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| Formerly | Northern Teachers Athletic Conference (1932–1942) State Teacher's College Conference of Minnesota (1942–1962) Northern Intercollegiate Conference (1962–1992) Northern Sun Conference (women's, 1979–1992) |
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| Association | NCAA |
| Founded | 1932 |
| Commissioner | Erin Lind (since July 1, 2014) |
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| Division | Division II |
| No. of teams | 15 (16 in 2025) |
| Headquarters | Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| Region | West North Central States |
| Official website | northernsun.org |
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The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level, which operates in the Upper Midwest of the United States. Nine of its members are in Minnesota, with three members in South Dakota, two members in North Dakota, and one member in Nebraska.[1] It was founded in 1932.[2] With the recent NSIC expansion, the original six member schools have been reunited.[3]
The conference sponsors 18 sports;[4] ten for women and eight for men. Both men and women compete in basketball, cross country, golf, and indoor and outdoor track and field. Men compete in baseball, football, and wrestling. Women compete in soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, and volleyball. The NSIC is the only Division II conference that sponsors soccer for women but not men (two other D-II conferences do not sponsor soccer for either sex).
- ^ "School Directories" (PDF). Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2007. Retrieved September 21, 2007.
- ^ "Cover" (PDF). Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2007. Retrieved September 21, 2007.
- ^ "Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference expands to 14 teams" (PDF). Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 29, 2007. Retrieved September 21, 2007.
- ^ "NSIC adds Women's Swimming and Diving as 18th sport". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2012.