Apr 23, 2024 2 min read

NEW WILMINGTON – Hiram College will be returning to the Presidents’ Athletic Conference as the league’s 12th full-time member, it was announced Tuesday.

Hiram will become a full-time PAC member with all voting and membership rights effective on July 1, 2024, with competition in all sports set to begin in the 2025-26 academic year.

Hiram was previously a member of the PAC from 1971 through the spring of 1989. During its prior 18-year tenure, Hiram won 13 team championships, including multiple titles in men’s basketball (five), women’s track and field (three) and baseball (two). In addition to the 13 team championships, Hiram also has 71 individual championships.

Hiram has been a member of the North Coast Athletic Conference since 1998.

Hiram fields 23 varsity athletic teams, including 12 men’s and 11 women’s. Hiram will retain its current affiliation as a full-time member of the NCAC until June 30, 2025.

Though Hiram won’t begin full-time competition status in all current sports in the PAC until the 2025-26 year, it will begin play in men’s volleyball, which will initiate competition as the PAC’s 24th sport in the 2024-25 academic year, as they were previously accepted as a PAC affiliate member.

“On behalf of the entire Presidents’ Athletic Conference, as commissioner it is both an honor and a distinct privilege to welcome Hiram College and the Terrier athletic program back to the PAC,” said PAC commissioner Joe Onderko. “Hiram is a big part of the history of the PAC and adding them back to our ranks as a full member strengthens the league academically and athletically, as well as in terms of alumni and fan engagement.

“With 12 full members, the PAC is now the largest it has ever been in its nearly 70-year history, which provides us with numerous strategic advantages as we boldly move into a new era of college athletics.”