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Great Lakes Valley Conference

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NCAA Division II college athletic conference
Not to be confused withGreat Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
Great Lakes Valley Conference
AssociationNCAA
Founded1978
CommissionerJim Naumovich (since 2000)
Sports fielded
  • 27
    • men's: 13
    • women's: 14
DivisionDivision II
No. of teams15
HeadquartersIndianapolis, Indiana
RegionCentral United States
Official websiteglvcsports.com
Locations
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TheGreat Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) is acollege athletic conference affiliated with theNational Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at theDivision II level. Its fifteen member institutions are located in theU.S. states ofIllinois,Indiana,Iowa, andMissouri. There are also thirteen associate members that participate in sports not sponsored by their home conferences.

History

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Formation

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The GLVC grew out of discussions that started in 1972 between the athletic directors ofKentucky Wesleyan College, Bellarmine College (todayBellarmine University), and Indiana State University at Evansville (renamedUniversity of Southern Indiana in 1985), with the goal of forming a men's basketball conference. The discussions eventually included Indiana Central University (renamedUniversity of Indianapolis in 1986),Saint Joseph's College, and Ashland College (todayAshland University).[1] On July 7, 1978, at a meeting in Louisville hosted by Bellarmine, these six schools formed the GLVC, with the intention of competing in the 1978–79 season. Ashland, though considered a charter member, did not begin conference play until the league's second season, in 1979–80.[2] From the time of its founding, the GLVC has been a member of NCAA Division II.

While the origins of the conference's name are lost to history, its initial footprint was bordered by the Great Lakes in the north and the Ohio Valley in the south. Following Southern Indiana's departure in July 2022, Indianapolis is the only remaining charter member.

The GLVC has been led by a full-time commissioner since 1996, first Carl McAloose (1996–2000), then Jim Naumovich (2000–present).[3] The conference office is located in Indianapolis. From 1978 to 1996, the Faculty Athletics Representatives (FARs) of the member institutions were responsible for operating the conference. The FARs (rather than the athletic directors) still cast the institutional votes at meetings where the presidents and chancellors are not present. This feature gives the GLVC a governance structure that is unique among Division I and Division II conferences.[1]

Though conceived as a men's basketball league, the GLVC from the start planned to sponsor championships in golf, tennis, baseball, cross country, and track & field.[2] The conference crowned golf and tennis champions in 1978-79 and added cross country and baseball the following year. Soccer became the sixth sport rather than track & field, with the first conference tournament held in 1980.[4] In 1982, when the demise of theAssociation of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) brought women's college athletics under the NCAA, the GLVC began to sponsor women's sports. Within two years, the conference added women's championships in basketball, tennis, cross country, volleyball, and softball.

Expansion of membership and sport sponsorship

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The conference experienced steady growth through the first three decades of its existence, expanding from six members to sixteen. The first addition wasLewis University in 1980, followed in 1984 byIndiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW; the athletic program is nowPurdue Fort Wayne), thenNorthern Kentucky University in 1985 andKentucky State University in 1989. The conference lost its first members with the departure of Ashland and Kentucky State, effective summer 1995, but increased in size whenQuincy University,Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) and theUniversity of Wisconsin–Parkside began competition that fall, followed by theUniversity of Missouri–St. Louis (UMSL) one year later. These changes initiated a westward shift in the GLVC's geographical footprint that has continued to the present.[1]

The 1990s also featured an expansion in sports sponsorship. In 1995–96 the GLVC crowned its first champions in women's soccer and in men's and women's track and field. Women's golf was added in 1998–99, followed by men's and women's indoor track and field in 1999–2000. These additions increased the total number of conference sports from eleven to seventeen.

After IPFW left in 2001 to move toDivision I, the GLVC considered further expansion, but not before redefining conference membership in 2005 to require the athletic program of each member to include seven core sports (men's and women's basketball, women's volleyball, men's and women's soccer, softball, and baseball). The eleven members at the time all sponsored these sports, and subsequent new members would be required to sponsor them as well. Previously, the GLVC had no sports sponsorship requirement other than the NCAA Division II minimum (that every member must sponsor at least ten sports, including men's and women's basketball). The conference began awarding the Commissioner's Cup to the member institution with the greatest success across the seven core sports, while continuing to award its All-Sports Trophy to the most successful program overall.[5][6]

In the fall of 2005, the GLVC welcomed three more members—Drury University,Rockhurst University, and the University of Missouri-Rolla (known asMissouri University of Science and Technology, or Missouri S&T, since 2008). SIUE left for Division I and theOhio Valley Conference in 2008, but the conference continued to grow with the additions ofMaryville University and theUniversity of Illinois Springfield, which began GLVC competition in the fall of 2009. The GLVC reached sixteen members with the admission ofWilliam Jewell College, which began competing in fall 2011.[1]

As the conference continued to grow, basketball remained its strongest sport, and theconference tournament, usually includingboth genders at the same neutral site, became its signature event. A GLVC team played in the championship game of theNCAA Division II men's basketball tournament in eleven consecutive seasons (1993–94 through 2003–4). Kentucky Wesleyan, winner of four men's national championships prior to the creation of the GLVC, won four more as a conference member, while Southern Indiana, Bellarmine, and Drury won one apiece, and Northern Kentucky won two women's national championships. Meanwhile, the GLVC became the leading Division II conference in swimming and diving. During its first decade in the conference, Drury won ten men's national championships and four women's national championships in the sport. After men's and women's swimming and diving became conference sports in 2013–14, the annual GLVC swimming and diving meet grew to become the most financially lucrative of the conference's championship events, surpassing the basketball tournament.

The admission of William Jewell, approved in October 2009, gave the conference six football-playing members (along with Indianapolis, Kentucky Wesleyan, St. Joseph's, Quincy, and Missouri S&T), the minimum number needed to sponsor the sport. This set in motion plans to crown a football champion, ultimately starting in fall 2012. The addition of football in the GLVC's 35th year of competition was a historic move, as no conference at any level of the NCAA (Division I, II, or III) founded without football had ever added it after existing for so long as a non-football conference.[7] Before competition began, the original six football-playing members were joined by new full memberMcKendree University[8] and the GLVC's first associate members,Central State University andUrbana University,[9] to give the conference nine teams for its initial football season. Though they competed in the GLVC for just one year, Central State and Urbana eventually were followed by a dozen other schools admitted to the league as associates in one or more sports while maintaining full membership elsewhere.

Just as the GLVC was adding football, the conference lost two of its premier basketball programs. In the fall of 2012, Northern Kentucky moved to Division I and theAtlantic Sun Conference (ASUN), and one year later, Kentucky Wesleyan left to become a charter member of the newly formedGreat Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC).[10] Meanwhile, the GLVC welcomedTruman State University into the conference, to begin competition in 2013–14.[11] The additions of McKendree (coinciding with the departure of Northern Kentucky) and Truman State (coinciding with the departure of Kentucky Wesleyan) kept the GLVC at sixteen members.

In 2014, a unique interconference football partnership with theMid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) allowedLincoln University andSouthwest Baptist University to join the GLVC in football while otherwise remaining MIAA members.[12] That autumn, the GLVC became the first NCAA Division II conference to create an inclusive league-wide digital streaming network – the GLVC Sports Network (GLVCSN), which subsequently broadcast football and all other conference sports.

Drury and Bellarmine started wrestling programs for the 2016–17 season, enabling the conference to add wrestling as its 21st championship sport.[13] The initial seven-team GLVC wrestling lineup also included Indianapolis, Maryville, McKendree, Truman State, and Wisconsin–Parkside, all former Division II wrestling independents.

The following year, the GLVC announced the addition of men's lacrosse as its 22nd championship sport, in partnership with theGulf South Conference (GSC) andPeach Belt Conference (PBC). The initial six-team lineup for spring 2018 included Indianapolis, Maryville, and four southern associate members (Young Harris College, theUniversity of Alabama in Huntsville, theUniversity of Montevallo, andShorter University).[14] The partnership lasted for three seasons, after which the GLVC and GSC-PBC each had enough lacrosse-playing members to offer separate championships in the sport.

Recent history

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Charter member St. Joseph's College closed in May 2017 because of financial troubles.[15] One year later, Wisconsin–Parkside left the GLVC to join theGreat Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC).[16] Their departures reduced the conference to fourteen members.

In fall 2019 conference membership returned to 16 with the addition of two schools from the MIAA, Southwest Baptist (elevated from football-only associate to full membership) andLindenwood University.[17][18] Their admission voided the MIAA-GLVC football partnership of the previous five seasons (2014 through 2018) and resulted in Lincoln rejoining MIAA football. After just one year the conference reverted to fifteen members, as charter member Bellarmine moved to Division I and the ASUN, effective fall 2020.[19]

In 2019 the GLVC and G-MAC established the annualAmerica's Crossroads Bowl in Hobart, Indiana, featuring their highest-ranking football teams not qualifying for the NCAA Division II playoffs. In the 2021 and 2022 seasons, members of the two conferences also played a two-game crossover in the third and fourth Saturdays of the football season.

The GLVC added two women's sports for 2019–20, bowling and lacrosse, bringing the total number of conference sports to 24. In women's bowling, the initial lineup included 2017 national champion McKendree, fellow full members Drury, Lewis, and Maryville, plus associate members Lincoln, theUniversity of Central Missouri, andUpper Iowa University.[20] In women's lacrosse, the initial lineup in spring 2020 consisted of seven full members—regional powers Lindenwood and Indianapolis, along with Lewis, Maryville, McKendree, Quincy, and Rockhurst.[21] The two sports were an immediate success, with Lindenwood (2021) and Indianapolis (2022) winning national championships in women's lacrosse and McKendree (2022) winning its second national title in women's bowling.

In March 2020, GLVC winter and spring sport competitions ended when the NCAA suspended play due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For the 2020–21 academic year, the GLVC held its fall 2020 conference sport competitions in spring 2021. Of the sixteen Division II conferences sponsoring football at the time, the GLVC was one of just four (with the G-MAC,Mountain East Conference, andSouth Atlantic Conference) to crown a football champion in spring 2021.

The most recent departures from the GLVC came at the end of the 2021–22 academic year, when charter member Southern Indiana joined Lindenwood in moving to Division I and theOhio Valley Conference,[22][23] temporarily reducing the league to thirteen schools. They were replaced by associate member Upper Iowa, admitted to the GLVC as a full member effective fall 2023, and former associate member Lincoln, admitted effective fall 2024.[24][25]

With the addition of new members, the GLVC amended the core sports requirement that had been in place since 2005. Starting in 2023–24, all full members must sponsor men's and women's basketball, men's and women's soccer, four additional men's sports, and four additional women's sports. The Commissioner's Cup was still awarded based on performance in the sports sponsored by all members; as of 2024–25, these included five women's sports (basketball, soccer, softball, cross country, and track & field) and three men's sports (basketball, soccer, and baseball).

The GLVC added three sports for 2025–26—women's wrestling, men's volleyball, and STUNT—bringing the total number of conference sports to 27. Women's wrestling (2025–26 winter season) debuted in partnership with the GLIAC, with a lineup including full members McKendree, Quincy, Upper Iowa, and William Jewell, and associate membersDavenport University,Grand Valley State University, andNorthern Michigan University.[26] For men's volleyball (2026 spring season) the initial lineup included full members Maryville, Missouri S&T, Quincy, Rockhurst, and Southwest Baptist, plus associate membersRoosevelt University,Thomas More University, and theUniversity of Jamestown.[27][28] For STUNT (also 2026 spring season), the initial lineup included full members Maryville, Quincy, Southwest Baptist, Drury, and Lewis, plus associate membersFerris State University,Purdue University Northwest, andTrevecca Nazarene University.[29][30][31]

Divisional play

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The GLVC first adopted divisional play in 1996, for women's volleyball only. That sport competed in Blue and Green divisions (named for the conference's colors) until 2004, when it returned to a single table. All other sports competed in a single table until the conference expanded to fourteen members in 2005, when two seven-team divisions were adopted for basketball and most other core sports.

The organizational structure of the conference has varied dramatically since then, reflecting changes in membership and in the overall number of league members. As an added variable, the same structure has never been applied across all sports in any given year. For example, since 2005, men's and women's basketball have played in two divisions in ten seasons (from 2005–06 through 2008–09 and again from 2011–12 through 2016–17), three divisions in five seasons (2009–10, 2010–11, 2017–18, 2020–21, and 2021–22), and in a single table in five seasons (2018–19, 2019–20, 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25). Meanwhile, during the same years, men's and women's soccer always played a single table. Two-division structures have been labeled East-West or Blue-Green, while three-division structures have been labeled East-West-North or East-West-Central.

As of 2025–26, the GLVC has divisional play in men's and women's tennis, and plays a single table in all other sports with regular season competition.

Chronological timeline

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Member schools

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Current members

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The GLVC currently has 15 full members, including ten private and five public institutions:

InstitutionLocationFoundedAffiliationUndergrad
Enrollment[a]
NicknameJoined[b]Colors
Drury UniversitySpringfield, Missouri1873UCC &DOC1,350Panthers2005   
University of Illinois SpringfieldSpringfield, Illinois1969Public1,633Prairie Stars2008[c]     
University of IndianapolisIndianapolis, Indiana1902United Methodist2,958Greyhounds1978   
Lewis UniversityRomeoville, Illinois1932Catholic3,151Flyers1980   
Lincoln UniversityJefferson City, Missouri1866Public
(HBCU)
1,175Blue Tigers2023[d]   
Maryville UniversityTown and Country, Missouri[e]1872Catholic3,608Saints2008[f]   
McKendree UniversityLebanon, Illinois1828United Methodist1,487Bearcats2010[g]   
Missouri University of Science and Technology
(Missouri S&T)
Rolla, Missouri1870Public4,946Miners2005   
University of Missouri-St. LouisSt. Louis, Missouri1963Public3,782Tritons1995[h]   
Quincy UniversityQuincy, Illinois1860Catholic1,011Hawks1994[i]     
Rockhurst UniversityKansas City, Missouri1910Catholic1,630Hawks2005   
Southwest Baptist UniversityBolivar, Missouri1878Baptist1,094Bearcats2019[j]   
Truman State UniversityKirksville, Missouri1867Public2,585Bulldogs2012[k]   
Upper Iowa UniversityFayette, Iowa1857Nonsectarian1,153Peacocks2022[l]   
William Jewell CollegeLiberty, Missouri1849Nonsectarian841Cardinals2009[m]   
Notes
  1. ^Most recent full-time undergraduate enrollment (Fall 2023) as reported in the Equity in Athletics Database, available athttps://ope.ed.gov/athletics/#/.
  2. ^Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
  3. ^Illinois–Springfield (UIS) joined the GLVC in 2008 but did not begin competition until the 2009–10 academic year.
  4. ^Lincoln joined the GLVC in 2023 and began competition as a full member in the 2024-25 academic year, after having been an associate member in football (2014 through 2018 fall seasons) and women's bowling (2019-20).
  5. ^Mailing address isSt. Louis.
  6. ^Maryville joined the GLVC in 2008 but did not begin competition until the 2009–10 academic year.
  7. ^McKendree joined the GLVC in 2010 but did not begin competition until the 2012–13 academic year.
  8. ^UMSL joined the GLVC in 1995 but did not begin competition until the 1996–97 academic year.
  9. ^Quincy joined the GLVC in 1994 but did not begin competition until the 1995–96 academic year.
  10. ^Southwest Baptist joined the GLVC in 2019 and began competition as a full member in the 2019–20 academic year, after five seasons as an associate member for football (2014 through 2018 fall seasons).
  11. ^Truman State joined the GLVC in 2012 but did not begin competition until the 2013–14 academic year.
  12. ^Upper Iowa joined the GLVC in 2022 and began competition as a full member in the 2023-24 academic year, after four seasons as an associate member for women's bowling (2019-20 through 2022-23).
  13. ^William Jewell joined the GLVC in 2009 but did not begin competition until the 2011–12 academic year.

Associate members

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The GLVC currently has 13 associate members, including seven private and six public institutions. Years listed in this table are calendar years. For schools that play only spring sports (such as women's lacrosse) in the GLVC, the calendar year of arrival precedes the first season of competition.

InstitutionLocationFoundedAffiliationUndergrad
Enrollment[a]
NicknameJoined[b]ColorsGLVC
sport(s)
Primary
conference
University of Central MissouriWarrensburg, Missouri1871Public4,879Jennies[c]2019   women's bowlingMid-America (MIAA)
Davenport UniversityGrand Rapids, Michigan1866Nonsectarian1,923Panthers2025[d]   women's wrestlingGreat Lakes (GLIAC)
Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan1884Public6,532Bulldogs2025   STUNTGreat Lakes (GLIAC)
Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale, Michigan1960Public17,207Lakers2025     women's wrestlingGreat Lakes (GLIAC)
University of JamestownJamestown, North Dakota1883Presbyterian
(PCUSA)
898Jimmies2025  men's volleyballNorthern Sun (NSIC)
Missouri Western State UniversitySt. Joseph, Missouri1915Public2,097Griffons2020   women's lacrosseMid-America (MIAA)
Newman UniversityWichita, Kansas1933Catholic818Jets2022   women's bowlingMid-America (MIAA)
Northern Michigan UniversityMarquette, Michigan1899Public5,593Wildcats2025   women's wrestlingGreat Lakes (GLIAC)
Oklahoma Christian UniversityOklahoma City, Oklahoma1950Churches
of Christ
1,711Lady Eagles[e]2024   women's bowlingLone Star (LSC)
Purdue University NorthwestHammond and
Westville, Indiana[f]
1946[g]Public4,622Pride2025   STUNTGreat Lakes (GLIAC)
Roosevelt UniversityChicago, Illinois1945Nonsectarian2,300Lakers2025  men's volleyballGreat Lakes (GLIAC)
Thomas More UniversityCrestview Hills, Kentucky1921Catholic1,236Saints2025   men's volleyballGreat Midwest (G-MAC)
Trevecca Nazarene UniversityNashville, Tennessee1901Church of the
Nazarene
1,328Trojans2025  STUNT Gulf South (GSC)
Notes
  1. ^Most recent full-time undergraduate enrollment (Fall 2023) as reported in the Equity in Athletics Database, available athttps://ope.ed.gov/athletics/#/.
  2. ^Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
  3. ^Central Missouri uses two nicknames: Mules for men's sports teams and Jennies for women's sports teams.
  4. ^Davenport previously had associate member status from 2020 to 2024, in men's wrestling and men's lacrosse.
  5. ^Oklahoma Christian uses two nicknames: Eagles for men's sports teams and Lady Eagles for women's sports teams.
  6. ^Purdue Northwest maintains a branch campus in Westville, where the men's and women's cross country teams are housed and where the men's and women's basketball & women's volleyball teams play a portion of their home contests; the other intercollegiate athletics teams compete on the main campus in Hammond.
  7. ^Purdue Northwest was originally founded as two separate institutions: Purdue University–Calumet in Hammond and Purdue University–North Central in Westville, which both began offering degrees in 1946. The two institutions were merged to become Purdue Northwest in 2016.

Former members

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Former members of the GLVC include six public and five private institutions:

InstitutionLocationFoundedAffiliationUndergrad
Enrollment[a]
NicknameJoined[b]Left[c]Current
conference
Ashland UniversityAshland, Ohio1878Brethren1,886Eagles19781994[d]Great Midwest (G-MAC)
Bellarmine UniversityLouisville, Kentucky1950Catholic2,219Knights19782020Atlantic Sun (ASUN)[e]
Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne[f]Fort Wayne, Indiana1964Public4,596Mastodons19842001Horizon[e]
Kentucky State UniversityFrankfort, Kentucky1886Public
(HBCU)
1,185Thorobreds &
Thorobrettes
19891994[d]Southern (SIAC)
Kentucky Wesleyan CollegeOwensboro, Kentucky1858United
Methodist
772Panthers19782013[g]Great Midwest (G-MAC)
Lindenwood UniversitySt. Charles, Missouri1827Presbyterian4,048Lions20192022Ohio Valley (OVC)[e]
Northern Kentucky UniversityHighland Heights, Kentucky1968Public6,703Norse19852012Horizon[e]
Saint Joseph's CollegeRensselaer, Indiana1889CatholicN/APumas19782017Closed in 2017
Southern Illinois University EdwardsvilleEdwardsville, Illinois1957Public7,505Cougars1994[h]2008Ohio Valley (OVC)[e]
University of Southern IndianaEvansville, Indiana1965Public4,748Screaming
Eagles
19782022Ohio Valley (OVC)[e]
University of Wisconsin–Parkside[i]Somers, Wisconsin1968Public2,442Rangers1994[j]2018Great Lakes (GLIAC)
Notes
  1. ^Most recent full-time undergraduate enrollment (Fall 2023) as reported in the Equity in Athletics Database, available athttps://ope.ed.gov/athletics/#/.
  2. ^Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
  3. ^Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.
  4. ^abAshland and Kentucky State announced their departure from the GLVC in 1994 but fulfilled their commitments to a final year of competition in the GLVC during the 1994–95 academic year.
  5. ^abcdefCurrently anNCAA Division I athletic conference.
  6. ^On July 1, 2018,Indiana University andPurdue University dissolved their joint Fort Wayne campus. IU took over IPFW's health sciences programs under the name of Indiana University Fort Wayne, and the remaining IPFW academic programs formed Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW). The IPFW athletic program was inherited by PFW, with the athletic branding changed to Purdue Fort Wayne.
  7. ^Kentucky Wesleyan competed in the GLVC as a football-only associate member in fall 2013.
  8. ^Southern Illinois–Edwardsville (SIUE) joined the GLVC in 1994 but did not begin competition until the 1995–96 academic year.
  9. ^Wisconsin-Parkside now brands its athletic program as "Parkside".
  10. ^Wisconsin-Parkside joined the GLVC in 1994 but did not begin competition until the 1995–96 academic year.

Former associate members

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Former associate members of the GLVC include four public and four private institutions. Years listed in this table reflect calendar years. For fall sports, the calendar year of departure is the year after the last season of competition. For spring sports, the calendar year of arrival precedes the first season of competition. (NOTE: This list does not include the former associate members—Southwest Baptist, Upper Iowa, and Lincoln—that eventually became full members; the former full member—Kentucky Wesleyan—that became an associate member; or Davenport, a former GLVC associate in two sports that rejoined the conference in a third sport.)

InstitutionLocationFoundedAffiliationUndergrad
Enrollment[a]
NicknameJoined[b]Left[c]GLVC
sport(s)
Primary
conference
as assoc.
Current
conference
University of Alabama in HuntsvilleHuntsville, Alabama1969Public5,642Chargers20172020men's lacrosseGulf South (GSC)
Central State UniversityWilberforce, Ohio1887Public2,408Marauders20122013footballGreat Midwest
(G-MAC)
Southern
Intercollegiate
(SIAC)
Lander UniversityGreenwood, South Carolina1872Public3,213Bearcats20192020men's lacrossePeach Belt (PBC)
University of MontevalloMontevallo, Alabama1896Public1,935Falcons20172020men's lacrosseGulf South (GSC)
Ouachita Baptist UniversityArkadelphia, Arkansas1886Baptist1,585Tigers20182023men's wrestlingGreat American (GAC)
Shorter UniversityRome, Georgia1873Baptist1.023Hawks20172019men's lacrosseGulf South (GSC)Carolinas (CC)
Urbana UniversityUrbana, Ohio1850NonsectarianN/ABlue Knights20122013footballGreat Midwest
(G-MAC)
Closed in 2020
Young Harris CollegeYoung Harris, Georgia1886United Methodist807Mountain Lions20172020men's lacrossePeach Belt (PBC)Carolinas (CC)
Notes
  1. ^Most recent full-time undergraduate enrollment (Fall 2023) as reported in the Equity in Athletics Database, available athttps://ope.ed.gov/athletics/#/.
  2. ^Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
  3. ^Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.

Membership timeline

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 Full member (all sports)  Full member (non-football)  Associate member (football)  Associate member (other sport) 

Sports sponsorship

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Conference sports

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The seven sports indicated with a green background were designated "core sports" and required of all full members from 2005 to 2023. Effective fall 2023, all full members are required to sponsor men's and women's basketball, men's and women's soccer, four additional men's sports, and four additional women's sports.

SportMen'sWomen's
BaseballGreen tickY
BasketballGreen tickYGreen tickY
BowlingGreen tickY
Cross CountryGreen tickYGreen tickY
FootballGreen tickY
GolfGreen tickYGreen tickY
LacrosseGreen tickYGreen tickY
SoccerGreen tickYGreen tickY
SoftballGreen tickY
STUNTGreen tickY
Swimming &DivingGreen tickYGreen tickY
TennisGreen tickYGreen tickY
Track & Field IndoorGreen tickYGreen tickY
Track & Field OutdoorGreen tickYGreen tickY
VolleyballGreen tickYGreen tickY
WrestlingGreen tickYGreen tickY

Men's conference sports, by school

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SchoolBaseballBasketballCross
Country
FootballGolfLacrosseSoccerSwimming
& Diving
TennisTrack
& Field
Indoor
Track
& Field
Outdoor
Volleyball[a]WrestlingTotal
GLVC
Sports
DruryGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickY10
Illinois–SpringfieldGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickY8
IndianapolisGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickY12
LewisGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickY[b]9
LincolnGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickY7
MaryvilleGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickY12
McKendreeGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickY[b]Green tickY11
Missouri S&TGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickY10
Missouri–St. LouisGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickY9
QuincyGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickY[c]Green tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickY13
RockhurstGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickY11
Southwest BaptistGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickY10
TrumanGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickY8
Upper IowaGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickY6
William JewellGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickY11
Associate Members
JamestownGreen tickY1
RooseveltGreen tickY1
Thomas MoreGreen tickY1
Totals1515139136151210141486150
  1. ^De facto Division I sport. The NCAA's top-level men's volleyball championship is open to members of Divisions I and II.
  2. ^abLewis and McKendree continue to house men's volleyball in theMidwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association.
  3. ^In addition to its full-sized football team, Quincy playssprint football, a weight-restricted version otherwise played under standard college rules, in the Midwest Sprint Football League.[32]

Women's conference sports, by school

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SchoolBasketballBowling[a]Cross
Country
GolfLacrosseSoccerSoftballSTUNT[b]Swimming
& Diving
TennisTrack
& Field
Indoor
Track
& Field
Outdoor
VolleyballWrestling[a]Total
GLVC
Sports
DruryGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickY11
Illinois–SpringfieldGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickY9
IndianapolisGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickY12
LewisGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickY12
LincolnGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickY7
MaryvilleGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickY13
McKendreeGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickY13
Missouri S&TGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickY7
Missouri–St. LouisGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickY10
QuincyGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickY14
RockhurstGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickY11
Southwest BaptistGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickY10
TrumanGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickY10
Upper IowaGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickY9
William JewellGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickYGreen tickY12
Associate Members
Central MissouriGreen tickY1
DavenportGreen tickY1
Ferris StateGreen tickY1
Grand Valley StateGreen tickY1
Missouri WesternGreen tickY1
NewmanGreen tickY1
Northern MichiganGreen tickY1
Oklahoma ChristianGreen tickY1
Purdue NorthwestGreen tickY1
Trevecca NazareneGreen tickY1
Totals158151381515811111515147170
  1. ^abDe facto Division I sport. The NCAA holds a single championship open to members of all divisions.
  2. ^Part of theNCAA Emerging Sports for Women program; expected to become an official NCAA championship sport in 2026–27.

Non-conference NCAA sports, by school

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SchoolMenWomen
Water
Polo[a]
Field
Hockey
Water
Polo[a]
Beach
Volleyball[a]
MaryvilleIndependent
McKendreeWWPAWWPAIndependent
Southwest BaptistIndependent
  1. ^abcDe facto Division I sport. For the sports of men's and women's water polo and beach volleyball, the NCAA conducts a single national championship open to members of Divisions I, II, and III.

NCAA emerging sports for women

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Emerging sports are not yet sponsored by enough NCAA members nationwide to be added to the official list of championship sports.

Drury and Indianapolis both sponsortriathlon, which has had the status of an emerging sport since 2014.

STUNT, an emerging sport since 2023, became a GLVC sport in 2025–26, and is expected to become an official NCAA championship sport in 2026–27.

No full GLVC member sponsors any of the remaining current emerging sports:acrobatics & tumbling (expected to become an official NCAA championship sport in 2026–27),equestrian, andrugby.[33] Also, no GLVC member currently sponsorsflag football, which is expected to be granted the status of an Emerging Sport for Women no later than 2026–27, but Lewis will add that sport in 2026–27.[34]

Non-NCAA varsity sports

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Some GLVC members give varsity status to teams in non-NCAA sports and to other club teams, such as men's bowling (because the NCAA governs only the women's sport). Other examples aresprint football, a weight-restricted variant of American football, sponsored by Quincy, and the men's and women's ice hockey teams of McKendree and Maryville, which compete at the club level in theAmerican Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA). While some GLVC members administer their club sports through their athletics departments, others operate their club sports as student organizations outside of athletics.

Conference facilities

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SchoolFootballBasketball
StadiumCapacityArenaCapacity
Drury
non-football school
O'Reilly Family Events Center2,850
Illinois–Springfield
non-football school
The Recreation and Athletic Center3,000
IndianapolisKey Stadium5,500Nicoson Hall4,000
Lewis
non-football school
Neil Carey Arena1,100
LincolnDwight T. Reed Stadium3,000Jason Gymnasium2,000
Maryville
non-football school
Moloney Arena at Simon Athletic Center2,000
McKendreeLeemon Field2,000Melvin Price Convocation Center1,600
Missouri S&TAllgood–Bailey Stadium8,000Gibson Arena4,000
Missouri–St. Louis
non-football school
Mark Twain Center4,736
QuincyQU Stadium2,500Pepsi Arena2,000
Rockhurst
non-football school
Mason-Halpin Field House1,500
Southwest BaptistPlaster Stadium3,000John Q. Hammons Court2,925
TrumanJames S. Stokes Stadium4,000John J. Pershing Arena2,300
Upper IowaHarms-Eischeid Stadium3,500Dorman Gymnasium1,950
William JewellGreene Stadium7,000Mabee Center2,400

National champions

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Since the founding of the conference, members of the GLVC have won 35 NCAA Division II national championships and two NCAA National Collegiate championships (indicated in green). "National Collegiate" is the NCAA's official term to describe championship events open to members of more than one NCAA division.

YearSportSchool
1987Men's basketballKentucky Wesleyan
1990Men's basketballKentucky Wesleyan
1995Men's basketballSouthern Indiana
1999Men's basketballKentucky Wesleyan
2000Women's basketballNorthern Kentucky
2001Men's basketballKentucky Wesleyan
2005Men's swimming & divingDrury
2006Men's swimming & divingDrury
2007Men's swimming & divingDrury
2007Women's swimming & divingDrury
2007SoftballSIU Edwardsville
2008Women's basketballNorthern Kentucky
2008Men's swimming & divingDrury
2009Men's swimming & divingDrury
2009Women's swimming & divingDrury
2010Men's swimming & divingDrury
2010Women's swimming & divingDrury
2010BaseballSouthern Indiana
2010Men's soccerNorthern Kentucky
2011Men's basketballBellarmine
2011Men's swimming & divingDrury
2011Women's swimming & divingDrury
2012Men's swimming & divingDrury
2013Men's basketballDrury
2013Men's swimming & divingDrury
2014Men's swimming & divingDrury
2014BaseballSouthern Indiana
2015Women's golfIndianapolis
2017BowlingMcKendree
2018Women's golfIndianapolis
2018SoftballSouthern Indiana
2021Women's lacrosseLindenwood
2022BowlingMcKendree
2022Women's lacrosseIndianapolis
2023Men's swimming & divingIndianapolis
2024Women's golfIndianapolis
2025Men's swimming & divingDrury @

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See also

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References

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  1. ^abcd"Great Lakes Valley Conference (History)".Archived from the original on January 26, 2023. RetrievedJanuary 23, 2023.
  2. ^abJay Stockman (July 14, 1978)."Search Ends: ISUE in Conference".Evansville Press.Archived from the original on December 29, 2022. RetrievedDecember 29, 2022.
  3. ^"GLVC hires new commissioner".Evansville Courier and Press. August 4, 2000.Archived from the original on January 26, 2023. RetrievedJanuary 23, 2023.
  4. ^Steve Vied (November 8, 1981)."ISUE wins GLVC soccer title".Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer. RetrievedMarch 19, 2023.
  5. ^"GLVC All-Sports Trophy".Archived from the original on January 26, 2023. RetrievedJanuary 23, 2023.
  6. ^"GLVC Commissioner's Cup".Archived from the original on January 26, 2023. RetrievedJanuary 23, 2023.
  7. ^"GLVC Establishes Timeline for Football Sponsorship" (Press release). January 19, 2010.Archived from the original on June 17, 2011. RetrievedJanuary 19, 2010.
  8. ^"McKendree to Become Member of Great Lakes Valley Conference | McKendree University".
  9. ^"GLVC Welcomes Two Associate Members for Football" (Press release). October 8, 2010.Archived from the original on June 17, 2011. RetrievedDecember 10, 2010.
  10. ^"Northern Kentucky to Join Atlantic Sun" (Press release). Atlantic Sun Conference. December 8, 2011. Archived fromthe original on May 12, 2012. RetrievedDecember 14, 2011.
  11. ^"Getting to Know the Truman State University Bulldogs".
  12. ^Boyce, David (October 25, 2018)."Boyce's Beat: The MIAA Path of Lincoln's Football Return in 2019". Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association.Archived from the original on May 9, 2019. RetrievedMay 9, 2019.
  13. ^"Bellarmine to start men's wrestling team". Bellarmine University. 14 June 2016.Archived from the original on June 18, 2016. RetrievedJune 14, 2016.
  14. ^"GLVC Announces Sport Sponsorship of Men's Lacrosse" (Press release). Great Lakes Valley Conference. July 11, 2017. RetrievedFebruary 19, 2020.
  15. ^"Alumni Short Of Goal To Stop St. Joseph's College Closure". 6 April 2017.Archived from the original on April 7, 2017. RetrievedApril 6, 2017.
  16. ^Mike Johnson (September 27, 2017)."Looking forward to the GLIAC: UW-Parkside coaches, athletes, alumni excited to switch conferences".Kenosha News.Archived from the original on January 26, 2023. RetrievedJanuary 23, 2023.
  17. ^"GLVC Admits Lindenwood University as 16th Member" (Press release). Great Lakes Valley Conference. October 4, 2018.Archived from the original on October 5, 2018. RetrievedOctober 5, 2018.
  18. ^"GLVC Admits Southwest Baptist University as Full-Time Member" (Press release). Great Lakes Valley Conference. May 31, 2018.Archived from the original on June 19, 2018. RetrievedJuly 14, 2018.
  19. ^"ASUN Conference Announces Addition of Bellarmine University" (Press release). ASUN Conference. June 18, 2019.Archived from the original on June 19, 2019. RetrievedJune 18, 2019.
  20. ^"GLVC Announces Sport Sponsorship of Women's Bowling" (Press release). Great Lakes Valley Conference. July 3, 2019.Archived from the original on February 19, 2020. RetrievedFebruary 19, 2020.
  21. ^"GLVC Announces Sport Sponsorship of Women's Lacrosse" (Press release). Great Lakes Valley Conference. July 2, 2019.Archived from the original on February 19, 2020. RetrievedFebruary 19, 2020.
  22. ^"University of Southern Indiana to Join the Ohio Valley Conference in 2022-23" (Press release). Ohio Valley Conference. February 9, 2022.Archived from the original on April 3, 2022. RetrievedFebruary 9, 2022.
  23. ^"Lindenwood sports moving to Division I and the Ohio Valley Conference".FOX 2. 2022-02-23.Archived from the original on 2022-02-23. Retrieved2022-02-23.
  24. ^"GLVC Admits Upper Iowa University as Full Time Member" (Press release). Upper Iowa University. November 29, 2022.Archived from the original on December 1, 2022. RetrievedDecember 4, 2022.
  25. ^"Lincoln University Announces Move to GLVC, Additions of Baseball and Men's & Women's Soccer" (Press release). Lincoln University. January 26, 2023.Archived from the original on January 26, 2023. RetrievedJanuary 26, 2023.
  26. ^"GLVC Announces Women's Wrestling as the 27th Sponsored Sport". Great Lakes Valley Conference. July 10, 2025. RetrievedJuly 10, 2025.
  27. ^"Men's Volleyball Announced as Next GLVC Sport in 2025-26". Great Lakes Valley Conference. July 25, 2024. RetrievedJuly 25, 2024.
  28. ^"University of Jamestown Joins GLVC as Associate Member in Men's Volleyball". Great Lakes Valley Conference. July 8, 2025. RetrievedJuly 8, 2025.
  29. ^"STUNT Announced as the Next GLVC Sport in 2025-26". Great Lakes Valley Conference. January 10, 2025. RetrievedJanuary 10, 2025.
  30. ^"Ferris State Joins GLVC as Associate Member in STUNT". Great Lakes Valley Conference. March 20, 2025. RetrievedMarch 20, 2025.
  31. ^"Purdue Northwest and Trevecca Nazarene Join GLVC as Associate Members in STUNT". July 9, 2025. RetrievedJuly 9, 2025.
  32. ^"New Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Forms for Sprint Football" (Press release). Midwest Sprint Football League. June 21, 2021.Archived from the original on June 21, 2021. RetrievedDecember 14, 2021.
  33. ^ See Emerging Sports for Women,https://www.ncaa.org/sports/2016/3/2/emerging-sports-for-women.aspx
  34. ^"Lewis Announces Addition of Women's Flag Football" (Press release). Lewis Flyers. October 24, 2025. RetrievedNovember 1, 2025.

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