The South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference (SDIC) was an NAIA-associated collegiate athletic conference that ceased operations following the 1999–2000 academic school year when it merged with the North Dakota College Athletic Conference to form the Dakota Athletic Conference. The SDIAC was formed in 1917 from twelve schools, though membership was down to five during World War II, as the religious schools formed the South Dakota College Conference (later Dakota-Iowa Conference). Those schools joined back in by 1948. From 1995 to 2000 seasons, the league was known as the South Dakota-Iowa Intercollegiate Conference, thanks to the addition of Dordt and Westmar colleges in Iowa. Westmar closed in 1997. The SDIIC split in 2000, with half of the schools heading to the DAC (Black Hills State, Dakota State, Si-Tanka Huron, and South Dakota Mines), while the other half joined the Great Plains Athletic Conference (Dakota Wesleyan, Dordt, Mount Marty, and Sioux Falls).[1]
The following is a list of historic members:
Institution
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Nickname
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Location
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First year
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Last year
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Current conference
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Augustana College
|
Vikings
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Sioux Falls, South Dakota
|
1917 1948
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1940* 1949
|
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
|
Black Hills State University
|
Yellow Jackets
|
Spearfish, South Dakota
|
1917
|
2000
|
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
|
Columbus College
|
Mariners
|
Chamberlain and Sioux Falls, South Dakota
|
1917
|
1929
|
Closed 1929
|
Dakota State University
|
Trojans
|
Madison, South Dakota
|
1917
|
2000
|
North Star Athletic Association
|
Dakota Wesleyan University
|
Tigers
|
Mitchell, South Dakota
|
1917 1948
|
1940* 2000
|
Great Plains Athletic Conference
|
Northern State University
|
Wolves
|
Aberdeen, South Dakota
|
1917
|
1974
|
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
|
Redfield College
|
Royals
|
Redfield, South Dakota
|
1917
|
1932
|
Closed 1932
|
University of Sioux Falls
|
Cougars
|
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
|
1917 1948 1977
|
1940* 1960* 2000
|
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
|
Si Tanka-Huron University
|
Eagles
|
Huron, South Dakota
|
1917 1948
|
1940* 2000
|
Closed in 2005
|
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
|
Hardrockers
|
Rapid City, South Dakota
|
1917
|
2000
|
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
|
University of South Dakota–Springfield
|
Pointers
|
Springfield, South Dakota
|
1917
|
1984
|
Closed in 1984
|
Yankton College
|
Greyhounds
|
Yankton, South Dakota
|
1917 1948 1981
|
1940* 1960* 1984
|
Closed in 1984
|
Dordt College
|
Defenders
|
Sioux Center, Iowa
|
1995
|
2000
|
Great Plains Athletic Conference
|
Mount Marty College
|
Lancers
|
Yankton, South Dakota
|
1995
|
2000
|
Great Plains Athletic Conference
|
Westmar University
|
Eagles
|
Le Mars, Iowa
|
1995
|
1997
|
Closed in 1997
|
(*) Augustana, Dakota Wesleyan, Huron, Sioux Falls, and Yankton played in the SDCC/SDIC from 1940 to 1948. Sioux Falls and Yankton also left in 1960 to play in the Tri-State Conference. Sioux Falls returned in 1977 and Yankton returned in 1981.