North Star Athletic Association
The North Star Athletic Association (NSAA) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) that began play in the 2013–14 school year.  The conference currently has seven full member institutions in Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

History

Chronological timeline
 2013 - The North Star Athletic Association (NSAA) was founded. Charter members included Dakota State University, the University of Jamestown, Mayville State University, Presentation College and Valley City State University, effective beginning the 2013-14 academic year.
 2014 - Dickinson State University joined the NSAA, effective in the 2014-15 academic year.
 2014 - Waldorf University joined the NSAA as an affiliate member for football, effective in the 2014 fall season (2014-15 academic year).
 2015 - Bellevue University and Viterbo University joined the NSAA (along with Waldorf upgrading to join for all sports), effective in the 2015-16 academic year.
 2015 - The University of Winnipeg joined the NSAA as an affiliate member for baseball, effective the 2016 spring season (2015-16 academic year).
 2017 - Winnipeg left the NSAA as an affiliate member for baseball as the school dropped the sport, effective after the 2017 spring season (2016-17 academic year).
 2018 - Jamestown left the NSAA to join the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC), effective after the 2017-18 academic year.
 2021 - Iowa Wesleyan University joined the NSAA as an affiliate member for football, men's track and field, and women's track and field, effective the 2021-22 academic year.
 2023 - Presentation (S.D.) left the NSAA as the school closed after the 2022-23 academic year.
 2023 - Iowa Wesleyan left the NSAA as an affiliate member as the school closed after the 2022-23 academic year.

Member schools

Current members
The NSAA currently has seven full members, three of which are private schools:

Notes

Former members
The NSAA had two former full members, both of which were private schools:

Notes

Former affiliate members
The NSAA had two former affiliate members, one was a public school and the other was private:

Notes

Membership timeline

Conference sports
The North Star Athletic Association currently fields 18 sports (9 men's and 9 women's):

Men's sports 

Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the North Star Athletic Association which are played by NSAA schools

Women's sports 

Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the North Star Athletic Association which are played by NSAA schools

Conference Championships

Football

NSAA championships won or shared per school

NSAA all-time standings (2013–2022)

NSAA champions by year

Volleyball

NSAA championships per school

NSAA all-time standings (2013–2022)

NSAA regular season and tournament champions by year

Men's basketball

NSAA championships won or shared per school

NSAA all-time standings (2013-14 to 2022-23)

NSAA regular season and tournament champions by year

Women's basketball

NSAA championships won or shared per school

NSAA all-time standings (2013-14 to 2022-23)

NSAA regular season and tournament champions by year

Baseball

NSAA championships won or shared per school

NSAA all-time standings (2014 to 2023)

NSAA regular season and tournament champions by year

Softball

NSAA championships won or shared per school

NSAA all-time standings (2014 to 2023)

NSAA regular season and tournament champions by year

References

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