History
The AMC was founded as the Mid-Ohio League in 1949. The original members were Ashland, Bluffton, Cedarville, Defiance, and Findlay Colleges. Ohio Northern joined the following year.
After several membership changes, the league became the Mid-Ohio Conference in 1962.
In 1998, shortly before its 50th anniversary, the name was changed again, to the American Mideast Conference, signaling plans to expand beyond Ohio. Two Pennsylvania schools, Geneva and St. Vincent, entered the conference that year, followed by two more, Point Park and Seton Hill, in 1999.
Three New York colleges, Daemen, Roberts Wesleyan, and Houghton, entered the conference in 2001.
The AMC is now the largest conference in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), with 20 members in two divisions, North and South. The conference offers championships in 15 sports.
Membership Changes
1949 - Original Members of the Mid-Ohio League
Bluffton
Cedarville
Defiance
Findlay
1950
Ohio Northern added1955
Wilmington added1962
Findlay and Ohio Northern left; name changed to the Mid-Ohio Conference1965
Malone added1966
Ashland left1967
Findlay rejoined1971
Bluffton, Defiance, Findlay, and Wilmington left; Ohio Dominican, Rio Grande, and Urbana added1973
Tiffin added1975
Mount Vernon Nazarene added1976
Walsh added1989
Malone left1991
Shawnee State added1993
Findlay and Malone rejoined1997
Findlay left1998
Name changed to American Mideast Conference; Geneva, Notre Dame, and St. Vincent added1999
Point Park, Seton Hill, and Wilberforce added2000
Central State added2001
Carlow, Daemen, Houghton, Roberts Wesleyan, and Ursuline added2002
Central State leftCurrent Members
Cedarville
Daemen
Geneva
Houghton
Malone
Mount Vernon Nazarene
Notre Dame
Ohio Dominican
Point Park
Rio Grande
Roberts Wesleyan
Saint Vincent
Seton Hill
Shawnee State
Tiffin
Urbana
Ursuline
Walsh
Wilberforce