Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference


The Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference is a distinguished, eight-member IHSAA-sanctioned high school athletic conference. Current members consist of Batesville, Connersville, East Central, Franklin County, Greensburg, Lawrenceburg, Rushville, and South Dearborn. All eight member schools are located in rural southeast Indiana, spread across Dearborn, Decatur, Fayette, Franklin, Ripley, and Rush counties. The EIAC was founded in 1956 when Brookville, Cambridge City, and Hagerstown of the East Central Conference joined with Aurora, Batesville, and Lawrenceburg of the Southeastern Indiana Conference. Batesville and Lawrenceburg are the only two of the original six founding schools that haven't consolidated or left the conference. North Dearborn joined the conference in 1962, which eventually consolidated into East Central in 1973. In 1974, Greensburg parted ways with the South Central Conference to join the EIAC. Aurora consolidated into South Dearborn in 1978 and Brookville consolidated into Franklin County in 1989. With the exception of 1962–66, 1973–74, 1977–85, and 1974–77, the conference had been a six-member league until 2013 when Connersville and Rushville joined.
This conference should not be confused with the Eastern Indiana Conference, a small-school conference in Northeast Indiana that existed from 1953 to 1975.

Membership

Football divisions

In football, two divisions were implemented starting in 2013.
LargeSmall
ConnersvilleBatesville
East CentralGreensburg
Franklin CountySouth Dearborn
LawrenceburgRushville

Former members

  1. Was North Vernon before 1968, played concurrently in EIAC and HHC 1972–73.
  2. Colors were light blue and white until 1968.

Conference championships

Boys basketball

  • Champions 1963–66, 1969–70, 1973–74, 1975–76, and 1980–88 unverified.

Girls basketball

  • Champions between beginning of competition in sport until 1991, and 1992-95 are unverified.

State champions

Batesville Bulldogs (6)

  • 1992 Mike Daily, Wrestling
  • 2007 Ellie Tidman, Track & Field
  • 2008 Ellie Tidman, Track & Field
  • 2009 Ellie Tidman, Track & Field
  • 2010 Ellie Tidman, Track & Field
  • 2011 Chris Giesting, Track & Field

Connersville Spartans (2)

  • 1972 Boys Basketball
  • 1983 Boys Basketball

East Central Trojans (5)

Greensburg Pirates (2)

Lawrenceburg Tigers (8)

  • 1963 Denver Kennett, Track & Field
  • 1975 Football
  • 1978 Football
  • 1986 Chris Green, Track & Field
  • 2016-2017-2018 - Mason Parris, Wrestling
  • 2024 Girl's soccer
  • 2024 Seth Graham, JV Wrestling

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