USA South Athletic Conference | |
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Established | 1963 |
Association | NCAA |
Division | Division III |
Members | 16 (19 in 2017) |
Sports fielded | 14 (men's: 7; women's: 7) |
Region | South Atlantic |
Former names | Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Dixie Conference |
Headquarters | Fayetteville, North Carolina |
Commissioner | Rita Wiggs |
Website | usasouth.net |
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The USA South Athletic Conference (formerly the Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference or the Dixie Conference) is an athletic conference which competes in the NCAA's Division III. Member schools are located in North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama. Kentucky will be added to the roster of states represented in 2017.
Member teams compete in women's basketball, cross country, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball and men's baseball, basketball, football, golf, soccer and tennis.
During the 2010–11 school year, changes to the membership of the USA South were announced. Three colleges announced plans to join the USA South Conference beginning in the 2012-2013 season while one will depart the league. Piedmont College,LaGrange College and Maryville College left the Great South Athletic Conference on July 1, 2012.
Shenandoah University left the USA South on July 1, 2012, to become a full member of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference, a league in which it held associate membership in several sports.