Wolverine–Hoosier Athletic Conference


The Wolverine–Hoosier Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference of twelve colleges and universities in the U.S. states of Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio. Founded in 1992, the conference was created as a successor group for the now-defunct NAIA District 23. The conference is a part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, and is headquartered in Livonia, Michigan.
The WHAC announced on January 27, 2012, added bowling and lacrosse for both men and women as conference sports effective the fall of 2012, becoming the first NAIA conference to offer championships in these sports.
On October 13, 2016, the Council of Presidents unanimously voted to accept Rochester College into the conference beginning with the 2017–2018 academic year.
Men's ice hockey was added as a conference sport effective the fall of 2017, making the WHAC the first conference in the NAIA to offer ice hockey as a conference championship sport. Initially, the five conference members that sponsor ice hockey will participate in a conference championship. In July 2017, Concordia University Ann Arbor announced that the university will begin an ice hockey program and begin competition in the NAIA Division and WHAC Hockey Conference in the 2018-19 season.

Member schools

Current members

Former members

Note:
1 - Marygrove announced that all athletics would cease after the 2017 fall season of the 2017-18 academic year; with their August 2017 announcement of the closing of school's undergraduate programs.

Membership timeline


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Sports

WHAC offers 11 men's and 11 women's sports.
SportMen'sWomen's
Baseball
Basketball
Bowling
Cross Country
Golf
Ice Hockey
Lacrosse
Soccer
Softball
Tennis
Track & Field Indoor
Track & Field Outdoor
Volleyball