The North State Conference was a collegiate athletic conference in the United States and is the predecessor of Conference Carolinas. Founded on December 6, 1930 at the Washington Duke Hotel in Durham, North Carolina, the conference was formed “for the greater advantage of the small colleges in North Carolina.” Conference members participated in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and later National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II.
There were seven charter members of the North State Conference: Appalachian State Teachers College (now Appalachian State University), Atlantic Christian College (now Barton College), Catawba College, Guilford College, Elon College (now Elon University), High Point College (now High Point University), and Lenoir–Rhyne College (now Lenoir–Rhyne University).
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