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NAIA - All Conferences

The NAIA has 23 championship sports. Awarding 12 for men's sports and 11 for women's sports. Basketball the only sport divided into two divisions.

The NAIA began sponsoring intercollegiate championships for women in 1980, the first coed national athletics association to do so, offering collegiate athletics championships to women in basketball, cross country, gymnastics, indoor and outdoor track and field, softball, wrestling and diving, tennis and volleyball.

The NAIA has divided into 28 conferences, and each is subdivided into regions.


NAIA - All Conferences
American Mideast Conference
American Midwest Conference
Appalachian Athletic Conference
California Pacific Conference
Cascade Collegiate Conference
Central States Football League
Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference
Dakota Athletic Conference
Frontier Conference
Golden State Athletic Conference
Great Plains Athletic Conference
Gulf Coast Athletic Conference
Heart of America Athletic Conference
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Mid-Central College Conference
Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference
Mid-South Conference
Mid-States Football Association
Midwest Collegiate Conference
Red River Athletic Conference
Sooner Athletic Conference
Southern States Athletic Conference
Sunrise Athletic Conference
The Sun Conference
TranSouth Athletic Conference
Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference
NAIA independent schools

All NAIA Schools that Participate in Volleyball

Total # of schools: 239
# denotes the institution sponsors the sport but does not participate in postseason play
^ Provisional - not eligible for postseason

American Mideast Conference (13)
Carlow (Pa.)
Cedarville (Ohio)
Daemen (N.Y.)
Houghton (N.Y.)
Malone (Ohio)
Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio)
Northwestern Ohio (Ohio)
Notre Dame (Ohio)
Point Park (Pa.)
Roberts Wesleyan (N.Y.)
Shawnee State (Ohio)
Ursuline (Ohio)
Walsh (Ohio)

American Midwest Conference (9)
Columbia (Mo.)
Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.)
Harris-Stowe (Mo.)
McKendree (Ill.)
Missouri Baptist (Mo.)
Park (Mo.)
Stephens (Mo.)
William Woods (Mo.)
Williams Baptist (Ark.)

Appalachian Athletic Conference (10)
Bluefield (Va.)
Bryan (Tenn.)
^ Covenant (Ga.)
Milligan (Tenn.)
Montreat (N.C.)
Reinhardt (Ga.)
Tennessee Wesleyan (Tenn.)
Union (Ky.)
Virginia Intermont (Va.)
Virginia-Wise (Va.)

Association of Independent Institutions (14)
Allen (S.C.)
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)
Indiana-Northwest (Ind.)
Johnson & Wales (Colo.)
# Kentucky Christian (Ky.)
Marygrove (Mich.)
Morris (S.C.)
Ohio Dominican (Ohio)
Philander Smith (Ark.)
St. Thomas - Houston (Texas)
# Southern Virginia (Va.)
Southwestern (Ariz.)
Voorhees (S.C.)
Walla Walla (Wash.)

California Pacific Conference (7)
Bethany (Calif.)
Holy Names (Calif.)
Menlo (Calif.)
Mills (Calif.)
Pacific Union (Calif.)
Simpson (Calif.)
William Jessup (Calif.)

Cascade Collegiate Conference (10)
Concordia (Ore.)
Corban (Ore.)
Eastern Oregon (Ore.)
Evergreen (Wash.)
College of Idaho (Idaho)
Northwest Christian (Ore.)
Northwest (Wash.)
Oregon Tech (Ore.)
Southern Oregon (Ore.)
Warner Pacific (Ore.)

Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (11)
Calumet St. Joseph (Ind.)
Cardinal Stritch (Wis.)
Illinois Tech (Ill.)
Judson (Ill.)
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)
Purdue-North Central (Ind.)
Robert Morris (Ill.)
St. Francis (Ill.)
St. Xavier (Ill.)
Trinity Christian (Ill.)
Trinity International (Ill.)

Dakota Athletic Conference (8)
Black Hills State (S.D.)
Dakota State (S.D.)
Dickinson State (N.D.)
Jamestown (N.D.)
Mayville State (N.D.)
Minot State (N.D.)
South Dakota Tech (S.D.)
Valley City State (N.D.)

Frontier Conference (8)
Carroll (Mont.)
Great Falls (Mont.)
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)
Montana State-Northern (Mont.)
Montana Tech (Mont.)
Montana-Western (Mont.)
Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
Westminster (Utah)

Golden State Athletic Conference (11)
Azusa Pacific (Calif.)
Biola (Calif.)
California Baptist (Calif.)
Concordia (Calif.)
Fresno Pacific (Calif.)
Hope International (Calif.)
Master's (Calif.)
Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.)
San Diego Christian (Calif.)
Vanguard (Calif.)
Westmont (Calif.)

Great Plains Athletic Conference (13)
Briar Cliff (Iowa)
Concordia (Neb.)
Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)
Dana (Neb.)
Doane (Neb.)
Dordt (Iowa)
Hastings (Neb.)
Midland Lutheran (Neb.)
Morningside (Iowa)
Mount Marty (S.D.)
# Nebraska Wesleyan (Neb.)
Northwestern (Iowa)
Sioux Falls (S.D.)

Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (6)
Belhaven (Miss.)
Dillard (La.)
Loyola (La.)
Mobile (Ala.)
Southern-New Orleans (La.)
Spring Hill (Ala.)

Heart of America Athletic Conference (11)
Avila (Mo.)
Baker (Kan.)
Benedictine (Kan.)
Central Methodist (Mo.)
Culver-Stockton (Mo.)
Evangel (Mo.)
Graceland (Iowa)
Lindenwood (Mo.)
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)
Missouri Valley (Mo.)
William Jewell (Mo.)

Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (10)
Bethany (Kan.)
Bethel (Kan.)
Friends (Kan.)
Kansas Wesleyan (Kan.)
McPherson (Kan.)
Ottawa (Kan.)
St. Mary (Kan.)
Southwestern (Kan.)
Sterling (Kan.)
Tabor (Kan.)

Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (9)
Asbury (Ky.)
Berea (Ky.)
Brescia (Ky.)
Cincinnati Christian (Ohio)
Indiana East (Ind.)
Indiana Southeast (Ind.)
Midway (Ky.)
Mountain State (W.Va.)
St. Louis Pharmacy (Mo.)

Mid-Central College Conference (9)
Bethel (Ind.)
Goshen (Ind.)
Grace (Ind.)
Huntington (Ind.)
Indiana Wesleyan (Ind.)
Marian (Ind.)
St. Francis (Ind.)
Spring Arbor (Mich.)
Taylor (Ind.)

Mid-South Conference (8)
Campbellsville (Ky.)
Cumberlands (Ky.)
Georgetown (Ky.)
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
Pikeville (Ky.)
Rio Grande (Ohio)
St. Catharine (Ky.)
West Virginia Tech. (WV)

Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference (8)
Bellevue (Neb.)
Central Christian (Kan.)
Haskell (Kan.)
Oklahoma Wesleyan (Okla.)
Ozarks (Mo.)
Peru State (Neb.)
St. Mary (Neb.)
York (Neb.)

Midwest Collegiate Conference (9)
Ashford (Iowa)
Clarke (Iowa)
Grand View (Iowa)
Iowa Wesleyan (Iowa)
Mount Mercy (Iowa)
St. Ambrose (Iowa)
Viterbo (Wis.)
Waldorf (Iowa)
William Penn (Iowa)

Red River Athletic Conference (9)
Bacone (Okla.)
Huston-Tillotson (Texas)
Jarvis Christian (Texas)
Our Lady of the Lake (Texas)
Southwestern Assemblies (Texas)
Texas at Brownsville (Texas)
Texas College (Texas)
Texas Wesleyan (Texas)
Wiley (Texas)

Sooner Athletic Conference (8)
John Brown (Ark.)
Lubbock Christian (Texas)
Mid-America Christian (Okla.)
Oklahoma Baptist (Okla.)
Oklahoma City (Okla.)
St. Gregory's (Okla.)
Southern Nazarene (Okla.)
Wayland Baptist (Texas)

Southern States Athletic Conference (8)
^ Berry (Ga.)
Brenau (Ga.)
Brewton-Parker (Ga.)
Columbia (S.C.)
Faulkner (Ala.)
Lee (Tenn.)
Shorter (Ga.)
Southern Wesleyan (S.C.)

Sunrise Conference (4)
Maine-Fort Kent (Maine)
Maine-Machias (Maine)
Maine-Presque Isle (Maine)
Paul Smith's (N.Y.)

The Sun Conference (10)
# Ave Maria (Fla.)
Edward Waters (Fla.)
Embry-Riddle (Fla.)
Florida Memorial (Fla.)
Northwood (Fla.)
St. Thomas (Fla.)
Savannah Art and Design (Ga.)
Southeastern (Fla.)
Warner (Fla.)
Webber International (Fla.)

TranSouth Athletic Conference (8)
Bethel (Tenn.)
Cumberland (Tenn.)
Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.)
Lyon (Ark.)
Martin Methodist (Tenn.)
Mid-Continent (Ky.)
Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.)
Union (Tenn.)

Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (8)
Aquinas (Mich.)
Concordia (Mich.)
Cornerstone (Mich.)
Davenport (Mich.)
Indiana Tech (Ind.)
Madonna (Mich.)
Michigan-Dearborn (Mich.)
Siena Heights (Mich.)