- Heartland Conference
The Heartland Conference is an NCAA Division II
college athletic conference founded in 1999. The majority of members are in Texas, with additional members in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri.Member schools
The Heartland Conference included the following schools for the 2005-2006 school year:
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Newman University ,Texas A&M International University and TheUniversity of Texas of the Permian Basin have joined the conference in 2006; all are beginning the transition from NAIA to NCAADivision II .ports
The Heartland Conference sponsors 13 sports, 7 for women and 6 for men. Both men and women compete in
basketball , cross country,golf ,soccer , andtennis . Men compete inbaseball and women compete insoftball andvolleyball .Former Members
In Fall 2005, founding members
Drury University andRockhurst University left the Heartland Conference to join theGreat Lakes Valley Conference . On July 1, 2006,Western New Mexico University left to join theRocky Mountain Athletic Conference . On July 1, 2007,Montana State University - Billings left to join theGreat Northwest Athletic Conference .External links
* [http://heartlandsports.org/ Conference website]
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