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The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio. Although officially instituted during the 1998-1999 season, the HCAC actually traces its history to the formation of the Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference (ICAC) in 1987.
Original members of the HCAC included Anderson, Bluffton, Franklin, Hanover, Manchester, Mount St. Joseph, Taylor, Wabash, and Wilmington. Of the eight current members, six were founding members of the former ICAC.
Former members include Taylor (1987-1999), Wabash (1987-1999), and Wilmington (1998-xxxx). Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (1988-1998) will be rejoining as of July 1, 2006.
Member teams compete in women's basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field and volleyball and men's baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, tennis and track and field.
| Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Anderson | Bluffton | Mount St. Joseph | Defiance | Franklin College | Hanover | Manchester | Rose-Hulman (2006) | Transylvania |