Great Plains Athletic Conference

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The Great Plains Athletic Conference (or GPAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA. Member institutions are located in Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota. The conference was originally founded in 1969 as the Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, later becoming the Nebraska-Iowa Athletic Conference (1992) before being renamed the Great Plains Athletic Conference (2000).

[edit] Members (and year joined)

Briar Cliff University (2002)
Concordia University, Seward (1969)
Dakota Wesleyan University (2000)
Dana College (1969)
Doane College (1969)
Dordt College (2000) (no football currently, expected to field varsity team by 2008)
Hastings College (1969)
Midland Lutheran College (1969)
Morningside College (2003)
Mount Marty College (2000) (no football)
Nebraska Wesleyan University (1969) (is also an NCAA Division III member in certain sports)
Northwestern College of Iowa (1992)
University of Sioux Falls (2000)

[edit] Sponsored sports

The GPAC sponsors intercollegiate competition in men's baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, men's football, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s soccer, women's softball, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s indoor track and field, men's and women's outdoor track and field, and women's volleyball. The conference also has a loose affiliation with wrestling in which a conference tournament is competed but has little effect to chances of competing at the National tournament. The GPAC announced the for the 06-07 season Wrestling will become an official conference sport.

[edit] External links

GPAC Web site

Great Plains Athletic Conference
Briar Cliff • Concordia (Nebraska) • Dakota Wesleyan • Dana • Doane • Dordt^† • Hastings • Midland Lutheran • Morningside • Mount Marty^† • Nebraska Wesleyan • Northwestern (Iowa) • Sioux Falls ^† does not compete in football