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10-16-2004, 06:23 PM
Fort Hays State accepts invitation to join MIAA
Tigers will begin conference competition starting in 2006-07
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Officials from Fort Hays (Kan.) State University announced today (Oct. 15) the school has accepted an invitation to join the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association, beginning in the 2006-07 academic year.
Fort Hays State, located in the city of Hays, would fill the void left following the 2004-05 school year by the departure of the University of Missouri-Rolla to the Great Lakes Valley Conference. The MIAA will have a nine-school lineup in the interim.
"We are pleased that Fort Hays State has accepted our invitation to join the MIAA," Commissioner Ralph McFillen said. "The university is an excellent fit, both athletically and academically
"We look forward to working with their coaches and administrators."
Fort Hays State has been a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference since 1989, and moved to NCAA Division II status with the rest of the RMAC in 1992.
Before joining the RMAC, Fort Hays State was in the Central States Intercollegiate Conference (1976-89) with several current MIAA members -- Emporia State, Missouri Southern, Missouri Western, Pittsburg State and Washburn.
FHSU currently sponsors 13 sports -- seven men's (baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, track & field and wrestling) and six women's (basketball, cross country, softball, tennis, track & field and volleyball).
The school was founded in 1902 and has an approximate enrollment of 5,800 students. The school has four main colleges -- Education, Arts and Sciences, Business and Leadership along with Health and Life Sciences -- as well as a graduate school.
The MIAA is an NCAA Division II conference founded in 1912 as the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association, and reorganized in 1924. A member of the NCAA since 1957, the conference changed its name to the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics in 1992.
Tigers will begin conference competition starting in 2006-07
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Officials from Fort Hays (Kan.) State University announced today (Oct. 15) the school has accepted an invitation to join the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association, beginning in the 2006-07 academic year.
Fort Hays State, located in the city of Hays, would fill the void left following the 2004-05 school year by the departure of the University of Missouri-Rolla to the Great Lakes Valley Conference. The MIAA will have a nine-school lineup in the interim.
"We are pleased that Fort Hays State has accepted our invitation to join the MIAA," Commissioner Ralph McFillen said. "The university is an excellent fit, both athletically and academically
"We look forward to working with their coaches and administrators."
Fort Hays State has been a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference since 1989, and moved to NCAA Division II status with the rest of the RMAC in 1992.
Before joining the RMAC, Fort Hays State was in the Central States Intercollegiate Conference (1976-89) with several current MIAA members -- Emporia State, Missouri Southern, Missouri Western, Pittsburg State and Washburn.
FHSU currently sponsors 13 sports -- seven men's (baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, track & field and wrestling) and six women's (basketball, cross country, softball, tennis, track & field and volleyball).
The school was founded in 1902 and has an approximate enrollment of 5,800 students. The school has four main colleges -- Education, Arts and Sciences, Business and Leadership along with Health and Life Sciences -- as well as a graduate school.
The MIAA is an NCAA Division II conference founded in 1912 as the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association, and reorganized in 1924. A member of the NCAA since 1957, the conference changed its name to the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics in 1992.