Wisconsin Collegiate Conference

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Wisconsin Collegiate Conference
Sports fielded
  • 2
    • men's: 1
    • women's: 1
No. of teams7
Region Wisconsin
Official website www.wccwis.com
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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 squad at Bryant & Stratton College's Wisconsin campuses also joined for men's basketball, becoming the first campus outside the UW System to join the conference. [5]

Member schools

Current full members

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Bryant & Stratton
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Rock County
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Marshfield
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Wausau
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  Leaving in 2024

InstitutionLocationFoundedEnrollment [6] 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–Whitewater at Rock County [lower-alpha 1] Janesville, Wisconsin 1966865Warhawks [lower-alpha 2]   
UW–Oshkosh, Fond du Lac Campus [lower-alpha 3] Fond du Lac, Wisconsin 1968435Falcons  
UW–Oshkosh, Fox Cities Campus Menasha, Wisconsin 19601,132Cyclones  
  1. Moving to NJCAA in 2024.
  2. Were known as the Rattlers until becoming a branch of UW-Whitewater in 2018.
  3. Campus closing in 2024.

Current associate members

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

Former

InstitutionLocationFoundedLeftEnrollment [6] NicknameColors
UW–Eau Claire – Barron County Rice Lake, Wisconsin 19662020434Chargers  
UW–Platteville Richland Richland Center, Wisconsin 19672020155Roadrunners  
UW–Green Bay, Manitowoc Campus Manitowoc, Wisconsin 19332020218Blue Devils  
UW–Green Bay, Marinette Campus Marinette, Wisconsin 19352020198Buccaneers  
UW–Green Bay, Sheboygan Campus Sheboygan, Wisconsin 19332020359Wombats  
UW–Milwaukee at Washington County West Bend, Wisconsin 19682020605Wildcats  
UW–Milwaukee at Waukesha Waukesha, Wisconsin 196620201,541Cougars  

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

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