The New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) is an

NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...

Division III In sport, the Third Division, also called Division 3, Division Three, or Division III, is often the third-highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Association football *Belgian Thir ...

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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 conference, which began operations July 1, 2008, in Division III, currently includes

Lesley University Lesley University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education. As of 2018-19 Lesley University enrolled 6,593 students (2,707 undergraduate and 3,886 graduate). History ...

(Cambridge),

Mitchell College Mitchell College is a private college in New London, Connecticut. In Fall 2020 it had an enrollment of 572 students and a faculty of 68. Admission rate was 70%. The college offers associate and bachelor's degrees in fourteen subjects. Academ ...

(New London, Connecticut),

Eastern Nazarene College The Eastern Nazarene College (ENC) is a private, Christian college in Quincy, Massachusetts. Established as a holiness college in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1900, the college moved to Rhode Island for several years. With its expansion to a four-ye ...

(Quincy) and

New England College New England College (NEC) is a private liberal arts college in Henniker, New Hampshire. As of Fall 2020 New England College's enrollment was 4,327 students (1,776 undergraduate and 2,551 graduate). The college is regionally accredited by the N ...

(Henniker, New Hampshire) as members. Their indicated locations are in Massachusetts unless otherwise noted. Southern Vermont and Newbury both announced they would cease operations after the 2018–19 academic year, and founding member Becker College announced the same after the 2020–21 school year. Elms College joined the

Great Northeast Athletic Conference The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III. History Chronological timeline * 1995 - In 1995, the Great Northeast Athletic ...

, where it had competed as a swimming and diving affiliate since 2008, in the 2021-22 academic year. In July 2021, original member Bay Path was admitted to the

United States Collegiate Athletic Association The United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) is a national organization for the intercollegiate athletic programs of 72 mostly small colleges, including community/ junior colleges, across the United States. The USCAA holds 15 natio ...

(USCAA), implicitly leaving the conference and the NCAA. Within the past year, there have been changes.

Bard College Bard College is a private liberal arts college in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. The campus overlooks the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains, and is within the Hudson River Historic District—a National Historic Landmark. Founded in 1860, ...

joined the NECC for men's volleyball as an associate member beginning the spring of 2023. Lesley received and accepted an invitation to join the

North Atlantic Conference The North Atlantic Conference (NAC) is an athletic conference, affiliated with the NCAA ’s Division III, consisting primarily of small liberal arts colleges in the Northern New England states of Maine and Vermont, as well as New York. The con ...

(NEC), while Mitchell and New England College both accepted an invitation to the

(GNAC), all beginning the 2023-24 season.

Chronological timeline

* 2007 - On May 31, 2007, The New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) was founded. Charter members included Bay Path College (now Bay Path University),

Becker College Becker College was a private college in Worcester and Leicester, Massachusetts. Becker College traced its history from the union of two Massachusetts educational institutions—one founded in 1784 and the other in 1887. The college closed at t ...

, Daniel Webster College,

Elms College The College of Our Lady of the Elms, often called Elms College, is a private Roman Catholic in Chicopee, Massachusetts. History The Sisters of St. Joseph and the Diocese of Springfield co-founded Elms as a girls' preparatory academy in Pitt ...

, Newbury College,

Southern Vermont College Southern Vermont College was a private liberal arts college on the former Edward Everett Estate (originally The Orchards) near Bennington, Vermont. The college closed on May 31, 2019. History Southern Vermont College was founded in 1926 as St. ...

and

Wheelock College Wheelock College (Wheelock) was a private college in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1888 by Lucy Wheelock as Miss Wheelock's Kindergarten Training School, it offered undergraduate and graduate programs that focused on the Arts & Sciences, ...

, effective beginning the 2008-09 academic year. * 2008 - Springfield College and

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

(MIT) joined the NECC as associate members for men's golf, effective in the 2008 fall season (2008-09 academic year). * 2009 - Massachusetts Tech (MIT) left the NECC as an associate member for men's golf as the school dropped the sport due to budget cuts, effective after the 2008-09 academic year. * 2009 - Babson College joined the NECC as an associate member for men's golf, effective in the 2009 fall season (2009-10 academic year). * 2011 - Regis College joined the NECC, effective in the 2011-12 academic year. * 2011 -

Endicott College Endicott College is a private college in Beverly, Massachusetts. History Endicott College was founded as Endicott Junior College in 1939 by Eleanor Tupper and her husband, George O. Bierkoe. Originally a two-year women’s college, its miss ...

joined the NECC as an associate member for men's volleyball, effective in the 2012 spring season (2011-12 academic year). * 2016 -

joined the NECC as an associate member for men's volleyball, effective in the 2017 spring season (2016-17 academic year). * 2017 - Two institutions left the NECC to join their respective new home primary conferences: Daniel Webster closed while Regis joined the

(GNAC), effective after the 2016-17 academic year. * 2017 -

Dean College Dean College is a private college in Franklin, Massachusetts. It offers bachelor's degrees, associate degrees, and continuing and professional education and certificates. History Dean College was founded by Dr. Oliver Dean as a co-educational ...

joined the NECC, effective in the 2018-19 academic year. * 2018 - Wheelock left the NECC as the school announced that it would be merged into

Boston University Boston University (BU) is a Private university, private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with ...

, effective after the 2017-18 academic year. * 2018 -

join the NECC (with Eastern Nazarene upgrading for all sports), both effective in the 2018-19 academic year. * 2018 -

Nichols College Nichols College is a private business college in Dudley, Massachusetts. Founded in 1815 as Nichols Academy, Nichols College offers both bachelor's and master's degrees, as well as certificate programs. History Nichols Academy The instituti ...

joined the NECC as an associate member for men's volleyball, effective in the 2019 spring season (2018-19 academic year). * 2019 - Newbury and Southern Vermont left the NECC as both schools announced that they would close, effective after the 2018-19 academic year. * 2019 - Springfield and Babson left the NECC as associate members for men's golf, effective after the 2018-19 academic year. * 2019 - Two institutions joined the NECC as associate members:

Manhattanville College Manhattanville College is a private university in Purchase, New York. Founded in 1841 at 412 Houston Street in lower Manhattan, it was initially known as Academy of the Sacred Heart, then after 1847 as Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart ...

for field hockey, and

Northern Vermont University Northern Vermont University (NVU) is a public university in Johnson and Lyndon, Vermont. Established in 2018 by the unification of the former Johnson State College and Lyndon State College, the university offers over 50 Bachelor's degree pro ...

–Johnson for men's volleyball, both effective in the 2019-20 academic year. * 2020 - Dean left the NECC to join the GNAC, effective after the 2019-20 academic year. * 2020 -

Russell Sage College Russell Sage College (often Russell Sage or RSC) is a co-educational college with two campuses located in Albany and Troy, New York, approximately north of New York City in the Capital District. Russell Sage College offers both undergraduate ...

joined the NECC as an associate member for men's volleyball, effective in the 2021 spring season (2020-21 academic year). * 2021 - Three institutions left the NECC to join their respective new home primary conferences: Becker closed, Bay Path would leave the NCAA to join the

(USCAA), and Elms joined the GNAC, all effective after the 2020-21 academic year; thus leaving the conference with four institutions to compete in the 2021-22 academic year. * 2021 - SUNY Poly and SUNY Potsdam joined the NECC as associate members for men's volleyball, effective in the 2022 spring season (2021-22 academic year).https://www.neccathletics.com/sports/mvball/2021-22/releases/associates * 2022 - Lesley will leave the NECC to join the

(NAC), while Mitchell and NEC will leave to join the

(GNAC), all effective after the 2022-23 academic year. * 2022 -

joined the NECC as an associate member for men's volleyball, effective in the 2023 spring season (2022-23 academic year).

Member schools

Current members

The NECC currently has four full members, all are

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schools:

Associate members

The NECC currently has eight associate members, five of them are

schools: ;Notes:

Esports associate members

The NECC currently has 27 associate members for esports, all but eight are

schools: ;Notes:

Former members

The NECC had nine former full members, all were

schools: ;Notes:

Former Associate members

The NECC had three former associate members, all were

schools: ;Notes:

Membership timeline

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Becker Becker () is one of the German-language surnames, along with Bäcker and Baecker, that derive from the root, which refers to baking. The surname began as a name for a baker (and thus his family). In northern Germany it can also derive from the ...

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Daniel Webster Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison ...

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Elms Elms are deciduous and semi-deciduous trees comprising the flowering plant genus ''Ulmus'' in the plant family Ulmaceae. They are distributed over most of the Northern Hemisphere, inhabiting the temperate and tropical-montane regions of Nor ...

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MIT The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the m ...

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Regis Regis or Régis may refer to: People * Regis (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) * Regis (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * Regis (musician), full name Karl O'Connor, an Englis ...

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Dean Dean may refer to: People * Dean (given name) * Dean (surname), a surname of Anglo-Saxon English origin * Dean (South Korean singer), a stage name for singer Kwon Hyuk * Dean Delannoit, a Belgian singer most known by the mononym Dean Titles * ...

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Nichols Nichols may refer to: People *Nichols (surname) *Nichol, a surname Places Canada * Nichols Islands, Nunavut United States * Nichols, California, an unincorporated community * Nichols Canyon, Los Angeles, California * Nichols, Connecticut * Nich ...

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Russell Sage Russell Risley Sage (August 4, 1816 – July 22, 1906) was an American financier, railroad executive and Whig politician from New York. As a frequent partner of Jay Gould in various transactions, he amassed a fortune. Olivia Slocum Sage, his se ...

(2020–present) bar:22 color:AssocOS from:2021 till:end text: SUNY Poly (2021–present) bar:23 color:AssocOS from:2021 till:end text: SUNY Potsdam (2021–present) bar:24 color:AssocOS from:2022 till:end text: Bard (2022–present) ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:1 start:2009

Sports

References

External links

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