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ConferenceConference InformationInformation n May 26, 1998, the newest NCAA Division I-A conference was conceived. MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE OThe Mountain West Conference, which offi- 15455 Gleneagle Drive cially commenced operation just a little over a year later, on July 1, 1999, is comprised of the Air Force Suite 200 Academy, Brigham Young, Colorado State, New Colorado Springs, CO 80921 Mexico, San Diego State, UNLV, Utah and Phone: (719) 488-4040 Wyoming. Though in its infancy as a conference, Fax: (719) 487-7241 the history of its members indicates that the fledg- ling Mountain West Conference will experience www.themwc.com immediate national success. plains of Wyoming (elevation 7,000 feet) contrast with Craig Thompson Bret Gilliland Highlights through the MWC's first three years Commissioner Associate Commissioner the desert city of Las Vegas (the fastest growing met- include: eight berths in the NCAA Women's Basketball ropolitan area in the West), the balmy weather and Tournament, two women's cross country national Pacific Ocean locale of San Diego State and the championships, sending five of the eight football southwestern flavor of New Mexico. teams to postseason bowls, one of two conferences in The Mountain West Conference office is located in 2002 to send 75 percent of its men's bas- Colorado Springs, Colo., and is under the guidance ketball teams to postseason play, and two of commissioner Craig Thompson. teams advancing to the NCAA Volleyball Tournament "Sweet 16" every year of the league's existence. Ironically, half of the Mountain West Conference schools were charter Jim Andrus Dan Butterly members of the Western Athletic Assistant Commissioner Assistant Commissioner Conference when it was founded Business and Finance Marketing in 1962: Utah, Brigham Young, New Mexico and Wyoming.
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