The Skyline Conference is a
college athletic conference
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Varsity sports
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based in the
New York City
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area that competes in the
NCAA
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's
Division III
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Association football
*Belgian Thir ...
.
The league was originally chartered on May 16, 1989, as a men's basketball conference and now sponsors 17 sports (nine for men and 8 for women). The Skyline Conference sponsors baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, men's golf, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, softball, men's and women's swimming and diving, men's and women's tennis, and men's and women's volleyball.
Primarily comprising schools from the New York metropolitan area, the Skyline Conference currently has 11 full-time member schools, as well as five part-time members that compete in men's lacrosse and men's volleyball only.
Prior to the 2007–08 academic year, the league introduced the Skyline Presidents Cup. St. Joseph's (LI) won the first three Presidents Cups (2007–10), followed by Farmingdale State winning in 2010–11. St. Joseph's (LI) collected its fourth Presidents Cup in 2011–12, with Farmingdale State regaining the title in both 2012–13 and 2013–14.
In May 2018,
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 ...
announced that they would leave the
MAC Freedom Conference
The MAC Freedom, in full Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom, is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. It is one of the three conferences that operate under the umbrella of the Middle Atlantic Conferences; ...
and return to the Skyline for the 2019–20 academic year. Manhattanville was a charter member of the Skyline before leaving to join the MAC in 2007.
History
Chronological history
* 1989 - On May 16, 1989, the Skyline Conference was founded. Charter members included
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 ...
, the
College of Mount Saint Vincent
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, the
State University of New York at Old Westbury
The State University of New York College at Old Westbury (SUNY at Old Westbury) is a public college in Old Westbury, New York, with portions in the neighboring town of Jericho, New York. It enrolls just over 5,000 students.
History
The State Uni ...
, the
State University of New York at Stony Brook and the
United States Merchant Marine Academy
The United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA or Kings Point) is a United States service academy in Kings Point, New York. It trains its midshipmen (as students at the academy are called) to serve as officers in the United States Merchant ...
(Merchant Marine), effective beginning the 1989-90 academic year.
* 1993 -
Mount Saint Mary College
Mount Saint Mary College is a private Catholic college in Newburgh, New York. It was founded in 1959 by the Dominican Sisters.
The campus overlooks the Hudson River, halfway between New York City and Albany. More than 2,700 men and women are ...
joined the Skyline, effective in the 1993-94 academic year.
* 1994 - Stony Brook left the Skyline to join the
Division II ranks of the
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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(NCAA) as an
NCAA D-II Independent, effective after the 1993-94 academic year.
* 1996 - The
State University of New York Maritime College
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joined the Skyline, effective in the 1996-97 academic year.
* 1998 -
Yeshiva University
Yeshiva University is a private Orthodox Jewish university with four campuses in New York City.["About YU]
on the Yeshiva Universit ...
joined the Skyline, effective in the 1998-99 academic year.
* 1999 -
St. Joseph's College of New York at Long Island joined the Skyline, effective in the 1999-2000 academic year.
* 2000 -
Stevens Institute of Technology
Stevens Institute of Technology is a private research university in Hoboken, New Jersey. Founded in 1870, it is one of the oldest technological universities in the United States and was the first college in America solely dedicated to mechanical ...
joined the Skyline, effective in the 2000-01 academic year.
* 2003 -
Centenary College of New Jersey
Centenary University is a private liberal arts university in Hackettstown, New Jersey. Founded as a preparatory school by the Newark Conference of the United Methodist Church in 1867, Centenary evolved into a Junior College for women and later ...
and the
State University of New York of Farmingdale (also known as Farmingdale State College) joined the Skyline, effective in the 2000-01 academic year.
* 2006 -
Kean University,
Montclair State University
Montclair State University (MSU) is a public research university in Montclair, New Jersey, with parts of the campus extending into Little Falls. As of fall 2018, Montclair State was, by enrollment, the second largest public university in New ...
and
Stockton University
Stockton University is a public university in Galloway Township, New Jersey. It is part of New Jersey's public system of higher education. It is named for Richard Stockton, one of the New Jersey signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence ...
joined the Skyline as associate members for men's lacrosse, effective in the 2007 spring season (2006-07 academic year).
* 2007 - Four institutions had left the Skyline to join their respective new home primary conferences: Centenary (N.J.) to the
Pennsylvania Athletic Conference (PAC; now the Colonial States Athletic Conference or CSAC), Manhattanville and Stevens to the
MAC Freedom Conference
The MAC Freedom, in full Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom, is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. It is one of the three conferences that operate under the umbrella of the Middle Atlantic Conferences; ...
, and U.S. Merchant Marine to the
Landmark Conference
The Landmark Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in the eastern United States in the states of Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, plus Washington, D.C. ...
), effective after the 2006-07 academic year.
* 2007 -
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, ...
,
Polytechnic Institute of New York
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(later the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, or NYU Poly), the
State University of New York at Purchase and
The Sage Colleges
The Sage Colleges were a private educational institution comprising three institutions in New York State:
Russell Sage College, a women's college in Troy; Sage College of Albany, a co-educational college in Albany; and the Sage Graduate Sch ...
(women's college
Russell Sage College
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and the co-ed
Sage College of Albany
Sage College of Albany, SCA for short, was located at 140 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, New York, 12208. Along with Russell Sage College and the Sage Graduate School, it was one of the three colleges that made up The Sage Colleges. It was also ho ...
) joined the Skyline, effective in the 2007-08 academic year.
* 2011 - Bard left the Skyline to join the
Liberty League
The Liberty League is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division III. Member schools are top institutions that are all located in the state of New York.
History
It was founde ...
, effective after the 2010-11 academic year.
* 2011 -
New Jersey City University
New Jersey City University (NJCU) is a public university in Jersey City, New Jersey. Originally chartered in 1927, and known as Jersey City State College for 40 years of its history, New Jersey City University consists of the School of Business, ...
and
Ramapo College
Ramapo College of New Jersey (RCNJ) is a public liberal arts college in Mahwah, New Jersey. It is part of New Jersey's public system of higher education. As of the fall 2021 semester, there were a total of 5,732 students enrolled at the college ...
joined the Skyline as associate members for men's volleyball, effective in the 2012 spring season (2011-12 academic year).
* 2014 - NYU Poly left the Skyline to discontinue its athletics program as it was merged into
New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin.
In 1832, the ...
, effective after the 2013-14 academic year.
* 2014 -
Sarah Lawrence College joined the Skyline, effective in the 2014-15 academic year.
* 2015 -
St. Joseph's College of New York at Brooklyn joined the Skyline, effective in the 2015-16 academic year.
* 2016 - U.S. Merchant Marine re-joined back to the Skyline, effective in the 2016-17 academic year.
* 2017 - The Sage Colleges (Russell Sage and Sage (or SCA)) left the Skyline to join the
Empire 8
The Empire 8 (E8) is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. The E8 sponsors intercollegiate athletic competition in men's baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, women's ...
, effective after the 2016-17 academic year.
* 2017 - New Jersey City and Ramapo left the Skyline as associate members for men's volleyball, effective after the 2017 spring season (2016-17 academic year).
* 2019 - Manhattanville re-joined back to the Skyline, effective in the 2019-20 academic year.
* 2019 - New Jersey City and Ramapo re-joined back to the Skyline as associate members for men's volleyball, effective in the 2020 spring season (2019-20 academic year).
Member schools
Current members
The Skyline currently has 12 full members, all but five are
private
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Music
* " In Private", by Dusty Springfield from the 1990 album ''Reputation''
* Private (band), a Denmark-based band
* "Private" (Ryōko Hirosue song), from the 1999 album ''Private'', written and also recorde ...
schools:
;Notes:
Affiliate members
The Skyline currently has five affiliate members, all are
public
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schools:
;Notes:
Former members
The Skyline had seven former full members, all but one were
private
Private or privates may refer to:
Music
* " In Private", by Dusty Springfield from the 1990 album ''Reputation''
* Private (band), a Denmark-based band
* "Private" (Ryōko Hirosue song), from the 1999 album ''Private'', written and also recorde ...
schools:
;Notes:
Membership timeline
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bar:1 color:FullxF from:1989 till:2007 text:Manhattanville
Manhattanville (also known as West Harlem or West Central Harlem) is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan bordered on the north by 135th Street; on the south by 122nd and 125th Streets; on the west by Hudson River; and on t ...
(1989–2007)
bar:1 color:FullxF from:2019 till:end text:(2019–present)
bar:2 color:Full from:1989 till:2007 text: Merchant Marine (1989–2007)
bar:2 color:Full from:2016 till:end text:(2016–present)
bar:3 color:Full from:1989 till:end text: Mount St. Vincent (1989–present)
bar:4 color:Full from:1989 till:end text:Old Westbury
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The Incorporated Village of Old Westbury i ...
(1989–present)
bar:5 color:Full from:1989 till:1994 text: Stony Brook (1989–1994)
bar:6 color:Full from:1993 till:end text: Mount St. Mary (1993–present)
bar:7 color:Full from:1996 till:end text:Maritime
Maritime may refer to:
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* Maritime Alps, a mountain range in the southwestern part of the Alps
* Maritime Region, a region in Togo
* Maritime Southeast Asia
* The Maritimes, the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prin ...
(1996–present)
bar:8 color:Full from:1998 till:end text:Yeshiva
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(1998–present)
bar:9 color:Full from:1999 till:end text: St. Joseph's (NY)–Long Island (1999–present)
bar:10 color:Full from:2000 till:2007 text: Stevens (2000–2007)
bar:11 color:Full from:2003 till:2007 text: Centenary (NJ) (2003–2007)
bar:12 color:Full from:2003 till:end text: Farmingdale (2003–present)
bar:13 color:AssocOS from:2006 till:end text:Kean
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** Kean (1921 film), ''Kean'' (1921 film), a German silent historical film
** Kean ...
(2006–present)
bar:14 color:AssocOS from:2006 till:end text:Montclair State
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(2006–present)
bar:15 color:AssocOS from:2006 till:end text: Stockton (2006–present)
bar:16 color:Full from:2007 till:2011 text: Bard (2007–2011)
bar:17 color:Full from:2007 till:2014 text: NYU–Poly (2007–2014)
bar:18 color:Full from:2007 till:end text:Purchase
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(2007–present)
bar:19 color:Full from:2007 till:2017 text:Sage
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** Lamiaceae, a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint or deadnettle or sage family
** ''Salvia'', a large ...
(2007–2017)
bar:20 color:AssocOS from:2011 till:2017 text: New Jersey City (2011–2017)
bar:20 color:AssocOS from:2019 till:end text:(2019–present)
bar:21 color:AssocOS from:2011 till:2017 text: Ramapo (2011–2017)
bar:21 color:AssocOS from:2019 till:end text:(2019–present)
bar:22 color:Full from:2014 till:end text:Sarah Lawrence
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(2014–present)
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* Stony Brook left while reclassifying to Division I and the
America East Conference
The America East Conference is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with NCAA Division I founded in 1979, whose members are located in the Northeastern United States.
The conference has nine core members including eight public research ...
.
* Manhattanville left to join the
MAC Freedom Conference
The MAC Freedom, in full Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom, is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. It is one of the three conferences that operate under the umbrella of the Middle Atlantic Conferences; ...
.
* Merchant Marine left to join the
Landmark Conference
The Landmark Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in the eastern United States in the states of Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, plus Washington, D.C. ...
and returned in 2016.
* Stevens left to join the
Empire 8 Conference; it is now in the MAC Freedom.
* Centenary (NJ) left to join the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference, now known as the
Colonial States Athletic Conference
The Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) is an NCAA Division III collegiate athletic conference in the Mid-Atlantic United States. There are currently nine full member institutions as of 2018. The conference's membership, as with most Mid ...
* Bard left to join the
Liberty League
The Liberty League is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division III. Member schools are top institutions that are all located in the state of New York.
History
It was founde ...
.
* NYU Poly became affiliated with
New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin.
In 1832, the ...
in 2008, but retained a separate athletic program until it completely merged into NYU in 2014. NYU competes in the
University Athletic Association
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.
* The Kean and Ramapo men's volleyball programs left in 2017 for the
Continental Volleyball Conference
The Continental Volleyball Conference is an intercollegiate men's volleyball conference associated with the NCAA's Division III.
History
On April 4, 2011 Gary Williams, Associate Athletic Director of Carthage College announced in Milwaukee the fo ...
. Kean remains a men's lacrosse affiliate, and Ramapo returned men's volleyball to the Skyline in 2019.
* New Jersey City men's volleyball left in 2017 for independent status, but returned to the Skyline in 2019.
* The Sage Colleges left in 2017 for the
Empire 8
The Empire 8 (E8) is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. The E8 sponsors intercollegiate athletic competition in men's baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, women's ...
. They merged in 2020 and kept the Russell Sage College name.
* Manhattanville left in 2007 for the MAC Freedom and returned in 2019.
Sports
References
External links
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