New England Small College Athletic Conference

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New England Small College Athletic Conference
Established 1971
Executive Director Andrea Savage
Assistant Director for Conference Operations Dan Fisher
Address 100 Venture Way - 3rd Floor. Hadley, MA 01035
Phone (413) 587-2105
Fax (413) 587-2167

The New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) is an athletic conference consisting of eleven highly selective liberal arts colleges located in New England and New York. Most of the colleges have been competing against each other since the 1800s. The colleges in this conference are often referred to as the "Little Ivies".

According to the NESCAC, "The formation of NESCAC originated with an agreement among Amherst College, Bowdoin College, Wesleyan University and Williams College first drafted in 1955. Along with these four institutions, Bates College, Colby College, Hamilton College, Middlebury College, Trinity College and Tufts University are sustaining charter members. Connecticut College was added in 1982, bringing the Conference's membership to its current total of 11 institutions."

Union College was an original charter member, but left the NESCAC in 1977 after an incident with ice hockey recruiting.

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[edit] Current members

[edit] Past members

[edit] Conference championships

The NESCAC holds conference championships in

[edit] NCAA Division III competition

Prior to 1993, NESCAC generally did not allow its member schools to send teams to NCAA championships. Since then, all sports except football have had this freedom, and have excelled in the NCAA Division III championships. For example, the Division III NACDA Director's Cup, awarded since 1996 to the college or university that wins the most college championships, has been awarded to Williams College every year except 1998.

Middlebury College leads the conference in total number of National Championships, having won 27 individual titles since the NESCAC lifted its ban on NCAA play. Williams College is second, having won 13 in sports including Men's Basketball (1), Men's Soccer (1), Men's and Women's Tennis (3, 2), Men's and Women's Cross Country (2, 2), and Women's Crew (2).

[edit] Conference venues

School Football Basketball
Stadium Capacity Arena Capacity
Amherst Pratt Field 8,000 LeFrak Gymnasium 2,450
Bates Garcelon Field 3,000 Alumni Gymnasium 750
Bowdoin Whittier Field 9,000 Morrell Gymnasium 2,000
Colby Seaverns Stadium 5,000 Wadsworth Gymnasium 2,500
Connecticut Non-football school N/A Luce Fieldhouse 800
Hamilton Steuben Field 2,500 Margaret Bundy Scott Field House 2,500
Middlebury Alumni Stadium 3,500 Pepin Gymnasium 1,200
Trinity Dan Jessee Field 6,500 Oosting Gym 2,000
Tufts Ellis Oval 6,000 Cousens Gym 1,000
Wesleyan Andrus Field 5,000 Silloway Gymnasium 1,200
Williams Weston Field 10,000 Chandler Gymnasium 2,900

[edit] Athletic spending

The U. S. Department of Education publishes statistics on athletic spending by colleges[1]. In 2004-05, athletic spending by NESCAC schools was as follows:

School Athletic Spending Div III rank Amount per Student Div III rank
Amherst $3,004,696 #16 $1,832 #7
Bates $3,150,992 #14 $1,808 #8
Bowdoin $3,710,200 #7 $2,212 #4
Colby $2,181,256 #44 $1,198 #38
Connecticut $1,610,230 #105 $847 #91
Hamilton $1,855,184 #65 $1,035 #60
Middlebury $4,028,115 #4 $1,709 #11
Trinity $2,893,037 #19 $1,210 #36
Tufts $2,397,536 #31 $489 #164
Wesleyan $3,079,274 #15 $1,140 #47
Williams $5,697,753 #2 $2,779 #1

In Division III, Williams College athletic spending is second only to Christopher Newport University, which spends 2% more than Williams but has twice as many students. Connecticut College athletic spending is unusually low because it does not have a football team. Tufts per-student athletic spending is low because it has nearly double the undergraduate population (4,900) of its nearest NESCAC rival (Wesleyan, with 2,700)

[edit] Related athletic conferences

Amherst, Wesleyan, and Williams are also members of the Little Three conference. Bates, Bowdoin, and Colby are also members of the CBB conference.

[edit] Alumni

Bill Belichick, head coach of 3 Super Bowl winning New England Patriots teams, and Eric Mangini, former defensive coordinator for the Patriots and current head coach of the New York Jets, both hail from NESCAC member school Wesleyan University.

Professional hockey player Guy Hebert was a student at NESCAC member school Hamilton College, and was a first round draft pick of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. Hebert eventually played for the New York Rangers.

Professional football player Ethan Brooks graduated from Williams College in 1996. He was an offensive tackle for a number of teams until his retirement in 2005, and achieved his greatest success as a starter for the Baltimore Ravens.

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New England Small College Athletic Conference
Amherst • Bates • Bowdoin • Colby • Connecticut College • Hamilton • Middlebury • Trinity • Tufts • Wesleyan • Williams


NCAA Division III Football Conferences
American Southwest Conference – Atlantic Central Football Conference – College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Centennial Conference – Freedom Football Conference – Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference – Illini-Badger Football Conference – Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Liberty League – Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Middle Atlantic Corporation – Midwest Conference – Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – New England Football Conference – New England Small College Athletic Conference – New Jersey Athletic Conference – North Coast Athletic Conference – Northwest Athletic Conference – Ohio Athletic Conference – Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Presidents' Athletic Conference – Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference – University Athletic Association – USA South Athletic Conference – Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Independents
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