College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

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College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
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FormerlyCollege Conference of Illinois (1946–1967)
Association NCAA
Founded1946
CommissionerMaureen Harty (since 2019)
Sports fielded
  • 26
    • men's: 13
    • women's: 13
Division Division III
No. of teams9
Headquarters Naperville, Illinois
Region Upper Midwest
Official website cciw.org
Locations
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The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) is a college athletic conference which competes in the Division III level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

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CCIW schools have accounted for 50 national championships in NCAA Division III competition, including 15 in men's cross country; six in men's basketball; six in men's outdoor track and field; five in football; four in men's indoor track and field; three in women's soccer; two in women's outdoor track and field, women's basketball, men's soccer, men’s golf, and men's volleyball; and one apiece in baseball and women's indoor track and field.

Elmhurst College won a pair of Division III women's volleyball championships (1983 and 1985), and North Central College won a women's basketball title (1983) before the conference began sponsorship of women's athletics in 1986–87.

North Central men's cross country won its 13th national title in program history during the fall of 2009, while the North Central men's indoor track and field team captured the 2010 national championship. The Cardinals made their clean sweep by winning the men's outdoor track and field title in the spring of 2010. In addition, the Illinois Wesleyan women's outdoor track and field team, as well as the baseball team, took home national titles, giving the CCIW five national championships during the 2009–10 season.

North Central defended its titles in men's indoor track and field and outdoor track and field in the spring of 2011 while the Cardinals won their second men's cross country title in three seasons in the fall of 2011 and their third-straight indoor track and field title in 2012. Illinois Wesleyan won the conference's second women's basketball national title in 2012.

In 2019 Illinois Wesleyan Men’s Golf won their first national championship. They followed that up with a second national championship in 2021 after a one year break due to the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020. Coached by Jim Ott to both Championships and led by Drew Pershing and Ben Johnson in 2019 and Jimmy Morton, Andrew Abel and Rob Wuethrich in 2021.

North Central Football won the 2019 National Championship and, after the COVID year of 2020 in which no championship was held, finished second in the nation in 2021.

Carthage won consecutive men's volleyball titles in 2021 and 2022.

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History

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North Park
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Carroll
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North Central
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The conference was formed with nine charter members (Augustana College, Carthage College, Elmhurst College, Illinois College, Illinois Wesleyan University, Lake Forest College, Millikin University, North Central College and Wheaton College) on April 26, 1946, in Jacksonville, Illinois, and opened competition in the 1946–47 academic year as the College Conference of Illinois. In 1967, the name was changed to the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin to recognize Carthage, which moved to Kenosha, Wisconsin in 1962, and Carroll University, which entered the conference in 1955.

The CCIW sponsors 26 sports: baseball, men's and women's basketball, women's bowling, men's and women's cross country, football, men's and women's golf, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, softball, men's and women's swimming, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's indoor track and field, men's and women's outdoor track and field, men's and women's volleyball, and men's and women's wrestling. The most recently added sports are men's volleyball, which started play in the 2020 season (2019–20 school year); [2] bowling, which started play in 2020–21; [3] and women's wrestling, added for the 2022–23 season. [4]

CCIW membership has experienced several changes since its inception. After Carthage left in 1952, Illinois College withdrew the following year (1953). Elmhurst and Wheaton withdrew following the 1959–60 academic year. Wheaton re-joined for all sports but football in 1967 (and for football in 1970). Elmhurst re-joined in the fall of 1967 for all sports but football (and for football in 1968). Carroll joined during the 1955 spring sports season (1954-55 academic season). Carthage returned in the fall of 1961, and North Park University entered the following fall (1962). Lake Forest dropped out at the end of the 1962–63 academic year. The last member to leave the CCIW was Carroll following the 1991–92 academic year. Carroll returned to the CCIW in 2016. In 2007, Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology, located in Terre Haute, Indiana, joined the CCIW as an associate member for men's and women's swimming. [5] After 2017, Rose–Hulman left as an associate member shortly before its full-time home of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) announced it would add swimming. [6]

The CCIW lost one affiliate member and gained two in 2020. Greenville University, which had moved its men's volleyball program from the single-sport Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League to the CCIW in 2019–20, downgraded the sport from varsity to club status after that school year. [7] With the addition of bowling, Lakeland University, a men's wrestling affiliate since 2016–17, added bowling to its CCIW membership, while Aurora University and Marian University became affiliates in that sport. [3] In 2022–23, Aurora and Lakeland added men's and women's wrestling to their CCIW memberships, [4] and Aurora also joined for men's wrestling.

Chronological timeline

  • 1946 - On April 26, 1946, the CCIW was founded as the College Conference of Illinois (CCI). Charter members included Augustana College of Illinois, Carthage College, Elmhurst College, Illinois College, Illinois Wesleyan College (now Illinois Wesleyan University), Lake Forest University (now Lake Forest College), Millikin College (now Millikin University), North Central College and Wheaton College, effective beginning the 1946-47 academic year.
  • 1952 - Carthage left the CCI, effective after the 1951-52 academic year.
  • 1963 - Illinois College left the CCI, effective after the 1952-53 academic year.
  • 1955 - Carroll College of Wisconsin (now Carroll University) joined the CCI, effective in the 1995-56 academic year.
  • 1960 - Elmhurst and Wheaton left the CCI, effective after the 1959-60 academic year.
  • 1961 - Carthage re-joined back to the CCI, effective in the 1961-62 academic year.
  • 1962 - North Park College (now North Park University) joined the CCI, effective in the 1962-63 academic year.
  • 1963 - Lake Forest left the CCI, effective after the 1962-63 academic year.
  • 1967 - The CCI has been rebranded as the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW), effective in the 1967-68 academic year.
  • 1967 - Elmhurst and Wheaton re-joined back to the CCIW, effective in the 1967-68 academic year. Elmhurst later re-joined back for football for the 1968 fall season while Wheaton did the same for the 1970 fall season.
  • 1992 - Carroll (Wisc.) left the CCIW to join the Midwest Conference (MWC), effective after the 1991-92 academic year.
  • 2016 - Carroll (Wisc.) re-joined back to the CCIW, effective in the 2016-17 academic year.
  • 2007 - Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology joined the CCIW as an affiliate member for swimming, effective in the 2007-08 academic year.
  • 2014 - The University of Dubuque joined the CCIW as an affiliate member for men's and women's lacrosse, effective in the 2015 spring season (2014-15 academic year).
  • 2016 - Concordia University of Wisconsin, Lakeland University and the Milwaukee School of Engineering joined the CCIW as affiliate members for wrestling, effective in the 2016-17 academic year.
  • 2017 - Rose–Hulman left the CCIW as an affiliate member for swimming, effective after the 2016-17 academic year.
  • 2018 - Two institutions joined the CCIW as affiliate members: The University of Chicago for women's lacrosse, and Washington University in St. Louis for football, both effective in the 2018-19 academic year.
  • 2019
    • Greenville University and Loras College joined the CCIW as affiliate members for men's volleyball, effective in the 2020 spring season (2019-20 academic year).
    • Dubuque left the CCIW as an affiliate member for women's lacrosse as the school announced that it would drop the sport, effective after the 2019 spring season (2018-19 academic year).
  • 2020
    • Greenville left the CCIW as an affiliate member for men's volleyball as the school announced that it would drop the sport, effective after the 2020 spring season (2019-20 academic year).
    • Aurora University and Marian University of Wisconsin joined the CCIW as affiliate members for bowling, effective in the 2021 spring season (2020-21 academic year).
  • 2021
    • Dubuque left the CCIW as an affiliate member for men's lacrosse to join the Midwest Lacrosse Conference (MLC), effective after the 2021 spring season (2020-21 academic year).
    • Transylvania University joined the CCIW as an affiliate member for men's lacrosse, effective in the 2022 spring season (2021-22 academic year).
  • 2022 – Aurora added both men's and women's wrestling to its CCIW membership effective with the 2022–23 school year. Lakeland did the same for women's wrestling.

Member schools

Throughout its history, all CCIW members, whether full or affiliate, have been private schools.

Current members

InstitutionLocationFoundedAffiliationEnrollmentNicknameJoined
Augustana College Rock Island, Illinois 1860 Lutheran ELCA 2,349 Vikings 1946
Carroll University Waukesha, Wisconsin 1846 Presbyterian 3,283 Pioneers (men's)
Lady Pioneers (women's)
1955 [lower-alpha 1] ;
2016 [lower-alpha 2]
Carthage College Kenosha, Wisconsin 1847 Lutheran ELCA 2,667 Firebirds 1946;
1961 [lower-alpha 3]
Elmhurst University Elmhurst, Illinois 1871 United Church of Christ 2,748 Bluejays 1946;
1967 [lower-alpha 4]
Illinois Wesleyan University Bloomington, Illinois 1850 Methodist 1,527 Titans 1946
Millikin University Decatur, Illinois 1901Presbyterian1,807 Big Blue 1946
North Central College Naperville, Illinois 1861 United Methodist 2,490 Cardinals 1946
North Park University Chicago, Illinois 1891 Evangelical Covenant 2,660 Vikings 1962
Wheaton College Wheaton, Illinois 1860 Evangelical Protestant 2,885 Thunder 1946;
1967 [lower-alpha 5]
Notes
  1. Carroll joined the CCIW during the 1955 spring season (1954–55 school year).
  2. Carroll left the CCIW after the 1991–92 school year before rejoining effective in the 2016–17 school year.
  3. Carthage left the CCIW after the 1951–52 school year before rejoining in the 1961–62 school year.
  4. Elmhurst left the CCIW after the 1959–60 school year, but rejoined in 1967–68 for most sports, with football returning a year later.
  5. Wheaton left the CCIW after the 1959–60 school year, but returned for most sports in 1967–68 and football in 1970–71.

Affiliate members

The CCIW currently has nine affiliate members. [8]

InstitutionLocationFoundedAffiliationEnrollmentNicknameJoinedPrimary
conference
CCIW
sport(s)
Aurora University Aurora, Illinois 1893Nonsectarian2,309 Spartans 2020–21 Northern (NACC) Bowling
2022–23Men's wrestling,
women's wrestling
Concordia University Wisconsin Mequon, Wisconsin 1881 Lutheran LCMS 7,721 Falcons 2016–17 Northern (NACC) Men's wrestling
Lakeland University Herman, Wisconsin 1862 United Church of Christ 3,973 Muskies 2016–17 Northern (NACC) Men's wrestling
2020–21Bowling
2022–23Women's wrestling
Loras College Dubuque, Iowa 1839 Catholic
(Archdiocese of Dubuque)
1,600 Duhawks 2019–20 American Rivers (ARC) Men's volleyball [2]
Marian University Fond du Lac, Wisconsin 1936Catholic1,497 Sabres 2020–21 Northern (NACC) Bowling
Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1903Nonsectarian2,823 Raiders 2016–17 Northern (NACC) Men's wrestling
Transylvania University Lexington, Kentucky 1780 Disciples of Christ 963 Pioneers 2021–22 [9] Heartland (HCAC) Men's lacrosse
University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois 1890Nonsectarian15,276 Maroons 2018–19 University (UAA) Women's lacrosse [10]
Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, Missouri 1853Nonsectarian14,117 Bears 2018–19 University (UAA) Football [11]

Former members

The CCIW has two former full members.

InstitutionLocationFoundedAffiliationEnrollmentNicknameJoinedLeftCurrent
conference
Illinois College Jacksonville, Illinois 1829 United Church of Christ;
Presbyterian
973 Blueboys 1946–471952–53 Midwest (MWC)
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 1857Nonsectarian1,441 Foresters 1946–471962–63 Midwest (MWC)

Former affiliate members

The CCIW has two former affiliate members.

InstitutionLocationFoundedAffiliationEnrollmentNicknameJoinedLeftCCIW
sport(s)
Current
conference [lower-alpha 1]
Greenville University Greenville, Illinois 1892 Free Methodist 932 Panthers 2019–202019–20men's volleyball [2] N/A [lower-alpha 2]
Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute, Indiana 1874Nonsectarian1,840 Fightin' Engineers 2007–082016–17swimming Heartland (HCAC)
University of Dubuque Dubuque, Iowa 1852 Presbyterian 2,190 Spartans 2014–152020–21m.lax.
2018–19w.lax.
men's lacrosse
women's lacrosse
Midwest Lacrosse (MLC) m.lax. [12]
N/Aw.lax. [lower-alpha 3]
Notes
  1. Current conference in former CCIW sport; does not necessarily match primary home conference affiliation.
  2. During its tenure while competing in CCIW men's volleyball, Greenville's primary home conference was the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC). However, it dropped the sport after the 2020 spring season (2019–20 school year).
  3. During their tenure while competing in CCIW women's lacrosse, Dubuque's primary home conference was the American Rivers Conference (ARC), which they still compete today for all of its other sports. However, it dropped the sport after the 2019 spring season (2018–19 school year). [13]

Membership timeline

Transylvania UniversityMarian University (Wisconsin)Aurora UniversityLoras CollegeGreenville UniversityWashington University in St. LouisUniversity of ChicagoMilwaukee School of EngineeringLakeland UniversityConcordia University WisconsinUniversity of DubuqueRose–Hulman Institute of TechnologyNorth Park UniversityCarroll UniversityWheaton College (Illinois)North Central CollegeMillikin UniversityLake Forest CollegeIllinois Wesleyan UniversityIllinois CollegeElmhurst CollegeCarthage CollegeAugustana College (Illinois)College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

Sports

In 2015, men's and women's lacrosse were added as sanctioned sports by the CCIW. The CCIW announced the inclusion of men's volleyball for the 2020 season (2019–20 school year), with bowling (an NCAA sport for women only) added in 2020–21. Women's wrestling became the newest conference sport in 2022–23.

The CCIW sponsors championships in the following sports:

Conference sports
SportMen'sWomen's
Baseball
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Basketball
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Bowling
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Cross Country
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Football
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Golf
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Lacrosse
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Soccer
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Softball
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Swimming
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Tennis
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Track and field (indoor)
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Track and field (outdoor)
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Volleyball
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Wrestling
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    Men's sponsored sports by school

    SchoolBaseballBasketballCross
    country
    FootballGolfLacrosseSoccerSwimming
    & diving
    TennisTrack
    & field
    (indoor)
    Track
    & field
    (outdoor)
    VolleyballWrestlingTotal
    CCIW
    sports
    Augustana (IL)Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg13
    CarrollGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgRed x.svgRed x.svg11
    CarthageGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg13
    ElmhurstGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgRed x.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgRed x.svgGreen check.svg11
    Illinois WesleyanGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg13
    MillikinGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgRed x.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgRed x.svgGreen check.svg11
    North CentralGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg13
    North ParkGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgRed x.svgRed x.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgRed x.svg10
    Wheaton (IL)Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgRed x.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgRed x.svgGreen check.svg11
    Totals9999+197+1978995+17+4106+7
    AuroraGreen check.svg1
    Concordia (WI)Green check.svg1
    LakelandGreen check.svg1
    LorasGreen check.svg1
    MSOEGreen check.svg1
    TransylvaniaGreen check.svg1
    Washington (MO)Green check.svg1

    Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the CCIW that are played by CCIW schools

    SchoolWater Polo
    Augustana (IL) MPSF

    Women's sponsored sports by school

    SchoolBasketballBowlingCross
    country
    GolfLacrosseSoccerSoftballSwimming
    & diving
    TennisTrack
    & field
    (indoor)
    Track
    & field
    (outdoor)
    VolleyballWrestlingTotal
    CCIW
    sports
    Augustana (IL)Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg13
    CarrollGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgRed x.svg12
    CarthageGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg13
    ElmhurstGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgRed x.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg [lower-alpha 1] 12
    Illinois WesleyanGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg13
    MillikinGreen check.svgRed x.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgRed x.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgRed x.svg10
    North CentralGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg13
    North ParkGreen check.svgRed x.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgRed x.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgRed x.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgRed x.svg9
    Wheaton (IL)Green check.svgRed x.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgRed x.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgRed x.svg10
    Totals96 + 3996 + 199799995 + 2105 + 6
    AuroraGreen check.svgGreen check.svg2
    LakelandGreen check.svgGreen check.svg2
    Marian (WI)Green check.svg1
    ChicagoGreen check.svg1
    1. Elmhurst will add Women's Wrestling for the 2024-25 school year

    Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the CCIW that are played by CCIW schools

    SchoolTriathlonWater Polo
    Augustana (IL) CWPA
    Carthage CWPA
    MillikinIND
    North CentralIND

    National championships

    YearSportSchool
    2022FootballNorth Central
    2022Men's volleyballCarthage
    2021Men's golfIllinois Wesleyan
    2021Men's volleyballCarthage
    2019FootballNorth Central
    2019Men's golfIllinois Wesleyan
    2018Men's cross countryNorth Central
    2017Men's cross countryNorth Central
    2016Men's cross countryNorth Central
    2014Men's cross countryNorth Central
    2012Men's cross countryNorth Central
    2012Women's basketballIllinois Wesleyan [14]
    2011Men's cross countryNorth Central
    2010BaseballIllinois Wesleyan [15]
    2010Men's outdoor track and fieldNorth Central
    2010Men's indoor track and fieldNorth Central
    2009Men's cross countryNorth Central
    2008Women's indoor track and fieldIllinois Wesleyan
    2008Women's outdoor track and fieldIllinois Wesleyan
    2007Women's soccerWheaton
    2006Women's soccerWheaton
    2005Women's basketballMillikin
    2004Women's soccerWheaton
    2000Men's outdoor track and fieldNorth Central
    1999Men's cross countryNorth Central
    1998Men's cross countryNorth Central
    1998Men's outdoor track and fieldNorth Central
    1997Men's basketballIllinois Wesleyan
    1997Men's cross countryNorth Central
    1997Men's soccerWheaton
    1994Men's outdoor track and fieldNorth Central
    1993Men's cross countryNorth Central
    1992Men's cross countryNorth Central
    1989Men's outdoor track and fieldNorth Central
    1989Men's indoor track and fieldNorth Central
    1987Men's basketballNorth Park
    1987Men's cross countryNorth Central
    1986FootballAugustana
    1985FootballAugustana
    1985Men's basketballNorth Park
    1985Women's volleyballElmhurst
    1984FootballAugustana
    1984Men's soccerWheaton
    1983FootballAugustana
    1983Women's basketballNorth Central
    1983Women's volleyballElmhurst
    1982Men's cross countryNorth Central
    1981Men's cross countryNorth Central
    1980Men's basketballNorth Park
    1979Men's basketballNorth Park
    1979Men's cross countryNorth Central
    1978Men's basketballNorth Park
    1978Men's cross countryNorth Central
    1976Men's cross countryNorth Central
    1975Men's cross countryNorth Central

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    The Millikin Big Blue are the intercollegiate athletic programs of Millikin University (MU) located in Decatur, Illinois, United States. The Big Blue athletic program is a member of the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) and competes at the NCAA Division III level.

    The Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League (MCVL) is an intercollegiate men's volleyball conference associated with the NCAA's Division III.

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