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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/NAIA_Headquarters.jpg/440px-NAIA_Headquarters.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2212" data-file-height="1484" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">NAIA headquarters in Downtown Kansas City, pictured in 2008</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Abbreviation</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">NAIA</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data note">1940<span class="noprint">; 84 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1940</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Legal status</th><td class="infobox-data">Association</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data">120 W. 12th Street, Suite 700 <br /><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City, Missouri</a> 64105<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></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Region served </div></th><td class="infobox-data">United States, Canada, and U.S. Virgin Islands</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Membership </div></th><td class="infobox-data">241</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">President</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Jim Carr<sup id="cite_ref-staff_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-staff-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Chief_operating_officer" title="Chief operating officer">COO</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">Lynn Parman</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Main organ</div></th><td class="infobox-data">NAIA Council of Presidents</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.naia.org/landing/index">naia.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics</b> (<b>NAIA</b>) established in 1940, is a <a href="/wiki/College_athletics" class="mw-redirect" title="College athletics">college athletics</a> association for <a href="/wiki/Higher_education" class="mw-redirect" title="Higher education">colleges and universities</a> in North America. Most colleges and universities in the NAIA offer <a href="/wiki/Athletic_scholarships" class="mw-redirect" title="Athletic scholarships">athletic scholarships</a> to their student athletes. Around $1.3 billion in athletic scholarship financial aid is awarded to student athletes annually. </p><p>For the 2023–24 season, it had <a href="/wiki/List_of_NAIA_institutions" title="List of NAIA institutions">241 member institutions</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> of which two are in <a href="/wiki/British_Columbia" title="British Columbia">British Columbia</a>, one in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Virgin Islands">U.S. Virgin Islands</a>, and the rest in the <a href="/wiki/Conterminous_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Conterminous United States">continental United States</a>, with over 83,000 student-athletes participating.<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 NAIA, whose headquarters is in <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City, Missouri</a>,<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> sponsors 28 national championships. <a href="/wiki/CBS_Sports_Network" title="CBS Sports Network">CBS Sports Network</a>, formerly called CSTV, serves as the national media outlet for the NAIA.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2014, <a href="/wiki/ESPNU" title="ESPNU">ESPNU</a> began carrying the <a href="/wiki/NAIA_Football_National_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NAIA Football National Championship">NAIA Football National Championship</a>. </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=National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1937, <a href="/wiki/James_Naismith" title="James Naismith">James Naismith</a> and local leaders, including George Goldman and Emil Liston, staged the first National College Basketball Tournament at <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Auditorium_(Kansas_City)" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipal Auditorium (Kansas City)">Municipal Auditorium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City, Missouri</a>, of which Goldman was director, one year before the first <a href="/wiki/National_Invitation_Tournament" title="National Invitation Tournament">National Invitation Tournament</a> and two years before the first <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">NCAA tournament</a>. The goal of the tournament was to establish a forum for small colleges and universities to determine a national basketball champion. The original eight-team tournament expanded to 32 teams in 1938. On March 10, 1940, the National Association for Intercollegiate Basketball (NAIB) was formed in Kansas City, Missouri. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/1952_in_sports" title="1952 in sports">1952</a>, the NAIB was transformed into the NAIA, and with that came the sponsorship of additional sports such as men's golf, tennis and outdoor track and field.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">Football</a> in the NAIA was split into two divisions in 1970, based on enrollment (Divisions I and II); it was consolidated back into a single division in 1997. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="African-American_participation">African-American participation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: African-American participation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/1948_NAIA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="1948 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament">1948 NAIB national tournament</a> was the first intercollegiate postseason to feature a <a href="/wiki/African-American" class="mw-redirect" title="African-American">Black</a> student-athlete, <a href="/wiki/Clarence_J._Walker" title="Clarence J. Walker">Clarence Walker</a> of <a href="/wiki/Indiana_State_Sycamores_men%27s_basketball" title="Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball">Indiana State</a> under coach <a href="/wiki/John_Wooden" title="John Wooden">John Wooden</a>. Wooden had withdrawn from the <a href="/wiki/1947_NAIA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="1947 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament">1947 tournament</a> because the NAIB would not allow Walker to play.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The association furthered its commitment to African-American athletes when, in 1953, it became the first collegiate association to invite <a href="/wiki/Historically_black_colleges_and_universities" title="Historically black colleges and universities">historically black colleges and universities</a> into its membership. In 1957, <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_State_Tigers_men%27s_basketball" class="mw-redirect" title="Tennessee State Tigers men's basketball">Tennessee A&I (now Tennessee State)</a> became the first historically Black institution to win a collegiate basketball national championship. In 1959, Southern University became the first HBCU to win the NAIA Baseball championship.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transgender_participation">Transgender participation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Transgender participation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2024, NAIA instituted a ban on those transgender men who have begun <a href="/wiki/Transgender_hormone_therapy" class="mw-redirect" title="Transgender hormone therapy">transgender hormone therapy</a> and all transgender women from competing in women’s sports, with the exception of cheerleading and dance.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Female_participation">Female participation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Female participation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The NAIA began sponsoring intercollegiate championships for women in <a href="/wiki/1980_in_sports" title="1980 in sports">1980</a>, the second coed national athletics association to do so, offering collegiate athletics championships to women in basketball, cross country, gymnastics, indoor and outdoor track and field, softball, swimming and diving, tennis and volleyball. The <a href="/wiki/National_Junior_College_Athletic_Association" title="National Junior College Athletic Association">National Junior College Athletic Association</a> had established a women's division in the spring of 1975 and held the first women's national championship volleyball tournament that fall. </p><p>In 1997, <a href="/wiki/Liz_Heaston" title="Liz Heaston">Liz Heaston</a> became the first female college athlete to play and score in a college football game when she kicked two extra points during the <a href="/wiki/1997_Linfield_vs._Willamette_football_game" title="1997 Linfield vs. Willamette football game">1997 Linfield vs. Willamette football game</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Champions_of_Character">Champions of Character</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Champions of Character"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Launched in 2000 by the NAIA, the Champions of Character program promotes character and sportsmanship through athletics. The Champions of Character conducts clinics and has developed an online training course to educate athletes, coaches, and athletic administrators with the skills necessary to promote character development in the context of sport. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eligibility_Center">Eligibility Center</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Eligibility Center"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2010, the association opened the NAIA Eligibility Center, where prospective student-athletes are evaluated for academic and athletic eligibility. It delivers on the NAIA's promise of integrity by leveling the playing field, guiding student-athlete success, and ensuring fair competition.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_firsts">Other firsts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Other firsts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Membership</b> – The NAIA was the first association to admit colleges and universities from outside the United States. The NAIA began admitting Canadian members in 1967. </p><p><b>Football</b> – The NAIA was the first association to send a football team to Europe to play. In the summer of 1976, the NAIA sent Henderson State and Texas A&I to play 5 exhibition games in West Berlin, Vienna, Nuremberg, Mannheim and Paris.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Flag football</b> – In May 2020, the NAIA, in partnership with the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL), announced the addition of <a href="/wiki/Flag_football" title="Flag football">flag football</a> as a varsity sport for female student-athletes. The NAIA became the first collegiate governing body to sanction the sport at the varsity level. Women's flag began during the 2021 season as an emerging sport with about 15 teams.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Name, image, and likeness reform</b> — In October 2020, the NAIA passed legislation that allows student-athletes at its member institutions to be compensated for the use of their name, image, and likeness (NIL). According to an NAIA press release, student-athletes can now "receive compensation for promoting any commercial product, enterprise, or for any public or media appearance", and can also "reference their intercollegiate athletic participation in such promotions or appearances."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The NAIA had allowed student-athletes to receive NIL compensation since 2014, but had not previously allowed them to reference their status as such.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The NAIA was several years ahead of the NCAA in NIL reform; the NCAA did not adopt NIL reform until 2021, after its hand was forced by multiple states passing legislation to allow student-athletes to receive such compensation, most notably <a href="/wiki/Fair_Pay_to_Play_Act" title="Fair Pay to Play Act">California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hale_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hale-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2020, Chloe Mitchell, a volleyball player at NAIA member <a href="/wiki/Aquinas_College_(Michigan)" title="Aquinas College (Michigan)">Aquinas College</a> who at the time had more than 2 million followers on <a href="/wiki/TikTok" title="TikTok">TikTok</a> with a series of do-it-yourself home improvement videos, became the first college student-athlete known to have profited from an endorsement under the current rules.<sup id="cite_ref-Hale_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hale-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Championship_sports">Championship sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Championship sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The NAIA sponsors 16 sports in which it conducts 28 annual championships (13 for men, 13 for women, 2 co-ed). The NAIA recognizes three levels of competitions: "emerging" (15 or more institutions sponsoring as varsity and declared), "invitational" (25 or more institutions sponsoring as varsity and declared for postseason, Approval of the National Administrative Council), and "championship" (40 or more institutions sponsoring as varsity, Minimum of two Invitationals held, Approval of the National Administrative Council).<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The association conducts, or has conducted in the past, championship tournaments in the following sports (year established).<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Basketball_championships">Basketball championships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Basketball championships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NAIA_Men%27s_Basketball_Championships" class="mw-redirect" title="NAIA Men's Basketball Championships">Men's basketball</a> <ul><li>Division I (1937–present)</li> <li>Division II (1992–2020)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NAIA_Women%27s_Basketball_Championships" class="mw-redirect" title="NAIA Women's Basketball Championships">Women's basketball</a> <ul><li>Division I (1981–present)</li> <li>Division II (1992–2020)</li></ul></li></ul> <p>The NAIA men's basketball championship is the longest-running collegiate national championship of any sport in the United States. The tournament was the brainchild of <a href="/wiki/James_Naismith" title="James Naismith">Dr. James Naismith</a>, creator of the game of basketball; <a href="/wiki/Emil_Liston" title="Emil Liston">Emil Liston</a>, athletic director at <a href="/wiki/Baker_University" title="Baker University">Baker University</a>; and Frank Cramer, founder of Cramer Athletic Products. </p><p>The event began in 1937 with the inaugural tournament at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 2017 men's championship marked the 80th edition of what has been tabbed College Basketball's Toughest Tournament. The tournament has awarded the <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Taylor_Most_Valuable_Player_award" class="mw-redirect" title="Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Player award">Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Player award</a> since 1939, as well as the Charles Stevenson Hustle Award ("Charlie Hustle"), which was the basis for <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rose" title="Pete Rose">Pete Rose</a>'s nickname, given to him by <a href="/wiki/Whitey_Ford" title="Whitey Ford">Whitey Ford</a>. From 1992 to 2020, basketball was the only NAIA sport in which the organization's member institutions were aligned into divisions. </p><p>Effective with the 2020–21 academic year, the NAIA returned to a single division for both men's and women's basketball.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_championship_sports">Other championship sports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Other championship sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NAIA_Baseball_World_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="NAIA Baseball World Series">Baseball</a> (1957)</li> <li>Bowling <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NAIA_Men%27s_Bowling_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NAIA Men's Bowling Championship">Men's</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NAIA_Women%27s_Bowling_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NAIA Women's Bowling Championship">Women's</a> (2018)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NAIA_Competitive_Cheer_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NAIA Competitive Cheer Championship">Competitive Cheer</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NAIA_Competitive_Dance_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NAIA Competitive Dance Championship">Competitive Dance</a> (2016)</li> <li>Cross Country <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NAIA_Men%27s_Cross_Country_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NAIA Men's Cross Country Championship">Men's</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NAIA_Women%27s_Cross_Country_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NAIA Women's Cross Country Championship">Women's</a> (1980)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NAIA_national_football_championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NAIA national football championship">Football</a> (1956)</li> <li>Lacrosse <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NAIA_lacrosse#Women's_programs" title="NAIA lacrosse">Women's</a> (2016)</li></ul></li> <li>Golf <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NAIA_Men%27s_Golf_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NAIA Men's Golf Championship">Men's</a> (1952)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NAIA_Women%27s_Golf_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NAIA Women's Golf Championship">Women's</a> (1995)</li></ul></li> <li>Soccer <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NAIA_Men%27s_Soccer_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NAIA Men's Soccer Championship">Men's</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NAIA_Women%27s_Soccer_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NAIA Women's Soccer Championship">Women's</a> (1984)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NAIA_Softball_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NAIA Softball Championship">Softball</a> (1981)</li> <li>Swimming and Diving <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NAIA_Men%27s_Swimming_and_Diving_Championships" class="mw-redirect" title="NAIA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships">Men's</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NAIA_Women%27s_Swimming_and_Diving_Championships" class="mw-redirect" title="NAIA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships">Women's</a> (1981)</li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li>Tennis <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NAIA_Men%27s_Tennis_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NAIA Men's Tennis Championship">Men's</a> (1952)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NAIA_Women%27s_Tennis_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NAIA Women's Tennis Championship">Women's</a> (1981)</li></ul></li> <li>Indoor and Outdoor Track <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NAIA_Men%27s_Indoor_Track_and_Field_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NAIA Men's Indoor Track and Field Championship">Men's Indoor</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NAIA_Men%27s_Outdoor_Track_and_Field_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NAIA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship">Men's Outdoor</a> (1952)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NAIA_Women%27s_Indoor_Track_and_Field_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NAIA Women's Indoor Track and Field Championship">Women's Indoor</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NAIA_Women%27s_Outdoor_Track_and_Field_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NAIA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship">Women's Outdoor</a> (1981)</li></ul></li> <li>Volleyball <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NAIA_Women%27s_Volleyball_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NAIA Women's Volleyball Championship">Women's volleyball</a> (1980)<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NAIA_Men%27s_Volleyball_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NAIA Men's Volleyball Championship">Men's volleyball</a> (original run 1969–1980<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>/(2018)</li></ul></li> <li>Wrestling <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NAIA_Men%27s_Wrestling_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NAIA Men's Wrestling Championship">Men's</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NAIA_Women%27s_Wrestling_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NAIA Women's Wrestling Championship">Women's</a> (2021)</li></ul></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Invitational_sports">Invitational sports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Invitational sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beach_volleyball#College" title="Beach volleyball">Beach volleyball</a><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Lacrosse <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NAIA_lacrosse#Men's_programs" title="NAIA lacrosse">Men's</a> (2016)</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Collegiate_wrestling" title="Collegiate wrestling">Women's Wrestling</a> (2019)<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Emerging_sports">Emerging sports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Emerging sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flag_Football" class="mw-redirect" title="Flag Football">Women's flag football</a><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Discontinued_championships">Discontinued championships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Discontinued championships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Gymnastics <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gymnastics" title="Gymnastics">Men's</a> (1964–1985)<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NAIA_national_women%27s_gymnastics_championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NAIA national women's gymnastics championship">Women's</a> (1981–1988)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NAIA_national_ice_hockey_championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NAIA national ice hockey championship">Ice hockey</a> (1968–1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_Polo" class="mw-redirect" title="Water Polo">Water Polo</a> <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conferences">Conferences</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Conferences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The NAIA has 21 member conferences, including 9 that sponsor football. Member institutions that are not a part of any of these conferences play in the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Athletic_Conference" class="mw-redirect" title="Continental Athletic Conference">Continental Athletic Conference</a>, formerly the Association of Independent Institutions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_conferences">List of conferences</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: List of conferences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/Chicagoland_Collegiate_Athletic_Conference" title="Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference">Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference</a> (CCAC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continental_Athletic_Conference" class="mw-redirect" title="Continental Athletic Conference">Continental Athletic Conference</a> (CAC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crossroads_League" title="Crossroads League">Crossroads League</a> (CL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frontier_Conference" title="Frontier Conference">Frontier Conference</a> (Frontier) *</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Plains_Athletic_Conference" title="Great Plains Athletic Conference">Great Plains Athletic Conference</a> (GPAC) *</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Southwest_Athletic_Conference" title="Great Southwest Athletic Conference">Great Southwest Athletic Conference</a> (GSAC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HBCU_Athletic_Conference" title="HBCU Athletic Conference">HBCU Athletic Conference</a> (HBCUAC)</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> 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