North Star Athletic Association

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, beginning the 2013–14 academic year. • 2014 – Dickinson State University joined the NSAA in the 2014–15 academic year. • 2014 – Waldorf University joined the NSAA as an affiliate member for football 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) in the 2015–16 academic year. • 2015 – The University of Winnipeg joined the NSAA as an affiliate member for baseball in 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 after the 2017 spring season (2016–17 academic year). • 2018 – Jamestown left the NSAA to join the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) after the 2017–18 academic year. • 2021 – Iowa Wesleyan University joined the NSAA as an affiliate member for football and men's and women's track & field in 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. • 2024 – Waldorf left the NSAA to join the GPAC after the 2023–24 academic year. • 2024 – Viterbo left the NSAA to join the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) after the 2023–24 academic year. • 2024 – Jamestown rejoined the NSAA for the 2024–25 academic year. • 2025 – The NSAA ceased operations as an athletic conference after the 2024–25 academic year; as many schools left to join their respective new home primary conferences beginning the 2025–26 academic year: • The remaining five schools (Bellevue, Dakota State, Mayville State and Valley City State; with Dickinson State rejoining) joined the Frontier Conference. ==Member schools==

Final members The NSAA had six full members at the time it was disbanded, with two of which being private schools: ;Notes: Former members The NSAA had three former full members, all of which were private schools: ;Notes: Former affiliate members The NSAA had three former affiliate members, one was a public school and the other two were private: ;Notes: Membership timeline DateFormat = yyyy ImageSize = width:900 height:auto barincrement:20 Period = from:2013 till:2027 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal PlotArea = right:5 left:5 bottom:50 top:5 Colors = id:line value:black id:bg value:white id:Full value:rgb(0.7,0.9,0.8) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in all sports id:FullxF value:rgb(0.9,0.8,0.7) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in all sports except for football id:AssocF value:rgb(0.9,0.7,0.8) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member for football only id:AssocOS value:rgb(0.5,0.691,0.824) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member for another sport only id:AssocO value:rgb(0.988,0.703,0.383) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member for baseball only id:OtherC1 value:rgb(0.996,0.996,0.699) # Use this color to denote a team that has moved in another conference id:OtherC2 value:rgb(0.988,0.703,0.383) # Use this color to denote a team that has moved in another conference when the other color has already been used PlotData = width:15 textcolor:black shift:(5,-5) anchor:from fontsize:s bar:1 color:Full from:2013 till:2025 text:Dakota State (2013–2025) bar:1 color:OtherC1 from:2025 till:end text:Frontier bar:2 color:Full from:2013 till:2018 text:Jamestown (2013–2018) bar:2 color:OtherC1 from:2018 till:2024 text:GPAC bar:2 color:Full from:2024 till:2025 text:(2024–2025) bar:2 color:OtherC1 from:2025 till:end text:NSIC (D-II) bar:3 color:Full from:2013 till:2025 text:Mayville State (2013–2025) bar:3 color:OtherC1 from:2025 till:end text:Frontier bar:4 color:Full from:2013 till:2023 text:Presentation (2013–2023) bar:5 color:Full from:2013 till:2025 text:Valley City State (2013–2025) bar:5 color:OtherC1 from:2025 till:end text:Frontier bar:6 color:Full from:2014 till:2025 text:Dickinson State (2014–2025) bar:6 color:OtherC1 from:2025 till:end text:Frontier bar:7 color:AssocF from:2014 till:2015 text:Waldorf (2014–2024) bar:7 color:Full from:2015 till:2024 bar:7 color:OtherC1 from:2024 till:end text:GPAC bar:8 color:FullxF from:2015 till:2025 text:Bellevue (2015–2025) bar:8 color:OtherC1 from:2025 till:end text:Frontier bar:9 color:FullxF from:2015 till:2024 text:Viterbo (2015–2024) bar:9 color:OtherC1 from:2024 till:end text:CCAC bar:10 color:AssocOS from:2015 till:2017 text:Winnipeg (2015–2017) bar:11 color:AssocOS from:2021 till:2023 text:Iowa Wesleyan (2021–2023) ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:1 start:2014 TextData = fontsize:M textcolor:black pos:(0,25) tabs:(400-center) text:^"North Star Athletic Association membership history" • >If the chart uses more than one bar color, add a legend by selecting the appropriate fields from the following three options (use only the colors that are used in the graphic.) Leave a blank line after the end of the timeline, then add a line with the selected values from the list, separated by a space. ==Sports==

The North Star Athletic Association fielded 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 were played by NSAA schools''' ;Notes: Women's sports '''Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the North Star Athletic Association which were played by NSAA schools''' ;Notes: ==Conference Championships==

Football ;NSAA championships won or shared per school ;NSAA all-time standings (2013–2024) ;NSAA champions by year Volleyball ;NSAA championships per school ;NSAA all-time standings (2013–2024) ;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 2024–25) ;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 2024–25) ;NSAA regular season and tournament champions by year Baseball ;NSAA championships won or shared per school ;NSAA all-time standings (2014 to 2024) ;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 Men's Indoor Track and Field ;NSAA championships won or shared per school ;NSAA champions by year Women's Indoor Track and Field ;NSAA championships won or shared per school ;NSAA champions by year Men's Outdoor Track and Field ;NSAA championships won or shared per school ;NSAA champions by year Women's Outdoor Track and Field ;NSAA championships won or shared per school ;NSAA champions by year Men's Cross Country ;NSAA championships won or shared per school ;NSAA champions by year Women's Cross Country ;NSAA championships won or shared per school ;NSAA champions by year Men's Golf ;NSAA championships won or shared per school ;NSAA champions by year Women's Golf ;NSAA championships won or shared per school ;NSAA champions by year ==References==