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American Midwest Conference

Formerly	Show-Me Conference (1986–1994)
Association	NAIA
Founded	1986; 39 years ago (1986)
Commissioner	Will Wolper
Sports fielded	17 men's: 8 women's: 9
No. of teams	10
Headquarters	St. Louis, Missouri
Region	Midwest andSouth
Official website	amcsportsonline.com
Locations

TheAmerican Midwest Conference (AMC) is acollege athletic conference affiliated with theNational Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) with 10 member institutions located inArkansas andMissouri in the United States.

American Midwest Conference

110km
68miles

Columbia

Mission

Crowley's Ridge

Cottey

Central Baptist

UHSP

Stephens

Williams Baptist

Harris–Stowe State

Hannibal–LaGrange

   

Location of AMC members: current

The conference began as theShow-Me Conference in 1986, then changed to its current name in 1994, reflecting that its footprint had expanded beyond Missouri.

• 1986 – The American Midwest Conference was founded as the Show-Me Conference. Charter members includedColumbia College of Missouri,Hannibal–LaGrange College (now Hannibal–LaGrange University),Harris-Stowe State College (now Harris-Stowe State University),Missouri Baptist College (now Missouri Baptist University) andPark College (now Park University), beginning the 1986–87 academic year.
• 1987 –McKendree College (now McKendree University) joined the Show-Me in the 1987–88 academic year.
• 1990 – Fontbonne left the Show-Me and the NAIA to fully align with theDivision III ranks of theNational Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and theSt. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) after the 1989–90 academic year.
• 1993 –Iowa Wesleyan College (later Iowa Wesleyan University),Lindenwood College (now Lindenwood University) andWilliam Woods College (now William Woods University) joined the Show-Me in the 1993–94 academic year.
• 1994 – Park left the Show-Me to join theMidlands Collegiate Athletic Conference (MCAC) for most sports, while its men's basketball team had become anNAIA Independent after the 1993–94 academic year.
• 1994 – The Show-Me Conference was rebranded as the American Midwest Conference in the 1994–95 academic year.
• 1995 – Iowa Wesleyan left the American Midwest to join theMidwest Classic Conference (MCC) after the 1994–95 academic year.
• 1996 – Lindenwood left the American Midwest to join theHeart of America Athletic Conference (HAAC) after the 1995–96 academic year.
• 2001 –Williams Baptist College (now Williams Baptist University) joined the American Midwest in the 2001–02 academic year.
• 2003 – TheUniversity of Illinois at Springfield (UIS) joined the American Midwest in the 2003–04 academic year.
• 2008 –Stephens College joined the American Midwest in the 2008–09 academic year.
• 2009 – Illinois–Springfield (UIS) left the American Midwest and the NAIA to join theNCAA Division II ranks and theGreat Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) after the 2008–09 academic year.
• 2009 – Park rejoined the American Midwest in the 2009–10 academic year.
• 2011 – McKendree left the American Midwest and the NAIA to join the NCAA Division II ranks as anNCAA D-II Independent (which would later join the GLVC beginning the 2012–13 academic year) after the 2010–11 academic year.
• 2011 –Benedictine University at Springfield joined the American Midwest in the 2011–12 academic year.
• 2012 –Lyon College joined the American Midwest in the 2012–13 academic year.
• 2013 –Freed–Hardeman University andMid-Continent University joined the American Midwest in the 2013–14 academic year.
• 2014 – Mid-Continent left the American Midwest after spending one season, as the school ceased operations after the 2013–14 academic year.
• 2014 –Lindenwood University at Belleville and theSt. Louis College of Pharmacy (now the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis, a.k.a. UHSP) joined the American Midwest in the 2014–15 academic year.
• 2015 – Benedictine–Springfield left the American Midwest, as the school ceased operations after the 2014–15 academic year.
• 2015 –Central Baptist College joined the American Midwest in the 2015–16 academic year.
• 2017 –Calumet College of St. Joseph andMarian University joined the American Midwest as associate members for men's wrestling in the 2017–18 academic year.
• 2019 –Lincoln College of Illinois joined the American Midwest as an associate member for men's wrestling in the 2019–20 academic year.
• 2020 – Three institutions left the American Midwest to join their respective new home primary conferences, all effective after the 2019–20 academic year:
  • Freed–Hardeman to join theMid-South Conference
  • Lindenwood–Belleville to cease operations
  • and Park to join theHeart of America Athletic Conference (HAAC)
• 2020 – Marian (Ind.) left the American Midwest as an associate member for men's wrestling after the 2019–20 academic year.
• 2022 – Lincoln (Ill.) left the American Midwest as an associate member for men's wrestling as the school announced that it would close after the 2021–22 academic year.
• 2022 –Cottey College joined the American Midwest from theAII/Continental ranks in the 2022–23 academic year.
• 2023 – Lyon left the American Midwest and the NAIA to join the NCAA Division III ranks and the SLIAC after the 2022–23 academic year.^[1]
• 2023 –Haskell Indian Nations University joined the American Midwest as an associate member for men's and women's indoor and outdoor track & field in the 2023–24 academic year.
• 2024 –Mission University (formerly Baptist Bible College) andCrowley's Ridge College both joined the American Midwest in the 2024–25 academic year.
• 2025 – Missouri Baptist and William Woods left the American Midwest to join the HAAC after the 2024–25 academic year.

The American Midwest currently has ten full members, all but one areprivate schools.

Notes

The American Midwest currently has one associate member, which is also apublic school:

Notes

The American Midwest had thirteen former full members, all but one wereprivate schools:

Notes

The American Midwest had two former associate members, both wereprivate schools:

Notes

 Full member (non-football)  Associate member (sport) 

Conference sports

Sport	Men's	Women's
Baseball	Y
Basketball	Y	Y
Cross Country	Y	Y
Golf	Y	Y
Soccer	Y	Y
Softball		Y
Track & Field Indoor	Y	Y
Track & Field Outdoor	Y	Y
Volleyball		Y
Wrestling	Y

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