Ohio Valley Athletic Conference


The Ohio Valley Athletic Conference is a high school sports league in parts of southeastern Ohio and northern West Virginia. The OVAC is the largest conference of its kind in the United States. Schools in the upper Ohio Valley supply over 18,000 athletes in various competitive athletic areas. The conference was organized in 1943.

Classification

Schools are categorized by enrollment of eligible athletes, where Class A is the smallest enrollment and Class AAAAA is the largest enrollment. As of the 2020-2021 school year, there are 18,332 eligible athletes in grades 9 through 11.
ClassEnrollmentMembers
A 0-14911
AA 150-22010
AAA 221-3369
AAAA 337-49610
AAAAA 497+10

Member schools

Conference affiliations