The East Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL) is a
collegiate women's
gymnastics conference
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competing at the
NCAA Division I level. The league comprises eight universities.
Members
Former members
History
EAGL was formed on July 31, 1995, when eight universities on the
East Coast of the United States
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: the
University of Maryland, the
University of New Hampshire, the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
North Carolina State University
North Carolina State University (NC State) is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 1887 and part of the University of North Carolina system, it is the largest university in the Carolinas. The universit ...
, the
University of Pittsburgh,
Rutgers University,
Towson University, and
West Virginia University joined to form a conference solely for women’s gymnastics. In August 1996, the EAGL officially became an affiliated member of the NCAA.
George Washington University joined the league in 2004. Towson, one of the original league members, left EAGL in 2005 to rejoin the
Eastern College Athletic Conference. On February 3, 2012, the Atlantic Coast Conference announced that with the addition of Pittsburgh to the conference it would begin sponsoring a gymnastics championship, withdrawing the membership of the Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State, and Pittsburgh from the EAGL.
However, Rutgers and Maryland both joined the Big Ten in 2014, a conference with an established gymnastics championship. West Virginia left the EAGL in 2012 upon joining the Big 12, a conference that also sponsored gymnastics. As such, not enough schools fielding gymnastics teams remained in the ACC for that conference to sponsor gymnastics so North Carolina, NC State, and Pitt remained in the EAGL. Towson rejoined the league in 2013. On March 5, 2020,
Long Island University
Long Island University (LIU) is a private university with two main campuses, LIU Post and LIU Brooklyn, in the U.S. state of New York. It offers more than 500 academic programs at its main campuses, online, and at multiple non-residential. LIU ...
announced plans to add a women's gymnastics team for the 2020-21 school year and join the EAGL. On November 14, 2020,
Temple University announced it would be leaving the
Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference
The Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) is a college athletic conference comprising schools that compete in 15 sports (13 men's and 13 women's). It has 220 member institutions in NCAA Divisions I, II, and III, ranging in location fro ...
to join the EAGL.
On June 17, 2021, the
Atlantic Coast Conference
The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate athletic conference located in the eastern United States. Headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC's fifteen member universities compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Associa ...
announced that, with the addition of NCAA Gymnastics at
Clemson University, the ACC would begin sponsoring the sport for the 2023-24 school year, which will move Pittsburgh, North Carolina State and North Carolina from the EAGL to the ACC starting with the 2024 season.
Team champions
See also
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NCAA Women's Gymnastics championship
The NCAA women's gymnastics championships are an annual gymnastics competition to determine the best collegiate women's gymnastics team in the country. Unlike most NCAA sports, the women's gymnastics championship is not separated into divisions a ...
References
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NCAA Division I conferences
Sports leagues established in 1995
1995 in gymnastics