Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
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Established	1912
Members	10
Sports fielded	14 (7 men's, 7 women's)
Region	South Atlantic States
States	3 - Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina
Headquarters	Hampton, Virginia
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The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) is a college athletic conference made up of historically black colleges in the Southeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division II.

The CIAA is divided into Eastern and Western Divisions in all of the sports except track and field/cross country and baseball, and sponsors 16 annual championships.

Overall attendance at official CIAA events topped 165,000 people in 2007 – up from about 155,000 for last year’s event. Several of the teams have claimed national championships in their respective sports.

History

The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, founded on the campus of Hampton Institute (now Hampton University) in 1912, is the oldest African-American athletic conference in the United States. When the conference was founded, it was originally known as the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Its founding fathers were Allen Washington and C.H. Williams of Hampton Institute; Ernest J. Marshall of Howard University; George Johnson of Lincoln University, PA ; W.E. Atkins, Charles Frasher and H.P. Hargrave of Shaw University; and J.W. Barco and J.W. Pierce of Virginia Union University.

The conference’s football legacy dates back to 1892. That year Livingstone College and Johnson C. Smith University (then Biddle University) played in the first football game between two African-American colleges. Other CIAA’s member institutions included Bowie State University, Elizabeth City State University, Fayetteville State University, Johnson C. Smith University, Livingstone College, St. Augustine's College, St. Paul’s College, Shaw University, Virginia State University, and Virginia Union University.

Saint Paul's College's football program was disbanded after the 1987 season. In 2002 it was revived for 3 seasons until its 2005 reestablishment of it football program in NCAA play. Saint Augustine's football program was gone for nearly three decades before it was reinstated in 2002. Shaw University had their football program reinstated in 2003 after 24 years without one. Chowan University and Lincoln University of Pennsylvania were classified as associate members until the 2008 Football. Lincoln University, PA, a charter member in 1912, added varsity football in 2008 and was re-admitted into the CIAA. Chowan University also joined the CIAA in 2008 for football only.

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Basketball Tournament

The CIAA annual Basketball Tournament is the third most attended athletic event in collegiate sports after the Atlantic Coast Conference and Big East tournaments.^{citation needed} It is the first NCAA Division II conference to have its tournament televised as part of Championship Week on ESPN. Over 165,000 fans attend the 2007 CIAA tournament.^{citation needed}

Cheerleading

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The CIAA cheering squads practice Stomp 'N Shake that incorporates voice, gymnastics, and dance. Over the past few decades, S-N-S has evolved into a more technical style, priding itself of precision, accuracy, and creativity. Included in this style are the techniques of up-stomp, up-step, down-stomp, kick, side-kick, roll, roll-break, power-arms, slpaz-hand, clasp, blade, and the shakes(car-wash shake, single shake, double shake, hit-shake, and jiggle-pop).

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