Association | NCAA |
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Founded | 2007 |
Commissioner | Jacob VanRyn (since 2019) |
Sports fielded |
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Division | Division III |
No. of teams | 7 men's volleyball, 27 Esports |
Headquarters | Mansfield, Massachusetts |
Region | New England |
Official website | neccathletics.com |
Locations | |
The New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) is an NCAA Division III men's volleyball and esports college athletic conference based in the Northeastern United States. The NECC was formerly an all-sports conference from 2008 to 2023. The conference rebranded as New England Volleyball Conference (NEVC) starting in 2023–24 year after becoming a men's volleyball-only conference.
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 (Cambridge), Mitchell College (New London, Connecticut), Eastern Nazarene College (Quincy) and New England College (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, [1] [2] and founding member Becker College announced the same after the 2020–21 school year. [3] Elms College joined the Great Northeast Athletic Conference, where it had competed as a swimming and diving affiliate since 2008, in the 2021-22 academic year. [4] In July 2021, original member Bay Path was admitted to the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA), [5] implicitly leaving the conference and the NCAA.
Within the past year, there have been changes. Bard College joined the NECC for men's volleyball as an associate member beginning the spring of 2023. [6] Lesley received and accepted an invitation to join the North Atlantic Conference (NAC), while Mitchell and New England College both accepted an invitation to the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC), all beginning the 2023-24 season. [7] In 2023 it was announced that Eastern Nazarene College would also be joining the NAC. [8]
The NECC may remain in operation for men's volleyball and the non-NCAA sport of esports. The conference has nine men's volleyball members in the current 2023 season, and the NCAA's official membership database lists all nine NECC men's volleyball teams as being members of the "New England Volleyball Conference". [9] Over 25 schools are affiliate members in esports.
The NECC had four full members when it disbanded as an all-sports conference, all were private schools.
Institution | Location | Founded | Affiliation | Enrollment | Nickname | Joined | Left | Current conference |
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Eastern Nazarene College | Quincy, Massachusetts | 1900 | Nazarene | 772 | Lions | 2018 | 2023 | Closed in 2024 |
Lesley University [a] | Cambridge, Massachusetts | 1909 | Nonsectarian | 6,593 | Lynx | 2008 | North Atlantic (NAC) | |
Mitchell College | New London, Connecticut | 1938 | 572 | Mariners | Great Northeast (GNAC) | |||
New England College | Henniker, New Hampshire | 1946 | 4,327 | Pilgrims | 2018 |
The NECC has seven current associate members in men's volleyball:
Institution | Location | Founded | Affiliation | Enrollment | Nickname | Joined | Primary conference | NECC sport |
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Bard College | Annandale-on-Hudson, New York | 1860 | Private | 2,051 | Raptors | 2022–23 | Liberty | men's volleyball |
Endicott College | Beverly, Massachusetts | 1939 | Nonsectarian | 4,600 | Gulls | 2011–12 | Commonwealth Coast (CCC) | |
Nichols College | Dudley, Massachusetts | 1815 | 1,915 | Bison | 2018–19 | Commonwealth Coast (CCC) | ||
Northern Vermont University–Johnson | Johnson, Vermont | 1828 [a] | Public | 1,333 | Badgers | 2019-20 | North Atlantic (NAC) | |
Russell Sage College [b] | Albany/Troy, New York [c] | 1916 [d] | Nonsectarian | 1,600 [e] | Gators | 2020–21 [11] | Empire 8 | |
State University of New York Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) | Marcy, New York | 1913 | Public [f] | 3,061 | Wildcats | 2021–22 | North Atlantic (NAC) | |
State University of New York at Potsdam (SUNY Potsdam) | Potsdam, New York | 1816 | 3,098 | Bears | State University of New York (SUNYAC) |
The NECC currently has twenty-seven associate members for esports, all but eight are private schools:
The NECC had nine former full members, all were private schools:
Institution | Location | Founded | Affiliation | Enrollment | Nickname | Joined | Left | Current conference |
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Bay Path University [a] | Longmeadow, Massachusetts | 1897 | Nonsectarian | 3,298 | Wildcats | 2008–09 | 2020–21 | N/A (USCAA) |
Becker College | Worcester, Massachusetts | 1784 | N/A | Hawks | Closed in 2021 | |||
Dean College | Franklin, Massachusetts | 1865 | 1,055 | Bulldogs | 2017–18 | 2019–20 | Great Northeast (GNAC) | |
Daniel Webster College | Nashua, New Hampshire | 1965 | For-profit | N/A | Eagles | 2008–09 | 2016–17 | Closed in 2017 |
Elms College | Chicopee, Massachusetts | 1899 | Catholic (S.S.J.) | 1,713 | Blazers | 2020–21 | Great Northeast (GNAC) | |
Newbury College | Brookline, Massachusetts | 1962 | Nonsectarian | N/A | Nighthawks | 2018–19 | Closed in 2019 | |
Regis College | Weston, Massachusetts | 1927 | Catholic S.S.J. | 2,748 | Pride | 2011–12 | 2016–17 | Great Northeast (GNAC) |
Southern Vermont College | Bennington, Vermont | 1926 | Nonsectarian | N/A | Mountaineers | 2008–09 | 2018–19 | Closed in 2019 |
Wheelock College | Boston, Massachusetts | 1888 | Wildcats | 2017–18 | N/A [b] |
The NECC had eight former associate members, all but one were private schools.
Institution | Location | Founded | Affiliation | Enrollment | Nickname | Joined | Left | Primary conference | NECC sport |
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Babson College | Wellesley, Massachusetts | 1919 | Nonsectarian | 3,340 | Beavers | 2009–10 | 2018–19 | New England (NEWMAC) | men's golf |
Eastern Nazarene College | Quincy, Massachusetts | 1900 | Nazarene | 772 | Lions | 2016–17 | 2023–24 | Closed in 2024 | men's volleyball |
Husson University | Bangor, Maine | 1898 | Nonsectarian | 3,476 | Eagles | 2019–20 | 2022–23 | North Atlantic (NAC) | field hockey |
University of Maine at Farmington | Farmington, Maine | 1863 | Public [a] | 1,861 | Beavers | ||||
Manhattanville College | Purchase, New York | 1841 | Catholic (RSCJ) | 2,494 | Valiants | 2019–20 | 2021–22 | Skyline | field hockey |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, Massachusetts | 1861 | Nonsectarian | 10,253 | Engineers | 2008–09 | 2008–09 [b] | New England (NEWMAC) | men's golf |
Springfield College | Springfield, Massachusetts | 1919 | 5,062 | Pride | 2018–19 | ||||
Thomas College | Waterville, Maine | 1894 | Nonsectarian | 1,949 | Terriers | 2019–20 | 2022–23 | North Atlantic (NAC) | field hockey |
Sport | Men's | Women's |
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Baseball | 4 | - |
Basketball | 4 | 4 |
Cross Country | 4 | 4 |
Esports | 29 | |
Field hockey | - | 4 |
Golf | - | - |
Lacrosse | 3 | 3 |
Soccer | 4 | 4 |
Softball | - | 4 |
Volleyball | 9 | 4 |
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