Heartland Conference

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Heartland Conference

Data
Established	1999
Members	10
Sports fielded	13 (6 men's, 7 women's)
Region	Central United States
States	8 - Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Montana
Past names
Headquarters	Waco, Texas

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, Missouri and Montana.

1 Member schools
2 Sports
3 Former Members
4 External link

[edit] Member schools

The Heartland Conference included the following schools for the 2005-2006 school year:

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Year Joined
Dallas Baptist University	Dallas, Texas	1898	Private/Baptist	4,988	2002
University of the Incarnate Word	San Antonio, Texas	1881	Private/Catholic	4,800	1999
Lincoln University	Jefferson City, Missouri	1866	Public	3,600	1999
Montana State University - Billings	Billings, Montana	1927	Public	4,670	2005
Newman University	Wichita, Kansas	1933	Private	2,200	2006
Oklahoma Panhandle State University	Goodwell, Oklahoma	1909	Public	1,200	2002
St. Edward's University	Austin, Texas	1852	Private/Catholic	4,500	1999
St. Mary’s University	San Antonio, Texas	1852	Private/Catholic	4,500	1999
Texas A&M International University	Laredo, Texas	1969	Public	4,298	2006
University of Texas of the Permian Basin	Odessa, Texas	1973	Public	3,400	2006

Montana State University - Billings will leave to join Great Northwest Athletic Conference on July 1st of 2007.
Newman University, Texas A&M International University and The University of Texas of the Permian Basin have joined the conference in 2006; all are beginning the transition from NAIA to NCAA Division II.

[edit] Sports

The Heartland Conference sponsors 13 sports, 7 for women and 6 for men. Both men and women compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, and tennis. Men compete in baseball and women compete in softball and volleyball.