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The Davis & Elkins Senators are the athletic teams that represent Davis & Elkins College, located in Elkins, West Virginia, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Senators compete as members of the Mountain East Conference (MEC) for all sports except men's lacrosse, which is an affiliate of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC). [2]
Official athletics logo. The school's athletic teams, known as the Senators, compete in NCAA Division II, primarily in the Mountain East Conference (MEC). The Senators had been members of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) from the league's founding in 1924 until its demise in 2013, after which the school joined the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC). [10]
The reclassification process from one NCAA division to another requires three to five years, except for moves to Division II. Moves from Division III or another national governing body (such as the NAIA) to Division II typically requires three years, but as of 2024 can be expedited to only need two. [2]
Because its athletic department earns so much outside revenue from sources like donations and television and licensing deals pegged to its football team, Ole Miss sports nearly pay for themselves. In recent years, conference alignments have undergone massive upheaval, with schools scrambling to improve their lot in the athletic universe.
More than 350 schools compete at this level, but private institutions and some colleges in Pennsylvania are not subject to public records laws. While colleges submit this information to the National Collegiate Athletic Association — a nonprofit regulating athletics at more than 1,200 colleges — the reports are considered private.
But the athletic department is still projected to have operating deficits through at least 2020, according to a consultant’s report. And its reliance on subsidies is only growing. This year, the university is expected to subsidize more than two-thirds of the athletics budget.
Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College is the state's smallest, with an enrollment of 822. [7] With an enrollment of 1,549 students, Wheeling University is West Virginia's largest traditional private post-secondary institution , while Valley College–Princeton is the state's smallest, with an enrollment of 72. [ 7 ]
If you attend a Division I university, chances are you are bankrolling your school’s athletics department. Search our scorecards to find out by how much. The Huffington Post & The Chronicle of Higher Education