UVA Wise Cavaliers


The UVA Wise Cavaliers, nicknamed the "Highland Cavaliers", are the athletic teams that represent the University of Virginia's College at Wise, located in Wise, Virginia, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the NCAA Division II ranks, primarily competing in the South Atlantic Conference since the 2019–20 academic year. The Cavaliers previously competed in the D-II Mountain East Conference from 2013–14 to 2018–19.
Prior joining the NCAA, UVA Wise previously competed in the Mid-South Conference of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics from 2010–11 to 2012–13 ; in the Appalachian Athletic Conference from 2001–02 to 2009–10; the Tennessee Valley Athletic Conference from 1994–95 to 2000–01; and in the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference from 1971–72 to 1993–94.
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History

On April 23, 2012, the college was accepted as a provisional member of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference and announced it would begin competition as the G-MAC's seventh full member in the 2013–2014 academic year. UVA Wise also announced it planned to submit the NCAA application prior to June 1, 2012. Once accepted by the NCAA, the college will begin the official transition from NAIA to NCAA and if the requirements are met would become an active NCAA Division II member for the 2015–2016 academic year.
However, UVA Wise would play in the G-MAC for only one season; it announced on August 20, 2012, that it would become a charter member of the new Mountain East Conference, a conference made up mostly of former members of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference that ultimately launched in the 2013–14 academic year.

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