GREENVILLE, S.C. – The University of Montevallo will join the Conference Carolinas as associate members for acrobatics & tumbling and men's and women's swimming as announced by the league and Vice President for Athletics and Special Programs, Mark Richard, Thursday.
Conference Carolinas will bolster 11 A&T programs with the addition of the Falcons. UM will compete independent of a conference for the 2025 season and will join Conference Carolinas for the 2025-26 academic year.
Montevallo swimming will join the Conference Carolinas immediately, growing the league to seven men's teams and eight women's. The Falcons' regular-season schedule for 2024-25 will remain the same. However, UM will now compete in the Conference Carolinas Swimming Championships, Feb. 19-22, 2025, in Cary, North Carolina.
"We are excited to join Conference Carolinas as associate members in the sports of swimming and acrobatics & tumbling," said Richard. "Conference Carolinas has presented a fantastic opportunity for our student-athletes in these sports to compete in a robust conference, earn recognition and compete for championships."
In 2025, A&T will begin its inaugural season at Montevallo as the sport was added in the summer of 2023. The first meet is schedule for Feb. 12 on the road against Talladega College. UM's inaugural home meet will be on Mar. 7 against Mars Hill at 5:30 p.m.
Montevallo is now part of three conference across its 23 NCAA Division II Intercollegiate Athletic programs. The Falcons are full members of the Gulf South Conference, an associate member of the Peach Belt Conference for men's lacrosse and an associate member of Conference Carolinas for men's wrestling, A&T and men's and women's swimming.
About Conference Carolinas
Conference Carolinas is a sole sponsor of 23 sports and collaborates with two other conferences to offer opportunities in four additional sports for a total of 27. The conference will be the sole sponsor of 24 sports (28 total including collaborations with other conferences) beginning in 2023-24. That number will advance to 25 sports (29 total including collaborations with other conferences) with the addition of football in the 2025-26 academic year.
The ability to provide its membership sports sponsorship in 29 sports is the most in all of NCAA Division II. In addition, Conference Carolinas also provides championship opportunities for its member institutions in esports and spirit (cheerleading and dance).
This is all in addition to holding Developmental Championships for its member institutions. A Developmental Championship will be held in men's and women's soccer, men's basketball and baseball in the 2022-23 academic year. Conference Carolinas is believed to be the first NCAA conference to offer sub-varsity championships to its members.
