Formed in 1979, the Potomac Valley Athletic Conference is a group of independent schools in the Washington metropolitan area who compete against each other in interscholastic athletics. The conference comprises small independent schools from Maryland and the District of Columbia.

Member schools

Full members

Former members

*Covenant Life School *

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(1979-1998) *Grace Brethren Christian School (?-2018) *Montrose Christian School *

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(1979-2011) *The Potomac School *Oakcrest School (1979-2019) * St. Andrew's Episcopal School (1979-1998)

Soccer divisions

The PVAC was divided into two divisions for soccer, with the goal of improving competitive balance. However, in 2017 the PVAC combined the two divisions. PVAC Boys Varsity Soccer consists of the following teams: *The Field School *Sandy Spring Friends School *St. Anselm's Abbey School *Washington International School *Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School *Washington Christian Academy *Grace Brethren Christian School *McLean School of Maryland *Melvin J. Berman Hebrew Academy *Washington Waldorf *Edmund Burke School

PVAC champions

Boys soccer

*No regular season champion was declared in 2002 when the season was shortened due to the DC-area sniper incident. Sandy Spring Friends School finished in first place in the abbreviated regular season.

Other sports

Boys varsity basketball * 2003-St. Anselm's Abbey * 2004-Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School * 2005-Berman Hebrew Academy *2006 St. Anselm's Abbey * 2007-St. Anselm's Abbey * 2008-The Field School * 2009-Washington International School * 2010-Covenant Life School * 2011-Covenant Life School * 2012-Grace Brethren Christian School * 2013-McLean School * 2014-Covenant Life School * 2015-Grace Brethren Christian School * 2016-Sandy Spring Friends School * 2017-Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School * 2018-Sandy Spring Friends School * 2019-St. Anselm's Abbey * 2022-Sandy Spring Friends School Girls varsity volleyball * 1998-Covenant Life * 1999-Hebrew Academy * 2000-Covenant Life * 2001-Covenant Life * 2002-Covenant Life * 2003-Covenant Life * 2004-Covenant Life * 2005-Covenant Life * 2006-Covenant Life * 2007-Covenant Life * 2008-Covenant Life * 2009-Covenant Life * 2010-Covenant Life * 2011-Covenant Life * 2012-Covenant Life * 2013-Washington International School * 2014-Washington International School * 2015-Covenant Life * 2016-Washington International School * 2017-Washington International School Boys varsity baseball * 2002-Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School * 2003-St. Anselm's Abbey * 2004-St. Anselm's Abbey * 2005-Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School * 2006-St. Anselm's Abbey * 2007-Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School * 2008-St. Anselm's Abbey * 2009-Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School * 2010-St. Anselm's Abbey * 2011-St. Anselm's Abbey * 2012-Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School * 2013-The Field School * 2014-The Field School * 2015-Sandy Spring Friends School * 2016-Sandy Spring Friends School * 2017-St. Anselm's Abbey * 2018-St. Anselm's Abbey * 2022-St. Anselm's Abbey Boys varsity track *2006 - Grace Brethren *2007 - Grace Brethren *2008 - The Field School *2009 - Edmund Burke *2010 - St. Anselm's *2011 - St. Anselm's and The Field School tied *2012 - The Field School *2013 - The Field School *2014 - The Field School *2015 - The Field School *2016 - The Field School *2017 - The Field School *2018 - The Field School *2019 - Edmund Burke School

College Athletics

Despite its low profile, the PVAC has sent athletes to many high-profile Division I schools such as UNC,

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. There are many PVAC graduates playing at Division III schools.

References

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