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SLIAC Members
5808 Blackburn College
Location: Carlinville, Illinois
Founded: 1837
Enrollment: 590
Mascot: Beavers
SLIAC Member Since: 1989 (Charter)
Website: blackburn.edu
5809 Eureka College
Location: Eureka, Illinois
Founded: 1855
Enrollment: 567
Mascot: Red Devils
SLIAC Member Since: 2006
Website: eureka.edu
5814 Greenville University
Location: Greenville, Illinois
Founded: 1892
Enrollment: 872
Mascot: Panthers
SLIAC Member Since: 1995
Website: greenville.edu
5815 Lyon College
Location: Batesville, Arkansas
Founded: 1872
Enrollment: 665
Mascot: Scots
SLIAC Member Since: 2023
Website: lyon.edu
5816 Mississippi University for Women
Location: Columbus, Mississippi
Founded: 1884
Enrollment: 2,789
Mascot: Owls
SLIAC Member Since: 2023
Website: muw.edu
5817 Principia College
Location: Elsah, Illinois
Founded: 1912
Enrollment: 480
Mascot: Panthers
SLIAC Member Since: 1989 (Charter)
Website: principiacollege.edu
5813 Spalding University
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Founded: 1814
Enrollment: 1,305
Mascot: Golden Eagles
SLIAC Member Since: 2009
Website: spalding.edu
5812 Webster University
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Founded: 1915
Enrollment: 6,745
Mascot: Gorloks
SLIAC Member Since: 1989 (Charter)
Website: webster.edu
5811 Westminster College
Location: Fulton, Missouri
Founded: 1851
Enrollment: 609
Mascot: Blue Jays
SLIAC Member Since: 1990
Website: wcmo.edu

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The St Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) was formally chartered in September of 1989 at Maryville University of St. Louis and the first championships were conducted during the 1990-91 school year. The constitution of the conference is structured according to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) format and all member schools will be associated only with the NCAA. Member institutions have adopted an NCAA competitive philosophy, which in part states, the college places special importance on the impact of athletics on the participants rather than on the spectators. SLIAC member schools are committed to this end. Scholarships to SLIAC schools are based on academics and need only. There are no provisions for athletic scholarships. This helps assure that the student-athlete is a student in the purest sense.

SLIAC institutions provide student-athletes the opportunity to compete on an equal and competitive level, thus permitting the student-athletes the opportunity to compete for conference, regional and national championships. Team championships are contested in baseball, basketball, soccer, softball, and volleyball. Championship sports are cross country, golf, track and field, and wrestling.

Mission Statement
To enhance the student-athletes' educational process through intercollegiate competitive activity encompassing the rules of fairness based on the highest standards of integrity and sportsmanlike conduct.

Colleges and universities in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference consider the athletic experience an integral component of the educational process.  In so doing, the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference seeks to coordinate the objectives and programs of athletics with the academic developmental objectives and to ensure the integration of athletes with other students.

Adopted 5-26-93

Purpose & Principles
(Article 2.0 of the SLIAC Constitution)
The purpose of the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is to provide an association through which the member institutions may encourage organized competition in intercollegiate sports among teams representative of their respective student bodies.

It is the cardinal principle of the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference that participation in sports by the members of its teams shall be solely because of student interest in the enjoyment of the game.  No financial aid shall be given to any student, which is conditioned upon participation in intercollegiate sports or provided for the purpose of encouraging participation.

No aid funds of any member institution shall be specifically reserved for athletes participating in the conference and the directors of athletics and coaches shall have no vote or participation in the determination of recipients or amounts of financial aid to any student who participates in any sports in this conference.

Admitting criteria for admission to individual member institution shall be the same for all students at that member institution.

All-Time Members
Blackburn College (1989-present, charter member)
Eureka College (2006-present)
Fontbonne University (1989-2025, charter member)
Greenville University (1995-present)
Iowa Wesleyan College (2013-2021)
Lincoln Christian College (2006-2007)
MacMurray College (1990-2020)
Maryville University (1989-2009, charter member)
Parks College (1989-1996, charter member)
Principia College (1989-present, charter member)
Spalding University (2009-present)
Webster University (1989-present, charter member)
Westminster College (1990-present)

Affiliate Members
University of Dallas (cross country & golf, 2010-2011)
Grinnell College (men's and women's golf, 2019-present)
Huntingdon College (football, 2008; men's and women's wrestling, 2025-present)
Illinois College (men's and women's golf, 2019-present)
Knox College (men's and women's golf, 2019-present)
LaGrange College (football, 2008) Affiliate
Lake Forest College (men's and women's golf, 2019-present)
McMurry University (men's and women's wrestling, 2025-present)
Monmouth College (men's and women's golf, 2019-present)
University of the Ozarks (men's and women's wrestling, 2023-present)
Schreiner University (men's and women's wrestling, 2023-present)