Summit League

The Summit League, or The Summit, is an NCAA Division I intercollegiate athletic conference with its membership mostly located in the Midwestern United States from Illinois on the East of the Mississippi River to the Dakotas and Nebraska on the West, with additional members in the Western state of Colorado and the Southern state of Oklahoma. Founded as the Association of Mid-Continent Universities in 1982,[1] it rebranded as the Mid-Continent Conference in 1989.[2] The conference changed its name from the Mid-Continent Conference on June 1, 2007.[3] League headquarters are in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Summit League
Established	June 18, 1982[1]
Association	NCAA
Division	Division I
Subdivision	non-football
Members	9 full (4 associates) (10 full members, 5 associates in 2021)
Sports fielded	19 men's: 9 women's: 10
Region	Midwestern United States Western United States Southern United States
Former names	Association of Mid-Continent Universities (1982–1989) Mid-Continent Conference (1989–2007)
Headquarters	Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Commissioner	Tom Douple (since 2005)
Website	thesummitleague.org
Locations

The membership currently consists of nine full members plus four associate members. The University of Missouri–Kansas City returned as a full member after a seven-year absence with the new athletic identity of the Kansas City Roos in 2020,[4] while Purdue University Fort Wayne left for the Horizon League.[5] A total of 31 schools have been full members, but the only charter member remaining in the league today is Western Illinois University.[6]

Member schools

Current members

Current full members

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Endowment[7]	Joined	Nickname	Colors
University of Denver	Denver, Colorado	1864	Private	11,952	$711,345,798	2013	Pioneers
University of Missouri–Kansas City[8][lower-alpha 1]	Kansas City, Missouri	1933	Public	16,944	$1.2 billion (systemwide)	1994 2020[lower-alpha 2]	Roos
University of Nebraska Omaha	Omaha, Nebraska	1908	Public	15,431	$72,000,000	2012	Mavericks
University of North Dakota	Grand Forks, North Dakota	1883	Public	13,847	$230,600,000	2018	Fighting Hawks
North Dakota State University	Fargo, North Dakota	1890	Public	14,358	$201,600,000	2007	Bison
Oral Roberts University	Tulsa, Oklahoma	1963	Private	4,053	$40,490,533	1997 [lower-alpha 3] 2014	Golden Eagles
University of South Dakota	Vermillion, South Dakota	1862	Public	10,151	$213,560,000	2011	Coyotes
South Dakota State University	Brookings, South Dakota	1881	Public	12,613	$135,700,000	2007	Jackrabbits
Western Illinois University	Macomb, Illinois	1899	Public	7,624	$32,134,249	1982 [lower-alpha 4]	Leathernecks

Notes

1. Since July 1, 2019, UMKC has branded its athletic program, previously the UMKC Kangaroos, as the Kansas City Roos.[4]
2. Kansas City, a previous member of the conference from 1994–95 to 2012–13 under its former athletic identity of the UMKC Kangaroos, rejoined in 2020.
3. Oral Roberts, a previous member of the conference from 1997–98 to 2011–12, rejoined in 2014.
4. The Mid-Con did not sponsor women's sports until 1992–93. Before that time, Western Illinois had been a member of the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference, which began as a women's-only conference and added football in 1985; WIU was a member of both sides of the conference. When the Gateway merged its women's side into the Missouri Valley Conference, WIU moved its women's sports into the Mid-Con, but has kept its football team in the Gateway (now known as the Missouri Valley Football Conference) to this day.

Current associate members

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Joined	Nickname	Primary Conference	Summit Sport(s)
Drake University	Des Moines, Iowa	1881	Private	5,270	2017–18	Bulldogs	MVC	Men's tennis[9]
Eastern Illinois University	Charleston, Illinois	1895	Public	7,806	2005–06^sw.dv. 2011–12^m.soc.	Panthers	OVC	swimming and diving,[10] men's soccer[11]
Illinois State University	Normal, Illinois	1857	Public	20,706	2017–18	Redbirds	MVC	Men's tennis[9]
Valparaiso University	Valparaiso, Indiana	1859	Private	4,500	2017–18	Crusaders	MVC	Men's swimming[lower-alpha 1]

1. Valparaiso does not include diving in its intercollegiate aquatics program for either men or women.[12]

Future members

Future full members

Institution	Location (Population)	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Endowment[13][7]	Joining	Nickname	Colors	Notes
University of St. Thomas[14]	Saint Paul, Minnesota	1885	Private	9,878	$519 million	2021	Tommies		On July 15, 2020, St. Thomas received approval from the NCAA to move directly from Division III to Division I.[15]

Future associate members

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Joining	Nickname	Primary Conference	Summit Sport(s)
University of Northern Colorado	Greeley, Colorado	1889	Public	12,862	2021	Bears	Big Sky	Baseball[16]

Former members

Former full members

The Summit League has 22 former members.

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Joined	Left	Nickname	New Conference	Current Conference
University of Akron	Akron, Ohio	1870	Public	29,251	1990	1992	Zips	Mid-American (MAC)
University at Buffalo	Buffalo, New York	1846	Public	28,601	1994	1998	Bulls	Mid-American (MAC)
Centenary College of Louisiana	Shreveport, Louisiana	1825	Private	787	2003	2011	Gentlemen (men's) Ladies (women's)	American Southwest	SCAC (Div. III)
Central Connecticut State University	New Britain, Connecticut	1849	Public	11,360	1994	1997	Blue Devils	Northeast (NEC)
Chicago State University	Chicago, Illinois	1867	Public	3,578	1994	2006	Cougars	NCAA D-I Independent	WAC
Cleveland State University	Cleveland, Ohio	1964	Public	17,204	1982[lower-alpha 1]	1994	Vikings	Horizon
Eastern Illinois University	Charleston, Illinois	1895	Public	11,651	1982[lower-alpha 2]	1996	Panthers	OVC
University of Illinois at Chicago	Chicago, Illinois	1858	Public	28,091	1982[lower-alpha 1]	1994	Flames	Horizon
Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis	Indianapolis, Indiana	1969	Public	27,184	1998	2017	Jaguars	Horizon
Northeastern Illinois University	Chicago, Illinois	1867	Public	11,149	1994	1998	Golden Eagles	Discontinued intercollegiate athletics
Northern Illinois University	DeKalb, Illinois	1895	Public	25,313	1990[lower-alpha 1]	1994	Huskies	Horizon	Mid-American (MAC)
University of Northern Iowa	Cedar Falls, Iowa	1876	Public	11,147	1982	1991	Panthers	Missouri Valley
Oakland University[17]	Rochester, Michigan	1957	Public	19,379	1998	2013	Golden Grizzlies	Horizon
Purdue University Fort Wayne	Fort Wayne, Indiana	1964[lower-alpha 3]	Public	10,139	2007	2020	Mastodons	Horizon
Southern Utah University	Cedar City, Utah	1897	Public	8,297	1997	2012	Thunderbirds	Big Sky
Southwest Missouri State University[lower-alpha 4]	Springfield, Missouri	1905	Public	21,059	1982	1990	Bears (men's) Lady Bears (women's)	Missouri Valley
Troy State University[lower-alpha 5]	Troy, Alabama	1887	Public	29,689	1994	1997	Trojans	TAAC	Sun Belt
University of Wisconsin–Green Bay	Green Bay, Wisconsin	1965	Public	6,700	1982[lower-alpha 1]	1994	Phoenix	Horizon
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	1885	Public	30,502	1993	1994	Panthers	Horizon
Valparaiso University	Valparaiso, Indiana	1859	Private	4,061	1982[lower-alpha 1]	2007	Crusaders	Horizon	Missouri Valley
Wright State University	Fairborn, Ohio	1967	Public	17,789	1991[lower-alpha 1]	1994	Raiders	Horizon
Youngstown State University	Youngstown, Ohio	1908	Public	15,194	1992	2001	Penguins	Horizon

Notes

1. This school joined the then-Mid-Continent Conference before the league began sponsoring women's sports in 1992–93. It had previously been a member of the women's sports-only North Star Conference, which was absorbed by the Mid-Con in 1992.
2. Before the Mid-Con began sponsoring women's sports in 1992–93, Eastern Illinois had been a member of the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference, which began as a women's-only conference and added football in 1985; EIU was a member of both sides of the conference. When the Gateway merged its women's side into the Missouri Valley Conference, EIU moved its women's sports into the Mid-Con, but kept its football team in the Gateway until it moved its entire athletic program into the Ohio Valley Conference in 1996.
3. Purdue Fort Wayne (PFW) did not begin operation until 2018, but inherited its athletic program from Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW), founded in 1964. IPFW dissolved in 2018, and the Purdue University and Indiana University systems each established a new Fort Wayne campus.[18]
4. Known since 2005 as Missouri State University.
5. Known since 2005 as Troy University.

Former associate members

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Joined	Left	Nickname	Primary Conference	Summit Sport
DePaul University	Chicago, Illinois	1898	Private	24,414	1992–93	1998–99	Blue Demons	Big East	softball
Howard University	Washington, D.C.	1867	Private	10,000	1996–97	1998–99	Bison	MEAC[lower-alpha 1]	men's soccer
C.W. Post of Long Island University	Brookville, New York	1954	Public	8,472	1994–95	1997–98	Pioneers	NEC[lower-alpha 2]	baseball
New York Institute of Technology	New York, NY	1955	Private	13,000	1994–95	1997–98	Bears	East Coast (ECC) (NCAA Division II)[lower-alpha 3]	baseball
Oral Roberts University	Tulsa, OK	1963	Private	3,417	2012–13	2013–14	Golden Eagles	Southland[lower-alpha 4]	men's soccer
Pace University	New York, NY	1906	Private	12,772	1994–95	1997–98	Setters	Northeast-10 (NE-10) (NCAA Division II)	baseball
Quincy University	Quincy, Illinois	1860	Private	1,269	1994–95	1995–96	Hawks	GLVC (NCAA Division II)	men's soccer
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIU Edwardsville)	Edwardsville, Illinois	1957	Public	13,850	1994–95	1995–96	Cougars	OVC[lower-alpha 5]	men's soccer
University of South Dakota	Vermillion, South Dakota	1862	Public	10,151	2009–10	2010–11	Coyotes	Summit	swimming and diving
South Dakota State University	Brookings, South Dakota	1881	Public	12,851	2005–06	2006–07	Jackrabbits	Summit	swimming and diving
State University of New York at Oneonta	Oneonta, New York	1889	Public	5,852	1996–97	1998–98	Red Dragons	SUNYAC (NCAA Division III)	men's soccer
Valparaiso University	Valparaiso, Indiana	1859	Private	4,500	2017–18	2019–20	Crusaders	MVC	Men's tennis[lower-alpha 6]

Notes

1. Howard currently plays men's soccer in the Sun Belt Conference.
2. After the 2018–19 school year, Long Island University merged the LIU Post athletic program with the program of its other principal campus, LIU Brooklyn, creating a new Division I program that now competes as the LIU Sharks. The unified athletic program, which maintains Brooklyn's memberships in Division I and the Northeast Conference, now fields a single baseball team that plays on the Post campus in Brookville.[19]
3. NYIT remained in Division I baseball through the 2017 season (2016–17 school year), after which it downgraded baseball to Division II and added that sport to its existing ECC membership.
4. Between Oral Roberts' 2012 departure for the Southland Conference and 2014 return to the Summit League, it maintained Summit associate membership in men's soccer.
5. SIU Edwardsville currently plays men's soccer in the Mid-American Conference, but will return that sport to the Missouri Valley Conference in 2021.
6. Valparaiso dropped men's tennis after the 2019–20 season. It remains an associate in men's swimming.[20]

History

Foundation

The association was created on June 18, 1982 at the O'Hare Hilton Hotel in Chicago, Illinois[1] as the Association of Mid-Continent Universities (or AMCU or AMCU-8, pronounced Am-cue) that it was known as until 1989.[21] The conference sponsored football from 1982 until 1984 at the Division I-AA level (now Division I FCS); and current members North Dakota, North Dakota State, South Dakota, South Dakota State, and Western Illinois have FCS football programs.

Mid-Continent Conference logo, 1982–2007

Changes and the addition of women's sports

The conference saw its first changes in the early 1990s. Southwest Missouri State departed for membership in the Missouri Valley Conference as the University of Akron and Northern Illinois University joined in 1990. Then Wright State University joined in 1991 as Northern Iowa followed Southwest Missouri State to the MVC.

Major changes came to the conference in 1992. First, Akron left for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and another Ohio school, Youngstown State University, replaced it. More significantly, the Mid-Continent added women's sports by absorbing the North Star Conference (NSC), a women's-only league whose final seven members were in the Mid-Continent. All of the final NSC members except for Akron moved their women's sports into the Mid-Continent. At the same time, Eastern Illinois and Western Illinois moved their women's sports into the Mid-Continent when their former women's sports home, the Gateway Conference, merged into the Missouri Valley Conference. The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee joined the Mid-Continent a year later.

Horizon and ECC transitions

In 1994, charter members Cleveland State University, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, as well as newer members Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Northern Illinois, and Wright State left the conference to join the Midwestern Collegiate Conference, now known as the Horizon League.

The Mid-Continent absorbed Central Connecticut State University, Chicago State University, the University at Buffalo, Troy State University (now Troy University), and Northeastern Illinois University from the collapsed East Coast Conference in response. None of these institutions remain in the league.

Missouri-Kansas City, formerly an independent, also joined the Mid-Continent Conference in 1994.

Declining membership

Eastern Illinois moved to the Ohio Valley Conference in 1996, reducing membership to nine programs. Troy State departed for the Trans America Athletic Conference while Central Connecticut joined the Northeast Conference in 1997. Buffalo joined the MAC in 1998 while Northeastern Illinois ceased intercollegiate athletics at that time. Oral Roberts University and Southern Utah University replaced the former pair while Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) and Oakland University moved into the latter duo's spots a year later.

Youngstown State switched to the Horizon League in 2001, and Centenary College replaced it in 2003. Chicago State University announced in the spring of 2006 that it would withdraw from the conference to compete as an independent starting in the 2006-07 school year. Charter member Valparaiso University then moved to the Horizon in 2007.

Renewed expansion and contraction

Conference expansion was discussed at length at the Mid-Continent Conference annual Presidents Council meeting in 2006, and Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW, now Purdue Fort Wayne), North Dakota State, and South Dakota State were approved for site visits. On August 30, 2006, IPFW accepted an invitation to join the Mid-Continent Conference as a full member starting July 1, 2007.[22] Both North Dakota State and South Dakota State also accepted invitations to join the conference the next day.[23][24]

The Summit League continued its renewed expansion push with the admission of the University of South Dakota. The Coyotes began conference play in the 2011–12 academic year and become eligible for all championships the following season.[25] Centenary College subsequently announced that it would leave the Summit League following the 2010–2011 campaign.[26]

The University of North Dakota had also been openly rumored to have been courted by the Summit League, but controversy over the Fighting Sioux nickname in all likelihood prevented UND's admission at that time. Expectations that UND would join the Summit League came to an end on November 1, 2010, when North Dakota instead accepted an invitation to join the Big Sky Conference. The University of South Dakota entered into very brief negotiations to join the Big Sky as well, rather than continuing their plans to join the Summit. However, South Dakota chose instead to remain with the more compact Summit League (along with other Dakota schools, NDSU and SDSU). As the University of Nebraska Omaha began the transition to Division I athletics in all sports, it joined the Summit League on July 1, 2012. With the departures of Centenary to Division III at the end of the 2010-11 athletic year, and Southern Utah and Oral Roberts for other Division I conferences at the end of the 2011-12 athletic year, the Summit League continued with nine institutions, all within the Midwest geographical region.[27]

The conference unveiled the University of Denver (DU) as its 10th member on November 27, 2012, and the Pioneers joined in July 2013.[28] While Denver is slightly outside The Summit's current Midwestern base, the city's status as a major air hub seemingly minimized travel issues for the other members.[28] With Denver among the eight of ten WAC members switching to other conferences, that league searched for new members. UMKC announced on February 7, 2013, that it would be one of six schools joining the WAC for the 2013-14 season,[29] dropping the Summit league back to nine member schools. Membership fell to eight schools on May 7, 2013, when Oakland announced that it was joining the Horizon League.[17] Eight of the nine then-current Horizon League programs were former Summit League members with Oakland's move (the Horizon has since added two more members that were never in The Summit League, Northern Kentucky and Robert Morris, as well as another former Summit member in Purdue Fort Wayne).

In December 2013, The Summit League office announced that Oral Roberts University returned to the conference in all sports, effective July 1, 2014.[30]

The next changes to the conference's core membership were announced in 2017. First, on January 26, North Dakota, which had resolved its controversy by selecting the new nickname Fighting Hawks, unveiled as a new member beginning in 2018.[31] Then, on June 28, IUPUI announced it would leave the conference to join the Horizon League effective July 1, 2017.[32]

For much of 2018, speculation involving further league expansion focused on Augustana University, a Division II school located in the Summit's headquarters city of Sioux Falls. Many of the school's boosters have ties to Sanford Health, a hospital company that has long been a major league sponsor and also owns the office complex that houses the league headquarters.[33][34] The university announced on December 14 that it would start a transition to Division I, though stating at the time that no such move would take place until at least 2021.[35] The conference expanded anyway, announcing in June 2019 that UMKC would return in 2020 after a seven-year absence.[8] However, shortly thereafter, Purdue Fort Wayne announced its 2020 departure for the Horizon League, maintaining the full-time conference membership at nine schools.[5] Then, on October 4, 2019, the University of St. Thomas, a Minnesota school that was set to be expelled from its longtime athletic home of the NCAA Division III Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) in 2021, announced that it received an invitation to join the Summit upon its MIAC departure.[36] St. Thomas eventually received a waiver of an NCAA rule mandating that Division III schools can only transition to Division II, allowing the school to move directly to D-I on the originally announced schedule.[37]

Shortly before St. Thomas' future conference membership was confirmed, the University of Northern Colorado was announced as a baseball-only member effective in 2021–22.[16]

Membership timeline

Full members Full members (non-football) Associate member (baseball, men's soccer, softball, swimming and diving, or men's tennis)

• Purdue Fort Wayne joined the league as IPFW. The athletic branding was changed to "Fort Wayne" in 2016, and to Purdue Fort Wayne shortly before the dissolution of IPFW on July 1, 2018.
• Southwest Missouri State adopted its current name of Missouri State University in 2005.
• The two former members that are part of the University of Wisconsin System, namely UW–Green Bay and UW–Milwaukee, now brand themselves for athletic purposes as "Green Bay" and "Milwaukee".
• Troy State adopted its current name of Troy University in 2004.
• UMKC rebranded its athletic program as "Kansas City" in 2019, a year before its return to the league.[4]

Sponsored sports

The Summit League sponsors championship competition in nine men's and ten women's NCAA sanctioned sports.[38] Former full member Eastern Illinois is an associate member for men's and women's swimming and diving and men's soccer. Drake and Illinois State became associate members in men's tennis starting in 2017–18, and former full member Valparaiso rejoined for men's swimming and men's tennis at the same time. Valparaiso dropped men's tennis after the 2019–20 season, but remains a swimming associate.

Teams in Summit League competition

Sport	Men's	Women's
Baseball	5	–
Basketball	9	9
Cross country	7	8
Golf	9	9
Soccer	6	9
Softball	–	7
Swimming and diving	6	6
Tennis	8	8
Track and field (indoor)	7	8
Track and field (outdoor)	7	8
Volleyball	–	9

Men's sponsored sports by school

School	Baseball	Basketball	Cross Country	Golf	Soccer	Swimming & Diving	Tennis	Indoor Track & Field	Outdoor Track & Field	Total Summit League Sports
Denver	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	5
Kansas City	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	7
North Dakota	N	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	6
North Dakota State	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	7
Omaha	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	5
Oral Roberts	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	8
South Dakota	N	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Y	Y	6
South Dakota State	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
Western Illinois	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	8
Totals	5[lower-alpha 1]	9	7	9	5+1[lower-alpha 2]	4+2[lower-alpha 3]	6+2[lower-alpha 4]	7	7	57+5
Future member
St. Thomas	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9

1. Northern Colorado will become a baseball associate in 2021 (2022 season).
2. Associate member: Eastern Illinois
3. Associate members: Eastern Illinois and Valparaiso (swimming only)
4. Associate members: Drake and Illinois State

Men's varsity sports not sponsored by The Summit League which are played by member schools:

Future member St. Thomas indicated in gray; its listed affiliations reflect those in place when it joins the Summit.

School	Football	Ice Hockey	Lacrosse	Skiing	Volleyball	Wrestling
Denver	—	NCHC	Big East	RMISA	—	—
North Dakota	MVFC	NCHC	—	—	—	—
North Dakota State	MVFC	—	—	—	—	Big 12
Omaha	—	NCHC	—	—	—	—
St. Thomas	PFL	CCHA	—	—	—	—
South Dakota	MVFC	—	—	—	—	—
South Dakota State	MVFC	—	—	—	—	Big 12
Western Illinois	MVFC	—	—	—	—	—

Women's sponsored sports by school

School	Basketball	Cross Country	Golf	Soccer	Softball	Swimming & Diving	Tennis	Indoor Track & Field	Outdoor Track & Field	Volleyball	Total Summit League Sports
Denver	Y	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N	N	Y	6
Kansas City	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
North Dakota	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
North Dakota State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	8
Omaha	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Oral Roberts	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
South Dakota	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
South Dakota State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Western Illinois	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Totals	9	8	9	9	7	5+1[w 1]	8	8	8	9	80+1
Future member
St. Thomas	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10

Notes

1. Associate member Eastern Illinois.

Women's varsity sports not sponsored by The Summit League which are played by member schools:

Future member St. Thomas indicated in gray; its listed affiliations reflect those in place when it joins the Summit.

School	Equestrian	Gymnastics	Ice Hockey	Lacrosse	Skiing
Denver	—	Big 12	—	Big East	RMISA
St. Thomas	—	—	WCHA	—	—
South Dakota State	United Equestrian Conference & National Collegiate Equestrian Association	—	—	—	—

Football

Main article: Association of Mid-Continent Universities football

Men's basketball

Men's basketball in the NCAA tournament

See also: Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament

Year	Team	Seed	Results
1983	none
1984	none
1985	none
1986	Cleveland State	14*	defeated Indiana defeated Saint Joseph's lost to Navy
1987	Southwest Missouri State[39]	13	defeated Clemson lost to Kansas
1988	Southwest Missouri State	13	lost to UNLV
1989	Southwest Missouri State	14	lost to Seton Hall
1990	Southwest Missouri State	9*	lost to North Carolina
	Northern Iowa	14	defeated Missouri lost to Minnesota
1991	Green Bay	12	lost to Michigan State
	Northern Illinois	13*	lost to St. John's
1992	Eastern Illinois	15	lost to Indiana
1993	Wright State	16	lost to Indiana
1994	Green Bay	12	defeated California lost to Syracuse
1995	none
1996	Valparaiso	14	lost to Arizona
1997	Valparaiso	12	lost to Boston College
1998	Valparaiso	13	defeated Ole Miss defeated Florida State lost to Rhode Island
1999	Valparaiso	15	lost to Maryland
2000	Valparaiso	16	lost to Michigan State
2001	Southern Utah	14	lost to Boston College
2002	Valparaiso	13	lost to Kentucky
2003	IUPUI	16	lost to Kentucky
2004	Valparaiso	15	lost to Gonzaga
2005	Oakland	16	defeated Alabama A&M** Lost to North Carolina
2006	Oral Roberts	16	lost to Memphis
2007	Oral Roberts	14	lost to Washington State
2008	Oral Roberts	13	lost to Pittsburgh
2009	North Dakota State	14	lost to Kansas
2010	Oakland	14	lost to Pittsburgh
2011	Oakland	13	lost to Texas
2012	South Dakota State	14	lost to Baylor
2013	South Dakota State	13	lost to Michigan
2014	North Dakota State	12	defeated Oklahoma lost to San Diego State
2015	North Dakota State	15	lost to Gonzaga
2016	South Dakota State	12	lost to Maryland
2017	South Dakota State	16	lost to Gonzaga
2018	South Dakota State	12	lost to Ohio State
2019	North Dakota State	16	defeated NCCU** lost to Duke

* At-large bid
** Opening round game

Summit League championships won per school

School	Conference		Tournament
	Titles	Last Title	Titles	Last Title
Valparaiso	9	2003-04	8	2004
Oral Roberts	6	2011-12	3	2008
South Dakota State	6	2019-20	5	2018
Missouri State	4	1989-90	2	1989
North Dakota State	4	2019-20	4	2019
Oakland	3	2010-11	3	2011
Cleveland State	3	1992-93	1	1986
Western Illinois	2	2012-13	1	1984
Green Bay	2	1993-94	2	1994
Purdue-Fort Wayne	1	2015-16	0	N/A
South Dakota	1	2016-17	0	N/A
IUPUI	1	2005-06	1	2003
Illinois-Chicago	1	1983-84	0	N/A
Northern Illinois	1	1990-91	0	N/A
Southern Utah	1	2000-01	1	2001
Eastern Illinois	0	N/A	2	1992
Wright State	0	N/A	1	1993
Northern Iowa	0	N/A	1	1990

Women's Basketball

Summit League championships won per school

School	Conference		Tournament
	Titles	Last Title	Titles	Last Title
South Dakota State	6	2018-19	9	2019
Western Illinois	6	2016-17	2	2017
Youngstown State	5	1998-99	3	2000
South Dakota	4	2019-20	2	2020
Oakland	3	2006-07	2	2006
Oral Roberts	2	2010-11	5	2008
Northern Illinois	2	1993-94	1	1993
Valparaiso	2	2001-02	2	2004
Troy	1	1996-97	1	1997
Buffalo	1	1994-95	0	N/A
Green Bay	0	N/A	1	1994

Facilities

Future members St. Thomas (all sports) and Northern Colorado (baseball only) indicated in gray.

Full members
School	Soccer stadium	Capacity	Basketball arena	Capacity	Baseball field	Capacity	Softball field	Capacity
Denver	CIBER Field at the University of Denver Soccer Stadium	2,000	Magness Arena	7,200	Non-baseball school		Non-softball school
Kansas City	Durwood Soccer Stadium	850	Swinney Recreation Center[40]	1,500	Non-baseball school		Urban Youth Academy	N/A
North Dakota	Bronson Field	N/A	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center[lower-alpha 1]	3,300	Non-baseball school		Apollo Sports Complex	N/A
North Dakota State	Dacotah Field[41]	2,600[42]	Scheels Center	5,644[43]	Newman Outdoor Field	4,600	Ellig Sports Complex[44]	450
Omaha	Al F. Caniglia Field[45]	3,097	Baxter Arena[46]	7,898	Seymour Smith Park	1,000	Westside Field at Westbrook	300[47]
Oral Roberts	Case Soccer Complex	1,000	Mabee Center	10,575	J. L. Johnson Stadium	2,418	Non-softball school
St. Thomas	South Field	N/A	Anderson Athletic and Recreation Complex	2,000	Koch Diamond	250	South Field	N/A
South Dakota	USD Soccer Field	N/A	Sanford Coyote Sports Center	6,000	Non-baseball school		Nygard Field	500[48]
South Dakota State	Fishback Soccer Park	1,500	Frost Arena	6,500	Erv Huether Field	600	Jackrabbit Softball Stadium	200
Western Illinois	MacKenzie Alumni Field	1,000	Western Hall	5,139	Alfred D. Boyer Stadium	500	Mary Ellen McKee Softball Stadium	500
Associate members
Eastern Illinois	Lakeside Soccer Field	1,000[49]	Soccer-only member
Northern Colorado	Baseball-only member from July 2021				Jackson Field	1,500	Baseball-only member from July 2021

1. North Dakota also schedules basketball games at the Ralph Engelstad Arena.

See also

• List of Summit League champions
• Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament
• Summit League Women's Basketball Tournament
• Summit League Baseball Tournament
• Association of Mid-Continent Universities football

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External links

• Official website