Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference

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Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference logo.svg
Association NCAA
Founded1951 (1951)
CommissionerSteve Murray (since 1998)
Sports fielded
  • 23
    • men's: 11
    • women's: 12
Division Division II
No. of teams17
Headquarters Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Region Pennsylvania and West Virginia
Official website www.psacsports.org
Locations
PSAC Locations and Divisions.png

The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. The conference was originally formed in 1951 as the State Teachers Conference, and was temporarily named the Pennsylvania State Teachers College Conference in 1956 before being assuming its current name in 1964. [1]

Contents

The conference's 17 full-time members include 16 based in Pennsylvania and one in West Virginia. The conference's headquarters are in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania and staffed by a commissioner, two assistant commissioners, and a director of media relations.

History

The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education organized the conference in 1951 to promote competition in men's sports amongst the system's 14 universities.

In 1977, following growing interest, the conference was expanded to offer competition in women's sports. From its inception, each conference member selected its own competitive division within the NCAA (I, II, or III).

In 1980, however, the presidents voted to reclassify the entire conference to Division II within the NCAA. [2]

Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
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Bloomsburg
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West Chester
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Shippensburg
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Shepherd
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Seton Hill
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Millersville
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Kutztown
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Gannon
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Edinboro
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East Stroudsburg
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Clarion
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California
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Membership remained unchanged until the conference announced on June 18, 2007, that it had invited three private universities—Gannon University and Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pennsylvania and C.W. Post of Brookville, New York—to join the conference. [3] Gannon and Mercyhurst left the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference to join the PSAC, effective July 1, 2008. [4] C.W. Post became an associate member for football and field hockey. [5]

In 2010, Seton Hill University was accepted to join the conference as an associate member for field hockey. With the transition of West Chester from Division I to Division II, the number of teams competing in field hockey increased from 10 to 12 for the 2011 season. [6]

On August 19, 2012, the PSAC announced that Seton Hill and the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, formerly members of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC), would become full members beginning with the 2013–14 school year. This announcement was fallout from a split in the WVIAC that ultimately led to the formation of the Mountain East Conference (MEC). Although Seton Hill was one of the schools that initially broke away from the WVIAC, it chose not to join the MEC. [7] The arrival of these two schools brought the PSAC to 18 full members, making it the largest NCAA all-sports conference in terms of membership at that time. [8] While two other conferences briefly expanded to more members, the D-II Lone Star Conference to 19 in 2019–20 and the D-III USA South Athletic Conference to the same number in 2021–22, both have since reduced their memberships to less than 18, once again giving the PSAC the largest membership of any NCAA all-sports conference. [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2]

In March 2018, charter member Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, facing crises in enrollment, graduation rates, and finances, announced that it would leave NCAA Division II and the PSAC at the end of the 2017–18 school year. The school had dropped football in December 2017. [9]

Later that year, the conference announced that it would expand into West Virginia, bringing in Shepherd University from the MEC as a full member effective with the 2019–20 school year. Shepherd is the first full PSAC member outside of Pennsylvania. [10]

Role in Division I conference realignment

The PSAC played a little-known but nonetheless significant role in the history of NCAA Division I conference realignment. In 1986, the conference was seeking a way out of a football scheduling conundrum. The PSAC had 14 members at the time, and had been split into divisions for decades. One of the methods it historically used to determine a football champion involved a championship game between the winners of its two divisions. However, due to NCAA limits on regular-season games, every PSAC team had to leave a schedule spot open, with only the two division winners getting to play all of their allowed regular-season games. Then-conference commissioner Tod Eberle asked Dick Yoder, then athletic director at West Chester and member of the Division II council, to draft NCAA legislation that would allow the PSAC to play a conference title game that would be exempt from regular-season limits. The initial draft required that a qualifying league have 14 members and play a round-robin schedule within each division; only the PSAC then qualified. [11]

Before Yoder formally introduced the proposal, he was approached by the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, which was interested in co-sponsoring the legislation because it was also split into football divisions and wanted the option of a championship game. Since the CIAA then had 12 members, Yoder changed the legislation to require 12 members instead of 14. Although at the time all NCAA legislation had to be approved by the entire membership, regardless of divisional alignment, the proposal passed with little notice. It was generally seen as a non-issue by Division I-A (now FBS) schools since no conference in that group then had more than 10 members. While the PSAC planned to stage its first exempt title game in 1988, it decided against doing so at that time because the D-II playoffs expanded from 8 to 16 teams that season, and it feared that the result of a title game could cost the league a playoff berth. The new NCAA rule would not see its first use until the Southeastern Conference took advantage of it by expanding to 12 members in 1991 and launching a title game the following year. In 2014, then- Sports Illustrated writer Andy Staples said that the rule "helped dictate the terms of conference realignment for more than 20 years." [11]

Chronological timeline

Notes
  1. After the LSC expanded to 19 members, it lost two to D-I transitions, Tarleton in 2020 and Texas A&M–Commerce in 2022, leaving it at 17 members. After a single school year as a 19-member league, the USA South amicably split into two leagues; eight members left to form the new Collegiate Conference of the South and 10 remained in the USA South, with one member leaving for a third conference.
  2. While the D-III Middle Atlantic Conference, which had 18 members at two different times in the 21st century and now has 16, operates under a single administrative structure, it is actually an umbrella organization of three conferences. Its members are divided into two conferences, MAC Commonwealth and MAC Freedom, that each compete in the same set of 14 non-football sports, including men's and women's basketball. The third conference, known as the Middle Atlantic Conference (not to be confused with the umbrella organization), sponsors competition in 13 other sports, among them football, for Commonwealth and Freedom members.

Member schools

Current members

The PSAC currently has 17 full members, all but two being public schools. Also, only three of the 15 public members are outside of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.

InstitutionLocationFoundedAffiliationEnrollmentNicknameJoinedColors
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania 1839Public [lower-alpha 1] 7,440 Huskies 1951   
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania 1893Public [lower-alpha 1] 5,152 Warriors 1951   
Gannon University Erie, Pennsylvania 1925 Catholic 4,705 Golden Knights 2008   
Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana, Pennsylvania 1875Public [lower-alpha 1] 8,825 Crimson Hawks 1951   
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Kutztown, Pennsylvania 1866Public [lower-alpha 1] 7,466 Golden Bears 1951   
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania Lock Haven, Pennsylvania 1870Public [lower-alpha 1] 2,860 Bald Eagles 1951   
Mansfield University of Pennsylvania Mansfield, Pennsylvania 1857Public [lower-alpha 1] 1,793 Mountaineers 1951   
Millersville University of Pennsylvania Millersville, Pennsylvania 1855Public [lower-alpha 1] 6,814 Marauders 1951   
Pennsylvania Western University California
(California)
California, Pennsylvania 1852Public [lower-alpha 1] 6,885 Vulcans 1951   
Pennsylvania Western University Clarion
(Clarion)
Clarion, Pennsylvania 1867Public [lower-alpha 1] 3,922 Golden Eagles 1951   
Pennsylvania Western University Edinboro
(Edinboro)
Edinboro, Pennsylvania 1857Public [lower-alpha 1] 4,319 Fighting Scots 1951   
University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Johnstown, Pennsylvania 1927Public
(State-related)
2,039 Mountain Cats 2013   
Seton Hill University [lower-alpha 2] Greensburg, Pennsylvania 1883 Catholic 1,989 Griffins 2013   
Shepherd University Shepherdstown, West Virginia 1871Public3,235 Rams 2019  
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Shippensburg, Pennsylvania 1871Public [lower-alpha 1] 5,162 Raiders 1951   
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania 1889Public [lower-alpha 1] 8,243 The Rock 1951   
West Chester University of Pennsylvania [lower-alpha 3] West Chester, Pennsylvania 1871Public [lower-alpha 1] 17,275 Golden Rams 1951   
Notes
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Part of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE).
  2. Seton Hill competed in the PSAC as an affiliate member for field hockey from the 2011 to 2012 fall seasons (2011–12 to 2012–13 school years).
  3. West Chester had dual athletic conference membership with the Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference (now known as the Middle Atlantic Conferences (MAC)) from 1969–70 to 1973–74, and with the East Coast Conference (ECC) from 1974–75 to 1981–82, then the Golden Rams left the ECC and the NCAA Division I ranks in order to fully align with the PSAC and the NCAA Division II ranks.

Former members

The PSAC had two former full members, a public school and a private school:

InstitutionLocationFoundedAffiliationEnrollmentNicknameJoinedLeftColorsCurrent
conference
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania Cheyney, Pennsylvania 1837Public [lower-alpha 1] 642 Wolves 19512018   Independent
Mercyhurst University Erie, Pennsylvania 1926 Catholic 2,801 Lakers 20082024    Northeast (NEC) [lower-alpha 2]
Notes
  1. Part of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE).
  2. Currently an NCAA Division I athletic conference.

Affiliate members

The PSAC has one affiliate member, a public school.

InstitutionLocationFoundedAffiliationNicknameJoinedPSAC
sport(s)
Primary
conference
Frostburg State University Frostburg, Maryland 1898Public Bobcats 2024–25 [13] field hockey Mountain East (MEC)

Former affiliate members

The PSAC had one former affiliate member, which was also a private school:

InstitutionLocationFoundedAffiliationNicknameJoinedLeftPSAC
sport(s)
Primary
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Long Island University–Post Brookville, New York 1954 Nonsectarian Pioneers 2008–092012–13Field hockey Northeast (NEC) [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2]
Football
Note
  1. Currently an NCAA Division I athletic conference.
  2. While LIU Post was a full member of the East Coast Conference (ECC) from 1989 to 2019, neither of its PSAC sports were sponsored by the ECC. In 2013, Post moved both of its PSAC sports to the Northeast-10 Conference (NE-10). In July 2019, Long Island University merged its two athletic programs—the LIU Post Pioneers and the Division I LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds—into a single Division I athletic program, the LIU Sharks. The merged program inherited Brooklyn's memberships in Division I and the Northeast Conference (NEC). Sports that had been sponsored by both campuses (among them field hockey) maintained LIU Brooklyn's NEC membership; sports that had been sponsored only by Post (among them football) became NEC members.

Membership timeline

Frostburg State UniversityShepherd UniversityUniversity of Pittsburgh at JohnstownSeton Hill UniversityLIU PostMercyhurst UniversityGannon UniversityWest Chester UniversitySlippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaShippensburg University of PennsylvaniaMillersville University of PennsylvaniaMansfield University of PennsylvaniaLock Haven University of PennsylvaniaKutztown University of PennsylvaniaIndiana University of PennsylvaniaPennWest EdinboroEast Stroudsburg University of PennsylvaniaPennWest ClarionCheyney University of PennsylvaniaPennWest CaliforniaBloomsburg University of PennsylvaniaPennsylvania State Athletic Conference

 Full member (all sports)  Full member (non-football)  Associate member (football)  Associate member (sport) 

Sports

In wrestling; Bloomsburg, Clarion, Edinboro, and Lock Haven compete as members of the Division I Mid-American Conference. The PSAC held an annual championship open to all Division I and Division II teams, however with the transition of all of the former members of the Eastern Wrestling League into the MAC starting in 2019 the Division I level PSAC programs will focus on Division I level competition. The PSAC offers championships in the following sports. [14]

A 2-divisional format is used for baseball, basketball (M / W), football, and tennis (W).A 3-divisional format is used for softball.A 4-divisional format is used for volleyball.
East
  • Bloomsburg
  • East Stroudsburg
  • Kutztown
  • Lock Haven
  • Mansfield
  • Millersville
  • Shepherd
  • Shippensburg
  • West Chester
West
  • California
  • Clarion
  • Edinboro
  • Gannon
  • IUP
  • Mercyhurst
  • Pitt–Johnstown
  • Seton Hill
  • Slippery Rock
East
  • East Stroudsburg
  • Kutztown
  • Millersville
  • Shepherd
  • Shippensburg
  • West Chester
Central
  • Bloomsburg
  • Clarion
  • IUP
  • Lock Haven
  • Mansfield
  • Pitt–Johnstown
West
  • California
  • Edinboro
  • Gannon
  • Mercyhurst
  • Seton Hill
  • Slippery Rock
Central
  • Bloomsburg
  • East Stroudsburg
  • Kutztown
  • Lock Haven
  • Millersville
Northwest
  • Clarion
  • Edinboro
  • Gannon
  • Mercyhurst
  • Slippery Rock
Southeast
  • Millersville
  • Shepherd
  • Shippensburg
  • West Chester
Southwest
  • California
  • IUP
  • Pitt–Johnstown
  • Seton Hill
Conference sports
SportMen'sWomen's
Baseball Green check.svg
Basketball Green check.svgGreen check.svg
Cross Country Green check.svgGreen check.svg
Field Hockey Green check.svg
Football Green check.svg
Golf Green check.svgGreen check.svg
Lacrosse Green check.svg
Soccer Green check.svgGreen check.svg
Softball Green check.svg
Swimming & Diving Green check.svgGreen check.svg
Tennis Green check.svgGreen check.svg
Track & Field Indoor Green check.svgGreen check.svg
Track & Field Outdoor Green check.svgGreen check.svg
Volleyball Green check.svg
Wrestling Green check.svg

Men's sponsored sports by school

SchoolBaseballBasketballCross
Country
FootballGolfSoccerSwimming
& Diving
TennisTrack
& Field
Indoor
Track
& Field
Outdoor
WrestlingTotal
PSAC
Sports
BloomsburgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg9
CaliforniaGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg8
ClarionGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg5
East StroudsburgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg8
EdinboroGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg6
GannonGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg8
IndianaGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg8
KutztownGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg8
Lock HavenGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg6
MansfieldGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg5
MillersvilleGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg7
Pittsburgh–JohnstownGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg8
Seton HillGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg8
ShepherdGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg6
ShippensburgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg9
Slippery RockGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg7
West ChesterGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg10
Totals161714158127611138126

Women's sponsored sports by school

SchoolBasketballCross
Country
Field
Hockey
GolfLacrosseSoccerSoftballSwimming
& Diving
TennisTrack
& Field
Indoor
Track
& Field
Outdoor
VolleyballTotal
PSAC
Sports
BloomsburgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg10
CaliforniaGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg10
ClarionGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg10
East StroudsburgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg12
EdinboroGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg10
GannonGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg8
IndianaGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg11
KutztownGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg12
Lock HavenGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg9
MansfieldGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg7
MillersvilleGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg12
Pittsburgh–JohnstownGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg7
Seton HillGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg11
ShepherdGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg7
ShippensburgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg11
Slippery RockGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg10
West ChesterGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg12
Totals171610+1 [lower-alpha 1] 91317171213151516170
  1. Affiliate member Frostburg State.

Other sponsored sports by school

SchoolMenWomen
LacrosseWater
Polo [lower-alpha 1]
Wrestling [lower-alpha 2] Acrobatics &
Tumbling [lower-alpha 3]
Bowling [lower-alpha 1] Equestrian [lower-alpha 3] Field
Hockey [lower-alpha 4]
Gymnastics [lower-alpha 1] Rugby [lower-alpha 3] Water
Polo [lower-alpha 1]
Wrestling [lower-alpha 3]
Bloomsburg MAC
Clarion MAC
East StroudsburgINDIND
Edinboro MAC
Gannon WWPA IND WWPA IND
KutztownIND ECC
Lock Haven MAC A-10 IND
Seton Hill G-MAC IND
West Chester ECAC NIRA
  1. 1 2 3 4 De facto Division I sport. These sports have a single NCAA championship open to members of all three divisions.
  2. The PSAC members listed in this table all compete in Division I men's wrestling.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Part of the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program.
  4. Lock Haven competes in Division I field hockey.

In addition to the above:

  • Edinboro sponsors coeducational varsity teams in esports and wheelchair basketball.
  • Gannon recognizes its cheerleaders (both male and female) and all-female dance team as varsity athletes.
  • Mansfield fields a varsity team in sprint football, a weight-restricted form of football played under standard NCAA rules but governed outside the NCAA.
  • Shepherd and West Chester recognize their female cheerleaders, but not their male ones, as varsity athletes.

Championships

Conference venues

SchoolFootball stadiumCapacityBasketball arenaCapacityOther facilities
Bloomsburg Robert B. Redman Stadium
4,775
Nelson Fieldhouse
3,000
Jan Hutchinson Field
Danny Litwhiler Field
Steph Pettit Stadium
California Hepner-Bailey Field at Adamson Stadium
6,500
California University of Pennsylvania Convocation Center
4,000
Wild Things Park
Phillipsburg Soccer Facility
Lilley Field
Hamer Hall
ClarionMemorial Field
5,000
W.S. Tippin Gymnasium
4,000
East StroudsburgEiler-Martin Stadium
6,000
Koehler Fieldhouse
2,000
Whitenight Field
Mitterling Field
Zimbar Field
Edinboro Sox Harrison Stadium
6,000
McComb Fieldhouse
3,500
Zafirovski Sports and Recreation Dome
GannonMcConnell Family Stadium
2,500
Hammermill Center
2,800
IUP George P. Miller Stadium
6,000
Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex
6,000
Dougherty Field
Podbielski Field
Memorial Field House
South Campus Field
Kutztown University Field at Andre Reed Stadium
5,600
Keystone Field House
3,400
O'Pake Field House
Keystone Field
North Campus Field
Lock Haven Hubert Jack Stadium
3,500
Thomas Fieldhouse
2,500
Foundation Field
Lawrence Field
Charlotte Smith Field
Zimmerli Gymnasium
Mansfield
non-football school
Decker Gymnasium
2,000
Lutes Field
Spaulding Field
Shaute Field
Soccer Field
MillersvilleBiemesderfer Stadium
6,500
Pucillo Gymnasium
2,850
Cooper Park
Millersville Softball Field
Pittsburgh–Johnstown
non-football school
Sports Center
2,400
Point Stadium (baseball)
Seton Hill Offutt Field
5,000
Salvitti Gymnasium
1,200
Dick's Sporting Goods Field
Shepherd Ram Stadium
5,000
Butcher CenterFairfax Baseball Field
Shepherd Softball Field
Shippensburg Seth Grove Stadium
7,700
Heiges Field House
2,768
Robb Field
David See Field
Art Fairchild Field
Slippery Rock N. Kerr Thompson Stadium
10,000
Morrow Field House
3,000
Egli Soccer Field
Critchfield Park
West Chester John A. Farrell Stadium
7,500
Hollinger Field House
2,500
Vonnie Gros Field
Serpico Stadium

Notable alumni

The following is a list of alumni of the respective universities, including before the formation of the Conference in 1951.

Kurt Angle, gold medalist, freestyle wrestling, 1996 Summer Olympics Kurt Angle 2005-08-21.jpg
Kurt Angle, gold medalist, freestyle wrestling, 1996 Summer Olympics
Andre Reed, Pro Football Hall of Fame member Andre Reed Autographs USS Ronald Reagan Mar 20, 2009.jpg
Andre Reed, Pro Football Hall of Fame member
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Vivian Stringer

Football

Baseball

Basketball

Soccer

Olympians

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The 2019 Shepherd Rams football team represented Shepherd University as a member of the East Division of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) during the 2019 NCAA Division II football season. Led by second-year head coach Ernie McCook, the Rams compiled an overall record of 10–3 with a mark of 6–1 in conference play, placing second in the PSAC's East Division. Shepherd advanced to the NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs, where they beat IUP in the first round before losing in the second round at Slippery Rock. The Rams played their home games at Ram Stadium in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

The 1946 Pennsylvania State Teachers College Conference football season was the season of college football played by the 11 member schools of the Pennsylvania State Teachers College Conference (PSTCC) as part of the 1946 college football season.

The 2022 Shepherd Rams football team represented Shepherd University as a member of the East Division of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) during the 2022 NCAA Division II football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Ernie McCook, the Rams compiled an overall record of 13–2 with a mark of 7–0 in conference play, winning the PSAC East Division title. Shepherd lost the PSAC Championship Game to West Division champion IUP. The Rams advanced to the NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs, where they beat New Haven in the first round, Slippery Rock in the second round, and IUP in the quarterfinal, before falling to Colorado Mines in the semifinals. The team played home games at Ram Stadium in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The 2022 season was the third for the Rams as a member of the PSAC after joining the conference in 2019.

Ja'Den McKenzie is an American football running back for Rhode Island. He previously played college football for Division II school West Chester where he became a top-ten rusher in school history before transferring to Rhode Island in 2023. He attended and played high school football for Springfield High School in Springfield Township, Pennsylvania.

Ronnie Brown is an American professional football running back and return specialist who is a free agent. He played college football for the Shepherd Rams before signing with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent in 2023.

The 1961 Pennsylvania State College Conference football season was the season of college football played by the 14 member schools of the Pennsylvania State College Conference (PSTC) as part of the 1961 college football season.

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