UMAC announces cancellations in response to COVID-19
ST. PAUL, Minn.---Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and in consideration of the health and safety of our student-athletes, coaches, staff, and campus communities, the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Council of Presidents and Chancellors announced Monday, March 16,
that they have unanimously voted to cancel all remaining regular season conference contests for the 2020 spring sports season including the sports of baseball, softball, men’s tennis and women’s tennis. In addition, the Council unanimously voted to cancel the postseason tournaments and championship events for 2020 spring sports including baseball, softball, men’s tennis, women’s tennis, men’s outdoor track and field and women’s outdoor track and field. As part of this decision, the conference will not recognize any further UMAC weekly awards or any all-conference and postseason honors or academic all-conference honorees.
This was an extremely difficult decision for the conference given the impact this decision has on student-athletes, families of student-athletes, spectators, coaches, officials, institutional personnel and others in our member communities. The decision comes following the NCAA Board of Governors’ decision to cancel the remaining winter and spring NCAA Championships for all three divisions.
Each UMAC member institution has the autonomy to make independent decisions regarding other spring sports athletics-related activity, including non-conference competition and practices, as well as non-traditional spring segment practices and permissible competition for other applicable sports.
The UMAC has created a
Frequently Asked Questions document to assist in navigating this situation. Additionally, institutional updates and past conference updates can be found on the
UMAC COVID-19 Resources and Updates page.