North Star Conference

The North Star Conference or NSC was a women's conference in the NCAA. The conference existed from the 1983–84 school year through the 1991–92 school year. Originally announced in 1983, the conference was formed by charter members Butler, Dayton, DePaul, Detroit, Evansville, Loyola (Chicago), Notre Dame, and Xavier.[1] Although the conference was to offer competition in cross country, softball, swimming, tennis, and volleyball, the conference was created primarily as a basketball conference. With the exception of Butler and Dayton, all charter members' women's basketball teams were already competing at the NCAA Division I level; Butler and Dayton upgraded their teams from NCAA Division II and commenced competition in the conference's second season.[1] The conference was effectively absorbed by the Mid-Continent Conference (now known as The Summit League), as six of its final seven members moved their women's sports to that organization (the remaining member, Akron, moved all its sports for both sexes to the Mid-American Conference).

North Star Conference
AssociationNCAA
Founded1983
Ceased1992
DivisionDivision I
No. of teams15
Locations
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Membership

Membership timeline
Wright State RaidersGreen Bay PhoenixUIC FlamesCleveland State VikingsAkron ZipsValparaiso CrusadersNorthern Illinois HuskiesMarquette Golden EaglesDayton FlyersButler UniversityXavier UniversityNotre Dame Fighting IrishLoyola RamblersEvansville Purple AcesDetroit TitansDePaul Blue Demons

Commissioner
  • Jean Ponsetto 1987–1989[20]

Women's Basketball

Regular season
Season Teams School
19846Loyola (Illinois)
19858Notre Dame
19868Notre Dame
19874DePaul
19886DePaul
19898Northern Illinois/DePaul
19907Northern Illinois
19918Wisconsin-Green Bay
19927Wisconsin-Green Bay

Conference Tournament
Season Teams Champion
19898DePaul[21]
19907Northern Illinois
19918DePaul
19927Northern Illinois

Coach of the Year
  • 1983-84
  • 1984-85 Mary DiStanislao, Notre Dame[14]
  • 1985-86 Mary DiStanislao, Notre Dame[14]
  • 1986-87
  • 1987-88 Muffet McGraw, Notre Dame[14]
  • 1988-89 Jane Albright-Dieterle, Northern Illinois[13]
  • 1989-90 Jane Albright-Dieterle, Northern Illinois[13]
  • 1990-91
  • 1991-92

Player of the Year
  • 1983-84
  • 1984-85
  • 1985-86 Trena Keys, Notre Dame[14]
  • 1986-87 Trena Keys, Notre Dame[14]
  • 1987-88
  • 1988-89
  • 1989-90 Carol Owens, Northern Illinois[13]
  • 1990-91 Lisa Foss, Northern Illinois[13]
  • 1991-92

Attendance
Season Teams G/S Attendance P/G Net Total
198465718,694328UP1,329
198588923,198261DN2,767
198689521,662228DN1,536
198745014,678294UP1,224
198866423,870373UP9,192
198989441,514442UP17,644
199078553,752632UP16,336
199188853,675610DN77
199277648,155634Up18,195

Women's Volleyball

Regular season
  • Season Number of Teams School
  • 1983 6
  • 1984 8
  • 1985 8
  • 1986 4
  • 1987 6
  • 1988 8 Northern Illinois
  • 1989 7
  • 1990 8
  • 1991 7

Conference Tournament
Season Teams Champion
19888Northern Illinois
19897
19908
19917

References
  1. Kay, Linda (10 May 1983). "Eight schools form women's league". Chicago Tribune. p. 7. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
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  19. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/xavi/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/1112-mg-pt5-history.pdf
  20. "Jean Lenti Ponsetto Profile - DePaul University Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on 2012-10-30. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
  21. http://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/BKW09.pdf
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