Horizon League

The Horizon League provides support for member schools' athletic departments, ensuring compliance with ncaa regulations and providing initiatives that support the League's mission and goals. In 2022-23, the League made financial distributions to member schools in two strategic areas to support student athletes' mental health and basketball improvement. The League supports dei programming for student athletes. The League promotes and markets member institutions and their student athletes' accomplishments through our website and social media platforms

Ncaa academic performance funds are distributed to conferences based on the academic performance of their institutions. The Horizon League awards these funds to member schools who have met academic metrics as identified by the ncaa.

In 2022-23, the saf provided financial assistance to all student athletes in our (11) member schools. Saf is an ongoing program funded through ncaa grants, with the objective of assisting student athletes in personal and academic areas. Types of assistance included: tuition assistance (for summer school and fifth or sixth year); academic tutoring; assistance with medical and dental expenses; clothing allowances and assistance with travel for family emergencies. The saf helped over 3,000 students annually. The academic enhancement fund provided funds to our (11) institutions to assist with student athletes' education. Types of assistance included: tuition support and educational services.

In 2022-23, the Horizon League held 19 championships which occurred during 37 days of championship competition. Each championship gives student-athletes the opportunity to participate in the culminating event for his/her sport. League staff oversees fair competion throughout the regular season by managing the assignment of officials (through our officiating coordinators), creating competition schedules for regular season and responding to issues/appeals that arise in the competitive sphere. League staff ensure that the results of competion and championships are communicated in a variety of ways, including via local media, social media and our website (horizonleague.org).

In 2022-23, the Horizon League and its member institutions produced video streaming of many League activities. All video productions are available on espn, espn2, espnu or espn+. These League productions enhance the student-athlete experience and provide increased exposure for our member schools. 15 League championships were shown on espn, espnu or espn+. A total of 668 sporting events, which included regular season and championship events, were shown in 2022-23, reaching an audience of 1,736,480 unique viewers. Video content is distributed to a national audience to promote the Horizon League's collegiate model which embodies the League's core values.