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The American Southwest Conference (ASC) is a college athletic conference, founded in 1996, whose member schools compete in the NCAA's Division III. The schools are located in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi. The conference competes in baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, football, men's and women's golf, men's and women's soccer, softball, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's track and field and women's volleyball.

The American Southwest Conference shares operates from the same headquarters complex in the Dallas suburb of Richardson as the NCAA Division II Lone Star Conference.

History

The American Southwest Conference was announced in May 1996. The new league included some former members of the Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association (TIAA). Founding members of the ASC were Howard Payne University, Austin College, Hardin–Simmons University, McMurry University, Mississippi College, Sul Ross State University, the University of Dallas and the University of the Ozarks.

The expansion soon began as the University of Mary Hardin–Baylor joined the ASC in 1997; followed by East Texas Baptist University, LeTourneau University, Schreiner University and the University of Texas at Dallas in 1998; then Concordia University Texas in 1999, and finally Louisiana College and Texas Lutheran University in 2000.

The University of Dallas was a member of the ASC until the end of the 2000-01 season to become an Independent; and Austin College withdrew the ASC in the 2005-06 season to join the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC). The University of Texas at Tyler began athletics in 2002 and became a member in 2003, but as a provisional member of the NCAA, was ineligible to participate in ASC or NCAA postseason tournaments until 2007. Centenary College of Louisiana joined the conference in 2011, after completing their transition from Division I to Division III, but almost immediately announced its departure for the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.^[1]^[2]

Recently, however, several schools have announced plans to leave the conference in favor of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, which lost seven of its members at the end of the 2011-12 school year. Centenary^[3] departed at the end of the 2011-12 season after joining the ASC in that same season; Schreiner^[4] and Texas Lutheran^[5] left at the end of the 2012–13 season.

In 2012, McMurry left the ASC and completed the process of reclassifying to a full-scholarship, Division II institution and joined the Heartland Conference.^[6] Additionally, Mississippi College announced that it would be also leaving the conference and reclassifying to Division II in 2014.^[7] Mississippi College will re-join the Gulf South Conference, a league that it had been a member of until 1996.^[8]

The departures of McMurry, Texas Lutheran and Mississippi College will leave the conference with only six football playing members, below the minimum seven participating schools required to receive an automatic bid to the NCAA football playoffs. The conference has not announced a plan to maintain its automatic bid.

ASC officials announced on March 13, 2014 the forthcoming addition of McMurry University and Belhaven University to its membership.^[9]^[10] McMurry will re-join the ASC after a two-year stint in the Division II level, competing as a member of the Heartland Conference; while Belhaven is scheduled to join the ASC as a provisional member in 2015.

On December 3, 2015, ASC officials reported that Texas Lutheran University and Southwestern University would join the conference for football in 2017 ^[11] as football-only members. Both schools are members of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, but the conference only had four remaining schools competing in football. Two other SCAC schools. Austin College and Trinity University (Texas), announced they would play football in the Southern Athletic Association beginning with the 2017 season. The SCAC dropped football as a conference sport after the 2016 season.

The most recent change in the ASC membership was announced in July 2018, when the NCAA approved UT Tyler's application to begin a transition to NCAA Division II effective with the 2019–20 school year. Accordingly, UT Tyler will leave the ASC at the end of the 2018–19 school year. While the school did not immediately announce its future affiliation, it stated that it expected to join the Lone Star Conference.^[12] The following month, UT Tyler was officially unveiled as an incoming LSC member.^[13]

Member schools

Current members

¹ - McMurry left the ASC to join the NCAA Division II ranks and the Heartland Conference from 2012–13 to 2013–14 before rejoining the conference.

^* - The schools are divided into two divisions: East (white background) and West (yellow background). Departing member UT Tyler (red background) is in the East.

Affiliate members

^* - Texas Lutheran University rejoined the conference for football only in 2017, but was a full member before leaving in 2013 for the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.

Former members

Membership timeline

References

1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.ascsports.org/news/2010/7/20/GEN_0720104042.aspx |title=Centenary Approved for Div. III Reclassification |accessdate=July 27, 2010 |date=July 20, 2010 |publisher=American Southwest Conference}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Centenary College of Louisiana to Join the SCAC|url=http://www.scacsports.com/news/centenary_joins_scac|publisher=SCAC|accessdate=11 October 2012}}
3. ^Members leave ASC for SCAC {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120706153945/http://www.centenary.edu/news/2011/0000122 |date=2012-07-06 }}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.schreiner.edu/news/2012/news12_jan23_SCAC123.html|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120805125538/http://www.schreiner.edu/news/2012/news12_jan23_SCAC123.html|deadurl=yes|title=SU News 2012: SCHREINER UNIVERSITY TO JOIN SOUTHERN COLLEGIATE ATHLE…|author=|date=5 August 2012|archivedate=5 August 2012|website=schreiner.edu|accessdate=20 April 2018}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.tlubulldogs.com/news/2012/2/16/BB_0216123710.aspx|title=Texas Lutheran University to join Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference|author=|date=|website=Texas Lutheran University|accessdate=20 April 2018}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.mcmurrysports.com/news/2011/7/12/GEN_0712111147.aspx|title=NCAA accepts McMurry's application to transition to Division II - The Official Site of McMurry War Hawks|author=|date=|website=The Official Site of McMurry War Hawks|accessdate=20 April 2018}}
7. ^{{cite web|title=Mississippi College chooses Division II|url=http://www.d3sports.com/notables/2012/09/mississippi-college-chooses-d2|publisher=D3 Sports|accessdate=11 October 2012}}
8. ^{{cite web|title=Mississippi College Takes Steps to Rejoin NCAA Division II|url=http://www.d3football.com/seasons/2012/contrib/20120927g3yooz|publisher=D3 Sports|accessdate=11 October 2012}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://ascsports.org/news/2014/3/13/GEN_0313144755.aspx|title=American Southwest Conference - American Southwest Conference Announces McMurry and Belhaven as Future Additions|author=|date=|website=ascsports.org|accessdate=20 April 2018}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.uttylerpatriots.com/news/articles/2013-14/3476/mcmurry-university-and-belhaven-university-set-to-join-asc/|title=McMurry University and Belhaven University Set to Join ASC|author=|date=|website=uttylerpatriots.com|accessdate=20 April 2018}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.mcmurrysports.com/news/2015/12/3/FB_1203154637.aspx|title=ASC Announces Football Expansion - The Official Site of McMurry War Hawks|author=|date=|website=The Official Site of McMurry War Hawks|accessdate=20 April 2018}}
12. ^{{cite press release|url=http://www.uttyler.edu/news/pressrelease/2018/07132018.php |title=UT Tyler Accepted into NCAA Division II |publisher=University of Texas at Tyler |date=July 13, 2018 |accessdate=July 18, 2018}}
13. ^{{cite press release|url=http://www.lonestarconference.org/news/2018/8/13/general-lone-star-conference-to-add-ut-tyler-in-2019.aspx |title=Lone Star Conference to Add UT Tyler in 2019 |publisher=Lone Star Conference |date=August 13, 2018 |accessdate=August 29, 2018}}
14. ^US Census via Google
15. ^¹Rankings {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221400/http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings |date=2016-03-03 }}
16. ^{{cite web |url=http://ascsports.org/sports/2007/8/15/About%20ASC.aspx |title=The American Southwest Conference |access-date=October 10, 2017 |publisher=American Southwest Conference}}