Freelance Opportunity : WIAC CENTENNIAL

What is WIAC: The most prestigious and accomplished Divistion III Conference in the history of the NCAA. http://www.wiacsports.com/


Why they want a new logo: The WIAC will be celebrating it's Contennial during the 2012-13 academic year and would like a Centennial Logo in order to recognize this milestone.

Where will the logo be used?: Incorporated into many of the activities, printed materials, signage and merchandise.

Chosen logo will receive $300 cash

Due: No later than 4pm on March 1


Submission Requirements

• Complete the form (forwarded by Mary Jo). Please contact us to re-receive the email
• submitted electronically to Matt Stanek, WIAC Assistant Conmissioner of Media Relations  in either a .jpg or .eps format. mstanek@uwsa.edu
• The design may incorporate elements of the conference's official logo and/or the Centennial's tag like "A Celebration of Excellence... Past, Present and for the Future", but it is not required
• Individuals submitting designs agree to relinquish any and all proprietary rights to the WIAC should their logo be selected. 

History after the jump

History

The first organizational meeting of the State Normal School Conference (later to be known as the Wisconsin State University Conference—WSUC) was held in Madison in July of 1913.   The institutions represented at that meeting were Superior, River Falls, Stevens Point, La Crosse, Oshkosh, Whitewater, Platteville and Milwaukee.  Stout joined the men’s only conference in 1914 followed by Eau Claire in 1917.  Milwaukee left the conference in 1964 leaving the nine current members.

In 1971, the Wisconsin Women’s Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WWIAC) was formed for the purpose of providing greater participation opportunities for females to include the nine current members as well as Carthage College, UW-Parkside and UW-Madison.   The conference expanded to 16 members by 1975 with the addition of Carroll College, UW-Milwaukee, UW-Green Bay and Marquette University.    By 1982, the WWIAC consisted of the nine current members. UW-Eau Claire, UW-La Crosse,  UW-Oshkosh, UW-Platteville UW-River Falls, UW-Stevens Point, UW-Stout, UW-Superior, UW-Whitewater 

For 26 years, the WSUC and WWIAC operated as separate men’s and women’s conferences, respectively.  In 1996, the University of Wisconsin System determined that the two conferences should be merged into a single conference under the direction of one conference commissioner.  On July 1, 1997, the face of intercollegiate athletics in Wisconsin changed dramatically when the nine-members of the former Wisconsin State University Conference (WSUC) and the Wisconsin Women’s Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WWIAC) joined together to form a single conference - The Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC).

The WSUC and WWIAC had long been recognized as two of the strongest men’s and women’s Division III conferences in the country.  Since the merger, the WIAC has solidified its status as the most prestigious and competitive non-scholarship conference in the NCAA, and has added to the well-deserved reputation of its predecessors as the “Conference of Champions” by capturing 47 NCAA National Championships.    Overall the WIAC has captured 88 NCAA team championships—far more than any other Division III conference. 

The WIAC will be celebrating its Centennial during the 2012-13 academic year and is conducting a contest sponsored by Healy Awards to select a Centennial Logo in order to recognize this milestone in a manner befitting the most prestigious and accomplished Division III conference in the history of the NCAA.  The selected logo will be incorporated into many of the activities, printed materials, signage, and merchandise planned for as part of the Centennial Celebration.  Healy Awards will present a $300 cash prize to the individual submitting the selected logo.