List of Summit League champions
This article is a list of Summit League conference champions. The Summit League sponsors 19 sports, nine men's and 10 women's and no longer sponsors football. This article is updated through November 24, 2019. Sports sponsored. Returning member Kansas City is indicated with a gray background. Departing member Purdue Fort Wayne is indicated with a red background. Membership. Current members. Source: Former members. Source: Baseball. Division titles are counted as a full regular season championship. Current Summit League members Denver, North Dakota, and South Dakota have never sponsored baseball while in the conference . Returning Summit League member Kansas City (UMKC) never sponsored baseball during its previous tenure in the conference, and does not currently sponsor the sport. Of former Summit members, IUPUI added baseball in the 1994 season but dropped the sport after 2001; Wisconsin–Milwaukee only participated in league play in the 1994 season, its final one in the conference; Oakland did not participate in league play during the 1999 season, its first as a conference member; and Buffalo and Wisconsin–Green Bay never sponsored baseball while in the Summit. Basketball (men's). All current Summit members, as well as returning Summit  member Kansas City, have sponsored men's basketball throughout their tenures in the conference. Among former members, Cleveland State was suspended from conference play in men's basketball during the 1988–89 and 1989–90 seasons, and Oakland didn't compete in conference play during the 1998–99 season, its first as a Summit member. Seasons are listed by the calendar years in which they ended. Basketball (women's). All current Summit members, plus returning member Kansas City, have sponsored women's basketball throughout their tenures in the conference. Among former members, Oakland didn't compete in conference play during the 1998–99 season , its first as a Summit member. Seasons are listed by the calendar years in which they ended. Cross country (men's). All current Summit members sponsor men's cross country except Denver and Omaha. Returning Summit member Kansas City also sponsors the sport. Several former conference members did not continuously sponsor the sport while in the league. Northern Illinois never sponsored men's cross country while a Summit member. Cleveland State sponsored the sport when it joined, but dropped men's cross country after 1992. Wisconsin–Green Bay did not have a score in the 1982 cross country meet. Valparaiso  did not participate in the 1984 cross country meet. UIC did not have a score in the 1986 cross country meet and Eastern Illinois did not participate. Cross country (women's). All current Summit members except Denver sponsor women's cross country, as does returning member Kansas City. Among former conference members, the only one that never sponsored cross country while in the Summit was Northern Illinois. Football. Football was sponsored by the conference from 1982–84. Members of the conference went on to form the league now known as the Missouri Valley Football Conference. Golf (men's). All current Summit  League members, plus returning member Kansas City, sponsor men's golf. Among former members, Buffalo, UIC, and Wisconsin–Milwaukee did not sponsor men's golf in the Summit League. Valparaiso dropped men's golf after 1999. Since NCAA golf is a spring sport, the first season of competition for each school is the calendar year after said school either joined the conference or added men's golf, as applicable. Golf (women's). All current Summit League members, plus returning member Kansas City, sponsor women's golf. Among former members, Valparaiso never sponsored women's golf while a member, and Chicago  State dropped women's golf after 2000. Soccer (men's). Among current Summit League members, the four schools from the Dakotas (North Dakota, North Dakota State, South Dakota, South Dakota State) do not sponsor men's soccer. Returning member Kansas City also sponsors the sport. Although Oral Roberts left the Summit League for the Southland Conference in 2012, it remained a men's soccer affiliate until returning to full Summit League membership in 2014. Eastern Illinois, which had been a full conference member through the 1995 soccer season, returned as a men's soccer affiliate in 2011. Among former Summit  members, Chicago State, Northern Iowa, Southern Utah, Troy State (now Troy), and Youngstown State did not sponsor men's soccer while in the conference. Valparaiso first sponsored men's soccer in 1988, Southwest Missouri State (now Missouri State) began playing soccer in the conference in 1989, and Oakland did not compete in conference play during its first season as a member in 1998. Soccer (women's). All current and future Summit League members have sponsored women's soccer throughout their conference tenures except Kansas City, which did not sponsor women's soccer until 2009. Among former Summit members, only Chicago  State never sponsored women's soccer while a member. Softball. Among current and future Summit members, only Denver and Oral Roberts have never sponsored softball. Among former members, Buffalo, Chicago State, and Wisconsin–Milwaukee did not sponsor softball during their conference tenures. Swimming and diving (men's). As of 2019–20, only four full Summit members sponsor men's swimming & diving: Denver, South Dakota, South Dakota State, and Western Illinois. Of these schools, two began participating as affiliate members before becoming part of the core conference membership. South Dakota State was an affiliate in 2005–06 and 2006–07, and South Dakota was  an affiliate in 2009–10 and 2010–11. No other full members have ever sponsored the sport while in the conference; returning member Kansas City did not sponsor it while in the league, and does not sponsor it now. Eastern Illinois, which had sponsored the sport throughout its tenure as a full Summit member (ending in 1996), rejoined as a swimming & diving affiliate from the 2005–06 season. Valparaiso, also a former full member, rejoined as a swimming & diving affiliate, although with only swimmers and no divers, beginning in the 2017–18 season. Among former Summit members, Akron, Chicago State, Southern Utah, Troy State , and Youngstown State never sponsored men's swimming & diving while in the conference. Cleveland State and Valparaiso didn't sponsor men's swimming & diving until 1992–93, and Centenary didn't sponsor the sport until 2004–05. In the tables below, seasons are denoted by the calendar years in which they ended. Swimming and diving (women's). Among current Summit members, North Dakota, North Dakota State, Oral Roberts, and Purdue Fort Wayne do not sponsor women's swimming & diving. Returning member Kansas City did not sponsor the sport during its first conference tenure, and does not sponsor it now. Both South Dakota  schools began participating as affiliate members in swimming & diving before becoming part of the core conference membership; each joined for both men's and women's competition at the same time. South Dakota State competed in 2005–06 and 2006–07, and South Dakota in 2009–10 and 2010–11. The current roster of Summit women's swimming & diving members also includes Eastern Illinois. The Panthers added women's swimming & diving in 1992–93 and competed in the Summit through 1995–96, and rejoined as swimming & diving affiliates in 2005 (2005–06 season). Among former members, Chicago State, Southern Utah, and Troy did not sponsor women's  swimming and diving while Summit League members. Youngstown State didn't sponsor women's swimming and diving until the 1997 school year. Centenary didn't sponsor women's swimming and diving until the 2005 school year. Tennis (men's). Men's tennis began crowning a regular season champion in 1998. Among current Summit members, North Dakota State, Purdue Fort Wayne, South Dakota, and Western Illinois do not sponsor men's tennis. North Dakota State and South Dakota have never sponsored the sport as Summit members; Purdue Fort Wayne (then known as IPFW) dropped the sport after the 2014–15 season, and  Western Illinois dropped it after the 2015–16 season. Returning member Kansas City sponsored the sport during its former conference tenure, and continues to sponsor it to this day. Valparaiso, a former full member, rejoined the Summit as a men's tennis affiliate in 2017–18, but will drop the sport after the 2019–20 season. Drake and Illinois State also became men's tennis affiliates in 2017–18, and will continue in Summit men's tennis for the foreseeable future. Among former members, Oakland and Southern Utah never sponsored men's tennis while in the league, and Cleveland State dropped men's tennis  after the 1991–92 season. <nowiki>*</nowiki> Overall record. The Summit League did not play a conference regular season schedule. Tennis (women's). Women's tennis began crowning a regular season champion in 1999. An X denotes never competing in a year that awarded the regular season championship. Among current and future Summit members, only North Dakota State and Purdue Fort Wayne do not sponsor women's tennis. North Dakota State has never sponsored women's tennis while a Summit member, while Purdue Fort Wayne (then known as IPFW) dropped the sport after the 2014–15 season. Track and field (men 's). Seasons are listed by the calendar years in which they ended. Schools without the indoor and outdoor designation competed in those years in both indoor and outdoor. All current and future Summit members sponsor men's track and field except Denver and Omaha. Of the sponsoring schools, all have sponsored the sport throughout their conference tenures except Purdue Fort Wayne, which dropped the sport while an NCAA Division II member in 2005 and did not reinstate it until the 2019–20 season, the school's last as a Summit member. Among former Summit members, Centenary, Northeastern Illinois, Northern Illinois, Wisconsin –Green Bay, and Wisconsin–Milwaukee did not sponsor men's track and field while in the conference. Cleveland State didn't participate in the 1990 indoor track and field championship. Valparaiso began sponsoring men's track and field in 1996, Oakland did the same in 2006, and IUPUI started sponsoring only the outdoor form of the sport in 2013. Track and field (women's). Seasons are listed by the calendar years in which they ended; for example, the 2001–02 school year is listed as 2002. Schools without the indoor and outdoor designation competed in those years in both indoor and  outdoor. Among current and future Summit members, only Denver does not sponsor women's track and field. Among former members, Valparaiso started its women's track and field program in 1996, Oakland did the same in 2006, and IUPUI started sponsoring only the outdoor form of the sport in 2013. Centenary and Northeastern Illinois never sponsored women's track and field while conference members. Volleyball. Division titles count as full regular season titles. All current and future Summit League members have sponsored women's volleyball during their respective tenures in the conference. The conference has never sponsored men's volleyball , and the only member with a men's program is Purdue Fort Wayne. Among former members, Oakland did not participate in Summit League volleyball until the 1999 season, and Southern Utah did not join Summit League women's volleyball until 2009.