MIAA Announces Arkansas-Fort Smith to Join League
The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association announced today (Monday) the addition of the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith to the Association with full-time membership in the 2024-2025 academic year.
The MIAA CEO Council approved the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith’s (UAFS) application to join the Association with full membership in the fall of 2024.
Arkansas-Fort Smith becomes the MIAA’s first full-time member in the state of Arkansas.
OtherArkansas schools Harding University, Ouachita Baptist University and Southern Arkansas University, who are all members of the Great American Conference (GAC), are current associate members of the MIAA for the sport of men’s tennis. Ouachita will also become an associate member of the for the sport of wrestling in the 2023-24 season.
Arkansas-Fort Smith was established in 1928, and currently sponsors ten sports including volleyball, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s golf, and men’s and women’s tennis.
UAFS became a Division II athletic institution in 2009 and has been a member of the Lone Star Conference (LSC) since July 2019. Since becoming an NCAA member, the Lions have won 13 conference championships and have had 19 NCAA postseason appearances.
The MIAA last expanded in 2019 with the addition of Newman University and Rogers State University as associate members. Both institutions became full-time members to begin the 2022-23 academic year.
