Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (NCAA3) History

Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference was created in 1987

Conference name history

1987-1998: Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference

1998 until now: Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference 2022-2023 2023-2024

Conference logos

Until 2020

Since 2020

Title holders

Championships by school

Titles	Club	Years
2	Anderson	2022-23, 2023-24

Finals year-by-year

Season	Winner	Result	Finalist	Regular Season Champ
2022-23	Anderson University	73-55	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	Manchester University
2023-24	Anderson University	90-73	Hanover College	Anderson University

Finals participants

Club	W	L	Total
Anderson	2	0	2
Rose-Hulman	0	1	1
Hanover	0	1	1

Final Four participants

Club	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
La Roche	2	0	0	0
Stevens Tech	1	0	1	0
Illinois Coll.	1	0	1	0
Nichols	1	0	1	0
TCNJ	1	0	0	1
Utica	1	0	0	0
Fontbonne	1	0	0	0
Anderson	1	0	0	0
Elmhurst	1	0	0	0
Mary Baldwin	1	0	0	0
John Carroll	1	0	0	0
Centenary, LA	1	0	0	0
Loras	1	0	0	0
Marymount	1	0	0	0
Swarthmore	1	0	0	0
Catholic	1	0	0	0
Hobart	1	0	0	0
Keene St.	1	0	0	0
Gustavus	1	0	0	0
Babson	1	0	0	0
New Paltz St.	1	0	0	0
Geneva	1	0	0	0
Wabash	1	0	0	0
UW-Platteville	1	0	0	0
BLC	1	0	0	0
UT Dallas	1	0	0	0
PS Harrisburg	1	0	0	0
FSC	1	0	0	0
HSC	1	0	0	0
Wisc.Lutheran	1	0	0	0
Worcester St.	1	0	0	0
Trinity, CT	1	0	0	0
PS Altoona	0	1	0	0
Stockton	0	1	0	0
Nazareth	0	1	0	0
Spalding	0	1	0	0
Grinnell	0	1	0	0
Hanover	0	1	0	0
IWU	0	1	0	0
Greensboro	0	1	0	0
Mt.Union	0	1	0	0
Colorado Coll.	0	1	0	0
PS Behrend	0	1	0	0
Nebr.Wesleyan	0	1	0	0
GMC	0	1	0	0
John Hopkins	0	1	0	0
Susquehanna	0	1	0	0
St.Lawrence	0	1	0	0
W.Connecticut	0	1	0	0
Hamline	0	1	0	0
Clark	0	1	0	0
Oswego St.	0	1	0	0
St.Vincent	0	1	0	0
Wooster	0	1	0	0
UW-River Falls	0	1	0	0
UW-Superior	0	1	0	0
HSU	0	1	0	0
St.Elizabeth	0	1	0	0
Yeshiva	0	1	0	0
WLU	0	1	0	0
St.Norbert	0	1	0	0
BSU	0	1	0	0
DeSales	0	1	0	0
Williams	0	1	0	0
Suffolk	0	1	0	0
Rowan	0	0	1	0
Alfred	0	0	1	0
Webster	0	0	1	0
Manchester	0	0	1	0
N.Central Coll.	0	0	1	0
William Peace	0	0	1	0
Marietta	0	0	1	0
Trinity, TX	0	0	1	0
Alfred St.	0	0	1	0
Coe	0	0	1	0
Marywood	0	0	1	0
Gettysburg	0	0	1	0
Drew	0	0	1	0
RPI	0	0	1	0
UMass Dartmouth	0	0	1	0
St.John's, MN	0	0	1	0
WPI	0	0	1	0
Cortland St.	0	0	1	0
Chatham	0	0	1	0
Wittenberg	0	0	1	0
UW-Stev.Point	0	0	1	0
N.Central Univ.	0	0	1	0
LeTourneau	0	0	1	0
Wilson	0	0	1	0
Manhattanville	0	0	1	0
RMC	0	0	1	0
Benedictine	0	0	1	0
Westfield St.	0	0	1	0
Arcadia	0	0	1	0
Tufts	0	0	1	0
Lycoming	0	0	0	1
St.John Fisher	0	0	0	1
Greenville	0	0	0	1
Ripon	0	0	0	1
Transylvania	0	0	0	1
Carthage	0	0	0	1
Pfeiffer	0	0	0	1
Heidelberg	0	0	0	1
St.Thomas, TX	0	0	0	1
Pitt-Greensburg	0	0	0	1
Dubuque	0	0	0	1
Immaculata	0	0	0	1
F&M	0	0	0	1
Wilkes	0	0	0	1
RIT	0	0	0	1
Rhode Island	0	0	0	1
Carleton	0	0	0	1
Emerson	0	0	0	1
Oneonta St.	0	0	0	1
Grove City	0	0	0	1
Denison	0	0	0	1
UW-Stout	0	0	0	1
Northwestern	0	0	0	1
UMHB	0	0	0	1
St.Mary's, MD	0	0	0	1
SLC	0	0	0	1
VWU	0	0	0	1
Rockford	0	0	0	1
MCLA	0	0	0	1
Misericordia	0	0	0	1
Amherst	0	0	0	1
W.New England	0	0	0	1

Players with the most appearances in the HCAC Finals

Player	Finals Appearances	Years
Camden Smith	2	2023, 2024
Gavin Dowling	2	2023, 2024
Bryson Huckeby	2	2023, 2024
Elijah Mattingly	2	2023, 2024
Brayton Cain	2	2023, 2024
Jordan Gadis	2	2023, 2024
Alex Hunt	2	2023, 2024
DeMonte Ferguson	2	2023, 2024
Tate Ivanyo	2	2023, 2024
Ayden Brobston	2	2023, 2024
Landon Bair	2	2023, 2024
Kenney Troutman	2	2023, 2024
Jalen Bullock	2	2023, 2024
Phil Bessick	1	2023
Colin Young	1	2023
Ron Farrell	1	2023
Zachary Jackson	1	2023
Terry Hicks	1	2023
Max Chaplin	1	2023
Isaac Farnsworth	1	2023
Vuk Djuric	1	2023
Josiah McGee	1	2023
Willie Bowman	1	2023
Ben Olenick	1	2023
Bradley Harden	1	2023
Eddie Simon	1	2023
Gabe Adams	1	2023
Miles McGowen	1	2023
Kobe Stoudemire	1	2023
Jack Murphy	1	2023
Simon Blair	1	2023
Avery Paddock	1	2023
Cortland Jackson	1	2023
Fred Shropshire	1	2023
Grant Brown	1	2023
Max Greenamoyer	1	2024
Ty Houston	1	2024
Brice Gilman	1	2024
Matt Munoz	1	2024
Kaden McCollough	1	2024
Patrick Mitchell	1	2024
Jackson Bobo	1	2024
Cale Donoho	1	2024
Brandon Snodgrass	1	2024
Lucas Barron	1	2024
Rhett Johnson	1	2024
Michael Donohoe	1	2024
Luke Miller	1	2024
Kyle Crim	1	2024
Coleman Sater	1	2024
Cole Shumate	1	2024
Davis Olson	1	2024
Avery Saunders	1	2024
Cam Freeman	1	2024
William Herald	1	2024
CJ Walls	1	2024
Marco Beverly	1	2024
Bryce Williams	1	2024
Worthy Ebiringa	1	2024
Robert Davidson	1	2024
Cedric Anderson	1	2024

Players with the most HCAC titles

Player	Count	Years Won
Gavin Dowling	2	2023, 2024
Bryson Huckeby	2	2023, 2024
Elijah Mattingly	2	2023, 2024
Camden Smith	2	2023, 2024
Brayton Cain	2	2023, 2024
Jordan Gadis	2	2023, 2024
Alex Hunt	2	2023, 2024
DeMonte Ferguson	2	2023, 2024
Tate Ivanyo	2	2023, 2024
Ayden Brobston	2	2023, 2024
Landon Bair	2	2023, 2024
Kenney Troutman	2	2023, 2024
Jalen Bullock	2	2023, 2024
Phil Bessick	1	2023
Avery Paddock	1	2023
Cortland Jackson	1	2023
Fred Shropshire	1	2023
Grant Brown	1	2023
Marco Beverly	1	2024
Bryce Williams	1	2024
Worthy Ebiringa	1	2024
Robert Davidson	1	2024
Cedric Anderson	1	2024