The North Star Athletic Association (NSAA) is a
college athletic conference
In college athletics in the United States, institutions typically join in conferences for regular play under different governing bodies.
Varsity sports
There are several national and regional associations governing the varsity teams of colleges ...
affiliated with the
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) established in 1940, is a college athletics association for colleges and universities in North America. Most colleges and universities in the NAIA offer athletic scholarships to its st ...
(NAIA) that began play in the 2013–14 school year. The conference currently has eight full member institutions in
Iowa
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,
Nebraska
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,
North Dakota
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,
South Dakota
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, and
Wisconsin
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.
History
Chronological timeline
* 2013 - The North Star Athletic Association (NSAA) was founded. Charter members included
Dakota State University
Dakota State University (DSU) is a public university in Madison, South Dakota. The school was founded in 1881 as a normal school, or teacher training school. Education is still the university's heritage mission, but a signature mission of tech ...
, the
University of Jamestown
, mottoeng = Light and Truth
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, type = Private university
, religious_affiliation = Christian
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,
Mayville State University
Mayville State University (MSU or MaSU) is a public university in Mayville, North Dakota. It is part of the North Dakota University System.
History
Founded as a normal school by provision of the North Dakota Constitution in 1889, Mayville Stat ...
,
Presentation College and
Valley City State University, effective beginning the 2013-14 academic year.
* 2014 -
Dickinson State University
Dickinson State University (DSU) is a public university in Dickinson, North Dakota. It is part of the North Dakota University System. It was founded in 1918 as Dickinson State Normal School and granted full university status in 1987.
History
Di ...
joined the NSAA, effective in the 2014-15 academic year.
* 2014 -
Waldorf University joined the NSAA as an affiliate member for football, effective in the 2014 fall season (2014-15 academic year).
* 2015 -
Bellevue University
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and
Viterbo University
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joined the NSAA (along with Waldorf upgrading to join for all sports), effective in the 2015-16 academic year.
* 2015 - The
University of Winnipeg
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joined the NSAA as an affiliate member for baseball, effective the 2016 spring season (2015-16 academic year).
* 2017 - Winnipeg left the NSAA as an affiliate member for baseball as the school dropped the sport, effective after the 2017 spring season (2016-17 academic year).
* 2018 - Jamestown left the NSAA to join the
Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC), effective after the 2017-18 academic year.
* 2021 -
Iowa Wesleyan University
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joined the NSAA as an affiliate member for football, effective in the 2021 fall season (2021-22 academic year).
Member schools
Current members
The NSAA currently has eight full members, half are
private schools:
;Notes:
Affiliate member
The NSAA currently has one affiliate member, which is also a
private school:
;Notes:
Former member
The NSAA had one former full member, which was also a
private school:
;Notes:
Former affiliate member
The NSAA had one former affiliate member, which was a
public
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school:
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Membership timeline
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(2013–present)
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Placenames
Australia
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* Bellevue Hill, New South Wales
* Bellevue, Queensland
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Canada ...
(2015–present)
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(2015–present)
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(2015–2017)
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Conference sports
The North Star Athletic Association currently fields 18 sports (9 men's and 9 women's):
Men's sports
Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the North Star Athletic Association which are played by NSAA schools
Women's sports
Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the North Star Athletic Association which are played by NSAA schools
Conference Championships
Football
;NSAA championships won or shared per school
;NSAA all-time standings (2013–2020)
;NSAA champions by year
Volleyball
;NSAA championships per school
;NSAA all-time standings (2013 to 2021)
;NSAA regular season champions by year
- ''Viterbo was stripped of the 2018 championship after a player was found to be ineligible
;NSAA tournament champions by year
- ''Viterbo was stripped of the 2018 championship after a player was found to be ineligible
Men's basketball
;NSAA championships won or shared per school
;NSAA all-time standings (2013-14 to 2021-22)
;NSAA regular season champions by year
;NSAA tournament champions by year
References
External links
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{{NAIA conference navbox