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. There are 9 full member institutions as of 2022.
History
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* September 1989: The SLIAC chartered with Blackburn, Fontbonne, Maryville, Parks, Principia, and Webster the original members.
* September 1990: The SLIAC's first year gets underway. MacMurray and Westminster join the charter members.
* February 1991: The first SLIAC men's basketball tournament is held.
* February 1995: Westminster wins the men's basketball tournament title to earn the SLIAC's first automatic bid to an NCAA Division III national championship event.
* September 1995: Greenville begins its first year as a member of the conference, bringing SLIAC membership to nine schools.
* March 1996: MacMurray wins the women's basketball tournament title to earn the conference's first automatic bid to an NCAA Division III women's national championship event.
* April 1996: Parks competes in its final conference event. Parks closed after the 1995-96 year and its academic programs were moved to the Saint Louis University campus.
* November 1996: Blackburn, MacMurray, and Westminster share the first-ever SLIAC football title.
* September 1999: The SLIAC begins its tenth year of operation.
* November 1999: The fourth and final (until 2008) conference football title is awarded (six teams needed for conference to sponsor a sport).
* September 2006: Eureka and Lincoln Christian begin play as the ninth and tenth members of the conference.
* March 2007: Huntingdon and LaGrange admitted to the SLIAC as affiliate members in the sport of football. The SLIAC announces football will return in the fall of 2008 after a nine-year hiatus.
* May 2007: William Wolper hired as the Conference's first full-time Commissioner (officially started in July).
* November 2007: With the completion of the fall season, Lincoln Christian departs the SLIAC.
* September 2008: Football begins play as the 13th conference sport after a nine-year hiatus.
* September 2008: Spalding University admitted to the SLIAC to begin play during the 2009–10 academic year.
* April 2009: The SLIAC announced it would cease its sponsorship of football; five football-playing schools join the
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference
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(UMAC) as associate members for the sport. Huntingdon and LaGrange end football affiliation with the conference.
* June 2010: University of Dallas admitted to the SLIAC as an affiliate member in the sports of men's golf, men's and women's cross country.
* September 2010: University of Dallas is accepted as a full member into the
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
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(SCAC) and drops its affiliate membership with the SLIAC after the spring men's golf season.
* December 2011: Iowa Wesleyan College admitted to the SLIAC as a full member to begin play during the 2013–14 academic year.
* March 2020: MacMurray College announced it would close in May 2020 due to financial struggles.
* June 2020: Iowa Wesleyan announced that it would leave the NCAA and return to the NAIA after the 2020–21 academic year.
* June 2021: Mississippi University for Women admitted to the SLIAC as a full member beginning the 2022–23 academic year.
* August 2022: Lyon College admitted to the SLIAC as a full member beginning the 2023–24 academic year.
Member schools
Current members
The SLIAC currently has nine full members,. Eight are
private
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schools and one is
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Future member
Former members
The SLIAC had five former full members, all were
private
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schools:
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Former associate members
The SLIAC had three former associate members, all were
private
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schools:
Membership timeline
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Parks
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Webster
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Eureka
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Huntingdon
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LaGrange
Joseph-Louis Lagrange (born Giuseppe Luigi LagrangiaSpalding (2009–present)
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Dallas
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Lyon
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