American Mideast Conference

History

Chronological timeline

• 1949 – The American Mideast Conference was founded as the Mid-Ohio League. Charter members included Ashland College, Bluffton College, Cedarville College, Defiance College, and Findlay College beginning the 1949–50 academic year.
• 1950 – Ohio Northern University joined the MOL in the 1950–51 academic year.
• 1955 – Wilmington College joined the MOL in the 1955–56 academic year.
• 1962 – Findlay and Ohio Northern left the MOL after the 1961–62 academic year.
• 1962 – The MOL had rebranded as the Mid-Ohio Conference in the 1962–63 academic year.
• 1965 – Malone College joined the MOC in the 1965–66 academic year.
• 1966 – Ashland left the MOC after the 1965–66 academic year.
• 1967 – Findlay re-joined the MOC for a second time in the 1967–68 academic year.
• 1971 – Bluffton, Defiance, and Wilmington left the MOC to form part as charter members of the Hoosier–Buckeye Collegiate Conference after the 1970–71 academic year.
• 1971 – Ohio Dominican College, Rio Grande College, and Urbana College joined the MOC in the 1971–72 academic year.
• 1973 – Tiffin University joined the MOC in the 1973–74 academic year.
• 1975 – Mount Vernon Nazarene College joined the MOC in the 1975–76 academic year.
• 1976 – Walsh College joined the MOC in the 1976–77 academic year.
• 1989 – Malone left the MOC after the 1988–89 academic year.
• 1991 – Shawnee State University joined the MOC in the 1991–92 academic year.
• 1993 – Two institutions re-joined the MOC in the 1993–94 academic year.
• 1997 – Findlay left the MOC for a third time and the NAIA to join the Division II ranks of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Great Lakes [Intercollegiate Athletic Conference] after the 1996–97 academic year.
• 1998 – The MOC had rebranded as the American Mideast Conference during its 50th anniversary in the 1998–99 academic year.
• 1998 – Geneva College, Notre Dame College and Saint Vincent College joined the American Mideast in the 1998–99 academic year.
• 1999 – Point Park College, Seton Hill College, and Wilberforce University joined the American Mideast in the 1999–2000 academic year.
• 2000 – Central State University joined the American Mideast in the 2000–01 academic year.
• 2001 – Carlow College, Daemen College, Houghton College, Roberts Wesleyan College, and Ursuline College joined the American Mideast in the 2001–02 academic year.
• 2002 – Central State left the American Mideast and the NAIA to join the NCAA Division II ranks as an NCAA D-II Independent after the 2001–02 academic year.
• 2006 – Saint Vincent left the American Mideast and the NAIA to join the NCAA Division III ranks and the Presidents' Athletic Conference after the 2005–06 academic year.
• 2007 – Three institutions left the American Mideast and the NAIA to join their respective new home primary conferences: Geneva to join the NCAA Division III ranks and the Presidents', Seton Hill to join the NCAA Division II ranks and the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, and Tiffin to join the NCAA Division II ranks as an NCAA D-II Independent after the 2006–07 academic year.
• 2007 – The University of Northwestern Ohio joined the American Mideast as an associate member for some sports in the 2007–08 academic year.
• 2008 – Urbana left the American Mideast and the NAIA to join the NCAA Division II ranks as an NCAA D-II Independent after the 2007–08 academic year.
• 2008 – Northwestern Ohio had upgraded to full membership within the American Mideast for all sports in the 2008–09 academic year.
• 2009 – Two institutions left the American Mideast to join their respective new home primary conferences: Ohio Dominican to leave the NAIA to join the NCAA Division II ranks as an NCAA D-II Independent, and Rio Grande to the Mid-South Conference after the 2008–09 academic year.
• 2010 – Two institutions left the American Mideast to join their respective new home primary conferences: Northwestern Ohio to the Wolverine–Hoosier Athletic Conference, and Shawnee State to the Mid-South Conference after the 2009–10 academic year.
• 2011 – Four institutions left the American Mideast to join their respective new home primary conferences: Cedarville, Notre Dame, and Ursuline to leave the NAIA to join the NCAA Division II ranks as NCAA D-II Independents, and Mount Vernon Nazarene to the Crossroads League, all effective after the 2010–11 academic year.
• 2011 – Fisher College joined the American Mideast in the 2011–12 academic year.
• 2012 – The American Mideast ceased operations as an athletic conference after the 2011–12 academic year; as many schools left to join their respective new home primary conferences beginning the 2012–13 academic year: Roberts Wesleyan to leave the NAIA to join the NCAA Division II ranks and the East Coast Conference, Houghton to leave the NAIA to join the NCAA Division III ranks and the Empire 8 Athletic Conference, Walsh to leave the NAIA to join the NCAA Division II ranks and the GLIAC, Carlow and Point Park to the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, and Daemen, Fisher and Wilberforce as NAIA Independents within the Association of Independent Institutions.

  Member schools

Final members

Members leaving before 2012

Membership timeline

Sports

• Women's championships: cross-country, soccer, volleyball, basketball, softball, golf, tennis, track and field
• Men's championships: cross-country, soccer, basketball, baseball, golf, tennis, track and field

  Administration

• James D. Houdeshell, Commissioner
• Mark Womack, AMC Administrative Assistant
• Deron Brown, Supervisor of Umpires, Baseball
• Linda Cairney, Supervisor of Umpires, Softball
• Bill Ek, Supervisor of Officials, Basketball
• Karen Fulks, Treasurer
• James Phipps, Eligibility Chair
• Diane Plas, Supervisor of Officials, Women's Basketball, Volleyball
• Kim Vieira, Supervisor of Officials, Men's and Women's soccer