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Interstate Athletic Conference

The Interstate Athletic Conference is an all-boys high school sports league made up of six private high schools in the Washington, D.C., area, competing in twelve varsity sports: baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, and wrestling. The IAC is widely regarded{{who|date=August 2011}} as one of the most competitive and talent-deep lacrosse leagues in the nation. Some schools in the IAC are co-ed, so they do not have as many boys to participate in athletics as some schools in the MAC and WCAC. For example, Gonzaga College High School (WCAC), has over 900 boys enrolled at the school while Episcopal High School (IAC) only has 435 boys and girls combined. Despite this, the IAC is seen as on par with or surpassing the WCAC and the MAC and more competitive than the PVAC, the other private high school sports conferences in the Washington, D.C. area. The IAC is also known for its academics as it boasts 3 of the most elite boarding schools in the country.{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/most-elite-boarding-schools-in-the-us-2014-12?op=1%3Fr%3DUS|title = The 50 Most Elite Boarding Schools in the US}}

Each year, the conference awards the Founder's Cup to the school that is most successful across all sports.

Members

class="wikitable"
School

! Location

!Colors

!Established

!Enrollment

!Team name

!Joined

Bullis School

| Potomac, Maryland

|{{Color box|navy|

}{{Color box|Gold||}}

|1930

|745

|Bulldogs

| -

|-

| Episcopal High School

| Alexandria, Virginia

|{{Color box|Maroon||}}{{Color box|Black||}}

|1839

|435

|Maroon

| -

|-

| Georgetown Preparatory School

| North Bethesda, Maryland

|{{Color box|#001e4c||}}{{Color box|#9c918b||}}

|1789

|490

|Hoyas

| -

|-

| Landon School

| Bethesda, Maryland

|{{Color box|Brown||}}{{Color box|White||}}

|1929

|670

|Bears

| -

|-

| St. Albans School

| Washington, D.C.

|{{Color box|Navy||}}{{Color box|White||}}

|1909

|575

|Bulldogs

| -

|-

| St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School

| Alexandria, Virginia

|{{Color box|Red||}}{{Color box|White||}}{{Color box|Green||}}

|1924

|450

|Saints

| -

|}

Past members

class="wikitable"

!School

!Location

!Colors

!Established

!Enrollment

!Team name

!Joined

!Left

Sidwell Friends School

|Washington, D.C.

|{{Color box|Maroon|

}{{Color box|Gray||}}

|1883

|1,150

|Quakers

| -

|1999

|-

|Saint James School

|St. James, Maryland

|{{Color box|Maroon||}}{{Color box|White||}}

|1842

|235

|Saints

| -

| 1974

|}

History

The IAC was founded in 1938 as the Academic Athletic Association and later named Interstate Academic Conference before becoming the Interstate Athletic Association.https://www.stalbansschool.org/iac-championships

  • 1970: Georgetown Prep's football team is banned from the league. This ban lasts 11 years.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62133-2004Dec13.html "Prep Is Too Good For Its Conference"] by Tarik El-Bashir, [https://www.washingtonpost.com Washington Post]
  • 1990: Sidwell Friends withdraws from league play in football.{{Cite news |last=Eichelberger |first=Curtis |date=1990-01-15 |title=SIDWELL FOOTBALL LEAVES IAC |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1990/01/15/sidwell-football-leaves-iac/a391a197-c29a-459b-a5d0-a522b68aacb2/ |access-date= |work=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}
  • 2004: League Headmasters meet and decide to remove Georgetown Prep's football team, citing the school's larger number of male students and higher football aspirations than the league's other schools. Prep returned to the IAC for football in 2014.{{Cite web |last=Grimes |first=Prince J. |date=2014-08-06 |title=Georgetown Prep football comes home |url=https://www.somdnews.com/archive/sports/georgetown-prep-football-comes-home/article_dc08304b-1afa-5228-9bf4-ab35e184bde8.html |access-date= |website=SoMdNews.com |language=en}}

Notable athletes and coaches

=Landon School=

=Episcopal High School=

=St. Albans School=

=Bullis School=

=Georgetown Preparatory School=

=St. Stephens and St. Agnes School=

=Sidwell Friends School (1999 and earlier)=

References

{{Interstate Athletic Conference}}

Category:High school sports conferences and leagues in Washington, D.C.

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