Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

From BR Bullpen

The Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) was a college athletic conference that existed from 1908 to 1970 in the United States. Schools in the conference at any given time were from Illinois or Michigan. The conference was originally called Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and also called the Little 19 Conference for a time, had a peak membership of 23 schools which were practically all the small colleges in Illinois at the time.

Final Members[edit]

School Year Joined Location Mascot
Central Michigan University 1950-1951 Mount Pleasant, MI Chippewas
Eastern Illinois University 1912-1913 Charleston, IL Panthers
Illinois State University 1908-1909 Normal, IL Redbirds
Western Illinois University 1914-1915 Macomb, IL Leathernecks

Former Members[edit]

(may include non-baseball sponsoring schools and/or non-baseball tenures for member schools)

School Year Joined Left Location Mascot Current Conference
Augustana College (IL) 1912-13 1936-37 Rock Island, IL Vikings College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
Blackburn College 1914-15 1922-23 Carlinville, IL Beavers St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Bradley University 1908-09 1936-37 Peoria, IL Braves Missouri Valley Conference
Carthage College 1912-13 1940-41 Macomb, IL Leathernecks College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
Eastern Michigan University 1950-51 1961-62 Ypsilanti, MI Hurons Mid-American Conference
Elmhurst College 1929-30 1940-41 Elmhurst, IL Pirates College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
Eureka College 1910-11 1941-42 Eureka, IL Red Devils St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Hedding College 1910-11 1925-26 Abingdon, IL Orangemen (The school merged with Illinois Wesleyan University in 1930)
Illinois College 1908-09 1936-37 Jacksonville, IL Blueboys Midwest Conference
Illinois Wesleyan University 1908-09 1936-37 Bloomington, IL Titans College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
Knox College 1908-09 1936-37 Galesburg, IL Prairie Fire Midwest Conference
Lake Forest College 1919-20 1936-37 Lake Forest, IL Foresters Midwest Conference
Lincoln College 1910-11 1927-28 Lincoln, IL Lynx Closed in 2022
Lombard College 1908-09 1928-29 Galesburg, IL Golden Tornado Closed in 1930
McKendree College 1912-13 1937-38 Lebanon, IL Bearcats Great Lakes Valley Conference
Millikin University 1908-09 1936-37 Decatur, IL Big Blue College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
Monmouth College 1908-09 1936-37 Monmouth, IL Fighting Scots Midwest Conference
Mount Morris College 1922-23 1930-31 Mount Morris, IL Mountaineers/Mounders (Merged with Manchester College following 1932)
North Central College 1927-28 1936-37 Naperville, IL Cardinals College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
Northern Illinois University 1920-21 1965-66 DeKalb, IL Huskies Mid-American Conference
Shurtleff College 1910-11 1936-37 Alton, IL Pioneers/Bison Closed in 1957 (Became part of the Southern Illinois University system)
Southern Illinois University Carbondale 1913-14 61-62 Carbondale, IL Maroons/Salukis Missouri Valley Conference
St. Viator College 1916-17 1937-38 Bourbonnais, IL Irish Closed in 1938
Wheaton College (IL) 1919-20 1936-37 Wheaton, IL Crusaders College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
William & Vashti College 1910-11 1916-17 Aledo, IL Closed in 1918