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'''Yankee Small College Conference''' is a Division II conference in the [[United States Collegiate Athletic Association]]. The conference consists of two-year and four-year schools from [[Maine]], [[New Hampshire]], [[Vermont]], and [[New York (state)|New York State]].<ref name="joins">{{cite news|last=Staff|work=[[Bangor Daily News]]|url=http://bangordailynews.com/2011/06/06/sports/um-machias-joins-yankee-small-college-conference/|title=UM-Machias joins Yankee Small College Conference|date=June 6, 2011|access-date=July 2, 2011}}</ref> 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]] ([[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]]).<ref name="joins"/>
'''Yankee Small College Conference''' is a Division II conference in the [[United States Collegiate Athletic Association]]. The conference consists of two-year and four-year schools from [[Maine]], [[New Hampshire]], [[Vermont]], and [[New York (state)|New York State]].<ref name="joins">{{cite news|last=Staff|work=[[Bangor Daily News]]|url=http://bangordailynews.com/2011/06/06/sports/um-machias-joins-yankee-small-college-conference/|title=UM-Machias joins Yankee Small College Conference|date=June 6, 2011|access-date=July 2, 2011}}</ref> 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]] ([[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]]).<ref name="joins"/>


==Member schools==
== Current members ==
===Current members===

{| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
|-
!Institution
! Institution
!Location
! Location
!Founded
! Founded
!Affiliation
! Affiliation
!Enrollment
! Enrollment
! Nickname
!Year<br>Joined
! Joined
!Team Nickname
|-
|-
|[[Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences]]
| '''[[Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences]]'''
|[[Albany, New York]]
| [[Albany, New York]]
|1881
| 1881
|[[Private university|Private]]
| [[Private university|Private]]
|1,384
| 1,384
| [[ACPHS Panthers|Panthers]]
|2020
| 2020–21
|Panthers
|-
|-
|[[Central Maine Community College]]
| '''[[Central Maine Community College]]'''
|[[Auburn, Maine]]
| [[Auburn, Maine]]
|1963
| 1963
|[[Public university|Public]] [[Junior college]]
| Public{{efn|group=full|name=JUCO|Also a [[junior college]].}}
|2,700
| 2,700
| Mustangs
|2008
| 2008–09
|Mustangs
|-
|-
|[[Great Bay Community College]]
| '''[[Great Bay Community College]]'''
|[[Portsmouth, New Hampshire]]
| [[Portsmouth, New Hampshire]]
|1945
| 1945
| Public{{efn|group=full|name=JUCO}}
|[[Public university|Public]] [[Junior college]]
|2,217
| 2,217
| Herons
|2008
| 2008–09
|Herons
|-
|-
|[[Hampshire College]]
| '''[[Hampshire College]]'''
|[[Amherst, Massachusetts]]
| [[Amherst, Massachusetts]]
|1965
| 1965
|[[Private university|Private]]
| [[Private university|Private]]
|1,400
| 1,400
| Black Sheep
|2011
| 2011–12
|Black Sheep
|-
|-
|[[NHTI, Concord's Community College]]
| '''[[NHTI, Concord's Community College]]'''
|[[Concord, New Hampshire]]
| [[Concord, New Hampshire]]
|1961
| 1961
| Public{{efn|group=full|name=JUCO}}
|[[Public university|Public]] [[Junior college]]
|3,926
| 3,926
| Lynx
|2008
| 2008–09
|Lynx
|-
|-
| [[Paul Smith's College]]
| '''[[Paul Smith's College]]'''
| [[Paul Smiths, New York]]
| [[Paul Smiths, New York]]
| 1946
| 1946
| [[Private school|Private]]
| [[Private school|Private]]
| 1,000
| 1,000
| 2011
| Bobcats
| Bobcats
| 2011–12
|-
|-
|[[Southern Maine Community College]]
| '''[[Southern Maine Community College]]'''
|[[South Portland, Maine]]
| [[South Portland, Maine]]
|1946
| 1946
| Public{{efn|group=full|name=JUCO}}
|[[Public university|Public]] [[Junior college]]
|7,006
| 7,006
| Seawolves
|2008
| 2008–09
|Seawolves
|-
|-
|[[University of Maine at Augusta]]
| {{sort|Maine–Augusta|'''[[University of Maine at Augusta]]'''}}
|[[Augusta, Maine]]
| [[Augusta, Maine]]
|1965
| 1965
| Public{{efn|group=full|name=UMeS|Part of the [[University of Maine System]].}}
|[[Public university|Public]]
|6,000
| 6,000
| [[Maine–Augusta Moose|Moose]]
|2008
| 2008–09
|Moose
|-
|-
|[[Vermont Technical College]]
| '''[[Vermont Technical College]]'''
|[[Randolph, Vermont]]
| [[Randolph, Vermont]]
|1866
| 1866
|[[Public university|Public]]
| Public
| 1,453
| 1,453
| 2011
| Knights
| 2011–12
|Knights
|-
|}
|}

;Notes:
{{notelist|group=full}}


===Affiliate members===
===Affiliate members===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!Institution
! Institution
!Location
! Location
! Founded
!Nickname
! Affiliation
!Founded
! Enrollment
!Type
! Nickname
!Enrollment
!Joined
! Joined
!Primary<br>conference
! Primary<br>conference
!YSCC<br>sport
! YSCC<br>sport
|-
|-
! [[Northern Essex Community College]]
| '''[[Northern Essex Community College]]'''
| [[Haverhill, Massachusetts]]
| [[Haverhill, Massachusetts]]
|Knights
| 1961
| 1961
| |[[Public university|Public]] [[Junior college]]
| Public{{efn|group=full|name=JUCO|Also a [[junior college]].}}
| 5,115
| 5,115
| 2020
| Knights
| 2020–21
| [[NJCAA Region 21]]
| [[Massachusetts Community College Athletic Association|Massachusetts (MCCAA)]]<br>{{small|(NJCAA Region XXI)}}
| Softball
| softball
|}
|}

;Notes:
{{notelist|group=aff}}


===Former members===
===Former members===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!Institution
! Institution
!Location
! Location
! Founded
!Nickname
! Affiliation
!Founded
! Enrollment
!Type
! Nickname
!Joined
! Joined
!Left
! Left
!Current conference or reason
! Current<br>conference
|-
|-
| [[College of St. Joseph]]
| '''[[College of St. Joseph]]'''
| [[Rutland (city), Vermont|Rutland, Vermont]]
| [[Rutland (city), Vermont|Rutland, Vermont]]
| Fighting Saints
| 1956
| 1956
| [[Catholic Church|Catholic]]<br>{{small|([[Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington|Diocese of Burlington]])}}
| [[Private school|Private]]
| 2011
| N/A
| Fighting Saints
| 2019
| 2011–12
| College closed
| 2018–19
| N/A{{efn|group=former|St. Joseph (Vt.) closed after the 2018–19 school year.}}
|-
|-
| [[University of Maine at Machias]]
| {{sort|Maine–Machias|'''[[University of Maine at Machias]]'''}}
| [[Machias, Maine]]
| [[Machias, Maine]]
| Clippers
| 1909
| 1909
| Public{{efn|group=former|name=UMeS|Part of the [[University of Maine System]].}}
| [[Public university|Public]]
| 2011
| 800
| [[Maine–Machias Clippers|Clippers]]
| 2020
| 2011–12
| Athletics suspended
| 2019–20
| N/A{{efn|group=former|Maine–Machias suspended its athletics program after the 2019–20 school year.}}
|-
|-
| [[Unity College (Maine)|Unity College]]
| '''[[Unity College (Maine)|Unity College]]'''
| [[Unity, Maine]]
| [[Unity, Maine]]
| Rams
| 1965
| 1965
| Nonsectarian
| [[Private university|Private]]
| 2008
| 2,923
| 2020
| Rams
| 2008–09
| College closed<ref name=closure>{{cite web |url=http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/03/22/college-st-joseph-vermont-announces-it-will-close |title=Another Vermont College Will Close |first=Scott |last=Jaschik |work=[[Inside Higher Ed]] |date=March 22, 2019 |access-date=March 28, 2019}}</ref>
| 2019–20
| Independent{{efn|group=former|Unity (Me.) closed after the 2019–20 school year.<ref name=closure>{{cite web |url=http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/03/22/college-st-joseph-vermont-announces-it-will-close |title=Another Vermont College Will Close |first=Scott |last=Jaschik |work=[[Inside Higher Ed]] |date=March 22, 2019 |access-date=March 28, 2019}}</ref> However, the school was re-opened as of August 2021.}}
|}
|}

;Notes:
{{notelist|group=former}}


==Conference sports==
==Conference sports==

Revision as of 14:09, 11 May 2022

Yankee Small College Conference
AssociationUSCAA
Sports fielded
  • 12
    • men's: 6
    • women's: 6
DivisionDivision II
Official websitehttp://www.yankeeconference.org/

Yankee Small College Conference is a Division II conference in the United States Collegiate Athletic Association. 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 (NAIA).[1]

Member schools

Current members

Institution Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment Nickname Joined
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Albany, New York 1881 Private 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 Private 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 Private 1,000 Bobcats 2011–12
Southern Maine Community College South Portland, Maine 1946 Public[a] 7,006 Seawolves 2008–09
University of Maine at Augusta Augusta, Maine 1965 Public[b] 6,000 Moose 2008–09
Vermont Technical College Randolph, Vermont 1866 Public 1,453 Knights 2011–12
Notes
  1. ^ a b c d Also a junior college.
  2. ^ Part of the University of Maine System.

Affiliate members

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

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 Nonsectarian 2,923 Rams 2008–09 2019–20 Independent[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 (Me.) closed after the 2019–20 school year.[2] However, the school was re-opened as of August 2021.

Conference sports

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

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Staff (June 6, 2011). "UM-Machias joins Yankee Small College Conference". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
  2. ^ Jaschik, Scott (March 22, 2019). "Another Vermont College Will Close". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
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