Great American Conference
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Association | NCAA |
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Commissioner | Will Prewitt (since 2010) |
Sports fielded |
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Division | Division II |
Region | South Central |
Official website | http://www.gacsports.org/ |
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The Great American Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the South Central United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division II,[1] and is scheduled to begin play in the 2011-12 school year.[2]
Members
The conference's charter members previously competed in the Lone Star Conference and Gulf South Conference before forming the GAC in 2010. The new conference is intended to reduce travel costs for its member universities.[3]
On May 11, 2011, the conference invited Northwestern Oklahoma State and Southern Nazarene University to the conference for the 2012-2013.[4] The universities will continue to play in the Sooner Athletic Conference during 2011 and join the conference in 2012 but will not be eligible for NCAA postseason competition until the 2014-15 academic year as part of their transition from NAIA to Division II.[4]
Note: Future members in green.
Sports
The GAC sponsors championships in five men's and six women's sports including:
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Women
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- Men's Tennis, Men's Soccer, and Women's Soccer will be added as conference sports in 2012.[5]
Conference venues
School | Football stadium | Capacity | Basketball arena | Capacity | Baseball stadium | Capacity |
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Arkansas Tech | Thone Stadium at Buerkle Field | 6,500 | Tucker Coliseum | 3,500 | Tech Field | 600 |
Arkansas-Monticello | Willis Convoy Leslie Cotton Boll Stadium | 5,000 | Steelman Fieldhouse | 1,500 | Weevils Field | 600 |
East Central | Norris Field | 5,000 | Kerr Activities Center | 4,000 | East Central Field | 250 |
Harding | First Security Stadium | 6,500 | Rhodes Field House | 3,000 | Jerry Moore Field | 311 |
Henderson State | Carpenter-Haygood Stadium | 9,600 | Duke Wells Center | 3,000 | Clyde Berry Field | 1,000 |
Ouachita Baptist | A.U. Williams Field | 5,225 | Bill Vining Arena | 2,500 | Rab Rodgers Field | 500 |
Southeastern Oklahoma | Paul Laird Field | 9,000 | Bloomer Sullivan Arena | 3,600 | The Ballpark in Durant | 420 |
Southern Arkansas | Wilkins Stadium | 6,000 | W.T. Watson Athletic Center | 2,600 | Mulerider Field | 1,000 |
Southwestern Oklahoma | Milam Stadium | 4,000 | Rankin Williams Fieldhouse | 2,400 | Bulldog Field | 300 |
References
- ^ Pickle, David (March 9, 2011). "GAC becomes 23rd DII conference". NCAA. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
- ^ Staff (November 24, 2010). "Nine schools forming Div. II conference". Associated Press. Retrieved January 14, 2011.
- ^ Staff (March 9, 2011). "Great American Conference approved". Associated Press. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
- ^ a b "NWOSU, SNU accept invites to GAC". Enid News and Eagle. May 11, 2011.
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: Text "June 2, 2011" ignored (help) - ^ Staff (February 7, 2011). "Great American Conference Unveils Logo". MonticelloLive.Com. Retrieved April 18, 2011.