The Northern Athletics Conference has unveiled its new logo and
will officially make the league the Northern Athletics Collegiate
Conference on July 1, 2013.
For its entire existence, the league has had the same acronym as the North Atlantic Conference, which often causes confusion at the national level. The North Atlantic Conference became a NCAA member league in 2002, four years before the NATHC began competition.
D3sports.com has referenced the Northern Athletics Conference as
the NATHC on its sites from day one.
"We were looking to add some color and uniqueness to the logo from
the current colorless one, and thought we would concurrently make
the name change to help alleviate the mix-ups with the North
Atlantic Conference," commissioner Steve Larson said.
The league, which began its first season of competition the '06-07
academic year, is comprised of schools from Illinois and Wisconsin.
This year will mark just the second change in membership, and first
since Milwaukee School of Engineering joined the 12 charter schools
in '07-08, as Maranatha Baptist officially withdraws from the
conference on June 30, to become a Division III independent.
academic year, has unveiled its new logo and will officially make the
league the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference on July 1, 2013.
The NAC Council of Chief Executive Officers approved the new mark and
name earlier this year.
The league shares its current NAC acronym with its fellow NCAA
Division III conference, the North Atlantic Conference, which often
causes confusion at the national level and within the media. The North
Atlantic Conference has had its current name since fall of 1999 and
became a NCAA member league in 2002.
"We were looking to add some color and uniqueness to the logo from the
current colorless one, and thought we would concurrently make the name
change to help alleviate the mix-ups with the North Atlantic
Conference," Commissioner Steve Larson said.
The league, which began its first season of competition the '06-07
academic year, is comprised of all NCAA Division III member schools
from the shared-border states of Illinois and Wisconsin. This year
will mark just the second change in membership, and first since
Milwaukee School of Engineering joined the 12 charter schools in
'07-08, as Maranatha Baptist Bible College officially withdraws from
the conference on June 30, to become a Division III independent.