- Mid-South Conference
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Mid-South Conferencee
(MSC)Established 1995 Association NAIA Members 17 (including affiliates) Sports fielded 16 (men's: 8; women's: 8) Region Southern United States, Midwestern United States
Region XI of the NAIAHeadquarters Louisville, Kentucky Commissioner Steve Baker Website mid-southconference.org Locations The Mid-South Conference (MSC) is an athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA. Member institutions are located in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. It is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.
The MSC has four types of member institutions. Belhaven, Cumberland, Faulkner, Kentucky Christian and Union play football in the MSC and compete in other conferences in all other sports. Bethel and Shorter compete in MSC football and track and field, but are members of other conferences for all other sports. All sports' teams (including football) from Campbellsville, Georgetown College (KY), Lindsey Wilson, Pikeville, University of the Cumberlands, UV-Wise and West Virginia Tech play in the MSC. The same is true of Rio Grande, Shawnee State, and St. Catharine, but these three schools do not have football teams.
The league is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky and is led by commissioner Steve Baker.
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Members
Institution Location
(Population)Founded Affiliation Enrollment Nickname
(Colors)East Division Campbellsville University Campbellsville, Kentucky
(10,498)1906 Private / SBC 2,181 Tigers
(Maroon)Georgetown College Georgetown, Kentucky
(18,080)1787 Private / SBC 1,400 Tigers
(Orange & Black)Kentucky Christian University* Grayson, Kentucky
(3,877)1919 Private / Christian churches and churches of Christ 550 Knights
(Black & Red)Lindsey Wilson College Columbia, Kentucky
(4,014)1903 Private / Methodist 1,790 Blue Raiders
(Blue & White)University of Pikeville Pikeville, Kentucky
(6,295)1889 Private / Presbyterian 1,156 Bears
(Orange)University of Virginia's College at Wise Wise, Virginia
(3,255)1954 Public 1,911 Highland Cavaliers
(Red & Gray)West Virginia University Institute of Technology Montgomery, West Virginia
(1,942)1895 Public 2,252 Golden Bears
(Royal Blue & New Gold)West Division Belhaven College* Jackson, Mississippi
(184,256)1894 Private / Presbyterian 2,400 Blazers
(Green & Gold)Bethel University* McKenzie, Tennessee
(5,295)1842 Private / Cumberland Presbyterian 1,300 Wildcats
(Purple & Gold)Cumberland University* Lebanon, Tennessee
(20,235)1842 Private / Cumberland Presbyterian 1,345 Bulldogs
(Maroon & White)University of the Cumberlands Williamsburg, Kentucky
(5,143)1887 Private / SBC 1,743 Patriots
(Maroon & White)Faulkner University* Montgomery, Alabama
(201,998)1942 Private / Churches of Christ 2,212 Eagles
(Blue & White)Shorter University* Rome, Georgia
(31,980)1873 Private / SBC 2,500 Hawks
(Royal Blue & White)Union College* Barbourville, Kentucky
(3,589)1879 Private / Methodist 1,350 Bulldogs
(Orange & Black)Non-football University of Rio Grande Rio Grande, Ohio
(915)1876 Private / No affiliation 1,893 Red Storm
(Red & Black)Shawnee State University Portsmouth, Ohio
(20,909)1986 Public 4,300 Bears
(Royal Blue & Gray)St. Catharine College St. Catharine, Kentucky
(1,000)1873 Private / Catholic 700 Patriots
(Purple & Gold)* denotes associate member in football
Sports
MSC schools compete in men's baseball, men's and women's basketball, cheerleading, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's track and field, men's and women's golf, men's football, men's and women's soccer, women's softball, men's and women's tennis, women's volleyball, and men's wrestling.
References
External links
Mid-South Conference Belhaven • Bethel • Campbellsville • Cumberland U • Faulkner • Georgetown • Kentucky Christian • Lindsey Wilson • Pikeville • St. Catherine • Shawnee State • Shorter • Union • U of Cumberlands • Rio Grande • Virginia–Wise • West Virginia Tech
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