Summit League women's basketball tournament

Summit League women's basketball tournament
Summit League Conference tournament logo (2008-present)
SportCollege basketball
ConferenceSummit League
Number of teams9
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumDenny Sanford Premier Center
Current locationSioux Falls, South Dakota
Played1993–present
Last contest2025
Current championSouth Dakota State Jackrabbits (12)
Most championshipsSouth Dakota State Jackrabbits (12)
TV partner(s)Midco Sports, CBS Sports Network
Official websiteTheSummitLeague.org Women's Basketball

The Summit League women's basketball tournament has existed since 1993. The winner of the tournament receives the Summit League's automatic bid into the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship.

The Summit League was known as the Association of Mid-Continent Universities (AMCU) from 1982–1989 and Mid-Continent Conference from 1989–2007.

Tournament champions

Year (Seed) Champion Score Runner-up Tournament MVP
1992–93 (1) Northern Illinois 75–58 (2) Wisconsin–Green Bay[a] Dawn Schirmacher, Wisconsin–Green Bay
1993–94 (2) Wisconsin–Green Bay[a] 73–70 (1) Northern Illinois E. C. Hill, Northern Illinois
1994–95 (1) Western Illinois 73–60 (2) Youngstown State Oberon Pitterson, Western Illinois
1995–96 (1) Youngstown State 53–43 (2) Buffalo Shannon Beach, Youngstown State
1996–97 (1) Troy State[b] 89–75 (2) Youngstown State Samantha Tomlinson, Troy State
1997–98 (1) Youngstown State 78–69 (2) Valparaiso Sarrah Stricklett, Valparaiso
1998–99 (4) Oral Roberts 57–52 (2) Youngstown State Krista Ragan, Oral Roberts
1999–00 (2) Youngstown State 73–57 (4) Valparaiso Brianne Kenneally, Youngstown State
2000–01 (2) Oral Roberts 61–46 (1) Oakland Krista Ragan, Oral Roberts
2001–02 (2) Oakland 52–40 (1) Valparaiso Sarah Judd, Oakland
2002–03 (4) Valparaiso 48–46 (6) Oakland Katie Boone, Valparaiso
2003–04 (2) Valparaiso 64–63 (4) Oral Roberts Leah Cannon, Oral Roberts
2004–05 (4) Oral Roberts 48–42 (7) UMKC[c] Elisha Turek, Oral Roberts
2005–06 (6) Oakland 65–56 (1) Western Illinois Anne Hafeli, Oakland
2006–07 (3) Oral Roberts 72–55 (1) Oakland Elisha Turek, Oral Roberts
2007–08 (4) Oral Roberts 66–53 (3) IUPUI Elisha Turek, Oral Roberts
2008–09 (1) South Dakota State 79–69 (2) Oakland Jennifer Warkenthien, South Dakota State
2009–10 (3) South Dakota State 79–75 (OT) (1) Oral Roberts Maria Boever, South Dakota State
2010–11 (3) South Dakota State 61–54 (4) Oakland Kristin Rotert, South Dakota State
2011–12 (1) South Dakota State 78–77 (OT) (3) UMKC[c] Jennie Sunnarborg, South Dakota State
2012–13 (1) South Dakota State 56–53 (3) South Dakota Ashley Eide, South Dakota State
2013–14 (4) South Dakota 82–71 (6) Denver Polly Harrington, South Dakota
2014–15 (2) South Dakota State 72–57 (1) South Dakota Nicole Seekamp, South Dakota
2015–16 (2) South Dakota State 61–55 (1) South Dakota Macy Miller, South Dakota State
2016–17 (1) Western Illinois 77–69 (OT) (2) IUPUI Emily Clemens, Western Illinois
2017–18 (2) South Dakota State 65–50 (1) South Dakota Macy Miller, South Dakota State
2018–19 (1) South Dakota State 83–71 (2) South Dakota Macy Miller, South Dakota State
2019–20 (1) South Dakota 63–58 (2) South Dakota State Hannah Sjerven, South Dakota
2020–21 (2) South Dakota 66-43 (8) Omaha Chloe Lamb, South Dakota
2021–22 (2) South Dakota 56–45 (1) South Dakota State Chloe Lamb (2), South Dakota
2022–23 (1) South Dakota State 93–51 (6) Omaha Haleigh Timmer, South Dakota State
2023–24 (1) South Dakota State 67–54 (2) North Dakota State Paige Meyer, South Dakota State
2024–25 (1) South Dakota State 84–68 (2) Oral Roberts Paige Meyer (2), South Dakota State
2025–26
  1. ^ a b Now athletically branded as Green Bay.
  2. ^ Now known as Troy.
  3. ^ a b Now athletically branded as Kansas City.

Tournament wins by school

School Championships Championship Years
South Dakota State 12 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024, 2025
Oral Roberts 5 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008
South Dakota 4 2014, 2020, 2021, 2022
Youngstown State 3 1996, 1998, 2000
Western Illinois 2 1995, 2017
Oakland 2 2002, 2006
Valparaiso 2 2003, 2004
Northern Illinois 1 1993
Green Bay 1 1994
Troy State 1 1997
  • Teams in bold are currently in the Summit League. Oral Roberts left for the Southland Conference after the 2011–12 season, but returned for 2014–15.
  • Teams in italics are former members.
  • Among current Summit League members, Denver, Kansas City, North Dakota State, and Omaha have reached the tournament final but failed to win the championship, while North Dakota and St. Thomas have yet to advance to the tournament final. Kansas City, which rejoined in 2020–21, had competed under its academic identity of UMKC during its previous Summit tenure (1994–95 to 2012–13).

Tournament locations

Year Location Notes
1993 Green Bay, Wisconsin
1994 DeKalb, Illinois
1995 Macomb, Illinois
1996 Buffalo, New York
1997
1998 Moline, Illinois
1999
2000 Fort Wayne, Indiana
2001
2002
2003 Kansas City, Missouri
2004
2005 Tulsa, Oklahoma
2006
2007
2008
2009 Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015 Highest attended Division I women's conference championship title game to date (6,926). Record has since been broken.[1]
2016
2017
2018 Highest attended Division I women's conference championship title game to date (8,704).
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024 Highest collective attendance in Summit League women's basketball tournament history to date (36,504)
2025

See also

References

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