New England Collegiate Conference

New England Collegiate Conference
	NECC
Established	2007
Association	NCAA
Division	Division III
Members	10 (9 main members + 1 provisional member)
Sports fielded	16 men's: 8; women's: 8; ;
Region	New England
Headquarters	Mansfield, Massachusetts
Commissioner	Jacob VanRyn (since 2019)
Website	neccathletics.com
Locations

The New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) is an NCAA Division III college athletic conference based in the Northeastern United States.

History

In June 2007, nine colleges from New England announced the creation of a new athletic conference under the same NECC name.

The league, which began operations July 1, 2008, as a Division III conference, currently includes Bay Path College (Longmeadow, Mass.), Becker College (Leicester, Mass.), Dean College (Franklin, Mass.), Elms College (Chicopee, Mass.), Lesley University (Cambridge, Massachusetts), Mitchell College (New London, Conn.), Newbury College (Brookline, Mass.), Southern Vermont College (Bennington, Vt.), Eastern Nazarene College (Quincy, Mass.) and New England College (Henniker, N.H.) as members.

Southern Vermont College and Newbury College both announced they would cease operations after the 2018–19 academic year.[1][2]

Sports

**Conference sports**
Sport	Men's	Women's
Baseball	Y
Basketball	Y	Y
Cross Country	Y	Y
Field hockey		Y
Golf	Y
Lacrosse	Y	Y
Soccer	Y	Y
Softball		Y
Volleyball	Y	Y

Member schools

Full members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Joined
Bay Path University†	Longmeadow, Massachusetts	Wildcats	1897	Private	3,225	2008
Becker College	Worcester, Massachusetts	Hawks	1784	Private	2,079	2008
Dean College±	Franklin, Massachusetts	Bulldogs	1865	Private	1,055	2017
Elms College	Chicopee, Massachusetts	Blazers	1899	Catholic	1,713	2008
Lesley University	Cambridge, Massachusetts	Lynx	1909	Private	9,625	2008
Mitchell College	New London, Connecticut	Mariners	1938	Private	1,000	2008
Eastern Nazarene College	Quincy, Massachusetts	Lions	1900	Private (Nazarene)	1,063	2018
New England College	Henniker, New Hampshire	Pilgrims	1946	Private	2,000	2018

† - Women's college, therefore not competing in men's sports
± - Started four-year provisional NCAA membership in 2017–18
Dean College will leave after the 2019–20 academic year for the Great Northeast Athletic Conference.[3]

Associate members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Joined	Primary Conference	NECC Sport
Babson College	Wellesley, Massachusetts	Beavers	1919	Private	3,200	2009–10	NEWMAC	Men's golf
Endicott College	Beverly, Massachusetts	Gulls	1939	Private	4,600	2011–12	CCC	Men's volleyball
Nichols College	Dudley, Massachusetts	Bison	1815	Private	1,915	2018–19	CCC	Men's volleyball
Northern Vermont University–Johnson	Johnson, Vermont	Badgers	1828[lower-alpha 1]	Public	1,333	2019–20	NAC	Men's volleyball
Springfield College	Springfield, Massachusetts	Pride	1885	Private	5,062	2008–09	NEWMAC	Men's golf
Manhattanville College	Purchase, New York	Valiants	1841	Private	2,494	2019-20	Skyline Conference	Woman's Field Hockey

Northern Vermont University was founded in 2018 by the merger of Johnson State College, founded in 1828, and Lyndon State College, founded in 1911. The two campuses continue to operate separate athletic programs.

Future associate members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Joining	Primary conference	NECC sport
The Sage Colleges (Sage)[lower-alpha 1]	Albany, New York[lower-alpha 2]	Gators	1916[lower-alpha 3]	Private	850[lower-alpha 4]	2020–21[4]	Empire 8	Men's volleyball

The Sage Colleges, which are recognized by the NECC, NCAA, and the state of New York as a single institution, consist of three components—the women-only Russell Sage College, the coeducational Sage College of Albany (SCA), and the Sage Graduate Schools. In the context of the NECC, Sage's team consists exclusively of SCA students, since SCA is the only Sage component that enrolls male undergraduates.
Sage has campuses in both Albany and Troy, New York, but SCA operates only in Albany.
The Sage Colleges date their history to the establishment of Russell Sage College in 1916. SCA was established in 1949 and adopted its current name in 2002.
Reflects only enrollment in SCA, as it is the only Sage component from which men's volleyball can draw players. Sage's overall undergraduate enrollment is about 1,600.

Former members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Founded	Type	Joined	Left	Current Conference
Daniel Webster College	Nashua, New Hampshire	Eagles	1965	Private	2008	2017	N/A (ceased operations)
Newbury College	Brookline, Massachusetts	Nighthawks	1962	Private	2008	2019	N/A (ceased operations)
Regis College¹	Weston, Massachusetts	Pride	1927	Catholic	2011	2017	GNAC
Southern Vermont College	Bennington, Vermont	Mountaineers	1926	Private	2008	2019	N/A (ceased operations)
Wheelock College	Boston, Massachusetts	Wildcats	1888	Private	2008	2018	N/A (merged with Boston University)

Membership timeline

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References

Therrien, Jim (March 4, 2019). "Shock as Southern Vermont College announces closing". Berkshire Eagle. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
Krantz, Laura; Fernandes, Deirdre (December 14, 2018). "Newbury College to shut down in the spring". Boston Globe.
https://www.thegnac.com/general/2019-20/releases/20190709m6sfsz
"Sage Men's Volleyball to Join NECC as Associate Member in 2020-21" (Press release). New England Collegiate Conference. August 19, 2019. Retrieved January 30, 2020.

External links

Official website

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[4] Northern Vermont University was founded in 2018 by the merger of Johnson State College, founded in 1828, and Lyndon State College, founded in 1911. The two campuses continue to operate separate athletic programs.

[5] The Sage Colleges, which are recognized by the NECC, NCAA, and the state of New York as a single institution, consist of three components—the women-only Russell Sage College, the coeducational Sage College of Albany (SCA), and the Sage Graduate Schools. In the context of the NECC, Sage's team consists exclusively of SCA students, since SCA is the only Sage component that enrolls male undergraduates.

[6] Sage has campuses in both Albany and Troy, New York, but SCA operates only in Albany.

[7] The Sage Colleges date their history to the establishment of Russell Sage College in 1916. SCA was established in 1949 and adopted its current name in 2002.

[8] Reflects only enrollment in SCA, as it is the only Sage component from which men's volleyball can draw players. Sage's overall undergraduate enrollment is about 1,600.

[1] Therrien, Jim (March 4, 2019). "Shock as Southern Vermont College announces closing". Berkshire Eagle. Retrieved March 12, 2019.

[2] Krantz, Laura; Fernandes, Deirdre (December 14, 2018). "Newbury College to shut down in the spring". Boston Globe.

[3] ttps://www.thegnac.com/general/2019-20/releases/20190709m6sfsz

[9] "Sage Men's Volleyball to Join NECC as Associate Member in 2020-21" (Press release). New England Collegiate Conference. August 19, 2019. Retrieved January 30, 2020.