 the midwest conference (mwc) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the ncaa's division iii. member institutions are located in the midwestern united states in the states of illinois, iowa, and wisconsin. the midwest conference was created in 1994 with the merger of the midwest collegiate athletic conference, which had been sponsoring men's sports since 1921, and the midwest athletic conference for women, which was formed in 1977. ==history== the organization of the midwest collegiate athletic conference (mcac) was conceived at a meeting at coe college on may 12, 1921. charter members were beloit college, carleton college, coe college, cornell college, knox college (illinois) and lawrence university. hamline university and millikin university joined the league in december 1921, but both of them later withdrew: hamline after the 1929-30 academic year, and millikin after the 1924-25 academic year, respectively. ripon college joined the conference in 1923, followed by monmouth college in 1924, grinnell college in 1940 and lake forest college in 1974. illinois college and st. norbert college joined in 1982 and carroll university followed in 1992. carleton withdrew following the 1982-83 academic year. st. olaf college also competed in the conference from 1952-74, as did the university of chicago from 1976-87. coe and cornell withdrew following the 1996-97 academic year with cornell re-joining the league starting in the 2012-13 year. macalester college will join as a football only member starting in 2014. ==member schools== division play is used in menâs and womenâs tennis, baseball and softball: * the north division is represented by: ** beloit, carroll, lawrence, ripon and st. norbert * the south division is represented by: ** cornell, grinnell, illinois college, knox, lake forest and monmouth ===current members=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" !institution !location(population) !nickname !colors !founded !type(all private) !undergraduateenrollment !joined |- ! colspan="8" style="color: #cccccc; background
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