Quick Facts

**The WIAC competes at the NCAA Division III level.


**The WIAC is the ninth-oldest conference in the NCAA and celebrated its 100th year during the 2012-13 academic year.  1,400 individuals packed the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wis., on August 4, 2012 to celebrate the WIAC Centennial Banquet.


**WIAC student-athletes compete without the benefit of athletic aid or scholarships. They compete for the "love of the game".


**Over 5,000 student-athletes compete in the WIAC each year.


**The eight institutions of the WIAC have a total student-enrollment of approximately 70,000.


**Over 400,000 WIAC alumni currently reside within the state of Wisconsin.


**In the last 10 years, 34 national championship team titles have been crowned by the WIAC.


**The WIAC has captured more NCAA national championships than any other Division III conference in history. Championships have been won in 14 different sports, including: baseball, men's basketball, women's basketball, men's cross country, women's cross country, football, men's golf, men's ice hockey, men's indoor track, women's indoor track, men's outdoor track, women's outdoor track, softball and women's volleyball. It is no wonder the WIAC is commonly referred to as the "Conference of Champions".


**Over 80 percent of all student-athletes competing in the WIAC are products of Wisconsin high schools. The WIAC is truly the "Conference of Wisconsin".


**Each year, the WIAC is selected to host a number of NCAA National Championships. These championships bring nationwide recognition to our institutions, as well as thousands of competitors and spectators to our State each year.


**WIAC student-athletes are students first and athletes second. Each year, dozens of our student-athletes are named to regional and national Academic All-America Teams. Nearly 50 percent of the student-athletes competing in the WIAC achieve a 3.0 grade point average or better.


**Year in and year out, WIAC institutions rank near the top of the Learfield Directors' Cup final standings symbolizing the finest all-around Division III collegiate programs in the country. The 2021-22 final standings found four WIAC institutions in the Top 31--UW-Whitewater (13th), UW-Eau Claire (16th), UW-La Crosse (21st), UW-Oshkosh (31st) and UW-Stevens Point (51st). These rankings are even more remarkable when considering there are nearly 450 institutions in Division III.



**In 2006, the WIAC became the first and only conference in the history of Division III to enter into its own television broadcast agreement resulting in dozens of WIAC regular-season and championship events appearing on Fox Sports North, Fox Sports Wisconsin and Charter OnDemand.


**During the 2011-12 academic year, 47 WIAC head coaches were coaching at their alma mater.