The River States Conference (RSC), formerly known as the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC), is a

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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 stu ...

(NAIA). Although it was historically a

Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...

-only conference, it has now expanded to include members in

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Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

, and

West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the Bur ...

, and at various times in the past has also had members in

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, and

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...

History

In March 2016, the KIAC announced it would change its name to the River States Conference, effective July 1, 2016, to better reflect its membership, which has expanded beyond Kentucky and now includes members in Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ohio, and West Virginia.

Chronological timeline

* 1916 - The River States Conference was founded as the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC). Charter members included

Berea College Berea College is a private liberal arts work college in Berea, Kentucky. Founded in 1855, Berea College was the first college in the Southern United States to be coeducational and racially integrated. Berea College charges no tuition; every adm ...

Centre College Centre College is a private liberal arts college in Danville, Kentucky. It is an undergraduate college with an enrollment of approximately 1,400 students. Centre was officially chartered by the Kentucky General Assembly in 1819. The college is ...

Georgetown College Georgetown College is a private Christian college in Georgetown, Kentucky. Chartered in 1829, Georgetown was the first Baptist college west of the Appalachian Mountains. The college offers 38 undergraduate degrees and a Master of Arts in educat ...

Kentucky Wesleyan College Kentucky Wesleyan College (KWC) is a private Methodist college in Owensboro, Kentucky. The college is known for its liberal arts programs. Fall 2018 enrollment was 830 students. History Kentucky Wesleyan College was founded in 1858 by the Kent ...

, the

University of Louisville The University of Louisville (UofL) is a public research university in Louisville, Kentucky. It is part of the Kentucky state university system. When founded in 1798, it was the first city-owned public university in the United States and one of ...

Ogden College Western Kentucky University is a public university in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It was founded by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1906, though its roots reach back a quarter-century earlier. It operates regional campuses in Glasgow, Elizabethtow ...

Transylvania University Transylvania University is a private university in Lexington, Kentucky. It was founded in 1780 and was the first university in Kentucky. It offers 46 major programs, as well as dual-degree engineering programs, and is accredited by the Southern ...

, and Western Kentucky State Teachers College (now Western Kentucky University) beginning the 1916-17 academic year. * 1927 - Ogden left the KIAC as the school announced that it would merge with Western Kentucky after the 1926-27 academic year. * 1927 - Eastern Kentucky State Teachers College (now Eastern Kentucky University) joined the KIAC in the 1927-28 academic year. * 1931 - Morehead State Teachers College (now Morehead State University) joined the KIAC in the 1931-32 academic year. * 1933 - Murray State Teachers College (now Murray State University) and

Union College Union College is a private liberal arts college in Schenectady, New York. Founded in 1795, it was the first institution of higher learning chartered by the New York State Board of Regents, and second in the state of New York, after Columbia Co ...

joined the KIAC in the 1933-34 academic year. * 1948 - Eastern Kentucky, Louisville, Morehead State, Murray State, and Western Kentucky left the KIAC to join the University Division ranks of the

National Collegiate Athletic Association The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...

(NCAA) and to form most of the charter members of the

Ohio Valley Conference The Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference which operates in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern and Southeastern United States, Southeastern United States. It participates in NCAA Divisi ...

(OVC) after the 1947-48 academic year. * 1951 -

Bellarmine College Bellarmine University (BU; ) is a private Catholic The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest ...

(now Bellarmine University) joined the KIAC in the 1951-52 academic year. * 1955 - Kentucky Wesleyan left the KIAC after the 1954-55 academic year. * 1955 - Thomas More College (now Thomas More University) joined the KIAC in the 1955-56 academic year. * 1958 -

Pikeville College The University of Pikeville (UPIKE) is a private university affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) and located in Pikeville, Kentucky. It was founded in 1889 by the Presbyterian Church and is located on a campus on a hillside overlookin ...

(now the University of Pikeville) joined the KIAC in the 1958-59 academic year. * 1962 - Centre (Ky.) left the KIAC to join the

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 ...

after the 1961-62 academic year. * 1964 - Bellarmine left the KIAC after the 1963-64 academic year. * 1964 - Campbellsville College (now Campbellsville University) and

Rio Grande College The University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community College (originally Rio Grande College) is a private university and public community college merged into one institution in Rio Grande, Ohio. It is accredited by the Higher Learning Commissio ...

(now the University of Rio Grande) joined the KIAC in the 1964-65 academic year. * 1968 - Oakland City College (now Oakland City University) joined the KIAC in the 1968-69 academic year. * 1971 - Rio Grande left the KIAC to join the Mid-Ohio Conference (later known as the American Mideast Conference) after the 1970-71 academic year. * 1971 - Asbury College (now Asbury University) and Clinch Valley College of the University of Virginia (now the University of Virginia's College at Wise or UVa Wise) joined the KIAC in the 1971-72 academic year. * 1975 - Oakland City left the KIAC after the 1974-75 academic year. * 1983 -

Alice Lloyd College Alice Lloyd College is a private work college in Pippa Passes, Kentucky. It was co-founded by the journalist Alice Spencer Geddes Lloyd (a native of Cambridge, Massachusetts) and June Buchanan (a native of New York City) in 1923, at first under t ...

joined the KIAC in the 1983-84 academic year. * 1984 -

Brescia College Brescia University is a Private university, private Catholic church, Roman Catholic university in Owensboro, Kentucky. It was founded as a junior college for women and is now a coeducational university offering undergraduate and master's progra ...

(now Brescia University) and

Lindsey Wilson College Lindsey Wilson College is a private United Methodist-related college in Columbia, Kentucky. Degree programs are offered at the associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels.. History Lindsey Wilson College was founded in 1903 as a traini ...

joined the KIAC in the 1984-85 academic year. * 1991 - Thomas More left the KIAC to join the

NCAA Division III NCAA Division III (D-III) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States. D-III consists of athletic programs at colleges and universities that choose not to offer athletic scholarships to their stu ...

ranks as an NCAA D-III Independent after the 1990-91 academic year. * 1991 -

Midway College Midway University is a private Christian university in Midway, Kentucky. Related by covenant to the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), it enrolls approximately 1,900 students earning two-year and four-year degrees as well as master's degre ...

(now Midway University) joined the KIAC in the 1991-92 academic year. * 1992 - Alice Lloyd left the KIAC to join the

Tennessee Valley Athletic Conference Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 36th-largest by ...

(TVAC) after the 1991-92 academic year. * 1992 -

Spalding University Spalding University is a private Catholic university in Louisville, Kentucky. It is affiliated with the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. History Spalding University traces its origins to Nazareth Academy, one of the oldest educational instituti ...

joined the KIAC in the 1992-93 academic year. * 1994 - UVa Wise left the KIAC to become an NAIA Independent (which would later join the Tennessee-Virginia Athletic Conference (TVAC) beginning the 1995-96 academic year) after the 1993-94 academic year. * 1994 - Indiana University–Southeast joined the KIAC in the 1994-95 academic year. * 1995 - Campbellsville, Georgetown (Ky.), and Union (Ky.) left the KIAC to form part as charter members of the

Mid-South Conference The Mid-South Conference (MSC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Member institutions are located in Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee. The league is headquartered in Lou ...

after the 1994-95 academic year. * 1999 - Bethel College of Tennessee (now Bethel University of Tennessee) joined the KIAC in the 1999-2000 academic year. * 2000 - Lindsay Wilson and Pikeville left the KIAC to join the Mid-South after the 1963-64 academic year. * 2000 -

Mid-Continent University Mid-Continent University was a four-year, liberal arts Christian institution located near Mayfield, Kentucky, United States. It had been experiencing financial troubles and was placed on "warning status" by its regional accreditor the Southern A ...

joined the KIAC in the 2000-01 academic year. * 2001 - Transylvania left the KIAC to join the NCAA Division III ranks and the

Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio. Founded as the Indiana Collegiate Athletic Confer ...

(HCAC) after the 2000-01 academic year. * 2003 - The

St. Louis College of Pharmacy The University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis is a private university focused on the health sciences that is located in St. Louis, Missouri. It was founded in 1864 as the St. Louis College of Pharmacy. The university includes St. ...

(SLCP) joined the KIAC in the 2003-04 academic year. * 2005 - Alice Lloyd re-joined the KIAC in the 2005-06 academic year. * 2006 - Bethel (Tenn.) and Mid-Continent left the KIAC after the 2005-06 academic year. * 2007 - Spalding left the KIAC to join the NCAA Division III ranks and the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) after the 2006-07 academic year. * 2007 - Indiana University–East and

Mountain State University Mountain State University (MSU) was a private university in Beckley, West Virginia. It closed in 2013. It was formerly named Beckley College and then The College of West Virginia. Its Beckley campus is now occupied by West Virginia University ...

joined the KIAC in the 2007-08 academic year. * 2008 -

Cincinnati Christian University Cincinnati Christian University (CCU) was a private Christian university in Cincinnati, Ohio. CCU was supported by the Christian Churches and Churches of Christ, which are part of the Restoration Movement. The university was accredited by the ...

joined the KIAC in the 2008-09 academic year. * 2012 - Mountain State left the KIAC as the school announced that it would close after the 2011-12 academic year. * 2012 -

Carlow University Carlow University is a private Catholic university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1929 by the Sisters of Mercy. Carlow's thirteen athletic teams are the Celtics, a reflection of the university's Irish heritage and roots. In 201 ...

and

Point Park University Point Park University is a private university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Formerly known as Point Park College, the school name was revised in 2004 to reflect the number of graduate programs being offered. History Beginnings The university bega ...

joined the KIAC in the 2012-13 academic year. * 2013 - Indiana University–Kokomo joined the KIAC in the 2013-14 academic year. * 2014 - Two institutions left the KIAC to join their respective new home primary conferences: Berea left the NAIA to join the NCAA Division III ranks as an NCAA D-III Independent (which would later join the

USA South Athletic Conference The USA South Athletic Conference (formerly the Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference or the Dixie Conference) is an athletic conference which competes in the NCAA's Division III. Member schools are located in North Carolina and Virginia. H ...

(USA South) beginning the 2017-18 academic year), and UHSP St. Louis to join the

American Midwest Conference The American Midwest Conference (AMC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) with 10 member institutions located in Arkansas and Missouri in the United States. History The c ...

, both effective after the 2013-14 academic year. * 2014 - Rio Grande re-joined the KIAC in the 2014-15 academic year. * 2015 -

Ohio Christian University Ohio Christian University (OCU) is a private Christian college in Circleville, Ohio. It is denominationally affiliated with the Churches of Christ in Christian Union. History The school was founded in 1948 as Mount of Praise Bible College, whi ...

and

West Virginia University Institute of Technology West Virginia University Institute of Technology (WVU Tech, WVIT, WVU Beckley, or West Virginia Tech) is a public college in Beckley, West Virginia. It is a divisional campus of West Virginia University. History The college was founded in 1895 ...

(WVU Tech or West Virginia Tech) joined the KIAC in the 2015-16 academic year. * 2016 - The KIAC has been rebranded as the River States Conference (RSC) in the 2016-17 academic year. * 2019 - Cincinnati Christian left the RSC as the school announced that it would close at the end of the fall 2019 semester during the 2019-20 academic year. * 2020 - Oakland City re-joined the RSC in the 2020-21 academic year. * 2021 - Asbury left the RSC and the NAIA to join the NCAA Division III ranks as an

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as well as the Division I ranks of the

National Christian Collegiate Athletic Association The National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) is an association of Christian universities, colleges, and Bible colleges in the United States and Canada whose mission is "the promotion and enhancement of intercollegiate athletic ...

(NCCAA) after the 2020-21 academic year. * 2021 -

Ohio Valley University Ohio Valley University was a private Christian college located between Parkersburg and Vienna in West Virginia. Founded in 1958 (with classes beginning in fall 1960), the school integrated education with teachings of the Christian faith. The col ...

and

Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC) is a private Roman Catholic liberal arts college in Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. Originally a college exclusively for women, it is now coeducational. It is the oldest Catholic college in Indiana a ...

joined the RSC in the 2021-22 academic year. * 2021 - Ohio Valley left the RSC as the school announced that it would close at the end of the fall 2021 semester during the 2021-22 academic year. * 2022 - Carlow announced on July 6 that it will leave the RSC and the NAIA to join the NCAA Division III ranks and the

Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference The Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in the northeastern United States in the states of New York and Pennsylvania. ...

(AMCC) after the 2022-23 academic year, starting in the 2023–24 season. * 2022 -

Indiana University–Purdue University Columbus Indiana University—Purdue University Columbus (IUPUC) is a public university in Columbus, Indiana. IUPUC offers degree programs from both Indiana University and Purdue University. History IUPUC was founded in 1970 as an extension of Indiana Un ...

(IUPUC) and

Shawnee State University Shawnee State University (SSU) is a public university in Portsmouth, Ohio. Established in 1986, Shawnee State is an open admissions university. It is the southernmost member of the University System of Ohio. History Although its roots date bac ...

will join the RSC beginning the 2023-24 academic year.

Member schools

Current members

The River States currently has 13 full members, all but four are

private Private or privates may refer to: Music * " In Private", by Dusty Springfield from the 1990 album ''Reputation'' * Private (band), a Denmark-based band * "Private" (Ryōko Hirosue song), from the 1999 album ''Private'', written and also recorde ...

schools: ;Notes:

Future members

;Notes:

Former members

The River States had 27 former full members, all but four were

schools. School names and nicknames reflect those used in the final school year each institution was a conference member: ;Notes:

Membership timeline

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Kentucky Wesleyan Kentucky Wesleyan College (KWC) is a private Methodist college in Owensboro, Kentucky. The college is known for its liberal arts programs. Fall 2018 enrollment was 830 students. History Kentucky Wesleyan College was founded in 1858 by the Kent ...

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Transylvania Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Ap ...

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Western Kentucky Western Kentucky is the western portion of the U.S. state of Kentucky. It generally includes part or all of several more widely recognized regions of the state. ;Always included * The Jackson Purchase, the state's westernmost generally recogniz ...

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Murray State Murray State University (MSU) is a public university in Murray, Kentucky. In addition to the main campus in Calloway County in southwestern Kentucky, Murray State operates extended campuses offering upper level and graduate courses in Paducah, ...

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Thomas More Sir Thomas More (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, judge, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist. He also served Henry VIII as Lord ...

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Brescia Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ''comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo. ...

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Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC) is a private Roman Catholic liberal arts college in Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. Originally a college exclusively for women, it is now coeducational. It is the oldest Catholic college in Indiana a ...

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Conference sports

The River States Conference currently sponsors 17 sports (8 men's and 9 women's).

References

External links

* {{NAIA conference navbox