South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference

The South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference (SDIC) was an NAIA-associated collegiate athletic conference that ceased operations following the 1999–2000 academic school year when it merged with the North Dakota College Athletic Conference to form the Dakota Athletic Conference. The SDIAC was formed in 1917 from twelve schools, though membership was down to five during World War II, as the religious schools formed the South Dakota College Conference (later Dakota–Iowa Conference). Those schools joined back in by 1948. From 1995 to 2000 seasons, the league was known as the South Dakota–Iowa Intercollegiate Conference, thanks to the addition of Dordt and Westmar colleges in Iowa. Westmar closed in 1997. The SDIIC dissolved in 2000, with half of the schools heading to the DAC (Black Hills State, Dakota State, Si-Tanka Huron, and South Dakota Mines), while the other half joined the Great Plains Athletic Conference (Dakota Wesleyan, Dordt, Mount Marty, and Sioux Falls).

The following is a list of historic members:

InstitutionNicknameLocationFirst yearLast yearCurrent conferenceAugustana CollegeVikingsSioux Falls, South Dakota191719481940*1949 Northern Sun Intercollegiate ConferenceBlack Hills State UniversityYellow JacketsSpearfish, South Dakota19172000Rocky Mountain Athletic ConferenceColumbus CollegeMariners Chamberlain andSioux Falls, South Dakota19171929Closed 1929Dakota State UniversityTrojansMadison, South Dakota19172000Frontier ConferenceDakota Wesleyan UniversityTigersMitchell, South Dakota191719481940*2000Great Plains Athletic ConferenceNorthern State UniversityWolvesAberdeen, South Dakota19171974Northern Sun Intercollegiate ConferenceRedfield CollegeRoyalsRedfield, South Dakota19171932Closed 1932University of Sioux FallsCougarsSioux Falls, South Dakota1917194819771940*1960*2000Northern Sun Intercollegiate ConferenceSi Tanka-Huron UniversityEaglesHuron, South Dakota191719481940*2000Closed in 2005South Dakota School of Mines and Technology HardrockersRapid City, South Dakota19172000Rocky Mountain Athletic ConferenceUniversity of South Dakota–Springfield PointersSpringfield, South Dakota19171984Closed in 1984Yankton CollegeGreyhoundsYankton, South Dakota1917194819811940*1960*1984Closed in 1984Dordt CollegeDefendersSioux Center, Iowa19952000Great Plains Athletic ConferenceMount Marty CollegeLancersYankton, South Dakota19952000Great Plains Athletic ConferenceWestmar UniversityEaglesLe Mars, Iowa19951997Closed in 1997 (*) Augustana, Dakota Wesleyan, Huron, Sioux Falls, and Yankton played in the SDCC/SDIC from 1940 to 1948. Sioux Falls and Yankton also left in 1960 to play in the Tri-State Conference. Sioux Falls returned in 1977 and Yankton returned in 1981.

Membership timeline

(*) Institution closed at this time

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