The Skyline Conference is a
college athletic conference based in the
New York City area that competes in the
NCAA's
Division III.
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 announced that they would leave the
MAC Freedom Conference 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, the
College of Mount Saint Vincent, 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
Stony Brook University (SBU), officially the State University of New York at Stony Brook, is a public research university in Stony Brook, New York. Along with the University at Buffalo, it is one of the State University of New York system's ...
and the
United States Merchant Marine Academy (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 (NCAA) as an
NCAA D-II Independent, effective after the 1993-94 academic year.
* 1996 - The
State University of New York Maritime College joined the Skyline, effective in the 1996-97 academic year.
* 1998 -
Yeshiva University 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 joined the Skyline, effective in the 2000-01 academic year.
* 2003 -
Centenary College of New Jersey 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
Kean University () is a public university in Union Township, Union County, New Jersey, Union and Hillside, New Jersey. It is part of New Jersey's public system of higher education.
Kean University was founded in 1855 in Newark, New Jersey, as th ...
,
Montclair State University and
Stockton University 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, and U.S. Merchant Marine to the
Landmark Conference), effective after the 2006-07 academic year.
* 2007 -
Bard College,
Polytechnic Institute of New York (later the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, or NYU Poly), the
State University of New York at Purchase
The State University of New York at Purchase (commonly Purchase College or SUNY Purchase) is a public liberal arts college in Purchase, New York. It is one of 13 comprehensive colleges in the State University of New York (SUNY) system. It was fo ...
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 School ...
(women's college
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 ...
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, effective after the 2010-11 academic year.
* 2011 -
New Jersey City University and
Ramapo 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, effective after the 2013-14 academic year.
* 2014 -
Sarah Lawrence College
Sarah Lawrence College is a Private university, private liberal arts college in Yonkers, New York. The college models its approach to education after the Supervision system, Oxford/Cambridge system of one-on-one student-faculty tutorials. Sara ...
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, 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
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:
Affiliate members
The Skyline currently has five affiliate members, all are
public 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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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)
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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
Kean may refer to:
* Kean (name)
* Kean (play), ''Kean'' (play), 1838 play by Alexandre Dumas père based on the life of the actor Edmund Kean, and its adaptations:
** 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
Montclair State University (MSU) is a Public university, public research university in Montclair, New Jersey, with parts of the campus extending into Little Falls, New Jersey, Little Falls. As of fall 2018, Montclair State was, by enrollment, ...
(2006–present)
bar:15 color:AssocOS from:2006 till:end text:Stockton Stockton may refer to:
Places Australia
* Stockton, New South Wales
* Stockton, Queensland, a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region
New Zealand
*Stockton, New Zealand
United Kingdom
*Stockton, Cheshire
*Stockton, Norfolk
*Stockton, Chirbu ...
(2006–present)
bar:16 color:Full from:2007 till:2011 text:Bard
In Celtic cultures, a bard is a professional story teller, verse-maker, music composer, oral historian and genealogist, employed by a patron (such as a monarch or chieftain) to commemorate one or more of the patron's ancestors and to praise t ...
(2007–2011)
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bar:18 color:Full from:2007 till:end text: Purchase (2007–present)
bar:19 color:Full from:2007 till:2017 text:Sage
Sage or SAGE may refer to:
Plants
* ''Salvia officinalis'', common sage, a small evergreen subshrub used as a culinary herb
** Lamiaceae, a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint or deadnettle or sage family
** ''Salvia'', a large ...
(2007–2017)
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bar:20 color:AssocOS from:2019 till:end text:(2019–present)
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bar:21 color:AssocOS from:2019 till:end text:(2019–present)
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* Stony Brook left while reclassifying to Division I and the
America East Conference.
* Manhattanville left to join the
MAC Freedom Conference.
* Merchant Marine left to join the
Landmark Conference 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
* Bard left to join the
Liberty League.
* NYU Poly became affiliated with
New York University in 2008, but retained a separate athletic program until it completely merged into NYU in 2014. NYU competes in the
University Athletic Association.
* 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. 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
*
{{NCAA Division III conference navbox