Mountain Pacific Sports Federation

Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Association	NCAA
Founded	1992
Commissioner	Foti Mellis (since 2021)
Sports fielded	11 men's: 5; women's: 5; ;
Division	Division I
No. of teams	38 (37 in 2024)
Headquarters	Seattle, Washington
Region	Western United States, Southwestern United States, Southern United States, Northwestern United States
Official website	www.mpsports.org
Locations

The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) is a college athletic conference with members located mostly in the western United States, although it now has members as far east as Pennsylvania. The conference participates at the NCAA Division I level, primarily in Olympic sports that are not directly sponsored by a school's home conference (such as the Pac-12 and Big West, many of whose members participate in MPSF competition in at least one of its sports).

History

The MPSF was founded in 1992 and specifically created to provide an outlet for competition in non-revenue-producing Olympic sports. The MPSF conducts championships in men's volleyball, as well as indoor track, gymnastics, and water polo for both men and women. In 2010 the MPSF added women's swimming and diving to its list of sports, and added that sport for men in the 2011–12 season. The 2012–13 school year was the last for MPSF competition in men's soccer, and the 2016–17 school year was the last for MPSF women's lacrosse.

The conference's membership varies by sport; 38 schools are MPSF members in at least one of its sponsored sports. Schools are not required to participate in the MPSF competition for each sponsored sport if their primary conference affiliation sponsors a competition in that sport (e.g. Pac-12 soccer and women's gymnastics).

All MPSF members have a primary conference affiliation. All Big West Conference members house at least one sport in the MPSF. The West Coast Conference is represented by six schools (Pacific, Pepperdine, Portland, Saint Mary's, San Diego, San Francisco). The Pac-12 Conference is represented by five (Arizona State, California, Stanford, UCLA, USC). Two conferences are represented by 2 schools: the Big 12 Conference (BYU, Oklahoma) and the Mountain West Conference (Air Force and San Jose State). Twelve conferences are represented by one school each – the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (Penn State Behrend), the Big Sky Conference (Sacramento State), the Big Ten Conference (Indiana), the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (Augustana (IL)), the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (Alaska Anchorage), the Lone Star Conference (Texas Woman's), the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (Wheaton (MA)), the Pacific West Conference (Concordia–Irvine), the Presidents' Athletic Conference (Washington & Jefferson), the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (Austin), the Southland Conference (Incarnate Word), and the Western Athletic Conference (Grand Canyon).

All of the MPSF members from the Pac-12 will leave the latter conference at the end of the 2023–24 school year, at which time the Big Ten will be represented by three schools (adding UCLA and USC), and the Atlantic Coast Conference and Big 12 will each be represented by two (ACC: California and Stanford; Big 12: adding Arizona State but losing Oklahoma). Also in 2024–25, the Pacific West representation will increase to three schools with the arrival of Menlo and Vanguard; the Southeastern Conference will be represented by Oklahoma; and three Big West members (Bakersfield, Cal Poly, and UC Santa Barbara) will leave the MPSF.

Al Beaird was the first Executive Director of the MPSF for 24 years, from 1998 to 2021. Foti Mellis became the second executive director on June 1, 2021. Mellis was a Senior Associate Athletic Director at the University of California.

Members

Source:^[1]

Current members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Primary Conference	Division
United States Air Force Academy	USAF Academy, Colorado	Falcons	Mountain West	NCAA D-I
University of Alaska Anchorage	Anchorage, Alaska	Seawolves	GNAC	NCAA D-II
Arizona State University	Tempe, Arizona	Sun Devils	Pac-12 (Big 12 in 2024)	NCAA D-I
Augustana College (IL)	Rock Island, Illinois	Vikings	CCIW	NCAA D-III
Austin College^[2]	Sherman, Texas	Kangaroos	SCAC	NCAA D-III
Brigham Young University	Provo, Utah	Cougars	Big 12	NCAA D-I
California Polytechnic State University	San Luis Obispo, California	Mustangs	Big West	NCAA D-I
California State University, Bakersfield	Bakersfield, California	Roadrunners	Big West	NCAA D-I
California State University, Fullerton	Fullerton, California	Titans	Big West	NCAA D-I
California State University, Long Beach	Long Beach, California	Beach	Big West	NCAA D-I
California State University, Northridge	Northridge, California	Matadors	Big West	NCAA D-I
California State University, Sacramento	Sacramento, California	Hornets	Big Sky	NCAA D-I
University of California, Berkeley	Berkeley, California	Golden Bears	Pac-12 (ACC in 2024)	NCAA D-I
University of California, Davis	Davis, California	Aggies	Big West	NCAA D-I
University of California, Irvine	Irvine, California	Anteaters	Big West	NCAA D-I
University of California, Los Angeles	Los Angeles, California	Bruins	Pac-12 (Big Ten in 2024)	NCAA D-I
University of California, Riverside	Riverside, California	Highlanders	Big West	NCAA D-I
University of California, San Diego	La Jolla, California	Tritons	Big West	NCAA D-I
University of California, Santa Barbara	Isla Vista, California	Gauchos	Big West	NCAA D-I
Concordia University Irvine	Irvine, California	Eagles	Pacific West	NCAA D-II
Grand Canyon University	Phoenix, Arizona	Antelopes	WAC	NCAA D-I
University of Hawai'i at Mānoa	Honolulu, Hawai'i	Rainbow Warriors & Rainbow Wahine	Big West	NCAA D-I
University of the Incarnate Word	San Antonio, Texas	Cardinals	Southland	NCAA D-I
Indiana University Bloomington	Bloomington, Indiana	Hoosiers	Big Ten	NCAA D-I
University of Oklahoma	Norman, Oklahoma	Sooners	Big 12 (SEC in 2024)	NCAA D-I
University of the Pacific	Stockton, California	Tigers	WCC	NCAA D-I
Pennsylvania State University, The Behrend College	Erie, Pennsylvania	Lions	AMCC	NCAA D-III
Pepperdine University	Malibu, California	Waves	WCC	NCAA D-I
University of Portland	Portland, Oregon	Pilots	WCC	NCAA D-I
Saint Mary's College of California	Moraga, California	Gaels	WCC	NCAA D-I
University of San Diego	San Diego, California	Toreros	WCC	NCAA D-I
University of San Francisco	San Francisco, California	Dons	WCC	NCAA D-I
San Jose State University	San Jose, California	Spartans	Mountain West	NCAA D-I
University of Southern California	Los Angeles, California	Trojans	Pac-12 (Big Ten in 2024)	NCAA D-I
Stanford University	Stanford, California	Cardinal	Pac-12 (ACC in 2024)	NCAA D-I
Texas Woman's University	Denton, Texas	Pioneers	Lone Star	NCAA D-II
Washington & Jefferson College	Washington, Pennsylvania	Presidents	PAC	NCAA D-III
Wheaton College (MA)	Norton, Massachusetts	Lyons	NEWMAC	NCAA D-III

Future members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Primary Conference	Division
Menlo College	Atherton, California	Oaks	GSAC (PacWest in 2024)	NAIA (NCAA D-II in 2024)
University of Oregon	Eugene, Oregon	Ducks	Pac-12 (Big Ten in 2024)	NCAA D-I
Vanguard University	Costa Mesa, California	Lions	GSAC (PacWest in 2024)	NAIA (NCAA D-II in 2024)
University of Washington	Seattle, Washington	Huskies	Pac-12 (Big Ten in 2024)	NCAA D-I

Former members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Primary Conference^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Division
University of Arizona	Tucson, Arizona	Wildcats	Pac-12 (Big 12 in 2024)	NCAA D-I
California Baptist University	Riverside, California	Lancers	WAC	NCAA D-I
California State University, Fresno	Fresno, California	Bulldogs	Mountain West	NCAA D-I
University of Colorado Boulder	Boulder, Colorado	Buffaloes	Pac-12 (Big 12 in 2024)	NCAA D-I
University of Denver	Denver, Colorado	Pioneers	Summit	NCAA D-I
University of Idaho	Moscow, Idaho	Vandals	Big Sky	NCAA D-I
Loyola Marymount University	Los Angeles, California	Lions	WCC	NCAA D-I
University of Nebraska	Lincoln, Nebraska	Cornhuskers	Big Ten	NCAA D-I
University of Nevada, Las Vegas	Paradise, Nevada	Rebels	Mountain West	NCAA D-I
University of New Mexico	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Lobos	Mountain West	NCAA D-I
University of North Dakota	Grand Forks, North Dakota	Fighting Hawks	Summit	NCAA D-I
University of Northern Colorado	Greeley, Colorado	Bears	Big Sky	NCAA D-I
University of Oregon^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Eugene, Oregon	Ducks	Pac-12 (Big Ten in 2024)	NCAA D-I
Oregon State University	Corvallis, Oregon	Beavers	Pac-12	NCAA D-I
San Diego State University	San Diego, California	Aztecs	Mountain West	NCAA D-I
Seattle University	Seattle, Washington	Redhawks	WAC	NCAA D-I
Seattle Pacific University	Seattle, Washington	Falcons	GNAC	NCAA D-II
University of Utah	Salt Lake City, Utah	Utes	Pac-12 (Big 12 in 2024)	NCAA D-I
Utah State University	Logan, Utah	Aggies	Mountain West	NCAA D-I
University of Washington^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Seattle, Washington	Huskies	Pac-12 (Big Ten in 2024)	NCAA D-I
Washington State University	Pullman, Washington	Cougars	Pac-12	NCAA D-I
University of Wyoming	Laramie, Wyoming	Cowboys & Cowgirls	Mountain West	NCAA D-I

Notes

↑ Current affiliation; does not necessarily match affiliation(s) during a school's MPSF tenure.
1 2 Oregon and Washington will return to the MPSF as beach volleyball members when that sport is added in 2024–25.

Sports

The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation sponsors championship competition in five men's and five women's NCAA sanctioned sports^[3] The MPSF dropped men's soccer after the 2012 season. The moves of Denver (all sports) and New Mexico (soccer only) to other conferences left the MPSF with six soccer members, but all six would soon leave due to moves by the Western Athletic Conference. MPSF soccer member Seattle was already in the WAC, and another MPSF soccer school, CSU Bakersfield, was already committed to join the WAC in 2013. Because the WAC dropped football after the 2012 season due to a near-complete membership turnover, it needed to add another men's sport to maintain its Division I status. To that end, it invited the four remaining MPSF soccer schools to join them; all accepted, and the WAC began sponsoring men's soccer in 2013–14.^[4]

In October 2015, Arizona State announced that it would elevate its club team in women's lacrosse to full varsity status starting in the 2017–18 school year (2018 season), which will give the Pac-12 six women's lacrosse schools. This number is required by league bylaws for official sponsorship of a sport, and is also the number of teams required for a conference to be an automatic NCAA tournament qualifier. This led the Pac-12 to announce that all of its women's lacrosse teams would leave the MPSF for the new Pac-12 lacrosse league for the 2018 season. The four remaining MPSF lacrosse schools would have retained that league's automatic NCAA tournament bid for the 2018 and 2019 seasons while the MPSF sought to add new members in that sport,^[5] but the MPSF chose to drop the sport at that time.

The next major change in conference membership came in January 2016, when the Golden Coast Conference, a water polo-only league that previously operated only a women's competition, announced it would add a men's division effective with the 2016–17 season. The GCC took six of the 10 members of the MPSF men's water polo league, leaving the MPSF with only the four Pac-12 members that sponsor the sport.^[6]

On May 31, 2016, the Big West Conference announced that it would begin sponsoring men's volleyball in the 2017–18 school year (2018 season). The Big West men's volleyball league now includes five full members Long Beach State, Cal State Northridge, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara and Hawai'i, plus associate member UC San Diego. The full Big West members remain in the MPSF in other sports, but UC San Diego exited the federation.^[7] California Baptist also exited the MPSF after dropping its only conference sport of men's volleyball shortly after the 2017 season, and Cal State Bakersfield left the MPSF after dropping its last remaining conference sport of women's water polo at the same time.^[8]

It was announced in August 2021 that the MPSF would add men's and women's fencing to the conference as the tenth sport.^[9]

It was announced in September 2021 that the MPSF would add women's artistic swimming to the conference as the eleventh sport.^[10]

On November 9, 2023, the MPSF announced that it would add beach volleyball, a women-only sport at the NCAA level, for the 2025 season (2024–25 school year). The inaugural membership in that sport will consist mainly of schools that are leaving the Pac-12 Conference, which sponsors beach volleyball, after 2023–24: California, Oregon, Stanford, UCLA, USC, and Washington. The only member not coming from the Pac-12 is Grand Canyon.^[11] The following month, the MPSF announced that Saint Mary's, which had been an MPSF member in women's lacrosse before the conference dropped the sport in 2017, had returned to the conference in women's indoor track & field.^[12]

**MPSF Teams**
Sport	Men's	Women's
Artistic Swimming	-	4
Gymnastics	4	3
Fencing	4	4
Swimming & Diving	7	10
Indoor Track & Field	5	11
Volleyball	7	-
Water polo	8	7

Membership by sport

School	Artistic Swimming	Fencing^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Men's Gymnastics	Women's Gymnastics	Men's Indoor Track & Field	Women's Indoor Track & Field	Men's Swimming & diving	Women's Swimming & diving	Men's Volleyball	Men's Water Polo	Women's Water Polo	Total MPSF Sports
Air Force	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	2
Alaska Anchorage	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	1
Arizona State	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	1
Augustana (IL)	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	1
Austin	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	1
BYU	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	1
Cal Poly	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	2
Cal State Bakersfield	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	2
Cal State Fullerton	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	2
Cal State Northridge	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	2
California	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	3
Concordia–Irvine	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	1
Grand Canyon	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	1
Hawaii	N	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	3
Incarnate Word	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	4
Indiana	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	1
Long Beach State	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	2
Oklahoma	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	1
Pacific	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	2
Penn State Behrend	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	1
Pepperdine	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	Y	Y	N	N	2
Portland	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	2
Sacramento State	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	1
Saint Mary's	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	1
San Diego	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	1
San Francisco	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	1
San Jose State	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	1
Southern California	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y	3
Stanford	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y	6
Texas Woman's	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	1
UC Davis	N	N	N	Y	N	Y	N	Y	N	N	N	3
UC Irvine	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	1
UCLA	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y	3
UC Riverside	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	2
UC San Diego	N	Y	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	3
UC Santa Barbara	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	2
Washington & Jefferson	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	1
Wheaton (MA)	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	1
Totals	4	4	4	3	5	11	7	10	7	8	7

↑ Coed sport.

Aquatics

There are three sports that are sponsored under the aquatics section. Men's and women's swimming and diving were launched in the 2010-11 season. Artistic swimming was later added in the 2021-22 season.

Current members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Artistic	Men	Women	Primary Conference	Joined
California Polytechnic State University	San Luis Obispo, California	Mustangs	N	Y	Y	Big West	2010 (W) 2014 (M)
California State University, Bakersfield	Bakersfield, California	Roadrunners	N	Y	Y	Big West	2010/2021 (M/W)
University of California, Davis	Davis, California	Aggies	N	N	Y	Big West	2010
University of California, San Diego	La Jolla, California	Tritons	N	Y	Y	Big West	2018 (M/W)
University of California, Santa Barbara	Isla Vista, California	Gauchos	N	Y	Y	Big West	2010 (M) 2014 (M)
University of Hawaii at Mānoa	Honolulu, Hawaii	Rainbow Warriors & Rainbow Wahine	N	Y	Y	Big West	2011 (M) 2012 (W)
University of the Incarnate Word	San Antonio, Texas	Cardinals	Y	Y	Y	Southland	2021 (A) 2022 (M/W)
University of the Pacific	Stockton, California	Tigers	N	Y	Y	WCC	2010 (M/W)
Pepperdine University	Malibu, California	Waves	N	N	Y	WCC	2023
University of San Diego	San Diego, California	Toreros	N	N	Y	WCC	2010
Stanford University	Stanford, California	Cardinal	Y	N	N	Pac-12 (ACC in 2024)	2021
Texas Woman's University	Denton, Texas	Pioneers	Y	N	N	Lone Star	2021
Wheaton College (MA)	Norton, Massachusetts	Lyons	Y	N	N	NEWMAC	2021

Former members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Team	Primary Conference	Joined	Left
United States Air Force Academy	USAF Academy, Colorado	Falcons	Men	Mountain West	2011	2013
Brigham Young University	Provo, Utah	Cougars	Men Women	Big 12	2011	2023
University of Denver	Denver, Colorado	Pioneers	Men	Summit	2012	2013
Loyola Marymount University	Los Angeles, California	Lions	Women	WCC	2010	2014
University of Nevada, Las Vegas	Paradise, Nevada	Rebels	Men	Mountain West	2011	2013
University of North Dakota	Grand Forks, North Dakota	Fighting Hawks	Men	Summit	2011	2013
University of Northern Colorado	Greeley, Colorado	Bears	Women	Big Sky	2010	2012
Seattle University	Seattle, Washington	Redhawks	Men	WAC	2010	2013
Seattle University	Seattle, Washington	Redhawks	Women	WAC	2010	2012
University of Wyoming	Laramie, Wyoming	Cowboys & Cowgirls	Men	Mountain West	2011	2013

Timeline

All aquatic sports Men's & women's swimming & diving Women's swimming & diving Men's swimming & diving Artistic swimming

Conference Champions

Year	Men	Women
2010–11	CSU Bakersfield	UC Davis
2011–12	Brigham Young	Brigham Young
2012–13	UNLV	UC Davis
2013–14	Brigham Young	UC Davis
2014–15		Hawaii
2015–16		UC Davis
2016–17	UC Santa Barbara	Hawaii
2017–18	UC Santa Barbara
2018–19	Hawaii
2019–20	Hawaii
2020–21	Brigham Young
2021–22		UC San Diego
2022–23		Hawaii

Fencing

Fencing was introduced as an MPSF sport in the 2021-22 season.

Current members

The MPSF currently has four members that participate in fencing. Stanford will depart as a member when it moves its primary affiliation from the Pac-12 Conference to the Atlantic Coast Conference, which sponsors the sport, in 2024.

Institution	Location	Nickname	Primary Conference	Joined
United States Air Force Academy	USAF Academy, Colorado	Falcons	Mountain West	2021
University of California, San Diego	La Jolla, California	Tritons	Big West
University of the Incarnate Word	San Antonio, Texas	Cardinals	Southland
Stanford University	Stanford, California	Cardinal	Pac-12 (ACC in 2024)	2021

Timeline

Fencing members

Conference Champions

Year	Team
2021-22	Stanford
2022-23	Stanford

Gymnastics

Men's gymnastics was introduced as an MPSF sport with the formation of the conference while women's gymnastics was initiated for the 2001-02 season.

Current members

The MPSF currently has four members that participate in men's gymnastics and four for women's.

Institution	Location	Nickname	Men	Women	Primary Conference	Joined
United States Air Force Academy	USAF Academy, Colorado	Falcons	Y	N	Mountain West	1992
University of Alaska Anchorage	Anchorage, Alaska	Seawolves	N	Y	GNAC (NCAA D-II)	2002
University of California, Berkeley	Berkeley, California	Golden Bears	Y	N	Pac-12 (ACC in 2024)	1992
University of California, Davis	Davis, California	Aggies	N	Y	Big West	2001
California State University, Sacramento	Sacramento, California	Hornets	N	Y	Big Sky	2001 2013
University of Oklahoma	Norman, Oklahoma	Sooners	Y	N	Big 12 (SEC in 2024)	1992
Southern Utah University^[13]	Cedar City, Utah	Thunderbirds	N	Y	WAC	2023
Stanford University	Stanford, California	Cardinal	Y	N	Pac-12 (ACC in 2024)	1992

Former members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Team	Primary Conference	Joined	Left
United States Air Force Academy	USAF Academy, Colorado	Falcons	Women	Mountain West	2001	2023
Brigham Young University	Provo, Utah	Cougars	Men	Big 12	1992	2000
University of California, Los Angeles	Los Angeles, California	Bruins	Men	Pac-12 (Big Ten in 2024)	1992	1994
University of California, Santa Barbara	Isla Vista, California	Gauchos	Men	Big West	1992	2002
University of California, Santa Barbara	Isla Vista, California	Gauchos	Women	Big West	2001	2002
University of Nebraska	Lincoln, Nebraska	Cornhuskers	Men	Big Ten	1994	2011
University of New Mexico	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Lobos	Men	Mountain West	1992	1999
San Jose State University	San Jose, California	Spartans	Men	Mountain West	1992	1997
			Women		2001	2005
			Women		2013	2023
Seattle Pacific University	Seattle, Washington	Falcons	Women	GNAC (NCAA D-II)	2002	2020
Utah State University	Logan, Utah	Aggies	Women	Mountain West	2012	2013

Timeline

Men's & women's gymnastics Women's gymnastics Men's gymnastics

Conference champions

Year	Men	Women
1992–93	Stanford	—
1993–94	UCLA
1994–95	Stanford
1995–96	Oklahoma
1996–97	Nebraska
1997–98	California
1998–99	Nebraska
1998–99	Oklahoma
1999–00
2000–01
2001–02		Sacramento State
2002–03		Sacramento State
2003–04	California	San Jose State
2004–05	Oklahoma	Sacramento State
2005–06		Seattle Pacific
2006–07		Seattle Pacific
2007–08		UC Davis
2008–09	Stanford	Alaska–Anchorage
2009–10	Oklahoma	UC Davis
2010–11	Stanford
2011–12	Oklahoma
2012–13
2013–14		Sacramento State
2014–15		UC Davis
2015–16		Sacramento State
2016–17		San Jose State
2017–18		San Jose State
2018–19		Air Force
2019–20	—	—
2020–21	Oklahoma	—
2021–22	Stanford	San Jose State
2022–23	Stanford	UC Davis

National champions

Year	Team
1993	Stanford (M)
1995	Stanford (M)
1997	California (M)
1998	California (M)
2002	Oklahoma (M)
2003	Oklahoma (M)
2005	Oklahoma (M)
2006	Oklahoma (M)
2008	Oklahoma (M)
2009	Stanford (M)
2011	Stanford (M)
2015	Oklahoma (M)
2016	Oklahoma (M)
2017	Oklahoma (M)
2018	Oklahoma (M)
2019	Stanford (M)
2021	Stanford (M)
2022	Stanford (M)
2023	Stanford (M)

Indoor Track & Field

Men's and women's indoor track & field were introduced for the 1992–93 season as one of the conference's inaugural sports.

Current members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Men	Women (Beach)	Primary Conference	Joined

Former members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Team	Primary Conference	Joined	Left

Timeline

Men's & women's (beach) volleyball Women's (beach) volleyball Men's volleyball

Conference champions

Year	Men	Women (Beach)

National champions

All national champions are in men's volleyball.

Year	Team

Volleyball

Men's volleyball was introduced for the 1993 season (1992–93 school year) as one of the conference's inaugural sports. The MPSF will add beach volleyball in the 2025 season (2024–25 school year). The MPSF added the sport in the wake of the collapse of the Pac-12 Conference, which will see 10 of its 12 members leave for other conferences after the 2023–24 school year. Of the 10 departing schools, nine sponsor beach volleyball. Three left for the Big 12 Conference, which announced it would start sponsoring beach volleyball in 2024–25.^[14] The other six, which will join either the Atlantic Coast Conference or the Big Ten Conference, will make up almost all of the inaugural MPSF beach volleyball membership. California, Stanford, UCLA, and USC are current MPSF members in other sports, and Oregon and Washington are returning MPSF members. The only inaugural beach volleyball member not arriving from the Pac-12 is Grand Canyon.

Current members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Men	Women (Beach)	Primary Conference	Joined
Brigham Young University	Provo, Utah	Cougars	Y	N	Big 12	1992
University of California, Los Angeles	Los Angeles, California	Bruins	Y	N ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Pac-12 (Big Ten in 2024)	1992 (M) 2024 (W)
Concordia University Irvine	Irvine, California	Eagles	Y	N	Pacific West	2017
Grand Canyon University	Phoenix, Arizona	Antelopes	Y	N ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	WAC	2017 (M) 2024 (W)
Pepperdine University	Malibu, California	Waves	Y	N	WCC	1992
University of Southern California	Los Angeles, California	Trojans	Y	N ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Pac-12 (Big Ten in 2024)	1992 (M) 2024 (W)
Stanford University	Stanford, California	Cardinal	Y	N ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Pac-12 (ACC in 2024)	1992 (M) 2024 (W)

1 2 3 4 Joining in 2024.

Future members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Men	Women (Beach)	Primary conference	Joining
University of California, Berkeley	Berkeley, California	Golden Bears	N	Y	Pac-12 Conference (ACC in 2024)	2024–25
University of California, Los Angeles	Los Angeles, California (Westwood)	Bruins	N	Y	Pac-12 Conference (Big Ten in 2024)
Grand Canyon University	Phoenix, Arizona	Antelopes	N	Y	WAC
Menlo College	Atherton, California	Oaks	Y	N	GSAC (PacWest in 2024)
University of Oregon	Eugene, Oregon	Ducks	N	Y	Pac-12 Conference (Big Ten in 2024)
University of Southern California	Los Angeles, California (South Los Angeles)	Trojans	N	Y	Pac-12 Conference (Big Ten in 2024)
Stanford University	Stanford, California	Cardinal	N	Y	Pac-12 Conference (ACC in 2024)
Vanguard University	Costa Mesa, California	Lions	Y	N	GSAC (PacWest in 2024)
University of Washington	Seattle, Washington	Huskies	N	Y	Pac-12 Conference (Big Ten in 2024)

Former members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Team	Primary Conference	Joined	Left
California Baptist University	Riverside, California	Lancers	Men	WAC	2012	2017
California State University, Long Beach	Long Beach, California	Beach		Big West	1992
California State University, Northridge	Northridge, California	Matadors
University of California, Irvine	Irvine, California	Anteaters
University of California, San Diego	La Jolla, California	Tritons
University of California, Santa Barbara	Isla Vista, California	Gauchos
University of Hawai'i at Mānoa	Honolulu, Hawai'i	Rainbow Warriors & Rainbow Wahine
Loyola Marymount University	Los Angeles, California	Lions		WCC		2000
University of the Pacific	Stockton, California	Tigers		WCC		2014
San Diego State University	San Diego, California	Aztecs		Mountain West		2000

Timeline

Men's & women's (beach) volleyball Women's (beach) volleyball Men's volleyball

Conference champions

Year	Men	Women (Beach)
1993	UCLA	—
1994	UCLA (2)
1995	UCLA (3)
1996	UCLA (4)
1997	Stanford
1998	Pepperdine
1999	Brigham Young
2000	UCLA (5)
2001	UCLA (6)
2002	Pepperdine (2)
2003	Brigham Young (2)
2004	Brigham Young (3)
2005	Pepperdine (3)
2006	UCLA (7)
2007	UC Irvine
2008	Pepperdine (4)
2009	USC
2010	Stanford (2)
2011	UC Santa Barbara
2012	UC Irvine (2)
2013	Brigham Young (4)
2014	Brigham Young (5)
2015	UC Irvine (3)
2016	Brigham Young (6)
2017	Long Beach State
2018	Brigham Young (7)
2019	Pepperdine (5)
2020	—
2021	Brigham Young (8)
2022	Pepperdine (6)
2023	UCLA (8)

National champions

All national champions are in men's volleyball.

Year	Team
1993	UCLA
1995	UCLA
1996	UCLA
1997	Stanford
1998	UCLA
1999	Brigham Young
2000	UCLA
2001	Brigham Young
2002	Hawaii†
2004	Brigham Young
2005	Pepperdine
2006	UCLA (6)
2007	UC Irvine
2009	UC Irvine
2010	Stanford
2012	UC Irvine
2013	UC Irvine

† — Vacated due to NCAA violations

Conference champions

Source: ^[15]

Women's lacrosse

Year	Team
2004	California
2005	Stanford
2006	Stanford
2007	Stanford
2008	Stanford
2009	Stanford
2010	Stanford
2011	Stanford
2012	Oregon
2013	Stanford
2014	Denver
2015	Stanford
2016	USC
2017	USC
2018	San Diego State
2019	San Diego State
2020	N/A
2021	UC Davis

Men's soccer

Year	Team
1992	Washington
1993	UCLA
1994	Fresno State
1995	UCLA
1996	UCLA
1997	UCLA
1998	Washington
1999	Washington
2000	San Jose State
2001	New Mexico
2002	New Mexico
2003	San Jose State
2004	New Mexico
2005	New Mexico
2006	New Mexico
2007	New Mexico
2008	Denver
2009	Sacramento State
2010	Sacramento State
2011	New Mexico
2012	Air Force

Men's track & field indoor

Year	Team
1992–93	California
1993–94	Arizona
1994–95	Arizona
1995–96	Arizona
1996–97	Idaho
1997–98	Washington State
1998–99	Stanford
1999–00	Stanford
2000–01	Washington State
2001–02	UCLA
2002–03	UCLA
2003–04	UCLA
2004–05	UCLA
2005–06	Washington
2006–07	Washington
2007–08	Oregon
2008–09	UCLA
2009–10	UCLA
2010–11	Stanford
2011–12	Arizona State
2012–13	Arizona State
2013–14	California
2014–15	Oregon
2015–16	USC
2016–17	Oregon
2017–18	USC
2018–19	Brigham Young
2019–20	Brigham Young
2020–21	N/A

Women's track & field indoor

Year	Team
1992–93	UNLV
1993–94	Utah State
1994–95	Arizona
1995–96	Washington
1996–97	Stanford
1997–98	Stanford
1998–99	Washington State
1999–00	Washington State
2000–01	Arizona
2001–02	Arizona
2002–03	Stanford
2003–04	Stanford
2004–05	Stanford
2005–06	Stanford
2006–07	Arizona State
2007–08	Arizona State
2008–09	Stanford
2009–10	Oregon
2010–11	Oregon
2011–12	Stanford
2012–13	Oregon
2013–14	USC
2014–15	USC
2015–16	Oregon
2016–17	USC
2017–18	USC
2018–19	USC
2019–20	Oregon
2020–21	N/A

Men's water polo

Year	Team
1992	California
1993	California
1994	Stanford
1995	California
1996	USC
1997	USC
1998	Stanford
1999	UCLA
2000	UCLA
2001	Stanford
2002	California
2003	USC
2004	Stanford
2005	USC
2006	California
2007	USC
2008	USC
2009	UCLA
2010	USC
2011	UCLA
2012	USC
2013	USC
2014	UCLA
2015	UCLA
2016	California
2017	USC
2018	Stanford
2019	Stanford
2020	Stanford
2021	UCLA

Women's water polo

Year	Team
1996	UCLA
1997	UCLA
1998	UCLA
1999	California
2000	Stanford
2001	Stanford
2002	UCLA
2003	Stanford
2004	USC
2005	UCLA
2006	Stanford
2007	UCLA
2008	UCLA
2009	USC
2010	UCLA
2011	California
2012	UCLA
2013	USC
2014	Stanford
2015	UCLA
2016	USC
2017	UCLA (11)
2018	USC
2019	USC
2020	N/A
2021	USC
2022	Stanford

NCAA titles

The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation has won 100 NCAA titles in seven sports. UCLA has won 25 national titles. Stanford has won 20 titles. USC has won 16 titles. Oregon has won 12 titles. Oklahoma has won nine titles. California has won six titles. UC Irvine has won four titles. Arizona State and Brigham Young have won three titles. Pepperdine has won two titles. The MPSF has won every men's and women's water polo NCAA title since the inception of the conference.

Men's gymnastics

Year	Team
1992–93	Stanford
1994–95	Stanford
1996–97	California
1997–98	California
2001–02	Oklahoma
2002–03	Oklahoma
2004–05	Oklahoma
2005–06	Oklahoma
2007–08	Oklahoma
2008–09	Stanford
2010–11	Stanford
2014–15	Oklahoma
2015–16	Oklahoma
2016–17	Oklahoma
2017–18	Oklahoma
2018–19	Stanford
2020–21	Stanford
2021–22	Stanford
2022–23	Stanford

Men's soccer

Year	Team
1998	UCLA

Men's track & field indoor

Year	Team
2007–08	Arizona State
2008–09	Oregon
2013–14	Oregon
2014–15	Oregon
2015–16	Oregon
2020–21	Oregon

Women's track & field indoor

Year	Team
1999–00	UCLA
2000–01	UCLA
2006–07	Arizona State
2007–08	Arizona State
2009–10	Oregon
2010–11	Oregon
2011–12	Oregon
2012–13	Oregon
2013–14	Oregon
2015–16	Oregon
2016–17	Oregon

Men's water polo

Year	Team
1992	California
1993	Stanford
1994	Stanford
1995	UCLA
1996	UCLA
1997	Pepperdine
1998	USC
1999	UCLA
2000	UCLA
2001	Stanford
2002	Stanford
2003	USC
2004	UCLA
2005	USC
2006	California
2007	California
2008	USC
2009	USC
2010	USC
2011	USC
2012	USC
2013	USC
2014	UCLA
2015	UCLA
2016	California
2017	UCLA
2018	USC
2019	Stanford
2020	UCLA (9)

Women's water polo

Year	Team
2001	UCLA
2002	Stanford
2003	UCLA
2004	USC
2005	UCLA
2006	UCLA
2007	UCLA
2008	UCLA
2009	UCLA (7)
2010	USC
2011	Stanford
2012	Stanford
2013	USC
2014	Stanford
2015	Stanford
2016	USC
2017	Stanford
2018	USC
2019	Stanford
2021	USC

References

↑ Members - Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Archived July 27, 2017, at the Wayback Machine. Mpsports.Org. Retrieved on July 17, 2013.
↑ "'Roo Men's Water Polo to Join Mountain Pacific Sports Federation". acroos.com. January 16, 2018. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
↑ Mountain Pacific Sports Federation - Athletics. Mpsports.Org. Retrieved on July 17, 2013.
↑ "WAC Adds Men's Soccer" (Press release). Western Athletic Conference. January 9, 2013. Archived from the original on January 19, 2013. Retrieved April 20, 2013.
↑ "Pac-12 Adds Women's Lacrosse for 2018 Season". Lacrosse Magazine. October 23, 2015. Archived from the original on October 24, 2015. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
↑ "GCC Launches Men's Division To Begin Play in 2016" (Press release). Golden Coast Conference. January 21, 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
↑ "Big West Conference Makes Men's Volleyball 18th Sponsored Sport". Big West Conference. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
↑ "CSUB Athletics Announces Strategic Shift in Resources" (Press release). CSU Bakersfield Athletics. June 27, 2017. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
↑ "MPSF Adds Fencing in 2021-22 as 10th Sport". mpsports.org. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
↑ "MPSF ADDS ARTISTIC SWIMMING IN 2022 AS RECORD-TYING 11TH SPORT".
↑ "MPSF Adds Beach Volleyball as Record-Setting 12th Sport" (Press release). Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. November 9, 2023. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
↑ "St. Mary's to Compete in MPSF Women's Indoor Track & Field" (Press release). Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. December 7, 2023. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
↑ "Flippin' Birds Find a New Conference". Southern Utah University Athletics. Cedar City: Southern Utah University. September 21, 2023. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
↑ "Big 12 to Add Beach Volleyball & Women's Lacrosse" (Press release). Big 12 Conference. November 9, 2023. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
↑ "MPSF ♦ NCAA Championship History" (PDF). Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. Retrieved July 29, 2023.

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[3] Current affiliation; does not necessarily match affiliation(s) during a school's MPSF tenure.

[BV24-4] 1 2 Oregon and Washington will return to the MPSF as beach volleyball members when that sport is added in 2024–25.

[Fencing-15] Coed sport.

[BV-18] 1 2 3 4 Joining in 2024.

[1] Members - Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Archived July 27, 2017, at the Wayback Machine. Mpsports.Org. Retrieved on July 17, 2013.

[2] "'Roo Men's Water Polo to Join Mountain Pacific Sports Federation". acroos.com. January 16, 2018. Retrieved April 22, 2018.

[5] Mountain Pacific Sports Federation - Athletics. Mpsports.Org. Retrieved on July 17, 2013.

[6] "WAC Adds Men's Soccer" (Press release). Western Athletic Conference. January 9, 2013. Archived from the original on January 19, 2013. Retrieved April 20, 2013.

[7] "Pac-12 Adds Women's Lacrosse for 2018 Season". Lacrosse Magazine. October 23, 2015. Archived from the original on October 24, 2015. Retrieved February 6, 2016.

[8] "GCC Launches Men's Division To Begin Play in 2016" (Press release). Golden Coast Conference. January 21, 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2017.

[9] "Big West Conference Makes Men's Volleyball 18th Sponsored Sport". Big West Conference. Retrieved May 31, 2016.

[10] "CSUB Athletics Announces Strategic Shift in Resources" (Press release). CSU Bakersfield Athletics. June 27, 2017. Retrieved July 12, 2017.

[11] "MPSF Adds Fencing in 2021-22 as 10th Sport". mpsports.org. Retrieved October 4, 2021.

[12] "MPSF ADDS ARTISTIC SWIMMING IN 2022 AS RECORD-TYING 11TH SPORT".

[13] "MPSF Adds Beach Volleyball as Record-Setting 12th Sport" (Press release). Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. November 9, 2023. Retrieved November 11, 2023.

[14] "St. Mary's to Compete in MPSF Women's Indoor Track & Field" (Press release). Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. December 7, 2023. Retrieved December 26, 2023.

[16] "Flippin' Birds Find a New Conference". Southern Utah University Athletics. Cedar City: Southern Utah University. September 21, 2023. Retrieved September 23, 2023.

[17] "Big 12 to Add Beach Volleyball & Women's Lacrosse" (Press release). Big 12 Conference. November 9, 2023. Retrieved November 11, 2023.

[19] "MPSF ♦ NCAA Championship History" (PDF). Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. Retrieved July 29, 2023.

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