Membership Evolution
- 1912: The Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) was founded with 14 charter members: Cape Girardeau State Teachers College, Kirksville State Teachers College, Maryville State Teachers College, Springfield State Teachers College, Warrensburg State Teachers College, Central College, Central Wesleyan College, Culver-Stockton College, Drury University, Missouri Valley College, Missouri Wesleyan College, Tarkio College, Westminster College, and William Jewell College.
- 1918: Kirksville State Teachers College changes its name to Northeast Missouri State Teachers College.
- 1919: Cape Girardeau State Teachers College changes its name to Southeast Missouri State Teachers College. Maryville State Teachers College is renamed Northwest Missouri State Teachers College. Springfield State Teachers College is renamed Southwest Missouri State Teachers College. Warrensburg State Teachers College was renamed Central Missouri State Teachers College.
- 1924: The nine private members split off to form the Missouri College Athletic Union. The MIAA reorganizes to include only the five regional teachers' colleges—Central, Northwest, Northeast (Kirksville), Southwest and Southeast.
- 1935: Missouri School of Mines joins the MIAA as the sixth member.
- 1945: Southwest Missouri State Teachers College is renamed Southwest Missouri State College.
- 1946: Southeast Missouri State Teachers College changes its name to Southeast Missouri State College and Central Missouri State Teachers College became Central Missouri State College.
- 1949: Northwest Missouri State Teachers College changes its name to Northwest Missouri State College.
- 1957: The MIAA joins the NCAA College Division (forerunner of Division II).
- 1964: Missouri School of Mines changes its name to the University of Missouri at Rolla (now Missouri S&T).
- 1968: Northeast Missouri State Teachers College changes its name to Northeast Missouri State College.
- 1970: Lincoln University joins the MIAA, giving the league seven members.
- 1971: Central Missouri State College was renamed to Central Missouri State University.
- 1972: Northeast Missouri State College changes its name to Northeast Missouri State University. Northwest Missouri State College changes its name to Northwest Missouri State University. Southwest Missouri State College also changed its name to Southwest Missouri State University.
- 1973: Southeast Missouri State College changes its name to Southeast Missouri State University.
- 1980: The University of Missouri-St. Louis joins the MIAA as the eighth member from the Independent ranks.
- 1981: Southwest Missouri State (now Missouri State University as of 2005) leaves for NCAA Division I and the Association of Mid-Continent Universities, leaving the MIAA with seven members.
- 1986: Southwest Baptist University joins the MIAA as the eighth member.
- 1989: Missouri Southern State College, Missouri Western State College, Pittsburg State University and Washburn University join the MIAA from the NAIA Central States Intercollegiate Conference, giving the league 12 members.
- 1991: Southeast Missouri State leaves for NCAA Division I and the Ohio Valley Conference. Emporia State University joins the MIAA. Membership remains at 12 schools.
- 1992: The MIAA changes its name from the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association to the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association
- 1996: Missouri-St. Louis leaves the MIAA for the Great Lakes Valley Conference, dropping membership to 11 schools. Northeast Missouri State changes its name to Truman State University.
- 1999: Lincoln leaves the MIAA due to not fielding a football team any longer for the Heartland Conference, dropping membership to 10 schools.
- 2003: Missouri Southern State College is renamed to Missouri Southern State University-Joplin.
- 2005: Missouri-Rolla leaves the MIAA for the Great Lakes Valley Conference. Total membership is now at nine schools. Missouri Southern State-Joplin drops Joplin from the name and is now known simply as Missouri Southern State University. Missouri Western State College also undergoes a name change to now be known as Missouri Western State University.
- 2006: Fort Hays State University joins the MIAA from the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC), bringing membership back to ten. Central Missouri State changes its name to the University of Central Missouri.
- 2008: The University of Nebraska at Omaha joins the MIAA as the 11th member from the disbanding North Central Conference.
- 2010: Lincoln University rejoins the MIAA from the Heartland Conference as the 12th member.
- 2011: Nebraska-Omaha leaves the MIAA to move to Division I and the Summit League, membership drops back to 11.
- 2012: The University of Central Oklahoma and Northeastern State University will leave the Lone Star Conference, Lindenwood University is moving up from the NAIA to NCAA Division II, and the University of Nebraska at Kearney is leaving the RMAC to join the MIAA to bring membership to its largest total in league history at 15.
- 2013: Truman State University will leave the MIAA to join the Great Lakes Valley Conference, dropping MIAA membership to 14.
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