Editing Big Sky Conference (section)

===Fiftieth anniversary===
The 2012–13 season marked the completion of a half century of athletic competition and a quarter century sponsoring women's collegiate athletics. Before the season the league introduced a new logo to celebrate this.

The 25th season of women's athletics also marked a first for the league, as Portland State won the league's inaugural softball championship. From 1982 to 1988, women's sports were conducted in the [[Mountain West Athletic Conference]].

The Big Sky sponsors championships in sixteen sports, including men's and women's cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field, basketball, and tennis. There are also championships in football, and in women's volleyball, golf, soccer, and softball.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bigskyconf.com/story.aspx?filename=gen_0530133147&file_date=5/30/2013&path=general|title=Big Sky Set to Celebrate Anniversaries|website=Big Sky Conference|access-date=March 2, 2017}}</ref> It is one of two Division I all-sports conferences to not sponsor baseball, the other being the [[Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference]].