Western Athletic Conference

The purpose of the Conference is to form an athletics Conference, the members of which shall incorporate programs and shall place and maintain such athletics under the same administrative and academic control as exists in their other educational programs. The Conference establishes the regular season schedule for all sponsored team sports as well as participatory guidelines for each sponsored sport. The Conference hosts 19 championships in the sports of men's and women's cross country, men's and women's soccer, volleyball, men's and women's swimming and diving, men's and women's indoor track and field, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's golf, softball, men's and women's outdoor track and field, and baseball. Championships governed by the Conference provide equitable and competitive access to the post season and the opportunity to compete on the national level.

As part of the ncaa structure, each Conference receives a student assistance fund and academic enhancement fund that are distributed to all members and are intended to provide benefits to student athletes, or their families, in the meeting financial needs that arise in conjunction with participation in inercollegiate athletics, enrollment in an academic curriculum, or that recognize academic achievement. The Conference also incurs expenses in this area that ensure that each of the schools and its entire Athletic programs, including coaches, student athletes, administrators and staff remain in compliance with bylaws and rules established by the ncaa.