RICHARDSON, TEXAS - The Lone Star Conference announced plans to commemorate its 90th anniversary during the 2021-2022 season with online features recognizing the incredible achievements of student-athletes, coaches and administrators since 1931.

           The league will highlight important days and games in LSC history, recognize some of the 80 team national champions, commend top performances in conference history and feature several of the nearly 60 LSC Hall of Honor members. The campaign will continue through June 2022 and end with the conclusion of the 90th season of competition.

           As part of the year-long celebration, the league will feature a commemorative logo with the phrase "Est. 1931", honoring the year the LSC was founded and first began competition. The logo will be used across the conference during the anniversary year.

           Founded on April 25, 1931, the LSC has grown from a five-team conference of Texas-based schools to an 18-member league that spans four states (Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arkansas). With 18 members, the LSC is the largest conference in NCAA Division II.

            While the LSC has maintained a long-standing tradition of competitive athletic programs for its members, many teams and individuals have gone on to distinguish themselves on the national stage. Entering its 90th year of competition, LSC member institutions have collected 80 NCAA team national championships since the league joined the Division II membership in 1982.

            The LSC's mission is to foster student participation and success among member institutions in NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics as an integral part of each institution's total educational program. The LSC pursues student-athlete development with highest regard to the principles of academic excellence, graduation success, sportsmanship, ethical conduct, resourcefulness, community service, gender equity and diversity.

           Throughout the league's 90-year history, various institutions have competed under the LSC banner. Today, only Texas A&M-Commerce (then East Texas State) remains from the original group formed in 1931 when North Texas State, Southwest Texas State, Sam Houston State and Stephen F. Austin withdrew from the old Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association.

             Since its founding, several institutions have made the LSC their home with the most recent members joining in 2019. Texas A&M-Kingsville (formerly Texas A&I) joined in 1954, and Angelo State in 1968. Conference membership remained within the Texas borders until 1984 when Eastern New Mexico received admittance. Since then, the LSC has included members from Arkansas and Oklahoma. Cameron (1988, 1996) was added near the outset of an expansion phase, while Texas Woman's (1989) and previous member West Texas A&M (1986, 1993) joined the league soon after. Midwestern State entered early in 1995. In 2016, UT Permian Basin and Western New Mexico were added, with DBU, Lubbock Christian, Oklahoma Christian, St. Edward's, St. Mary's, Texas A&M International, UAFS and UT Tyler joining in 2019.

            The LSC conducts conference championships in 18 sports (nine men and nine women). Men's championships include football, soccer, cross country, basketball, baseball, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, golf and tennis. Women's titles are determined in volleyball, soccer, cross country, basketball, softball, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, tennis and golf.