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NORTH CENTRAL CONFERENCE
The North Central Conference has prided
itself on the success of its student-athletes on
and off of the field-of-play. In the 57 years
since the North Central Conference joined the
NCAA, NCC member schools have brought
home 43 NCAA Division II national team
championships and over 300 individual national
titles. NCC student-athletes have also earned
more than 350 ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA
Academic All-America honors and 170 NCAA
Post-Graduate Scholarships.
The NCC, comprised of seven institutions
in North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota and
Nebraska, has had 12 national team champions
in the past 7 years. The tradition of success is
especially strong in women’s basketball where
NCC schools have claimed nine national championships,
all in the last 16 seasons. An NCC
team also reached the championship game in 11
straight seasons from 1991-2001.
The conference was formed at a meeting in
the fall of 1921 and the first conference championship
was the track & field championship
held in the spring of 1922 in Brookings, S.D.
The North Central Conference awards
championships in 20 sports. The 10 men’s
NCC sports are: baseball, basketball, cross
country, football, golf, indoor track, outdoor
track, swimming, tennis and wrestling. The 10
women’s sports are: basketball, cross country,
golf, indoor track, outdoor track, soccer, softball,
swimming, tennis and volleyball.
Each spring the conference awards an allsport
champion trophy for men and women and
began a North Central Conference Cup during
the 2003-04 season, which combines the points
from the men’s and women’s all-sports awards.
North Dakota and Minnesota State tied for the
2005-06 NCC Cup while the Mavericks also
captured the men’s award. Nebraska-Omaha
captured the women’s award.
The North Central Conference honors one
male and one female student each year with the
NCC Scholar-Athlete Award, which strives to
honor the top senior student-athlete in the conference.
For the 2005-06 academic year, St.
Cloud State’s Ryan Koch was the recipient of
the award for the men’s sports, while
Minnesota-Duluth’s Lindsey Dietz was the
women’s sports honoree.
Roger Thomas was named the NCC’s sixth
full-time Commissioner in January of 2005.
Melanie Nelson, Associate Commissioner,
joined the conference office in the spring of
1992 and Jon J. Martin, now Assistant
Commissioner was named the first Director of
Media Relations in July 1998. Colin Kapitan is
the coordinator of officials for both football and
basketball.
1922-23—Creighton (4th)
1923-24—Creighton (4th)
1924-25—Creighton (7th)
1925-26—Morningside (2nd)
1926-27—Creighton (2nd)
1927-28—North Dakota (Champion)
1928-29—South Dakota State (T-2nd)
1929-30—South Dakota (2nd)
1930-31—South Dakota (2nd)
1931-32—North Dakota State (2nd)
1932-33—North Dakota State (2nd)
1933-34—North Dakota (Champion)
1934-35—North Dakota (Champion)
1935-36—North Dakota (Champion)
1936-37—North Dakota (Champion)
1937-38—Morningside (T-2nd)
1938-39—South Dakota (T-2nd)
1939-40—SDSU & NDSU (T-5th)
1940-41—North Dakota State (5th)
1941-42—North Dakota State (4th)
1942-43—South Dakota State (4th)
1943-44—No Conference Play
1944-45—No Conference Play
1945-46—No Conference Play
1946-47—Morningside (2nd)
1947-48—Northern Iowa (5th)
1948-49—Northern Iowa (3rd)
1949-50—Northern Iowa (2nd)
1950-51—UNI & Morningside (T-3rd)
1951-52—North Dakota State (T-3rd)
1952-53—Northern Iowa (2nd)
1953-54—North Dakota & NDSU
1954-55—North Dakota (Champion)
1955-56—South Dakota State (4th)
1956-57—SDSU & South Dakota (7th)
1957-58—South Dakota (T-4th)
1958-59—South Dakota State (T-5th)
1959-60—South Dakota State (7th)
1960-61—South Dakota State (T-5th)
1961-62—N. Iowa & Augustana (T-4th)
1962-63—South Dakota State (3rd)
1963-64—Northern Iowa (T-3rd)
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All-Time NCC Champions
(Note: Figure after champion is UND Finish)
1964-65—North Dakota (Champion)
1965-66—North Dakota (Champion)
1966-67—North Dakota (Champion)
1967-68—South Dakota State (T-2nd)
1968-69—SDSU & Northern Iowa (T-3rd)
1969-70—South Dakota State (T-5th)
1970-71—North Dakota State (4th)
1971-72—South Dakota (T-2nd)
1972-73—South Dakota State (4th)
1973-74—North Dakota (Champion)
1974-75—North Dakota (Champion)
1975-76—North Dakota & Mankato State
1976-77—North Dakota (Champion)
1977-78—Augustana (T-3rd)
1978-79—Nebraska-Omaha (T-2nd)
1979-80—South Dakota State (3rd)
1980-81—North Dakota State (2nd)
1981-82—North Dakota (Champion)
1982-83—Morningside (6th)
1983-84—Nebraska-Omaha (T-4th)
1984-85—South Dakota State (T-2nd)
1985-86—St. Cloud State (8th)
1986-87—St. Cloud State (T-2nd)
1987-88—St. Cloud State (T-6th)
1988-89—N. Colorado & Augustana (10th)
1989-90—North Dakota (Champion)
1990-91—North Dakota (Champion)
1991-92—South Dakota State (4th)
1992-93—South Dakota (2nd)
1993-94—South Dakota (T-3rd)
1994-95—North Dakota & NDSU
1995-96—South Dakota State (6th)
1996-97—South Dakota State (9th)
1997-98—South Dakota State (T-7th)
1998-99—South Dakota (3rd)
1999-00—South Dakota (3rd)
2000-01—South Dakota (T-5th)
2001-02—South Dakota State (T-3rd)
2002-03—St. Cloud State (3rd)
2003-04—Nebraska-Omaha (7th)
2004-05—Nebraska-Omaha (5th)
2005-06—Minnesota State (6th)
NCC Championship Team Summary
(80 Seasons--none awarded during war years of 1944, 1945 or 1946)
Titles Won Summary
Team Won Outright Shared UND Finish
South Dakota State # 20 17 3 1st-18 times
North Dakota 18 15 3 2nd-19 times
South Dakota 11 10 1 3rd-15 times
North Dakota State # 10 7 3 4th-9 times
Northern Iowa # 8 5 3 5th-7 times
Morningside # 5 4 1 6th-5 times
Creighton # 4 4 0 7th-5 times
St. Cloud State 4 4 0 8th- 1 time
Nebraska-Omaha 4 4 0 9th-1 time
Augustana 3 1 2 10th- 1 time
Minnesota State 2 1 1
Northern Colorado # 1 0 1
Minnesota Duluth 0 0 0
#—No longer a member of the North Central Conference