Association | NCAA |
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Founded | 1987 (as Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference) |
Commissioner | Jay Jones (since 2019) |
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Division | Division III |
No. of teams | 10 |
Headquarters | Carmel, Indiana |
Region | Ohio Valley |
Official website | heartlandconf.org |
Locations | |
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 Conference (ICAC) in 1987, it reincorporated under its current name in 1998 with the addition of several schools from Ohio.
Original members of the HCAC included Anderson, Bluffton, Franklin, Hanover, Manchester, Mount St. Joseph, Wabash, and Wilmington. Of the ten current members, six were founding members of the former ICAC.
Former members include DePauw (1987–1998), Taylor (1988–1991), Wabash (1987–1999), Wilmington (1998–2000), and Defiance (2000–2024). Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology (1988–1998) re-joined as of July 1, 2006.
The Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference (ICAC) was formed in June 1987, with 1990–91 being the first full season of competition (all eight teams competing in eight varsity sports).
Charter members in 1987 included Anderson University, DePauw University, Franklin College, Hanover College, Manchester College, and Wabash College. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and Taylor University later joined in 1988. Taylor left the conference after the 1990–91 season.
The addition of three Ohio schools (Bluffton College, the College of Mount St. Joseph, and Wilmington College) and the departure of two Indiana schools (DePauw and Rose-Hulman) during the 1998–99 season prompted a change in name to Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference. Wabash and Wilmington later departed in the 1998–99 and 1999–2000 seasons respectively. Defiance College and Transylvania University joined in 2000 and 2001 respectively. Rose-Hulman re-joined the HCAC, effective for the 2006–07 season.
In October 2009, Earlham College of Richmond, Indiana was accepted as the 10th member of the conference and began competition in the fall of 2010.
In the summer of 2024, Defiance College departed the HCAC to join the NAIA and the Wolverine–Hoosier Athletic Conference. Berea College joined the HCAC at the start of the 2024–25 academic year.
The HCAC currently has ten full members, all private schools:
The HCAC has four former full members, all were private schools:
Institution | Location | Founded | Affiliation | Enrollment | Nickname | Joined | Left | Current conference |
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Defiance College | Defiance, Ohio | 1850 | United Church of Christ | 505 | Yellow Jackets | 2000–01 | 2023–24 | Wolverine–Hoosier (WHAC) [lower-alpha 1] |
DePauw University | Greencastle, Indiana | 1837 | United Methodist | 2,350 | Tigers | 1987–88 | 1997–98 | North Coast (NCAC) |
Taylor University | Upland, Indiana | 1846 | Interdenominational | 1,887 | Trojans | 1988–89 | 1990–91 | Crossroads [lower-alpha 1] |
Wabash College [lower-alpha 2] | Crawfordsville, Indiana | 1832 | Nonsectarian | 910 | Little Giants | 1987–88 | 1998–99 [lower-alpha 3] | North Coast (NCAC) |
Wilmington College | Wilmington, Ohio | 1870 | Quakers | 990 | Quakers | 1998–99 | 1999–2000 | Ohio (OAC) |
Member teams compete in women's basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field, swimming and diving and volleyball and men's baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, tennis, swimming and diving and track and field.
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