The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) held a men's national ice hockey championship from 1968 to 1984 when ice hockey was dropped as an NAIA sport.
Winners of the NAIA national ice hockey championship [ edit ]
Recent History [ edit ]
During the summer of 2015, a group of schools fielding the sport began working with the NAIA administrators in an effort to gain emerging sport status and work to eventually sponsoring the sport at the championship level again.[ 1] [ 2] The NAIA requires a minimum of 15 schools to sponsor a sport at the varsity level to begin the process from emerging to championship categories.[ 3]
Current NAIA schools fielding hockey teams [ edit ]
Institution
Location
Enrollment
Nickname
Current Hockey Affiliation
Aquinas College
Grand Rapids, Michigan
2,100
Saints
ACHA
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia
50,304
Thunderbirds
CIS
Carroll College
Helena, Montana
1,502
Fighting Saints
ACHA
Davenport University
Grand Rapids, Michigan
11,733
Panthers
ACHA
Dordt College
Sioux Center, Iowa
1,300
Defenders
ACHA
Holy Cross College
Notre Dame, Indiana
500
Saints
ACHA
Indiana Institute of Technology
Fort Wayne, Indiana
3,500
Warriors
ACHA
University of Jamestown
Jamestown, North Dakota
967
Jimmies
ACHA (starting 2016)
Lawrence Technological University
Southfield, Michigan
4,000
Blue Devils
ACHA
Lindenwood University – Belleville
Belleville, Illinois
2,600
Lynx
ACHA
Life University
Marietta, Georgia
2,800
Running Eagles
ACHA
University of Michigan–Dearborn
Dearborn, Michigan
8,635
Wolverines
ACHA
Midland University
Fremont, Nebraska
1300
Warriors
ACHA
Montana Tech
Butte, Montana
2,694
Orediggers
ACHA
Robert Morris University
Chicago, Illinois
7,000
Eagles
ACHA
Rochester College
Rochester Hills, Michigan
1,084
Warriors
ACHA
St. Ambrose University
Davenport, Iowa
3,607
Fighting Bees
Independent club
University of Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia
16,961
Vikes
BCIHL
References [ edit ]
External links [ edit ]
NAIA
Sports and
championships
Division I
Division II
Single-division
Invitation/
Emerging
Bowling (Men, Women)
Competitive cheer and dance (Championship)
Lacrosse (Men, Women)
Volleyball (Men)
Events listed in italics have been discontinued.