Pioneer Conference (Indiana)

The Pioneer Conference was formed in 2009. It is made up of ten small private, military, laboratory, and/or charter schools from Delaware, Hamilton, Johnson, Madison, Marion, and Wayne counties. All schools are Class 1A IHSAA members.

The Pioneer Conference in Indiana

Members
School Location Mascot Colors County Size
08-09		 IHSAA
Class		 Year Joined Previous conference
affiliation
Anderson Prep Anderson Jets           48
Madison		 309 A 2015 Independents
Bethesda Christian Brownsburg Patriots           31
Hendricks		 106 A 2018 Independents
Central Christian Indianapolis Chargers                49
Marion		 57 A 2009 Central Indiana
Christian Conference
Greenwood
Christian		 Greenwood Cougars                41
Johnson		 83 A 2009 Independent
Indianapolis
Shortridge		 Indianapolis Blue Devils           49
Marion		 90 A 2010 none (reopened 2009)
International Indianapolis Gryphons           49
Marion		 129 A 2009 Independent
Liberty Christian Anderson Lions           48
Madison		 124 A 2009 Independent
Muncie Burris Muncie Owls                18
Delaware		 520 2A 2015 Independents
(MEC 2014)
Park Tudor Indianapolis Panthers                49
Marion		 376 AA 2019 Indiana Crossroads
Seton Catholic Richmond Cardinals                89
Wayne		 74 A 2015 Independents
University Carmel Trailblazers                29
Hamilton		 236 A 2015 Independents

Former Members
School City Mascot Colors County Year Joined Previous Conference Year Left Conference Joined
Indianapolis Attucks Indianapolis Tigers           49
Marion		 2009 Indianapolis 2018 Independents

History

The conference was formed in 2009, with four Indianapolis-area private schools (Baptist, Greenwood Christian, International, Liberty Christian) joining with recently reopened IPS school Attucks, whose medical focus causes the school to be smaller than its public counterparts. The 2010-11 school year also brought another small IPS school into the fold, Shortridge. The Conference expanded outside of the immediate Indianapolis area in 2015, adding three Independent schools (Anderson Prep, Seton Catholic, and University), as well as Muncie Burris, who had been voted out of the Mid-Eastern Conference the year before.[1] Indianapolis Attucks left in 2018, and was replaced by Bethesda Christian.[2] Park Tudor would also join the conference in 2019.[3]

Membership timeline
University High School (Carmel, Indiana)Seton Catholic High School (Richmond, Indiana)Burris Laboratory SchoolAnderson Preparatory AcademyShortridge High SchoolLiberty Christian School (Anderson, Indiana)International School of IndianaGreenwood Christian AcademyCrispus Attucks High School

Conference Championships

Boys Basketball
#TeamSeasons
3Greenwood Christian2011, 2012, 2014*
2Attucks2015, 2017 (W)
2Liberty Christian2013*, 2016
2Shortridge2013*, 2014*
1Baptist2010
1University2017 (E)
0Anderson Prep
0Burris
0International
0Seton Catholic

Girls Basketball
#TeamSeasons
4Attucks2011, 2015, 2016, 2017 (W)
3Shortridge2012, 2013, 2014
1Greenwood Christian2010
1Liberty Christian2017 (E)
0Baptist
0International
0Anderson Prep
0Burris
0Seton Catholic
0University

Baseball
# Team Seasons
1 Greenwood Christian 2016*
1 Seton Catholic 2016*
1 University 2016*
1 Liberty Christian 2017

Boys' Tennis
#TeamSeasons
1University2016
0Shortridge
0Baptist
0Liberty Christian
0Attucks
0International

All-Conference Teams

Baseball

2016

Name Class School
Tristan Williams Fr. Anderson Prep
Krae Sparks Sr. Greenwood Christian
Joel Stinnett So. Greenwood Christian
Nate Weems Sr. Greenwood Christian
Isaiah Brees So. Liberty Christian
Peyton Quinn Jr. Liberty Christian
Matt Armstrong Sr. Muncie Burris
Cliff Dickman Sr. Seton Catholic
Nick Matthews Seton Catholic
Vince Mosey Jr. Seton Catholic
Colten Pippenger Sr. Seton Catholic
Hudson Bebo So. University
Dawson Estep Fr. University
John Lawicki Jr. University
Zach Nerney Sr. University
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References
  1. "Burris Finds Conference to Call Home". The Star Press, Muncie, IN. 2014-08-06. Retrieved 2014-08-07.
  2. "IHSAA Athletic Conferences". Indiana High School Athletic Association. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
  3. "Park Tudor to Join Pioneer Academic/Athletic Conference in 2019". Park Tudor School. 2018-11-08. Retrieved 2019-04-14.


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