Golden Eagles">Golden Eagles</a> </td> <td>1924 </td> <td>2013 </td> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Mountain_East_Conference" title="Mountain East Conference">Mountain East (MEC)</a><sup id="cite_ref-D2_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(2013–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Concord_University" title="Concord University">Concord University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Athens,_West_Virginia" title="Athens, West Virginia">Athens, West Virginia</a> </td> <td>1872 </td> <td>Public </td> <td>3,000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Concord_Mountain_Lions" title="Concord Mountain Lions">Mountain Lions</a> &<br /><a href="/wiki/Concord_Lady_Lions" class="mw-redirect" title="Concord Lady Lions">Lady Lions</a> </td> <td>1924 </td> <td>2013 </td> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Mountain_East_Conference" title="Mountain East Conference">Mountain East (MEC)</a><sup id="cite_ref-D2_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(2013–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Davis_%26_Elkins_College" title="Davis & Elkins College">Davis & Elkins College</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-NF_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NF-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elkins,_West_Virginia" title="Elkins, West Virginia">Elkins, West Virginia</a> </td> <td>1904 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_(USA)" title="Presbyterian Church (USA)">Presbyterian</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(PCUSA)</span> </td> <td>600 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Davis_%26_Elkins_Senators" title="Davis & Elkins Senators">Senators</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Davis_%26_Elkins_Lady_Senators" class="mw-redirect" title="Davis & Elkins Lady Senators">Lady Senators</a> </td> <td>1924 </td> <td>2013 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Great_Midwest_Athletic_Conference" title="Great Midwest Athletic Conference">Great Midwest (G-MAC)</a><sup id="cite_ref-D2_11-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(2013–19) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mountain_East_Conference" title="Mountain East Conference">Mountain East (MEC)</a><sup id="cite_ref-D2_11-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(2019–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Fairmont_State_University" title="Fairmont State University">Fairmont State University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fairmont,_West_Virginia" title="Fairmont, West Virginia">Fairmont, West Virginia</a> </td> <td>1865 </td> <td>Public </td> <td>7,000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fairmont_State_Fighting_Falcons" title="Fairmont State Fighting Falcons">Fighting Falcons</a> </td> <td>1924 </td> <td>2013 </td> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Mountain_East_Conference" title="Mountain East Conference">Mountain East (MEC)</a><sup id="cite_ref-D2_11-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(2013–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Glenville_State_University" title="Glenville State University">Glenville State College</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>h<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glenville,_West_Virginia" title="Glenville, West Virginia">Glenville, West Virginia</a> </td> <td>1872 </td> <td>Public </td> <td>1,600 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glenville_State_Pioneers" title="Glenville State Pioneers">Pioneers</a> &<br /><a href="/wiki/Glenville_State_Lady_Pioneers" class="mw-redirect" title="Glenville State Lady Pioneers">Lady Pioneers</a> </td> <td>1924 </td> <td>2013 </td> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Mountain_East_Conference" title="Mountain East Conference">Mountain East (MEC)</a><sup id="cite_ref-D2_11-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(2013–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Valley_University" title="Ohio Valley University">Ohio Valley University</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-NF_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NF-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vienna,_West_Virginia" title="Vienna, West Virginia">Vienna, West Virginia</a> </td> <td>1960 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Christ" title="Church of Christ">Church of Christ</a> </td> <td>512 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Valley_Fighting_Scots" class="mw-redirect" title="Ohio Valley Fighting Scots">Fighting Scots</a> </td> <td>1999 </td> <td>2013 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Great_Midwest_Athletic_Conference" title="Great Midwest Athletic Conference">Great Midwest (G-MAC)</a><sup id="cite_ref-D2_11-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(2013–21) </td> <td>Closed in 2021<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>i<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Pittsburgh–Johnstown !"><b><a href="/wiki/University_of_Pittsburgh_at_Johnstown" title="University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown">University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown</a></b></span><sup id="cite_ref-NF_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NF-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Johnstown,_Pennsylvania" title="Johnstown, Pennsylvania">Johnstown, Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td>1927 </td> <td>Public </td> <td>3,029 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh%E2%80%93Johnstown_Mountain_Cats" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsburgh–Johnstown Mountain Cats">Mountain Cats</a> </td> <td>2006 </td> <td>2013 </td> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_Athletic_Conference" title="Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference">Pennsylvania (PSAC)</a><sup id="cite_ref-D2_11-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(2013–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Seton_Hill_University" title="Seton Hill University">Seton Hill University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greensburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Greensburg, Pennsylvania">Greensburg, Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td>1883 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Sisters_of_Charity_of_Seton_Hill" title="Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill">S.C.S.H.</a>)</span> </td> <td>1,860 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seton_Hill_Griffins" class="mw-redirect" title="Seton Hill Griffins">Griffins</a> </td> <td>2006 </td> <td>2013 </td> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_Athletic_Conference" title="Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference">Pennsylvania (PSAC)</a><sup id="cite_ref-D2_11-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(2013–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Shepherd_University" title="Shepherd University">Shepherd University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shepherdstown,_West_Virginia" title="Shepherdstown, West Virginia">Shepherdstown, West Virginia</a> </td> <td>1871 </td> <td>Public </td> <td>3,900 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shepherd_Rams" title="Shepherd Rams">Rams</a> </td> <td>1924 </td> <td>2013 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mountain_East_Conference" title="Mountain East Conference">Mountain East (MEC)</a><sup id="cite_ref-D2_11-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(2013–19) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_Athletic_Conference" title="Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference">Pennsylvania (PSAC)</a><sup id="cite_ref-D2_11-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(2019–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/West_Liberty_University" title="West Liberty University">West Liberty University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Liberty,_West_Virginia" title="West Liberty, West Virginia">West Liberty, West Virginia</a> </td> <td>1837 </td> <td>Public </td> <td>2,400 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Liberty_Hilltoppers" title="West Liberty Hilltoppers">Hilltoppers</a> &<br /><a href="/wiki/West_Liberty_Lady_Toppers" class="mw-redirect" title="West Liberty Lady Toppers">Lady Toppers</a> </td> <td>1924 </td> <td>2013 </td> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Mountain_East_Conference" title="Mountain East Conference">Mountain East (MEC)</a><sup id="cite_ref-D2_11-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(2013–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_State_University" title="West Virginia State University">West Virginia State University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Institute,_West_Virginia" title="Institute, West Virginia">Institute, West Virginia</a> </td> <td>1891 </td> <td>Public </td> <td>5,000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_State_Yellow_Jackets" title="West Virginia State Yellow Jackets">Yellow Jackets</a> </td> <td>1955 </td> <td>2013 </td> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Mountain_East_Conference" title="Mountain East Conference">Mountain East (MEC)</a><sup id="cite_ref-D2_11-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(2013–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Wesleyan_College" title="West Virginia Wesleyan College">West Virginia Wesleyan College</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buckhannon,_West_Virginia" title="Buckhannon, West Virginia">Buckhannon, West Virginia</a> </td> <td>1890 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Methodist_Church" title="United Methodist Church">United Methodist</a> </td> <td>1,400 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Wesleyan_Bobcats" title="West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats">Bobcats</a> &<br /><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Wesleyan_Lady_Bobcats" class="mw-redirect" title="West Virginia Wesleyan Lady Bobcats">Lady Bobcats</a> </td> <td>1924<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>j<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>2013 </td> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Mountain_East_Conference" title="Mountain East Conference">Mountain East (MEC)</a><sup id="cite_ref-D2_11-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(2013–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Wheeling_University" title="Wheeling University">Wheeling Jesuit University</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-NF_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NF-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>k<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>l<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wheeling,_West_Virginia" title="Wheeling, West Virginia">Wheeling, West Virginia</a> </td> <td>1954 </td> <td>Nonsectarian </td> <td>1,232 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wheeling_Cardinals" title="Wheeling Cardinals">Cardinals</a> </td> <td>1957 </td> <td>2013 </td> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Mountain_East_Conference" title="Mountain East Conference">Mountain East (MEC)</a><sup id="cite_ref-D2_11-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(2013–present) </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Notes</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">All colleges are listed by their names as of 2020; most have had name changes over the years. See articles on individual schools for details.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NF-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-NF_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NF_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NF_9-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NF_9-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NF_9-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NF_9-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Non-football member at time of breakup.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Currently known as Alderson Broaddus University since 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-D2-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-D2_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-D2_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-D2_11-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-D2_11-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-D2_11-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-D2_11-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-D2_11-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-D2_11-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-D2_11-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-D2_11-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-D2_11-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-D2_11-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-D2_11-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-D2_11-13"><sup><i><b>n</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-D2_11-14"><sup><i><b>o</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-D2_11-15"><sup><i><b>p</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-D2_11-16"><sup><i><b>q</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-D2_11-17"><sup><i><b>r</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Currently an <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">NCAA Division II</a> athletic conference.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Currently known as Bluefield State University since 2022.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Currently known as Glenville State University since 2022.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ohio Valley's final conference affiliation was the <a href="/wiki/River_States_Conference" title="River States Conference">River States Conference</a> (RSC) during the 2021–22 school year. However, the school announced that it had close at the end of the fall 2021 semester without completing the rest of the 2021–22 school year.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">West Virginia Wesleyan left the WVIAC after the 1985–86 school year; before rejoining in the 1988–89 school year.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wheeling added football in the 2019 fall season (2019–20 school year).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Currently known as Wheeling State University since 2019.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Member_schools_leaving_before_2013">Member schools leaving before 2013</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Virginia_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Conference&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Member schools leaving before 2013"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Institution<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Location </th> <th>Founded </th> <th>Affiliation </th> <th>Enrollment </th> <th>Nickname </th> <th>Joined<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Left<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Current<br />conference </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>Alderson College</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alderson,_West_Virginia" title="Alderson, West Virginia">Alderson, West Virginia</a> </td> <td>1901 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Baptist_Churches_USA" title="American Baptist Churches USA">ABCUSA</a> </td> <td>? </td> <td>? </td> <td>1924 </td> <td>1932 </td> <td rowspan="2">Defunct<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Broaddus College</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philippi,_West_Virginia" title="Philippi, West Virginia">Philippi, West Virginia</a> </td> <td>1871 </td> <td>ABCUSA </td> <td>? </td> <td>? </td> <td>1924 </td> <td>1932 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_University" title="West Virginia University">West Virginia University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Morgantown,_West_Virginia" title="Morgantown, West Virginia">Morgantown, West Virginia</a> </td> <td>1867 </td> <td>Public </td> <td>29,707 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Mountaineers" title="West Virginia Mountaineers">Mountaineers</a> </td> <td>1924 </td> <td>1927 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12</a><sup id="cite_ref-D1_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D1-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Morehead_State_University" title="Morehead State University">Morehead State University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Morehead,_Kentucky" title="Morehead, Kentucky">Morehead, Kentucky</a> </td> <td>1887 </td> <td>Public </td> <td>11,172 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Morehead_State_Eagles" title="Morehead State Eagles">Eagles</a> </td> <td>1929 </td> <td>1933 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Valley_Conference" title="Ohio Valley Conference">Ohio Valley (OVC)</a><sup id="cite_ref-D1_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D1-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mountain_State_University" title="Mountain State University">Mountain State University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Beckley,_West_Virginia" title="Beckley, West Virginia">Beckley, West Virginia</a> </td> <td>1933 </td> <td>Nonsectarian </td> <td>8,200 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mountain_State_Cougars" class="mw-redirect" title="Mountain State Cougars">Cougars</a> </td> <td>1946 </td> <td>1977 </td> <td>Closed in 2012<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Marshall_University" title="Marshall University">Marshall University</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>g<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Huntington,_West_Virginia" title="Huntington, West Virginia">Huntington, West Virginia</a> </td> <td>1837 </td> <td>Public </td> <td>13,450 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Thundering_Herd" title="Marshall Thundering Herd">Thundering Herd</a> </td> <td>1924 </td> <td>1948 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sun_Belt_Conference" title="Sun Belt Conference">Sun Belt</a><sup id="cite_ref-D1_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D1-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bethany_College_(West_Virginia)" title="Bethany College (West Virginia)">Bethany College</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bethany,_West_Virginia" title="Bethany, West Virginia">Bethany, West Virginia</a> </td> <td>1840 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)" title="Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)">Disciples of Christ</a> </td> <td>1,030 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bethany_Bison" class="mw-redirect" title="Bethany Bison">Bison</a> </td> <td>1924 </td> <td>1962 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Presidents%27_Athletic_Conference" title="Presidents' Athletic Conference">Presidents' (PAC)</a><sup id="cite_ref-D3_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D3-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>h<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Potomac_State_College_of_West_Virginia_University" title="Potomac State College of West Virginia University">Potomac State College of West Virginia University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Keyser,_West_Virginia" title="Keyser, West Virginia">Keyser, West Virginia</a> </td> <td>1901 </td> <td>Public </td> <td>? </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Potomac_State_Catamounts" class="mw-redirect" title="Potomac State Catamounts">Catamounts</a> </td> <td>1924 </td> <td>1963 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="Pennsylvania Collegiate Athletic Association">Pennsylvania (PCAA)</a><sup id="cite_ref-NJCAA_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NJCAA-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>i<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_University_Institute_of_Technology" title="West Virginia University Institute of Technology">West Virginia University Institute of Technology</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>j<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Montgomery,_West_Virginia" title="Montgomery, West Virginia">Montgomery, West Virginia</a><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>k<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1895 </td> <td>Public </td> <td>1,106 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Tech_Golden_Bears" class="mw-redirect" title="West Virginia Tech Golden Bears">Golden Bears</a> </td> <td>1924 </td> <td>2006 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/River_States_Conference" title="River States Conference">River States (RSC)</a><sup id="cite_ref-NAIA_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NAIA-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>l<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Salem_University" title="Salem University">Salem University</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>m<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Salem,_West_Virginia" title="Salem, West Virginia">Salem, West Virginia</a> </td> <td>1888 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/For-profit_higher_education_in_the_United_States" title="For-profit higher education in the United States">For-profit</a> </td> <td>835 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Salem_Tigers" class="mw-redirect" title="Salem Tigers">Tigers</a> </td> <td>1924 </td> <td>2010 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division II independent schools">D-II Independent</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Notes</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">All colleges are listed by their most recent names—the final names of defunct institutions, and names in use by existing institutions as of 2020. Most have had name changes over the years; see articles on individual schools for details.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Both Alderson College and Broaddus College merged to form the school that later became known as <a href="/wiki/Alderson_Broaddus_University" title="Alderson Broaddus University">Alderson Broaddus University</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-D1-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-D1_22-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-D1_22-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-D1_22-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Currently an <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">NCAA Division I</a> athletic conference.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mountain State's main campus in Beckley became the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Charleston" title="University of Charleston">University of Charleston</a>–Beckley on January 1, 2013. UC later established a new Beckley campus in 2015, leaving the former Mountain State campus, which was sold to <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_University" title="West Virginia University">West Virginia University</a> and to where West Virginia University Institute of Technology (WVU Tech) moved in 2017.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Marshall stopped competition in the conference when it joined the Buckeye Conference from 1932–33 to 1938–39, but was required by state regulations to remain a member on a technical basis until 1949. Marshall was a non-competing member of the WVIAC from 1939–40 to 1947–48, when the Herd joined the Ohio Valley Conference (1948–49 to 1951–52), but Marshall had players picked for All-WVIAC during the decade as a non-competing member.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-D3-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-D3_25-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Currently an <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III" title="NCAA Division III">NCAA Division III</a> athletic conference.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NJCAA-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-NJCAA_26-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Currently an <a href="/wiki/National_Junior_College_Athletic_Association" title="National Junior College Athletic Association">NJCAA</a> athletic conference.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Formerly known as West Virginia Institute of Technology 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