Yankee Small College Conference

Yankee Small College Conference is a Division II conference in the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA). The conference consists of two-year and four-year schools from Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York State.[1] The conference hosted its first championships in the 2008–09 season, and in 2011, the conference expanded to include Hampshire College and four new members from the disbanded Sunrise Athletic Conference of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).[1]

Yankee Small College Conference
ConferenceUSCAA
Founded2005
Sports fielded
  • 12
    • men's: 6
    • women's: 6
DivisionDivision II
No. of teams10 full, 1 affiliate
HeadquartersSt. Johnsbury, Vermont
Official websitehttp://www.yankeeconference.org/

Member schools

edit

Current members

edit
Institution Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment Nickname Joined
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Albany, New York 1881 Non-profit,
& Nonsectarian
1,384 Panthers 2020–21
Central Maine Community College Auburn, Maine 1963 Public[a] 2,700 Mustangs 2008–09
Great Bay Community College Portsmouth, New Hampshire 1945 Public[a] 2,217 Herons 2008–09
Hampshire College Amherst, Massachusetts 1965 Non-profit,
& Nonsectarian
1,400 Black Sheep 2011–12
NHTI – Concord's Community College Concord, New Hampshire 1961 Public[a] 3,926 Lynx 2008–09
Paul Smith's College Paul Smiths, New York 1946 Non-profit,
& Nonsectarian
1,000 Bobcats 2011–12
Southern Maine Community College South Portland, Maine 1946 Public[a] 7,006 Seawolves 2008–09
York County Community College Wells, Maine 1994 Public[a] 1,708 Hawks 2021–22
University of Maine at Augusta Augusta, Maine 1965 Public[b] 6,000 Moose 2008–09
Vermont State University Randolph Randolph, Vermont 1866 Public[c] 1,453 Knights 2011–12
Notes

Affiliate members

edit
Institution Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment Nickname Joined Primary
conference
YSCC
sport
Northern Essex Community College Haverhill, Massachusetts 1961 Public[a] 5,115 Knights 2020–21 Massachusetts (MCCAA)
(NJCAA Region XXI)
softball
Notes
  1. ^ Also a junior college.

Former members

edit
Institution Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment Nickname Joined Left Current
conference
College of St. Joseph Rutland, Vermont 1956 Catholic
(Diocese of Burlington)
N/A Fighting Saints 2011–12 2018–19 N/A[a]
University of Maine at Machias Machias, Maine 1909 Public[b] 800 Clippers 2011–12 2019–20 N/A[c]
Unity College Unity, Maine 1965 Private, Nonprofit, & Nonsectarian 2,923 Rams 2008–09 2019–20 N/A[d]
Notes
  1. ^ St. Joseph (Vt.) closed after the 2018–19 school year.
  2. ^ Part of the University of Maine System.
  3. ^ Maine–Machias suspended its athletics program after the 2019–20 school year.
  4. ^ Unity College discontinued its athletics program and exited the YCCC after the 2019–20 school year.[2]

Conference sports

edit
Conference sports
Sport Men's Women's
Baseball
 Y
Basketball
 Y
 Y
Bowling
 Y
 Y
Cross Country
 Y
 Y
Golf
 Y
Soccer
 Y
 Y
Softball
 Y
Volleyball
 Y

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ a b Staff (June 6, 2011). "UM-Machias joins Yankee Small College Conference". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
  2. ^ "History of the Yankee Small College Conference". Retrieved July 25, 2022.
edit