Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
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| Established | 1992 |
| Association | NCAA |
| Division | Division I |
| Members | 37 |
| Sports fielded | 10 (men's: 5; women's: 5) |
| Region | Western United States, Southwestern United States, Southern United States, Northwestern United States |
| Headquarters | Woodland, California |
| Commissioner | Al Beaird (since 1997) |
| Website | mpsports.org |
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The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) is a college athletic conference whose member teams are located in the western United States. The conference participates at the NCAA Division I level.
The MPSF was founded in 1992 and specifically created to provide an outlet for competition in non-revenue-producing Olympic sports. The MPSF conducts championships in men's volleyball; women's lacrosse; and indoor track, gymnastics, and water polo for both men and women. In 2010 the MPSF added women's swimming and diving to its list of sports, and added that sport for men in the 2011–12 season. The 2012–13 school year was the last for MPSF competition in men's soccer.
The conference's membership varies by sport; 37 schools are MPSF members in at least one of its sponsored sports. Schools are not required to participate in the MPSF competition for each sponsored sport if their primary conference affiliation sponsors a competition in that sport (e.g. Pac-12 soccer and women's gymnastics).
All MPSF members have a primary conference affiliation. All Pac-12 members house at least one sport in the MPSF, as do all but one of the nine members of the Big West Conference (UC Riverside). The West Coast Conference is represented by six schools (BYU, Loyola Marymount, Pacific, Pepperdine, Saint Mary's, San Diego), and the Mountain West Conference has four full members represented (Air Force, Fresno State, San Diego State, San Jose State). The Great Northwest Athletic Conference is represented by Alaska–Anchorage and Seattle Pacific. Five conferences are represented by one school each—the Big 12 Conference (Oklahoma), the California Collegiate Athletic Association (UC San Diego), the Pacific West Conference (California Baptist), and the Western Athletic Conference (Cal State Bakersfield).
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