The Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) is an NCAA

National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...

 Division I collegiate wrestling

Collegiate wrestling

Collegiate wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as Folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practised at the collegiate and university level in the United States. Collegiate wrestling emerged from the folk wrestling styles practised in the early history of the United States...

 conference. It has been active since 1905 and has had a variety of schools as members throughout its tenure.

Current members

• American University
• Brown University
• Bucknell University
• Columbia University

• Cornell University
  Cornell Big Red wrestling
  The Cornell Big Red wrestling team represents Cornell University of Ithaca, New York. The squad is coached by Rob Koll.Koll has lead the team to five top-five finishes in the NCAA Division I wrestling tournament, including second place finishes in 2010 and 2011...
  
  
• Franklin and Marshall College
• Harvard University

• Lehigh University
• Princeton University
• Rutgers University
  Rutgers Scarlet Knights wrestling
  The Rutgers Scarlet Knights wrestling team represents Rutgers University of New Brunswick, New Jersey. The squad is coached by Scott Goodale. Goodale is a graduate 1995 of Lock Haven University. He came to Rutgers from the high school ranks. Previously he coached Jackson Memorial High School in...
  
  
• Sacred Heart University

• United States Military Academy
• United States Naval Academy
• University of Pennsylvania

Recent success

At the 2011 NCAA Wrestling Championship, three EIWA teams placed in the top 10, two in the top 5, and one in the top 3. Lehigh

Lehigh

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 placed 8th, American University

American University

American University is a private, Methodist, liberal arts, and research university in Washington, D.C. The university was chartered by an Act of Congress on December 5, 1892 as "The American University", which was approved by President Benjamin Harrison on February 24, 1893...

 placed 5th, and Cornell placed 2nd.

The league generally has the third-highest number of All-Americans at the NCAA Championships, behind the Big Ten

Big Ten Conference

The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its twelve member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Nebraska in the west to Pennsylvania in the east...

 and Big 12.

The 2005 EIWA conference tournament marked the 100th anniversary of the conference.

Former EIWA schools

• Penn State University - Moved to the Eastern Wrestling League
  Eastern Wrestling League
  The Eastern Wrestling League is an NCAA Division I wrestling-only conference. It is made up mostly of schools from the northeastern United States whose primary conferences do not sponsor wrestling as an NCAA-qualifying event...
  
   then to the Big Ten Conference
  Big Ten Conference
  The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its twelve member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Nebraska in the west to Pennsylvania in the east...
  
  
• Temple University
  Temple University
  Temple University is a comprehensive public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Originally founded in 1884 by Dr. Russell Conwell, Temple University is among the nation's largest providers of professional education and prepares the largest body of professional...
  
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• Syracuse University
  Syracuse University
  Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...
  
  *
• Yale University
  Yale University
  Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
  
  *
• University of Pittsburgh
  Pittsburgh Panthers wrestling
  Pittsburgh Panthers wrestling is the NCAA Division 1 intercollegiate wrestling program of the University of Pittsburgh, often referred to as "Pitt", located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
  
   - Moved to the Eastern Wrestling League
  Eastern Wrestling League
  The Eastern Wrestling League is an NCAA Division I wrestling-only conference. It is made up mostly of schools from the northeastern United States whose primary conferences do not sponsor wrestling as an NCAA-qualifying event...
  
  
• College of William & Mary*
• Dartmouth College
  Dartmouth College
  Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
  
  *
• Wilkes University
  Wilkes University
  Wilkes University is a private, non-denominational American university located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. It has over 2,200 undergraduates and over 2,200 graduate students...
  
   - Moved to Division III
• United States Coast Guard Academy
  United States Coast Guard Academy
  Founded in 1876, the United States Coast Guard Academy is the military academy of the United States Coast Guard. Located in New London, Connecticut, it is the smallest of the five federal service academies...
  
   - Moved to Division III
• University of Virginia
  University of Virginia
  The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...
  
   - Moved to the ACC
  Atlantic Coast Conference
  The Atlantic Coast Conference is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. Founded in 1953 in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC sanctions competition in twenty-five sports in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association for its twelve member universities...
  
  
• United States Merchant Marine Academy
  United States Merchant Marine Academy
  The United States Merchant Marine Academy is one of the five United States Service academies...
  
   - Moved to Division III
• East Stroudsburg University - Moved to Division II

" * " = School dropped the program

External links

• Conference tourney results since 1926