The Detroit Sports Commission on Friday submitted 54 applications to bring 15 college championships in nine sports to the region in coming years, including NCAA basketball, hockey, wrestling and football across different divisions.

The nonprofit commission, in charge of seeking amateur and college events for the area, had to submit requests to host the events by Friday. It said it is seeking events in conjunction with the University of Detroit Mercy, Oakland University, the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Wayne State University, Adrian College, Olympia Entertainment and the Detroit Lions.

The NCAA in February released its championship site bid specifications for the four academic years from 2018-19 to 2021-22. Finalists will be announced Oct. 26 and winning sites on Dec. 7.

Separately, Palace Sports & Entertainment said Friday is has also submitted bids, with support from the commission, for the 2018-22 men's basketball tournament's First Four, first and second rounds, and regionals, along with the women's basketball regionals, and the women's volleyball and men's wrestling championships in those years. Those events would take place at The Palace of Auburn Hills.

Among the commission's own applications are to host the first and second rounds, and regionals, for the 2019-22 men's Division I basketball tournaments. UD Mercy and Oakland would be the host schools for those events, and the site would be the new Little Caesars Arena, which will open in September 2017 in Detroit.

The other Division I applications were for men's college wrestling championships in 2019-22 (with UM as the host school) and the men's "Frozen Four" hockey championship (with MSU as host). Those events would also be at Little Caesars Arena.

The commission is also seeking the Division I men's and women's golf championships at Oakland's Katke Cousins Golf Course in 2018-22.

Last year, the sports commission came up short in its bid for the 2019 college football national championship game at Ford Field, but this time is applying for the Division II and III football championships in 2018-21 there. The host schools would be WSU and Adrian.

The commission said it is proposing a championship football weekend at Ford Field with the Division II and III football championships played on the same days.

Other championships applied for Friday included Division II softball, Division II men's and women's golf, Division III baseball, Division III wrestling, and the college women's bowling and mixed-gender fencing championships. Various years were sought for each sport.

The Division III baseball championship would be played in 2019 at the former Tiger Stadium site that's being turned into Detroit PAL's Willie Horton Field.

The sports commission has successfully sought an array of college and amateur events since the organization was launched in 2005. Among them have been the Mid-American Conference football championship from 2004 through the present; the 2009 NCAA men's basketball Final Four; the 2010 NCAA men's Frozen Four; the 2015 Big Ten Conference men's hockey tournament; and, beginning earlier this year, the Horizon League's men's basketball tournament. It also has brought wrestling, bowling, gymnastics, skating and volleyball events.

The commission also organizes the annual Prep Kickoff Classic at the start of each high school football season. The event began in 2005, and today is played at WSU. Last year's seven games drew 14,504 fans.

The Detroit Sports Commission was launched in 2001 and was known until 2008 as the Detroit Metro Sports Commission. It markets the city for amateur and college sporting events, acts as a go-between for media and corporate relations, and provides organizational services. The commission is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit subsidiary of the Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau.

"The process was very extensive, but exciting to be a part of," Dave Beauchnau, Detroit Sports Commission executive director, said in a statement. "The effort put in from our team, the host institutions and our local sports organizations was tremendous, and we're proud of this collaborative effort as well as the future effect it could have on our community."