North Star Athletic Association

North Star Athletic Association
North Star Athletic Association
NSAA
Established	2013
Association	NAIA
Members	8
Sports fielded	18 men's: 9; women's: 9; ;
Region	Midwest:; The Dakotas, Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin;
Headquarters	Jamestown, North Dakota
Commissioner	Roger Ternes
Website	www.playnorthstar.com
Locations

The North Star Athletic Association (NSAA) is an NAIA college athletic conference that began play in the 2013–14 school year.[1] The conference currently has eight 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 the 2014-15 academic year.

2014 - Waldorf University joined the NSAA as an affiliate member for football, effective 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)

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, effective the 2021 fall season (2021-22 academic year).

Member schools

Current members

The NSAA currently has eight full members, half are private schools:

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined
Bellevue University	Bellevue, Nebraska	1966	Nonsectarian	10,407	Bruins	2015
Dakota State University	Madison, South Dakota	1881	Public	3,102	Trojans	2013
Dickinson State University	Dickinson, North Dakota	1918	Public	2,572	Blue Hawks	2014
Mayville State University	Mayville, North Dakota	1889	Public	780	Comets	2013
Presentation College	Aberdeen, South Dakota	1922	Catholic	825	Saints	2013
Valley City State University	Valley City, North Dakota	1890	Public	1,362	Vikings	2013
Viterbo University	La Crosse, Wisconsin	1923	Catholic	2,991	V-Hawks	2015
Waldorf University	Forest City, Iowa	1903	For-profit	580	Warriors	2015[lower-alpha 1]

Notes

Waldorf competed in the NSAA as an affiliate member for football only during the 2014 fall season (2014–15 school year); before becoming a full member, effective the 2015–16 school year.

Affiliate member

The NSAA currently has one affiliate member, which is also a private school:

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	NSAA sport	Joined	Current conference
Iowa Wesleyan University	Mount Pleasant, Iowa	1842	United Methodist	700	Tigers	football	2021–22	Continental[2]

Former member

The NSAA had one former full member, which was also a private school:

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Nickname	Joined	Left	Subsequent conference	Current conference
University of Jamestown[3]	Jamestown, North Dakota	1883	Presbyterian	Jimmies	2013–14	2017–18	Great Plains (2018–19 to present)

Former affiliate member

The NSAA had one former affiliate member, which was not a private school:

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Nickname	Joined	Left	NSAA sport	Current primary conference	Conference in former NSAA sport
University of Winnipeg[4]	Winnipeg, Manitoba	1871	Public	Wesmen	2015–16	2016–17	baseball	Canada West (U Sports)	dropped program

Membership timeline

Full member (all sports) Associate member (football-only) Associate member (baseball-only)

Conference sports

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

Conference sports
Sport	Men's	Women's
Baseball	Y
Basketball	Y	Y
Cross Country	Y	Y
Football	Y
Golf	Y	Y
Softball		Y
Track & Field - Indoor	Y	Y
Track & Field - Outdoor	Y	Y
Volleyball		Y

Men's sports

Men's sponsored sports by school
School	Baseball	Basketball	Cross country	Football	Golf	Track & field (indoor)	Track & field (outdoor)	Total NSAA Sports
Bellevue	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	6
Dakota State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	7
Dickinson State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	7
Iowa Wesleyan				Y				1
Mayville State	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	N	3
Presentation	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	4
Valley City State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	7
Viterbo	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	6
Waldorf	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	7
Totals	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	48

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

School	Soccer	Wrestling
Bellevue	CAC	No
Dickinson State	No	Heart of America
Presentation	GPAC	No
Viterbo	CAC	No
Waldorf	CAC	Heart of America

Women's sports

Women's sponsored sports by school
School	Basketball	Cross country	Golf	Softball	Track & field (indoor)	Track & field (outdoor)	Volleyball	Total NSAA Sports
Bellevue	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	7
Dakota State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	7
Dickinson State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	7
Mayville State	Y	N	N	Y	N	N	Y	3
Presentation	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	5
Valley City State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	7
Viterbo	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	7
Waldorf	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	7
Totals	8	6	6	8	7	7	8	50

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

School	Soccer	Wrestling
Bellevue	CAC	No
Presentation	GPAC	No
Viterbo	CAC	No
Waldorf	CAC	Independent[lower-alpha 1]

There are no NAIA affiliated conferences for women's wrestling

Conference Championships

Football

NSAA championships won or shared per school

School	Conference
School	Titles	Last Title
Dickinson State	6	2020
Valley City State	2	2014
Jamestown	1	2013
Waldorf	0	n/a
Dakota State	0	n/a
Mayville State	0	n/a
Presentation	0	n/a

NSAA all-time standings (2013–2020)

School	W	L	Pct
Dickinson State	45	4	.918
Valley City State	37	14	.725
Waldorf	26	23	.531
Dakota State	25	27	.481
Jamestown	12	18	.400
Presentation	13	40	.245
Mayville State	9	41	.180

NSAA champions by year

Year	School	Record
2013	Valley City State Jamestown	3-1
2014	Valley City State	6-0
2015	Dickinson State	5-1
2016	Dickinson State	6-0
2017	Dickinson State	8-0
2018	Dickinson State	6-1
2019	Dickinson State	6-1
2020	Dickinson State	9-0

Volleyball

NSAA championships per school

School	Conference		Tournament
School	Titles	Last Title	Titles	Last Title
Viterbo	5	2021	6	2021
Jamestown	2	2014	2	2014
Bellevue	1	2020	0	n/a
Dakota State	0	n/a	0	n/a
Mayville State	0	n/a	0	n/a
Dickinson State	0	n/a	0	n/a
Valley City State	0	n/a	0	n/a
Presentation	0	n/a	0	n/a
Waldorf	0	n/a	0	n/a

NSAA all-time standings (2013 to 2021)

School	Regular Season			Tournament
School	W	L	Pct	W	L
Jamestown	57	6	.905	8	3
Bellevue	73	21	.777	8	7
Viterbo	77	19	.802	18	2
Dakota State	68	51	.571	7	8
Mayville State	53	64	.453	5	8
Valley City State	47	72	.395	5	8
Dickinson State	34	75	.312	0	5
Presentation	34	84	.288	2	6
Waldorf	23	73	.240	0	4

NSAA regular season champions by year

Year	School
2013	Jamestown
2014	Jamestown
2015	Viterbo
2016	Viterbo
2017	Viterbo
2018*	vacated
2019	Viterbo
2020	Bellevue
2021	Viterbo

^* - Viterbo was stripped of the 2018 championship after a player was found to be ineligible[5]

NSAA tournament champions by year

Year	School
2013	Jamestown
2014	Jamestown
2015	Viterbo
2016	Viterbo
2017	Viterbo
2018*	vacated
2019	Viterbo
2020	Viterbo
2021	Viterbo

^* - Viterbo was stripped of the 2018 championship after a player was found to be ineligible

Men's basketball

NSAA championships won or shared per school

School	Conference		Tournament
School	Titles	Last Title	Titles	Last Title
Bellevue	5	2021-22	3	2021-22
Jamestown	3	2016-17	1	2013-14
Dakota State	2	2015-16	2	2015-16
Presentation	1	2018-19	0	n/a
Dickinson State	1	2016-17	0	n/a
Mayville State	1	2020-21	3	2019-20
Viterbo	1	2021-22	0	n/a
Valley City State	0	n/a	0	n/a
Waldorf	0	n/a	0	n/a

NSAA all-time standings (2013-14 to 2021-22)

School	Regular Season			Tournament
School	W	L	Pct	W	L
Bellevue	71	27	.724	13	4
Jamestown	41	22	.651	6	4
Viterbo	50	45	.526	4	7
Dickinson State	58	53	.523	5	9
Dakota State	60	60	.500	11	7
Mayville State	60	60	.500	12	5
Valley City State	57	62	.479	3	9
Waldorf	36	65	.356	2	7
Presentation	40	81	.331	2	7

NSAA regular season champions by year

Year	School
2013-14	Jamestown
2014-15	Dakota State Jamestown
2015-16	Dakota State
2016-17	Bellevue Dickinson State Jamestown
2017-18	Bellevue
2018-19	Bellevue Presentation
2019-20	Bellevue
2020-21	Mayville State
2021-22	Bellevue Viterbo

NSAA tournament champions by year

Year	School
2014	Jamestown
2015	Dakota State
2016	Dakota State
2017	Bellevue
2018	Mayville State
2019	Mayville State
2020	Mayville State
2021	Bellevue
2022	Bellevue

References

"North Star Athletic Association Announces Formation". Valley City State University. April 22, 2013. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
"Tigers to Compete in AII, NSAA, and the Heart" (Press release). Iowa Wesleyan Tigers. January 22, 2021. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
"University of Jamestown accepted by GPAC; press conference Thursday". The Jamestown Sun. October 13, 2016. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
"University of Winnipeg announces cuts, eliminates wrestling and men's baseball". MetroNews. The Canadian Press. May 3, 2017. Archived from the original on May 4, 2017. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
Sommerfeldt, Tod (September 12, 2019). "College volleyball: Viterbo forced to forfeit games from 2018". Retrieved October 19, 2020.

External links

Official website

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[2] Waldorf competed in the NSAA as an affiliate member for football only during the 2014 fall season (2014–15 school year); before becoming a full member, effective the 2015–16 school year.

[6] There are no NAIA affiliated conferences for women's wrestling

[1] "North Star Athletic Association Announces Formation". Valley City State University. April 22, 2013. Retrieved April 27, 2013.

[3] "Tigers to Compete in AII, NSAA, and the Heart" (Press release). Iowa Wesleyan Tigers. January 22, 2021. Retrieved February 28, 2021.

[4] "University of Jamestown accepted by GPAC; press conference Thursday". The Jamestown Sun. October 13, 2016. Retrieved October 13, 2016.

[5] "University of Winnipeg announces cuts, eliminates wrestling and men's baseball". MetroNews. The Canadian Press. May 3, 2017. Archived from the original on May 4, 2017. Retrieved May 10, 2017.

[7] Sommerfeldt, Tod (September 12, 2019). "College volleyball: Viterbo forced to forfeit games from 2018". Retrieved October 19, 2020.