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Western Athletic Conference
Western Athletic Conference logo
EstablishedJuly 27, 1962 (1962-07-27)
AssociationNCAA
DivisionDivision I
Subdivisionnon-football
Members9
Sports fielded

  • 19
    • men's: 9

    • women's: 10

Region
Western United States
West South Central United States
Midwestern United States
HeadquartersEnglewood, Colorado
CommissionerJeff Hurd (since 2012)
Websitewww.wacsports.com
Locations
Western Athletic Conference locations

The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) is an American collegiate athletic conference formed on July 27, 1962 and affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. The WAC covers a broad expanse of the western United States, with member institutions located in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Utah, and Washington, along with the "non-western" states of Missouri and Illinois (traditionally associated with the Midwest), as well as Texas (traditionally associated with the Southwest).


Due to most of the conference's football-playing members leaving the WAC for other affiliations, the conference discontinued football as a sponsored sport after the 2012–13 season and left the NCAA's Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly known as Division I-A). The WAC thus became the first Division I conference to drop football since the Big West in 2000. The WAC then added men's soccer and became one of the NCAA's eleven Division I non-football conferences.[1]




Contents





  • 1 Members

    • 1.1 Current members


    • 1.2 Future member


    • 1.3 Affiliate members


    • 1.4 Former full members


    • 1.5 Former affiliate members


    • 1.6 Membership timeline



  • 2 History

    • 2.1 Formation


    • 2.2 Success and first expansion


    • 2.3 Second wave of expansion


    • 2.4 Turbulence at the turn of the millennium


    • 2.5 WAC in the 2000s


    • 2.6 Membership changes and the elimination of football



  • 3 Commissioners


  • 4 Sports

    • 4.1 Men's sponsored sports by school


    • 4.2 Women's sponsored sports by school



  • 5 Football


  • 6 Men's basketball


  • 7 Women's basketball


  • 8 Baseball


  • 9 Championships

    • 9.1 Current champions


    • 9.2 National championships



  • 10 Facilities


  • 11 Awards


  • 12 Media

    • 12.1 WAC Digital Network



  • 13 References


  • 14 External links




Members



Current members


The following institutions are the full members of the Western Athletic Conference.






































































































InstitutionLocationFoundedTypeEnrollmentEndowmentNicknameColorsJoinedWAC
Titles[2]

California Baptist University

Riverside, California
1950
Private
9,157
$41,000,000

Lancers

         
2018
0

California State University, Bakersfield

Bakersfield, California
1965
Public
8,720
$18,000,000

Roadrunners

         
2013
7

Chicago State University

Chicago, Illinois
1867
Public
3,578
$3,000,000

Cougars

         
2013
0

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona
1949
Private
19,500
N/A

Antelopes

              
2013
23

University of Missouri–Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri
1933
Public
16,160
$195,000,000

Kangaroos

         
2013
16

New Mexico State University

Las Cruces, New Mexico
1888
Public
18,497
$214,000,000

Aggies

         
2005
60

Seattle University

Seattle, Washington
1891
Private
7,755
$211,000,000

Redhawks

         
2012
18

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Edinburg, Texas
1927
Public
29,045
$77,500,000

Vaqueros

              
2013
3

Utah Valley University

Orem, Utah
1941
Public
33,211
$48,000,000

Wolverines

         
2013
14
Notes
  1. With the elimination of football as a WAC-sponsored sport, New Mexico State's football program is currently an FBS Independent member.

  2. The founding date for UTRGV listed in this table reflects that of Edinburg College, the institution that eventually became UTRGV.

  3. Chicago State's continued membership is problematic. Considering the school's current strained financial situation and the needs of the athletic program, in April 2016, the University Budget Committee recommended that the Athletic Department "... study the benefits of being Division I or another division." [3]

  4. Championships title totals are through Spring 2016.

  5. California State University, Bakersfield will be leaving for the Big West Conference in 2020.[4][5]


Future member


The WAC has announced one school as a future member:[6]






















InstitutionLocationFoundedTypeEnrollmentEndowmentNicknameColorsJoiningPrevious
conference

Dixie State University

St. George, Utah
1911
Public
9,673
$15,300,000

Trailblazers

              
2020

RMAC (NCAA D-II)


Affiliate members


The following 10 schools field programs in the WAC for sports not sponsored by their primary conferences.



























































































































Institution
Location
Founded
Type
Enrollment
Nickname
Primary Conference
WAC Sport(s)
Joined
WAC
Titles[2]
Former
Full
Member

United States Air Force Academy
(Air Force)

Colorado Springs,
Colorado
1955
Federal
4,413

Falcons

Mountain West
men's soccer,
men's swimming
2013–14m.soc
2013–14m.sw
11

Green tickY

California State University, Sacramento
(Sacramento State)

Sacramento,
California
1947
Public
27,972

Hornets

Big Sky
baseball
2005–06
6

Red XN

Houston Baptist University

Houston
1960
Private
2,567

Huskies

Southland
men's soccer
2013–14
0

Red XN

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho
1889
Public
12,312

Vandals

Big Sky
women's swimming
2014–15
17

Green tickY

University of the Incarnate Word

San Antonio
1881
Private
8,455

Cardinals

Southland
men's soccer
2014–15
0

Red XN

University of Nevada, Las Vegas
(UNLV)

Paradise,
Nevada
1957
Public
29,069

Rebels

Mountain West
men's soccer,
men's swimming
2013–14m.soc
2013–14m.sw
7

Green tickY

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff,
Arizona
1899
Public
18,824

Lumberjacks

Big Sky
women's swimming
2004–05
5

Red XN

University of Northern Colorado

Greeley,
Colorado
1889
Public
10,097

Bears

Big Sky
baseball,
women's swimming
2013–14bs.
2012–13w.sw
1

Red XN

San Jose State University

San Jose,
California
1857
Public
30,448

Spartans

Mountain West
men's soccer
2013–14
18

Green tickY

University of Wyoming

Laramie,
Wyoming
1886
Public
12,496

Cowboys

Mountain West
men's swimming
2013–14
25

Green tickY
Notes
  1. Four schools became affiliate members in men's soccer in July 2013; the WAC announced on January 9, 2013 that it would reinstate the sport, which it had sponsored from 1996 to 1999. Because the conference dropped football, it was necessary to add a new men's team sport to maintain its Division I status. It chose men's soccer because three of the confirmed members for 2013–14 (CSU Bakersfield, Grand Canyon, and Seattle) already sponsored the sport, and filled out its soccer ranks by attracting four schools from the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. Three of these schools have past WAC connections—former full members Air Force, UNLV and San Jose State.[7] After the WAC announced it would add men's soccer, the conference gained an eighth soccer school for the 2013 season when UMKC, which already sponsored the sport, joined. In addition, Utah Valley added the sport for 2014, UT-Pan American (now known as UT Rio Grande Valley) added it for 2015, and Chicago State is slated to add it for 2016.

  2. Four schools (three of which are former WAC full members: Air Force, UNLV and Wyoming; and North Dakota) became affiliate members in men's swimming and diving in July 2013; the WAC announced on May 16, 2013 that it would reinstate the sport, which it had sponsored from 1962 to 2000.[8]

  3. Northern Colorado joined the WAC for baseball for the 2014 season (2013–14 academic year).[9]

  4. Sacramento State was formerly an associate member of the WAC in baseball from 1992–93 to 1995–96.

  5. Championships title totals are through Fall 2014.


Former full members


The WAC has 27 former full members.


























































































































































































































































































InstitutionNicknameLocationFoundedTypeEnrollmentJoinedLeftWAC
Titles[2]
Current Primary
Conference

United States Air Force Academy
(Air Force)


Falcons

Colorado Springs, Colorado
1954
Federal
4,413
1980
1999
7

Mountain West

University of Arizona

Wildcats

Tucson, Arizona
1885
Public
39,236
1962
1978
18

Pac-12

Arizona State University

Sun Devils

Tempe, Arizona
1885
Public
59,794
1962
1978
29

Pac-12

Boise State University

Broncos

Boise, Idaho
1932
Public
22,678
2001
2011
33

Mountain West

Brigham Young University
(BYU)


Cougars

Provo, Utah
1875
Private
34,130
1962
1999
193

WCC
Division I FBS Independent

California State University, Fresno
(Fresno State)


Bulldogs

Fresno, California
1911
Public
22,565
1992
2012
78

Mountain West

Colorado State University

Rams

Fort Collins, Colorado
1870
Public
28,417
1968
1999
15

Mountain West

University of Denver

Pioneers

Denver
1864
Private
11,476
2012
2013
7

Summit

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Rainbow Warriors & Rainbow Wahine

Honolulu
1907
Public
20,435
1979
2012
62

Big West
Mountain West (football only)

University of Idaho

Vandals

Moscow, Idaho
1889
Public
12,312
2005
2014
17

Big Sky

Louisiana Tech University

Bulldogs (men's)
Lady Techsters (women's)

Ruston, Louisiana
1894
Public
11,581
2001
2013
30

C-USA

University of Nevada, Las Vegas
(UNLV)


Rebels

Paradise, Nevada
1957
Public
28,203
1996
1999
2

Mountain West

University of Nevada, Reno

Wolf Pack

Reno, Nevada
1874
Public
18,227
2000
2012
22

Mountain West

University of New Mexico

Lobos

Albuquerque, New Mexico
1889
Public
35,211
1962
1999
46

Mountain West

Rice University

Owls

Houston
1912
Private
6,082
1996
2005
29

C-USA

San Diego State University

Aztecs

San Diego
1897
Public
28,789
1978
1999
20

Mountain West

San Jose State University

Spartans

San Jose, California
1857
Public
30,448
1996
2013
18

Mountain West

Southern Methodist University
(SMU)


Mustangs

University Park, Texas
1911
Private
12,000
1996
2005
44

The American

Texas Christian University
(TCU)


Horned Frogs

Fort Worth, Texas
1873
Private
9,725
1996
2001
18

Big 12

University of Texas at Arlington

Mavericks

Arlington, Texas
1895
Public
33,439
2012
2013
2

Sun Belt

University of Texas at El Paso
(UTEP)


Miners

El Paso, Texas
1914
Public
21,011
1968
2005
58

C-USA

University of Texas at San Antonio
(UTSA)


Roadrunners

San Antonio
1969
Public
30,474
2012
2013
2

C-USA

Texas State University

Bobcats

San Marcos, Texas
1899
Public
34,229
2012
2013
3

Sun Belt

University of Tulsa

Golden Hurricane

Tulsa, Oklahoma
1894
Private
4,352
1996
2005
14

The American

University of Utah

Utes

Salt Lake City
1850
Public
32,388
1962
1999
68

Pac-12

Utah State University

Aggies

Logan, Utah
1888
Public
28,796
2005
2013
32

Mountain West

University of Wyoming

Cowboys & Cowgirls

Laramie, Wyoming
1866
Public
12,496
1962
1999
24

Mountain West


Former affiliate members
























































































































































Institution
Location
Founded
Type
Enrollment
Nickname
Primary Conference
WAC Sport(s)
Joined
Left

Boise State University

Boise, Idaho
1932
Public
22,678

Broncos

Mountain West[fa 1]
gymnastics
1990–91,
2012–13
1992–93,
2012–13

California Polytechnic State University
(Cal Poly San Luis Obispo)

San Luis Obispo,
California
1901
Public
20,186

Mustangs

Big West
baseball
1994–95
1995–96

California State University, Bakersfield
(Cal State Bakersfield)

Bakersfield,
California
1965
Public
8,720

Roadrunners
WAC
baseball,
women's
swimming
2012–13bs.
2012–13w.sm.
2012–13bs.
2012–13w.sm.

California State University, Fullerton
(Cal State Fullerton)

Fullerton,
California
1959
Public
38,128

Titans

Big West[fa 2]
gymnastics
2005–06
2010–11

California State University, Northridge
(Cal State Northridge)

Northridge,
California
1958
Public
38,310

Matadors

Big Sky
baseball
1992–93
1995–96

California State University, Sacramento
(Sacramento State)

Sacramento,
California
1947
Public
27,972

Hornets

Big Sky[fa 3]
gymnastics
2005–06
2012–13

Dallas Baptist University

Dallas
1898
Private
5,422

Patriots

Heartland
(NCAA Division II)[fa 4][fa 5]
baseball
2012–13
2012–13

University of Denver

Denver
1864
Private
11,476

Pioneers

Summit[fa 6]
gymnastics
2011–12
2011–12

Drury University

Springfield,
Missouri
1873
Private
5,474

Panthers

Great Lakes Valley
(NCAA Division II)
men's soccer
1999–2000
1999–2000

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix,
Arizona
1949
Private,
For-profit
17,650

Antelopes
WAC
baseball
1994–95
1997–98

University of Hawaii at Hilo
(Hawaii–Hilo)

Hilo,
Hawaii
1901
Public
20,186

Vulcans

Pacific West
(NCAA Division II)
baseball
1999–2000
2000–01

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks,
North Dakota
1883
Public
15,250

Fighting Hawks

Summit[fa 7]
baseball,
men's swimming,
women's swimming
2013–14bs.
2013–14m.sm.
2011–12w.sm.
2015–16bs.
2016–17m.sm.
2016–17w.sm.

University of San Diego

San Diego
1949
Private
8,105

Toreros

West Coast[fa 8]
women's
swimming
2004–05
2009–10

Southern Utah University

Cedar City,
Utah
1897
Public
8,297

Thunderbirds

Big Sky[fa 1]
gymnastics
1990–91,
2005–06
1992–93,
2012–13


  1. ^ ab Neither the Big Sky Conference nor the MW sponsors women's gymnastics. Boise State and Southern Utah house that sport in the Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference.


  2. ^ Cal State Fullerton no longer sponsors women's gymnastics.


  3. ^ The Big Sky Conference does not sponsor women's gymnastics. Sacramento State houses that sport in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.


  4. ^ The Heartland Conference will disband at the end of the 2018–19 school year. Dallas Baptist is one of seven Heartland members (out of nine) that will join the D-II Lone Star Conference.


  5. ^ The Dallas Baptist baseball team currently competes as a single-sport member of the Missouri Valley Conference.


  6. ^ The Summit League does not sponsor women's gymnastics. Denver houses that sport in the Big 12 Conference.


  7. ^ North Dakota no longer sponsors any of the sports it housed in the WAC.


  8. ^ The WCC does not sponsor women's swimming and diving. San Diego houses that sport in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.




Membership timeline



Dixie State UniversityCalifornia Baptist UniversityHouston Baptist UniversityUtah Valley UniversityUniversity of Missouri–Kansas CityUniversity of Texas Rio Grande ValleyChicago State UniversityUniversity of Northern ColoradoBig West ConferenceCalifornia State University, BakersfieldDallas Baptist UniversitySeattle UniversitySun Belt ConferenceUniversity of Texas at ArlingtonSun Belt ConferenceTexas State UniversityConference USAUniversity of Texas at San AntonioSummit LeagueUniversity of DenverUniversity of North DakotaCalifornia State University, FullertonNew Mexico StateBig Sky ConferenceUniversity of IdahoMountain West ConferenceUtah State UniversityUniversity of San DiegoNorthern Arizona UniversityConference USALouisiana Tech UniversityMountain West ConferenceUniversity of Nevada, RenoUniversity of Hawaii at HiloDrury UniversityMountain West ConferenceSan Jose State UniversityAmerican Athletic ConferenceConference USAUniversity of TulsaAmerican Athletic ConferenceConference USASouthern Methodist UniversityConference USARice UniversityBig 12 ConferenceMountain West ConferenceConference USATexas Christian UniversityMountain West ConferenceUniversity of Nevada, Las VegasGrand Canyon UniversityCalifornia Polytechnic State UniversityCalifornia State University, NorthridgeBig Sky ConferenceCalifornia State University, SacramentoMountain West ConferenceCalifornia State University, FresnoBig Sky ConferenceNCAA Division I FCS independent schoolsSouthern Utah UniversityMountain West ConferenceBoise State UniversityBig West ConferenceBoise State UniversityMountain West ConferenceUnited States Air Force AcademyBig West ConferenceUniversity of Hawaiʻi at MānoaMountain West ConferenceSan Diego State UniversityConference USAUniversity of Texas at El PasoMountain West ConferenceColorado State UniversityMountain West ConferenceUniversity of WyomingPac-12 ConferenceMountain West ConferenceUniversity of UtahMountain West ConferenceUniversity of New MexicoWest Coast ConferenceMountain West ConferenceBrigham Young UniversityPac-12 ConferencePac-12 ConferenceArizona State UniversityPac-12 ConferencePac-12 ConferenceUniversity of Arizona

Full members Full members (non-football) Other conference Other conference Associate Member


  • Prior to the 1996–97 season, both Air Force and Hawaii had most to all of their women's sports competing in other conferences before joining the WAC full-time with their men's sports counterparts. At that time, Air Force was in the Colorado Athletic Conference, and Hawaii was in the Big West Conference.


History



Formation




Western Athletic Conference is located in the United States

Arizona

Arizona



Arizona State

Arizona State



BYU

BYU



New Mexico

New Mexico



Utah

Utah



Wyoming

Wyoming




Locations of WAC founding schools


The WAC formed out of a series of talks between Brigham Young University athletic director Eddie Kimball and other university administrators from 1958 to 1961 to form a new athletic conference that would better fit the needs and situations of certain universities which were at the time members of the Border, Skyline, and Pacific Coast Conferences. Potential member universities who were represented at the meetings included BYU, Washington State, Oregon, Oregon State, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Arizona State, and Wyoming. While the three Washington and Oregon schools elected to stay in a revamped Pac-8 Conference that replaced the scandal-plagued PCC, the remaining six schools formed the WAC. The Border and Skyline conferences, having each lost three of their stronger members, dissolved at the end of the 1961–62 season. The charter members of the WAC were Arizona, Arizona State, BYU, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. New Mexico State and Utah State applied for charter membership and were turned down; they would eventually become WAC members 43 years later.



Success and first expansion


The conference proved to be an almost perfect fit for the six schools from both a competitive and financial standpoint. Arizona and Arizona State, in particular, experienced success in baseball with Arizona garnering the 1963 College World Series (CWS) runner-up trophy and ASU winning the CWS in 1965, 1967, and 1969. Colorado State and Texas-El Paso (UTEP), at that time just renamed from Texas Western College, were accepted in September 1967 (joined in July 1968) to bring membership up to eight.[10][11]


With massive growth in the state of Arizona, the balance of WAC play in the 1970s became increasingly skewed in favor of the Arizona schools, who won or tied for all but two WAC football titles from 1969 onward. In the summer of 1978, the two schools left the WAC for the Pac-8, which became the Pac-10, and were replaced in the WAC by San Diego State and, one year later, Hawaii. The WAC further expanded by adding Air Force in the summer of 1980. A college football national championship won by Brigham Young in 1984 added to the WAC's reputation as one of the best NCAA Division I conferences. This nine-team line-up of the WAC defined the conference for nearly 15 years.



Second wave of expansion


Fresno State expanded its athletic program in the early 1990s and was granted membership in 1992 as the nationwide trend against major college programs independent of conferences accelerated. The WAC merged with the High Country Athletic Conference, a parallel organization to the WAC for women's athletics, in 1990 to unify both men's and women's athletics under one administrative structure.




Western Athletic Conference is located in the United States

⇙ Hawaii

⇙ Hawaii



Fresno State

Fresno State



San Diego State

San Diego State



San Jose State

San Jose State



UNLV

UNLV



Air Force

Air Force



Colorado State

Colorado State



Wyoming

Wyoming



BYU

BYU



New Mexico

New Mexico



Utah

Utah



UTEP

UTEP



Tulsa

Tulsa



TCU

TCU



SMU

SMU



Rice

Rice




WAC member locations during the four-pod system (1996–1998)


In 1996, the WAC expanded again, adding six schools to its ranks for a total of sixteen. Rice, TCU, and SMU joined the league from the Southwest Conference, which had disbanded. Big West Conference members San Jose State and UNLV were also admitted, as well as Tulsa from the Missouri Valley Conference.[12] Also, two WAC members for men's sports at the time, Air Force and Hawaiʻi, brought their women's sports into the WAC. With the expansion, the WAC was divided into two divisions, the Mountain and the Pacific.


To help in organizing schedules and travel for the far-flung league, the members were divided into four quadrants of four teams each, as follows:[12]






















Quadrant 1
Quadrant 2
Quadrant 3
Quadrant 4
Hawaiʻi
UNLV
BYU
Tulsa
Fresno State
Air Force
Utah
TCU
San Diego State
Colorado State
New Mexico
SMU
San Jose State
Wyoming
UTEP
Rice

Quadrant one was always part of the Pacific Division, and quadrant four was always part of the Mountain Division. Quadrant two was part of the Pacific Division for 1996 and 1997 before switching to the Mountain Division in 1998, while the reverse was true for quadrant three. The scheduled fourth year of the alignment was abandoned after eight schools left to form the Mountain West Conference.[citation needed]


The division champions in football met from 1996 to 1998 in the WAC Championship Game, held at Sam Boyd Stadium (also known as the Silver Bowl) in the Las Vegas Valley.



Turbulence at the turn of the millennium


Increasingly, most of the older, pre-1996 members —particularly Air Force, BYU, Colorado State, Utah, and Wyoming— felt chagrin at this new arrangement. Additional concerns centered around finances, as the expanded league stretched approximately 3,900 miles (6,300 km) from Hawaiʻi to Oklahoma and covered nine states and four time zones. With such a far-flung league, travel costs became a concern. The presidents of Air Force, BYU, Colorado State, Utah, and Wyoming met in 1998 at Denver International Airport and agreed to split off to form a new league. The breakaway group invited old-line WAC schools New Mexico and San Diego State and newcomer UNLV to join them in the new Mountain West Conference, which began competition in 1999.[12]


A USA Today article summed up the reasons behind the split. "With Hawaii and the Texas schools separated by about 3,900 miles and four time zones, travel costs were a tremendous burden for WAC teams. The costs, coupled with lagging revenue and a proposed realignment that would have separated rivals such as Colorado State and Air Force, created unrest among the eight defecting schools."[13][14]


BYU and Utah would later leave the MWC for the West Coast Conference and Pac-12 Conference, respectively; BYU football is an FBS independent.



WAC in the 2000s




Western Athletic Conference is located in the United States

⇙ Hawaii

⇙ Hawaii



Fresno State

Fresno State



San Jose State

San Jose State



Boise State

Boise State



Louisiana Tech

Louisiana Tech



Idaho

Idaho



New Mexico State

New Mexico State



Utah State

Utah State



Nevada

Nevada




Locations of WAC full members from 2005 through 2011


In 2000, the University of Nevada, Reno (Nevada) of the Big West joined as part of its plan to upgrade its athletic program.


TCU left for Conference USA in 2001 (it would later leave C-USA to become the ninth member of the Mountain West in 2005, and joined the Big 12 in 2012).


The Big West announced that it would drop football after the 2000 season, but four of its football-playing members (Boise State, Idaho, New Mexico State, and Utah State) were unwilling to drop football. Boise State was invited to join the WAC and promptly departed the Big West, while New Mexico State and Idaho joined the Sun Belt Conference (NMSU as a full member, Idaho as a "football only" member) and Utah State operated as an independent D-IA program. At the same time, Louisiana Tech (LA Tech) ended its independent D-IA status and also accepted an invitation to join the WAC with Boise State.


In 2005, Conference USA sought new members to replenish its ranks after losing members to the Big East, which had lost members to the ACC. Four WAC schools, former SWC schools Rice and SMU, as well as Tulsa and UTEP, joined Conference USA. In response, the WAC added Idaho, New Mexico State, and Utah State – all former Big West schools which left the conference in 2000 along with Boise State when that conference dropped football. The three new schools were all land grant universities, bringing the conference total to five (Nevada and Hawaiʻi).



Membership changes and the elimination of football




The decade of the 2010s began with a series of conference realignment moves that would have trickle-down effects throughout Division I football, and profoundly change the membership of the WAC. Boise State decided to move to the Mountain West Conference (MW) for the 2011–12 season,[15] and to replace departing BYU, the MW also recruited WAC members Fresno State and Nevada for 2012–13.[16][17] WAC commissioner Karl Benson courted several schools to replace those leaving, including the University of Montana, which declined,[18][19] as well as the University of Denver, University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), and Texas State University-San Marcos, which all accepted effective 2012–13.[20]


But the resulting eastward shift of the conference's geographic center led Hawaiʻi to reduce travel expenses by becoming a football-only member of the MW and joining the California-based Big West Conference for all other sports.[21][22] Further invitations were then issued by the WAC to Seattle University[23] and the University of Texas at Arlington.[24] These changes meant that the conference would have 10 members for 2012–13,[25] seven of which sponsored football, and Benson announced that the WAC planned to add two additional football-playing members to begin competition in 2013.[26] A further boost came when Boise State decided to join the Big East in football, and return to the WAC in most other sports, as of the 2013–14 academic year.[27] So by the end of 2011, the WAC seemed to have weathered the latest round of conference changes, and once again reinvented itself for the future.




Western Athletic Conference is located in the United States

Cal State Bakersfield

Cal State Bakersfield



Chicago State

Chicago State



Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon



UMKC

UMKC



New Mexico State

New Mexico State



Seattle

Seattle



UTRGV

UTRGV



Utah Valley

Utah Valley



California Baptist

California Baptist



Dixie State

Dixie State




Locations of current & future WAC full members: Blue=current Yellow=future


But from this seemingly strong position, early 2012 brought forth a series of moves that shook the conference to its very core, beginning with Utah State and San Jose State accepting offers to join the MW.[28] Four similar announcements followed with UTSA and Louisiana Tech jumping to Conference USA, plus Texas State and UT Arlington heading to the Sun Belt Conference, all as of 2013–14.[29][30][31][32][33][34] Boise State also canceled plans to rejoin the WAC, instead opting to place its non-football sports in the Big West Conference, before eventually deciding to simply remain in the MW.[35][36] These changes left the WAC's viability as a Division I football conference in grave doubt. The two remaining football-playing members, New Mexico State and Idaho, began making plans to compete in future seasons as FBS Independents;[37][38] they ultimately spent only the 2013 season as independents, rejoining their one-time football home of the Sun Belt as football-only members in 2014.[39]


In order to rebuild, as well as forestall further defections, the conference was forced to add two schools—Utah Valley University and CSU Bakersfield—which were invited in October 2012 to join the WAC in 2013–14,[40] but this did not prevent two more members from leaving. Denver decided to take most of its athletic teams to The Summit League as of the 2013–14 season,[41] shortly after Idaho opted to return all of its non-football sports to the Big Sky Conference in 2014–15.[42] The conference responded over the next two months by adding Grand Canyon University,[43]Chicago State University,[44] and the University of Texas-Pan American.[45][46] Then, in February 2013, the WAC announced the University of Missouri–Kansas City would join in the summer of 2013 as well.[47] These changes would put the conference's membership at eight members by 2014 with only one, New Mexico State, having been in the WAC just three years earlier. Due to losing the majority of its football-playing members, the WAC would stop sponsoring the sport after the 2012–13 season, thereby becoming a non-football conference.[1]


In 2013, the University of Texas System announced that Texas–Pan American would merge with the University of Texas at Brownsville; the new institution, the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), began operation for the 2015–16 school year. UTRGV inherited UTPA's athletic program and WAC membership.


In January 2017, the WAC announced that California Baptist University would transition from NCAA Division II and join the conference in 2018.[48]


In November 2017, Cal State Bakersfield announced they would accept an invitation to the Big West. On January 11, 2019, Dixie State University announced their plans to move to their athletics to Division I, and join the WAC starting in the 2020-21 season.



Commissioners
















Years
Commissioners
1962–1968

Paul Brechler
1968–1971

Wiles Hallock
1971–1980

Stan Bates
1980–1994

Joseph Kearney
1994–2012

Karl Benson
2012–present
Jeff Hurd


Sports


The Western Athletic Conference currently sponsors championship competition in nine men's and ten women's NCAA sanctioned sports.[49] Nine schools are currently Associate members in four sports.








































Teams in Western Athletic Conference competition
SportMen'sWomen's
Baseball10
-
Basketball9
9
Cross country8
9
Golf8
9
Soccer12
9
Softball-
7

Swimming & Diving
7
7
Tennis6
6
Track and field (indoor)7
8
Track and field (outdoor)8
9
Volleyball-
9
  • Men's soccer was a newly sponsored sport for 2013–14; UTRGV added it for 2015, and Chicago State is also to add it.


Men's sponsored sports by school


Departing member in red.






































































































































SchoolBaseballBasketballCross
Country
GolfSoccerSwimming
& Diving
TennisTrack & Field
(Indoor)
Track & Field
(Outdoor)
Total
WAC Sports
California Baptist
Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Red XN

Red XN

Green tickY
7
Cal State Bakersfield
Green tickY

Green tickY

Red XN

Red XN[a]

Green tickY

Green tickY

Red XN

Green tickY

Green tickY

6
Chicago State
Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Red XN[b]

Red XN

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

7
Grand Canyon
Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

9
UMKC
Red XN

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Red XN

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

7
New Mexico State
Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Red XN

Red XN

Green tickY

Red XN

Red XN

5
Seattle
Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

9
UTRGV
Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Red XN

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

8
Utah Valley
Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Red XN

Red XN

Green tickY

Green tickY

7
Totals8+2[c]9887+5[d]4+3[e]678
65+10
Future Member
Dixie State
Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Red XN

Red XN

Red XN

Red XN

5


  1. ^ CSUB discontinued men's golf in June, 2017.


  2. ^ Chicago State was expected to add men's soccer by 2014. The school budgeted the sport for the 2016–17 school year. However, the ongoing State of Illinois budgetary crisis and the school's own critical financial problems have set this back once more. With the school's current financial situation and the needs of the athletic program, in April 2016, the University Budget Committee recommended that the Athletic Department "... study the benefits of being Division I or another division." [3]


  3. ^ Affiliates Northern Colorado and Sacramento State.


  4. ^ Affiliates Air Force, Houston Baptist, Incarnate Word, San Jose State, and UNLV.


  5. ^ Affiliates Air Force, UNLV, and Wyoming.



Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the Western Athletic Conference which are played by WAC schools


Departing member in red; future member in gray.





































SchoolFootballVolleyballWater PoloWrestling
California BaptistNoNoWWPANo
Cal State BakersfieldNoNoNo
Pac-12
Dixie State
FCS independent[a]
NoNoNo
Grand CanyonNoMPSFNoNo
New Mexico StateFBS independentNoNoNo
Utah ValleyNoNoNo
Big 12


  1. ^ Dixie State will become an FCS independent upon joining the WAC. Until that time, it will continue to play Division II football in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.




Women's sponsored sports by school


Departing member in red.


















































































































































SchoolBasketballCross
Country
GolfSoccerSoftballSwimming
& Diving
TennisTrack & Field
(Indoor)
Track & Field
(Outdoor)
VolleyballTotal
WAC Sports
California Baptist
Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Red XN

Red XN

Green tickY

Green tickY
8
Cal State Bakersfield
Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Red XN

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

9
Chicago State
Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Red XN

Red XN

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

8
Grand Canyon
Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

10
UMKC
Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Red XN

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

9
New Mexico State
Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

10
Seattle
Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

10
UTRGV
Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Red XN

Red XN

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

8
Utah Valley
Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Red XN

Red XN

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

8
Totals999975+2[a]6899
80+2
Future Member
Dixie State
Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Green tickY

Red XN

Green tickY

Green tickY

9


  1. ^ Affiliates Northern Arizona and Northern Colorado.



Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the Western Athletic Conference which are played by WAC schools


Departing member in red.
































SchoolBeach VolleyballEquestrianRowingWater Polo
California BaptistNoNoNo
GCC
Cal State BakersfieldIndependentNoNoNo[a]
Grand CanyonIndependentNoNoNo
New Mexico StateNoIndependentNoNo
SeattleNoNoWIRANo


  1. ^ CSUB discontinued women's water polo in June, 2017, redistributing its funding to other sports.[50]




Football



The WAC sponsored football from its founding in 1962 through the 2012 season. However, the defection of all but two football-playing schools to other conferences caused the conference to drop sponsorship after fifty-one years.[51]



Men's basketball


















































Team
First
Season
All-Time
Record
All-Time
Win %
NCAA Tournament
Appearances
NCAA Tournament
Record
Arena
Head Coach

New Mexico State
1905
1329–1018–2
.566
18
10–20

Pan American Center

Chris Jans

Seattle
1946
978–874
.528
11
10–13

KeyArena

Jim Hayford

Grand Canyon
2013
103-58
.639
0
0–0

GCU Arena

Dan Majerle

Utah Valley
2004 [52]234–194
.547
0
0–0

UCCU Center

Mark Pope

UTRGV
1968
599-804
.427
0
0–0

UTRGV Fieldhouse

Lew Hill

WAC tournament



Rivalries


Men's basketball rivalries involving WAC teams include:



















TeamsMeetingsRecordSeries LeaderCurrent Streak
New Mexico State
New Mexico
20895–113New MexicoNew Mexico State Won 2
New Mexico State
UTEP
200102–98New Mexico StateNew Mexico State Won 6

Awards




Women's basketball


























Team
First
Season
All-Time
Record
All-Time
Win %
NCAA Tournament
Appearances
NCAA Tournament
Record
Arena
Head Coach

New Mexico State
1973
437–406
.518
4
0–4

Pan American Center

Mark Trakh

Seattle
1978

.
1
0–1

Connolly Center

Joan Bonvicini

WAC tournament



Rivalries


Women's basketball rivalries involving WAC teams include:







TeamsMeetingsRecordSeries LeaderCurrent Streak


Baseball


The WAC has claimed seven NCAA baseball national championships. The most recent WAC national champion is the 2008 Fresno State Bulldogs baseball team.


WAC tournament




Championships



Current champions


Source:[53]


  • For the sports in which the WAC recognizes both a regular-season and a postseason champion:
    • (RS) indicates regular-season champion.

    • (P) indicates postseason champion.


  • For other sports, only a postseason champion is recognized.









































SeasonSportMen's championWomen's champion
Fall 2016
Cross countryUMKCUtah Valley
SoccerUtah Valley (RS)
UNLV (P)
Seattle (RS & P)
VolleyballNew Mexico State (RS)
UTRGV (P)
Winter 2016–17
Indoor Track & FieldGrand CanyonGrand Canyon
Swimming & DivingAir ForceNorthern Arizona
BasketballCSU Bakersfield (RS)
New Mexico State (P)
New Mexico State (RS & P)
Spring 2017
GolfSeattleNew Mexico State
TennisNew Mexico State (RS)
UMKC (P)
Grand Canyon (RS)
UMKC (P)
SoftballGrand Canyon (RS)
New Mexico State (P)
Outdoor Track & FieldUMKCUMKC
BaseballGrand Canyon(RS)
Sacramento St (P)


National championships


The following teams have won NCAA national championships while being a member of the WAC:



  • Arizona – baseball (1976)


  • Arizona State – baseball (1965, 1967, 1969, 1977)


  • BYU – men's track & field (shared the national title in 1970)


  • BYU – men's golf (1981)


  • BYU – women's cross country (1997)


  • Fresno State – softball (1998)


  • Fresno State – baseball (2008)


  • Rice – baseball (2003)


  • UTEP – NCAA Division I Men's Cross Country (1969, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981)


  • UTEP – NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Track and Field (1974,1975,1976,1978,1980,1981,1982)


  • UTEP – NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field (1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)


  • UNLV – men's golf (1998)

The WAC has also produced one AP national champion in football:



  • BYU (1984)

The following teams won AIAW (and forerunner DGWS) women's national championships while their universities were members of the WAC:



  • Arizona State (15) – swimming (8), badminton (4), softball (2), golf (1)


  • Utah (3) – cross country (Div. II), gymnastics, skiing


  • UTEP (1) – indoor track and field



Facilities


Departing member Cal State Bakersfield in pink; future member Dixie State in gray.





































































































School
Soccer stadium
Capacity
Basketball arena
Capacity
Softball park
Capacity
Baseball park
Capacity
Full members

Cal State Bakersfield
CSUB Main Soccer Field

7003250000000000000♠2,500

Icardo Center /
Rabobank Arena

7003380000000000000♠3,800 / 7004100000000000000♠10,000
Roadrunner Softball Complex

7002500000000000000♠500[54]

Hardt Field*

7002900000000000000♠900

California Baptist

CBU Soccer Field
N/A

CBU Events Center

7003505000000000000♠5,050[55]

John C. Funk Stadium

7002500000000000000♠500[56]

James W. Totman Stadium

7002800000000000000♠800[56]

Chicago State
Kroc Stadium

7002500000000000000♠500

Jones Convocation Center

7003700000000000000♠7,000

Non-softball school



Cougar Stadium

7003100000000000000♠1,000[57]

Dixie State

Trailblazer Stadium
10,000[58]
Burns Arena

7003477900000000000♠4,779[59]

Karl Brooks Field
N/A

Bruce Hurst Field

7003250000000000000♠2,500[60]

Grand Canyon

GCU Stadium
2,800 seats
6,000 cap.

GCU Arena

7003700000000000000♠7,000[61]

GCU Softball Stadium

7002300000000000000♠300[62]

Brazell Field at GCU Ballpark

7003150000000000000♠1,500

UMKC

Durwood Soccer Stadium

7002850000000000000♠850

Municipal Auditorium

7003998700000000000♠9,987[63]
Missouri 3&2 Complex

7002350000000000000♠350

Non-baseball school



New Mexico State
Aggie Soccer Field

7003125300000000000♠1,253

Pan American Center

7004124820000000000♠12,482[64]
NMSU Softball Complex

7003105000000000000♠1,050

Presley Askew Field

7003100000000000000♠1,000

Seattle
Championship Field

7002650000000000000♠650

KeyArena

7004170720000000000♠17,072
Logan Field at Seattle University Park

7002250000000000000♠250

Bannerwood Park

7002700000000000000♠700[65]

UTRGV
UTRGV Soccer and Track & Field Complex[66]
7003155500000000000♠1,555

UTRGV Fieldhouse

7003250000000000000♠2,500[67]

Non-softball school



UTRGV Baseball Stadium

7003400000000000000♠4,000

Utah Valley
Clyde Field

7003100000000000000♠1,000

UCCU Center

7003850000000000000♠8,500
Wolverine Field

7002500000000000000♠500

UCCU Ballpark

7003500000000000000♠5,000
  • Note: KeyArena is configured for 8,901 capacity for Seattle games. Seattle U also plays multiple home games at the Connolly Center (capacity 999) during the season as well.

































School
Soccer stadium
Capacity
Baseball park
Capacity
Affiliate members

Air Force
USAFA Soccer Stadium

7003100000000000000♠1,000

Soccer-only member

Houston Baptist
Sorrels Field

7002500000000000000♠500

Soccer-only member

Incarnate Word

Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium

7003600000000000000♠6,000

Soccer-only member

UNLV
Peter Johann Memorial Field

7003250000000000000♠2,500

Soccer-only member

Northern Colorado

Baseball-only member

Jackson Field

7003150000000000000♠1,500

Sacramento State

Baseball-only member

John Smith Field*

7003120000000000000♠1,200

San Jose State

Spartan Soccer Field

7002500000000000000♠500[68]

Soccer-only member


Awards


Commissioner's Cup


The WAC awards its Commissioner's Cup to the school that performs the best in each of the conference's 19 men's and women's championships.


Joe Kearney Award


Named in honor of former WAC commissioner Dr. Joseph Kearney, the awards are given annually to the top male and female WAC athlete. The various WAC member institutions Athletics Directors select the male award winner, while the WAC member institutions Senior Women's Administrators choose the female honoree.


Stan Bates Award


The award is named in honor of former WAC Commissioner Stan Bates and honors the WAC's top male and female scholar-athletes, recognizing the recipients’ athletic and academic accomplishments. In addition, the awards carry a $3,000 postgraduate scholarship.



Media



WAC Digital Network


In 2014–15, the WAC initiated a new digital network to give fans high quality streaming internet access to many of its regular season games and postseason championships including volleyball, soccer, swimming and diving, basketball, softball and baseball.
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