Association | NCAA |
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Founded | 1989 |
Commissioner | Linda Bruno |
Sports fielded |
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Division | Division III |
No. of teams | 12 |
Headquarters | New York, New York |
Region | New York |
Official website | skylineconference.org |
Locations | |
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. [1]
The Skyline currently has 12 full members, all but five are private schools:
The Skyline currently has five affiliate members, all are public schools:
Institution | Location | Founded | Affiliation | Enrollment | Nickname | Joined | Primary conference | Skyline sport |
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Kean University | Union, New Jersey | 1855 | Public | 14,404 | Cougars | 2006–07 | New Jersey (NJAC) | men's lacrosse |
Montclair State University | Montclair, New Jersey | 1908 | 19,464 | Red Hawks | 2006–07 | men's lacrosse | ||
New Jersey City University | Jersey City, New Jersey | 1929 | 8,443 | Gothic Knights | 2019–20 [lower-alpha 1] | men's volleyball | ||
Ramapo College | Mahwah, New Jersey | 1969 | 5,233 | Roadrunners | 2019–20 [lower-alpha 1] | men's volleyball | ||
Stockton University | Pomona, New Jersey | 1969 | 8,458 | Ospreys | 2006–07 | men's lacrosse |
The Skyline had seven former full members, all but one were private schools:
Institution | Location | Founded | Affiliation | Enrollment | Nickname | Joined | Left | Current conference |
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Bard College | Annandale-on-Hudson, New York | 1860 | Episcopal | 1.958 | Raptors | 2007–08 | 2010–11 | Liberty |
Centenary University | Hackettstown, New Jersey | 1867 | United Methodist | 1,597 | Cyclones | 2003–04 | 2006–07 | Atlantic East (AEC) |
Polytechnic Institute of New York University | Brooklyn, New York | 1854 | Nonsectarian | N/A | Fighting Jays | 2007–08 | 2013–14 | N/A [lower-alpha 1] |
The Sage Colleges Sage College of Albany (coed) Russell Sage College (women's) | Albany and Troy, New York | 1916 | Nonsectarian | 2,389 | Gators | 2007–08 | 2017–18 | Empire 8 [lower-alpha 2] |
Stevens Institute of Technology | Hoboken, New Jersey | 1870 | Nonsectarian | 5,260 | Ducks | 2000–01 | 2006–07 | MAC Freedom |
Stony Brook University | Stony Brook, New York | 1957 | Public [lower-alpha 3] | 26,814 | Patriots [lower-alpha 4] | 1989–90 | 1993–94 | CAA (NCAA D-I) |
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