Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Southern California Intercollegiate Conference
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Data
Established	1915
Members	8
Sports fielded	19 (10 men's, 9 women's)
Region	Southern California Southern California Southern California, or SoCal, is defined as the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Its population centers around three major metropolitan areas, each of which have over 3 million people; the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area with over 12 million inhabitants, the San Bernardino-Riverside...
States	1 (California California California is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil... )
Headquarters	Los Angeles, California Los Angeles, California Los Angeles is the largest city in the state of California and the second largest in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California...
Locations

The Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) is a college athletic conference that operates in the NCAA

National Collegiate Athletic Association

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

's Division III

Division III

Division III is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States.-Membership:The division consists of colleges and universities that choose not to offer athletically related financial aid to their student-athletes...

. The conference was founded in 1915 and it consists of eleven small private schools which are located in Southern California

Southern California

Southern California, or SoCal, is defined as the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Its population centers around three major metropolitan areas, each of which have over 3 million people; the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area with over 12 million inhabitants, the San Bernardino-Riverside...

 and organized into eight athletic programs.

History

The SCIAC was founded in 1915 with five member schools with the goals to promote amateurism in athletics. The five founding members, all whom are still members, are California Institute of Technology, Occidental College, Pomona College, University of Redlands, and Whittier College. Although all five original charter members are still affiliated with the SCIAC only two have had uninterrupted membership. The two to have never left the conference are Occidental and Redlands.

There are four former members of the SCIAC, UCLA, San Diego State, UC Santa Barbara, and Chapman, three of the former members now compete in NCAA Division I athletics. The other, Chapman University, is a NCAA Division III independent.

Current member schools

The member schools are:

Institution	Membership	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname
California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology The California Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Pasadena, California, United States. The Institute maintains a strong emphasis on the natural sciences and engineering, and operates and manages NASA's neighboring Jet Propulsion Laboratory...	1915 - 1934; 1938 - present	Pasadena Pasadena, California Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States; and is a satellite city of Los Angeles. Famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home of many leading scientific and cultural institutions, including the...	1891	Private	2,086	Beavers
California Lutheran University California Lutheran University California Lutheran University is a university of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America located in Thousand Oaks, California.-Mission statement:The University's mission statement is as follows:...	1991 - present	Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, California Thousand Oaks, commonly referred to as "T.O." by residents, is a city in southeastern Ventura County, California, in the United States. It was named after the many oak trees that grace the area, and the city seal is adorned with an oak....	1959	Lutheran Evangelical Lutheran Church in America The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is a mainline Protestant denomination headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The ELCA officially came into existence on January 1, 1988, by the merging of three churches and currently has about 4,633,887 baptized members...	3,298	Kingsmen (men) Regals (women)
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps —Claremont McKenna College Claremont McKenna College Claremont McKenna College is a private, coeducational, liberal arts college and a member of the Claremont Colleges located in Claremont, California. The campus is located east of Downtown Los Angeles. CMC was founded in 1946 as Claremont Men's College and emphasizes programs in government,... —Harvey Mudd College Harvey Mudd College Harvey Mudd College is a private residential liberal arts college of science, engineering, and mathematics, located in Claremont, California. It is one of the institutions of the contiguous Claremont Colleges.... —Scripps College Scripps College Scripps College is a liberal arts women's college in Claremont, California, United States. It is a member of the Claremont Colleges.-History:...	1976 - present 1947 - present 1958 - present 1976 - present	Claremont Claremont, California Claremont is a college town in eastern Los Angeles County, California, USA, about 30 miles east of downtown Los Angeles at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains. The population as of 2008 is 37,242. Claremont is known for its seven higher-education institutions, its tree-lined streets, and its...	1946 1955 1926	Private	1,135 746 878	Stags (men) Athenas (women)
University of La Verne University of La Verne The University of La Verne is a private, doctoral research university in La Verne, California , founded in 1891...	1926 - 1938, 1971 - present	La Verne La Verne, California La Verne is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 31,638 at the 2000 census.- History :The history of this area dates back to the 1830s when Ygnacio Palomares received the Rancho San Jose land grant from Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado in 1837. The land...	1891	Private (Brethren Church of the Brethren The Church of the Brethren is a Christian denomination originating from the Schwarzenau Brethren organized in 1708 by eight people led by Alexander Mack, a miller, in Schwarzenau , Germany. The Brethren movement began as a melding of Radical Pietist and Anabaptist ideas. The first of its churches... )	1,685	Leopards
Occidental College Occidental College Occidental College is a small, private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1887, Occidental College, or "Oxy" as it is called by students and alumni, is one of the oldest liberal arts colleges on the West Coast...	1915 - present	Los Angeles Los Angeles, California Los Angeles is the largest city in the state of California and the second largest in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California...	1887	Private (Presbyterian)	1,839	Tigers
Pomona-Pitzer —Pomona College Pomona College Pomona College is a private residential liberal arts college located in Claremont, California. It has ranked in the top ten of liberal arts colleges nationally according to the U.S. News and World Report rankings since their inception... —Pitzer College Pitzer College Pitzer College is a private residential liberal arts college located in Claremont, California, a college town approximately east of downtown Los Angeles. Pitzer College is one of seven institutions of higher learning known as The Claremont Colleges and coordinated through the Claremont University...	1971 - present 1915 - 1934; 1938 - present 1971 - present	Claremont Claremont, California Claremont is a college town in eastern Los Angeles County, California, USA, about 30 miles east of downtown Los Angeles at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains. The population as of 2008 is 37,242. Claremont is known for its seven higher-education institutions, its tree-lined streets, and its...	1887 1963	Private (Congregationalists)	1,548 950	Sagehens
University of Redlands University of Redlands The University of Redlands is a private liberal arts and sciences university located in Redlands, California. The university's campus sits on 160 acres near downtown Redlands. The university was founded in 1907 and was associated with the American Baptist Church. The land for the university was...	1915 - present	Redlands Redlands, California Redlands is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 63,591.- History :...	1907	Private (Baptists)	4,400	Bulldogs
Whittier College Whittier College Whittier College is a private liberal arts college in Whittier, California. As of January 2009, the college has approximately 1,300 enrolled students.-Overview:...	1915 - 1943; 1946 - present	Whittier Whittier, California Whittier is a city in Los Angeles County, California about southeast of Los Angeles. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 83,680. It is the home of Whittier College...	1887	Private (Friends Religious Society of Friends The Religious Society of Friends is a religious movement, whose members are known as Friends or Quakers. The roots of this movement are with some 17th century Christian English dissenters, but today the movement has branched out into many independent national and regional organizations, called... )	1,540	Poets

Former member schools

There are four schools that once participated in SCIAC athletics:

• University of California, Los Angeles
  University of California, Los Angeles
  The University of California, Los Angeles is a research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, in the United States. It was founded in 1919 and is the second-oldest general-purpose campus in the University of California system...
  
    — 1920 - 1927
• San Diego State University
  San Diego State University
  For a railway station that serves the campus, see SDSU Transit Center.San Diego State University , founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area , and is part of the California State University system...
  
    — 1926 - 1939
• University of California, Santa Barbara
  University of California, Santa Barbara
  The University of California, Santa Barbara, commonly known as UCSB or UC Santa Barbara, is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. The main campus is located on a site in Santa Barbara, California, northwest of Los Angeles...
  
    — 1931 - 1938
• Chapman University
  Chapman University
  Chapman University is a private, nonprofit university located in the city of Orange in Orange County, California, USA.- History and background :...
  
  — 1950 - 1952

All-sports champions

Year	Overall Champion
2008	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
2007	Redlands
2006	Redlands
2005	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
2004	Redlands
2003	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
2002	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
2001	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
2000	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
1999	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
1998	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
1997	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
1996	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
1995	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
1994	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
1993	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
1992	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
1991	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
1990	Pomona-Pitzer
1989	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
1988	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
1987	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
1986	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
1985	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
1984	Occidental
1983	Occidental
1982	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
1981	Pomona-Pitzer
1980	Pomona-Pitzer
1979	Pomona-Pitzer
1978	Occidental
1977	Pomona-Pitzer
1976	Pomona-Pitzer
1975	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
1974	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
1973	Redlands
1972	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps