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The Dickinson State Blue Hawks are an NAIA powerhouse in football, and DSU athletics have always been a rival of MSU-Northern. Soon, they'll be a conference rival as they are set to join the Frontier Conference in 2025.
They were once a brief part of the Frontier Conference. Soon, they will be again.
Recently, the Frontier announced that Dickinson State will join the league as a full member, and become the 10th football member of the league.
Full membership will occur for the 2025-26 academic year.
"I join the Frontier Conference members in warmly welcoming Dickinson State University as our newest member. We forecast great things on the horizon and continued athletic prowess with this key addition to our membership," said Dr. Scott Crawford, Frontier Conference Commissioner. "I envision a number of positive outcomes with this decision including future expansion into sports including baseball, softball and competitive cheer."
Dickinson State will return to the Frontier where they were a member for the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons. The Blue Hawks will depart the North Star Athletic Association which has been their primary conference since 2014.
"We have enjoyed competing in the North Star conference and we wish our North Star competitors much continued success," stated Dickinson State President Steve Easton. "But we are excited to join the Frontier Conference, which is one of the top NAIA conferences in the entire country. With many Blue Hawk student-athletes from Montana and a long history of competing against Frontier Conference universities in the non-conference season in several sports, we look forward to strengthening our rivalries with our friends from the Frontier Conference."
DSU's NAIA athletics teams include football, volleyball, men's and women's cross-country, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's track and field, men's and women's golf, softball, baseball, cheer, and men's and women's wrestling. The newest Blue Hawk NAIA sport is women's wrestling, which is currently in its first year of competition. Non-NAIA DSU sports include rodeo, e-sports, and shooting (trap) sports, all of which are co-ed.
The addition of Dickinson State will give the Frontier seven full-time members in women's volleyball, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's golf, men's and women's track and field. It also brings the conference to 10 football programs with six full-time members and four associate members.
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