Horizon League

Originally founded in 1979 as the Midwestern City Conference, the League was a men's-only sports conference until the 1986-87 academic year when it added women's athletics. The Horizon League offers 19 championships (nine men's sports and 10 women's sports). The League enjoys NCAA automatic qualification in baseball, men's basketball, women's basketball, men's golf, men's soccer, women's soccer, softball, men's tennis, women's tennis and women's volleyball.

Charter members included Butler, Evansville, Loyola, Oklahoma City, Oral Roberts and Xavier. On June 4, 2001, the Horizon League changed its name from the Midwestern Collegiate Conference.

2024 Conference Members & First Year of Baseball

• Northern Kentucky University - 2016
• Oakland Golden Grizzlies - 2014
• Purdue Fort Wayne Mastadons - 2021
• Milwaukee Panthers - 1995
• Wright St. Raiders - 1995
• Youngstown St. Penguins - 2002

Non-baseball schools

• Detroit Titans
• Cleveland St. Vikings
• Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
• Robert Morris Colonials
• University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

Former Baseball Members

• Xavier Musketeers - 1981-1995
• Oral Roberts Golden Eagles - 1981-1987
• Evansville Aces - 1981-1994
• OCU Stars - 1981-1985
• Notre Dame Fighting Irish - 1983-1986, 1988-1995
• Saint Louis Billikens - 1983-1991
• Dayton Flyers - 1988-1993
• LaSalle Explorers - 1993-1995
• Duquesne Dukes - 1993
• Northern Illinois Huskies - 1995-1997
• Butler Bulldogs - 1981-2012
• Valparaiso Crusaders - 2008-2017
• UIC Flames - 1995-2022

Champions

Used divisional format from 1981-1990 and again in 1995. Regular season champions are listed in North Division after the 1990 season, excluding the 1995 season.

Year	North Champion	South Champion	Tournament Champion	Notes
1981	Xavier Musketeers	Oral Roberts Golden Eagles	Oral Roberts Golden Eagles
1982	Detroit Titans	Oral Roberts Golden Eagles	Oral Roberts Golden Eagles
1983	Detroit Titans	Oral Roberts Golden Eagles	Oral Roberts Golden Eagles
1984	Xavier Musketeers	OCU Stars	OCU Stars
1985	Xavier Musketeers	Oral Roberts Golden Eagles	Oral Roberts Golden Eagles
1986	Detroit Titans	Oral Roberts Golden Eagles	Oral Roberts Golden Eagles
1987	Xavier Musketeers	Oral Roberts Golden Eagles	Oral Roberts Golden Eagles
1988	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Evansville Aces	Evansville Aces
1989	Detroit Titans	Evansville Aces	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
1990	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Evansville Aces	Evansville Aces
1991	Evansville Aces	N/A	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
1992	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	N/A	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
1993	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	N/A	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
1994	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	N/A	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
1995	Detroit Titans	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Wright St. Raiders
1996	Butler Bulldogs	N/A	Northern Illinois Huskies
1997	Wright St. Raiders	N/A	Detroit Titans
1998	Butler Bulldogs	N/A	Butler Bulldogs
1999	Butler Bulldogs	N/A	Milwaukee Panthers
2000	Milwaukee Panthers	N/A	Butler Bulldogs
2001	Milwaukee Panthers	N/A	Milwaukee Panthers
2002	UIC Flames	N/A	Milwaukee Panthers
2003	UIC Flames	N/A	UIC Flames
2004	UIC Flames	N/A	Youngstown St. Penguins
2005	UIC Flames	N/A	UIC Flames
2006	UIC Flames	N/A	Wright St. Raiders
2007	UIC Flames	N/A	UIC Flames
2008	UIC Flames	N/A	UIC Flames
2009	UIC Flames	N/A	UIC Flames
2010	Wright St. Raiders	N/A	Milwaukee Panthers
2011	Wright St. Raiders	N/A	Wright St. Raiders
2012	Valparaiso Crusaders	N/A	Valparaiso Crusaders
2013	Milwaukee Panthers	N/A	Valparaiso Crusaders
2014	Wright St. Raiders	N/A	Youngstown St. Penguins
2015	UIC Flames	N/A	Wright St. Raiders
2016	Wright St. Raiders	N/A	Wright St. Raiders
2017	UIC Flames	N/A	UIC Flames
2018	Wright St. Raiders	N/A	Wright St. Raiders
2019	Wright St. Raiders	N/A	UIC Flames
2020	Season cancelled in March
2021	Wright St. Raiders	N/A	Wright St. Raiders
2022	Wright St. Raiders	N/A	Wright St. Raiders
2023	Wright St. Raiders	N/A	Wright St. Raiders
2024		N/A

Source: Horizon League & Wikipedia