WVIAC Breakup
On June 18, 2012, nine football-playing members of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) announced they would withdraw from the league to form a new regional all-sports conference.
Effective with the beginning of the 2013-14 academic year, the WVIAC will cease to exist. Eight of the nine football-playing members (Concord, Charleston, Fairmont State, Glenville State, Shepherd, West Liberty, West Virginia State, and West Virginia Wesleyan) and one non-football playing member (Wheeling Jesuit) of the conference are joining a provisional D-II member from Virginia (UVA-Wise) and two associate Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference members from Ohio (Notre Dame and Urbana) to form a new all-sports conference, the Mountain East Conference. Seton Hill and Pitt-Johnstown will be joining the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference. Three of the remaining non-football members (Alderson–Broaddus, Davis & Elkins, and Ohio Valley) accepted invitations to join the Great Midwest Athletic Conference. As of August 21, 2012, the only WVIAC member without a conference home for 2013–14 is Bluefield State.
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