LAST WORD

... the presidents came to a consensus that the conference itself would cease to exist in its current form if St. Thomas remained.”

Julie Sullivan, president of Division III St. Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on why the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is having the Tommies “involuntarily removed” in 2021. The conference presidents’ council made the move for “athletic competitive parity.” St. Thomas, a member since 1920, has won the men’s and women’s All-Sports Trophy the past 12 years.