men's soccer affiliates Eastern New Mexico, Midwestern State, Texas–Permian Basin (UTPB) and West Texas A&M returned to their primary home conference once the Lone Star began to re-sponsor the sport. Member schools Final members The Heartland had nine final full members, all but three were private schools: Notes Final affiliate members The Heartland had four final affiliate members, all were public schools: Notes Prior full members The Heartland had ten former full members, half were public schools and another half were private schools: Notes Membership timeline Sports Dallas Baptist's baseball team competed in NCAA Division I for much of its Heartland Conference tenure. At the time the league disbanded, the Patriots were single-sport members of the Missouri Valley Conference. The Heartland Conference sponsored 13 sports, seven for women and six for men. Men's sponsored sports by school Women's sponsored sports by school Other sponsored sports by school ‡ — D-I sport National championships Arkansas-Fort Smith (as Westark Junior College) won the 1981 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJACC) men's basketball national championship. St. Mary's won NAIA national championships in Softball (1986) and Men's Basketball (1989). St. Mary's Men's Golf team was named the Golf Coaches Association of America 2008-2009 Academic National Champions, which St. Mary's treats as a fifth team national. Dallas Baptist won the 2003 National Christian College Athletic Association Baseball national championship. Lubbock Christian won NAIA national championships in Baseball (1983 & 2009) and Softball (2008). References Sports in Laredo, Texas Sports organizations established in 1999 1999 establishments in the United States Sports leagues disestablished in 2019