During the 2007-2008 academic year the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) will celebrate its 25^thanniversary of women’s athletics. During the year, the Conference will commemorate this important milestone in women’s athletics with events taking place on each campus. Additionally, the MIAC website will contain information about past MIAC and NCAA National Champions, a timeline of major events, as well as feature stories on individuals who have made the past 25 years a success and have set the stage for the next chapter of the story on women’s athletics.

 

Over the past 25 years, the MIAC has taken great pride in the advancement of women’s athletics. The MIAC currently sponsors women’s championships in 11 different sports. The Conference boasts 11 NCAA women’s National Team Championships as well as 85 individual student-athletes who have been crowned NCAA Champions. In 1998, the MIAC became one of the first conferences in the nation to adopt women’s hockey as a varsity intercollegiate sport.

 

“This truly marks a great achievement for women’s sports. It is very important to remember how far women’s athletics have come over the past 25 years so as to continue advancing opportunities for women in intercollegiate athletics,” said MIAC Assistant Director, Kelly Anderson Diercks.

 

Additional information about the MIAC 25^th Anniversary of women’s athletics can be found by clicking on the 25^thAnniversary of Women’s Athletics logo, found on the MIAC homepage or clicking here (http://www.miac-online.org//Sports/gen/2007/25thanniversary.asp)