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Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association 
MIVA logoSport Volleyball Founded 1961 No. of teams 7 Most recent champion(s) Ohio State Buckeyes Official website mivavolleyball.com The Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (MIVA) is a college athletic conference whose member schools compete in men's volleyball. Its member institutions are located in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Illinois in the west to Ohio in the east. Many of the conference's schools also participate in the similarly named Midwest Intercollegiate Volleyball Association in men's volleyball at the club level.
The MIVA Tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the semifinals of the NCAA National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship which consists of 4 teams who play single elimination to determine the National Champion. The two other major volleyball conferences, the EIVA (Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) and the MPSF (Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) also send their league tournament champions to the National Semifinals.
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History
On February 4, 1961 representatives of Ball State University, Detroit Institute of Technology, Earlham College, George Williams College, Lancing College, Michigan State University, Ohio State University and Wittenberg College met in Lansing, Mich. to form the Midwest Intercollegiate Volleyball Conference, the nation's first men's college volleyball league. The league started through the efforts of Jim Coleman of Wittenberg College and Don Shondell of Ball State University. Later the league name was changed to the Midwest Intercollegiate Volleyball Association. The Midwest's premier volleyball conference has provided the foundation for the sport in the region at every competitive level, from juniors to the United States national teams. More than forty schools have participated in the MIVA during its history.
Membership timeline
Members
The MIVA comprises seven teams from the NCAA's Division I and Division II.
Institution Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment Team Nickname Primary conference Ball State University Muncie, Indiana 1918 Public 21,401 Cardinals Mid-American (D-I) IPFW Fort Wayne, Indiana 1964 Public 14,192 Mastodons Summit League (D-I) Lewis University Romeoville, Illinois 1932 Private/Catholic 5,800 Flyers GLVC (D-II) Loyola University Chicago, Illinois 1870 Private/Catholic 15,951 Ramblers Horizon League (D-I) Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio 1870 Public 55,014 Buckeyes Big Ten (D-I) Quincy University Quincy, Illinois 1860 Private/Catholic 1,169 Hawks GLVC (D-II) Grand Canyon University Phoenix, Arizona 1949 Private/for-profit Christian 25,000 Antelopes PacWest (D-II) Conference arenas
School Facility Capacity Ball State John E. Worthen Arena 11,500 IPFW Hilliard Gates Sports Center 2,800 Lewis Neil Carey Arena 1,075 Loyola-Chicago Alumni Gym 2,000 Ohio State St. John Arena 13,276 Quincy Pepsi Arena 2,000 Grand Canyon Antelope Gymnasium 2,000 References
External links
Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Ball State • Grand Canyon • IPFW • Lewis • Loyola • Ohio State • Quincy
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