Wisconsin Collegiate Conference

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Wisconsin Collegiate Conference
Sports fielded
  • 2
    • men's: 1
    • women's: 1
No. of teams5
Region Wisconsin
Official website www.wccwis.com
Locations
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The Wisconsin Collegiate Conference (WCC) is a collegiate athletic conference made up primarily of the branch campuses of the Universities of Wisconsin as well as one private college. The conference currently sponsors men's basketball and women's volleyball and formerly sponsored in co-ed soccer, women's basketball, men's tennis, and men's golf. [1] [2] All schools are considered junior colleges and athletes are only eligible for two years.

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In 2020, after all schools suspended athletic events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the WCC went on hiatus. Ahead of the 2021–22 season, the satellite campuses of UW-Green Bay, UW-Oshkosh, and UW-Stevens Point formed a new conference, the Wisconsin Competitive Sports League. [3]

The WCC returned for the 2023–24 season, with only the Oshkosh, Stevens Point, Whitewater, and Platteville campuses returning (apart from Platteville's Richland campus, which closed in 2023). The only sports that returned were volleyball and men's basketball. [4] The junior varsity men's basketball squad at Bryant & Stratton College's Wisconsin campuses also joined, becoming the first campus outside the UW System to join the conference. [5] Following the season UW-Oshkosh's Fond du Lac campus closed, while Whitewater's Rock County campus left for the NJCAA and added more sports. [6]

Member schools

Current full members

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  Leaving in 2024

InstitutionLocationFoundedEnrollment [7] NicknameColors
UW–Platteville Baraboo Sauk County Baraboo, Wisconsin 1968348Fighting Spirits  
UW–Stevens Point at Wausau Wausau, Wisconsin 1933575Huskies  
UW–Stevens Point at Marshfield Marshfield, Wisconsin 1963421Mauraders  
UW–Oshkosh, Fox Cities Campus [a] Menasha, Wisconsin 19601,132Cyclones  
  1. ↑ Campus closing in 2025

Current associate members

InstitutionLocationFoundedEnrollmentNicknameColorsPrimary conferenceWCC sport
Bryant & Stratton College Wisconsin Glendale, Racine, and Wauwatosa, Wisconsin 18541,502Bobcats   NJCAA Region 4Men's basketball [a]
  1. ↑ Junior varsity team only.

Former

InstitutionLocationFoundedLeftEnrollment [7] NicknameColorsFate
UW–Eau Claire – Barron County Rice Lake, Wisconsin 19662020434Chargers  Disbanded athletic program
UW–Platteville Richland Richland Center, Wisconsin 19672020155Roadrunners  Campus closed
UW–Green Bay, Manitowoc Campus Manitowoc, Wisconsin 19332020218Blue Devils  Disbanded athletic program
UW–Green Bay, Marinette Campus Marinette, Wisconsin 19352020198Buccaneers  Disbanded athletic program
UW–Green Bay, Sheboygan Campus Sheboygan, Wisconsin 19332020359Wombats  Disbanded athletic program
UW–Milwaukee at Washington County West Bend, Wisconsin 19682020605Wildcats  Disbanded athletic program
UW–Milwaukee at Waukesha Waukesha, Wisconsin 196620201,541Cougars  Disbanded athletic program
UW–Oshkosh, Fond du Lac Campus Fond du Lac, Wisconsin 19682024435Falcons  Campus closed
UW–Whitewater at Rock County Janesville, Wisconsin 19662024865Warhawks [a]   Moved to NJCAA Region 13

2023–present

SchoolMen's basketballWomen's volleyballTotal
Baraboo Sauk CountyGreen check.svgGreen check.svg2
Bryant & StrattonGreen check.svgRed x.svg1
Fond du LacGreen check.svgGreen check.svg2
Fox CitiesGreen check.svgGreen check.svg2
MarshfieldGreen check.svgGreen check.svg2
Rock CountyRed x.svgGreen check.svg1
WausauGreen check.svgGreen check.svg2
Total6612

Before 2020

SchoolCo-ed soccerMen's basketballWomen's basketballWomen's volleyballTotal
Baraboo/Sauk CountyRed x.svgGreen check.svgRed x.svgRed x.svg1
Barron CountyRed x.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg3
WausauGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg4
MarshfieldRed x.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg3
RichlandRed x.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg3
Rock CountyRed x.svgGreen check.svgRed x.svgRed x.svg1
Fond du LacGreen check.svgGreen check.svgRed x.svgRed x.svg2
Fox CitiesGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg4
ManitowocRed x.svgGreen check.svgRed x.svgRed x.svg1
MarinetteRed x.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg3
SheboyganRed x.svgGreen check.svgRed x.svgGreen check.svg2
Washington CountyGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg4
WaukeshaGreen check.svgGreen check.svgRed x.svgRed x.svg2
Total5137833

Notes

  1. ↑ Were known as the Rattlers until becoming a branch of UW-Whitewater in 2018.

References

  1. ↑ "Tennis". Wisconsin Collegiate Conference. Archived from the original on January 23, 2016. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  2. ↑ "Golf". Wisconsin Collegiate Conference. Archived from the original on January 11, 2016. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  3. ↑ "Athletics returns to two-year campuses for UWO, UWGB and UWSP". UW Oshkosh Today. 2021-04-13. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  4. ↑ "Sports". Wisconsin Collegiate Conference. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  5. ↑ "Men's Basketball". Wisconsin Collegiate Conference. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  6. ↑ "Competitive Sports | UW-Whitewater at Rock County". www.uww.edu. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
  7. 1 2 "Fall Semester Enrollment Comparison with Prior Year" (PDF). University of Wisconsin System. 2019. Retrieved June 4, 2020.

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