New England Collegiate Conference

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New England Collegiate Conference
Data
Classification	NCAA Division III
Established	2008
Members	9
Sports fielded	14 (7 men's, 8 women's)
Region	Northeastern United States
States	4 - CT, MA, NH, VT
Headquarters	Chicopee, Massachusetts
Locations

The New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) was an NCAA Division II college athletic conference based in the Northeastern United States that dissolved during the late 1990s after most of its members either moved to Division I or joined Division II leagues such as the Northeast Ten Conference or the East Coast Conference.

The conference was founded in 1981 as the New England College Basketball League, and eventually expanded to sponsor eleven sports: men's and women's soccer, volleyball, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's basketball, baseball and softball. [1]

In spite of its name, the league contained a number of schools in New York State.

In June of 2007, nine colleges from New England announced the creation of a new athletic conference under the same NECC name.

The league, which will begin operations July 1, 2008, as a Division III conference includes Bay Path College (Longmeadow, Mass.), Becker College (Leicester, Mass.), Daniel Webster College (Nashua, N.H.), Elms College (Chicopee, Mass.), Lesley University (Cambridge, Mass.), Mitchell College (New London, Conn.), Newbury College (Brookline, Mass.), Southern Vermont College (Bennington, Vt.), and Wheelock College (Boston, Mass.).

The conference plans to initially sponsor 14 championship sports.

Contents 1 Members 1.1 Current Members 1.2 Former Members 2 Famous Alumni

[edit] Members

[edit] Current Members

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Joined	Mascot
Bay Path College	Longmeadow, MA	1897	Private	1,501	2008	Wildcats
Becker College	Worcester, MA	1784	Private	2,079	2008	Hawks
Daniel Webster College	Nashua, NH	1965	Private	722	2008	Eagles
Elms College	Chicopee, MA	1899	Catholic	1,013	2008	Blazers
Lesley University	Cambridge, MA	1909	Private	1,351	2008	Lynx
Mitchell College	New London, CT	1938	Private	790	2008	Pequots
Newbury College	Brookline, MA	1962	Private	1,311	2008	Nighthawks
Southern Vermont College	Bennington, VT	1926	Private	410	2008	Mountaineers
Wheelock College	Boston, MA	1888	Private	1,086	2008	Wildcats

[edit] Former Members

Institution	New Conference	Classification
University at Albany	America East	NCAA Division I
Binghamton University	America East	NCAA Division I
University of Bridgeport	ECC	NCAA Division II
Central Connecticut State University	NEC	NCAA Division I
Felician College	CACC	NCAA Division II
Franklin Pierce University	Northeast-10	NCAA Division II
Keene State College	Little East	NCAA Division III
Le Moyne College	Northeast-10	NCAA Division II
UMass Lowell	Northeast-10	NCAA Division II
University of New Haven	Northeast-10	NCAA Division II
Post University	CACC	NCAA Division II
Quinnipiac University	NEC	NCAA Division I
Sacred Heart University	NEC	NCAA Division I
Southern Connecticut State University	Northeast-10	NCAA Division II
Southern New Hampshire University	Northeast-10	NCAA Division II
Stony Brook University	America East	NCAA Division I

[edit] Famous Alumni

• Bill Bayno, Sacred Heart- Former UNLV head men's basketball coach.

• Manute Bol, Bridgeport- NBA center with Washington Bullets, Golden State Warriors, and Philadelphia 76ers.

• Joe Nathan, Stony Brook- Major League Baseball pitcher with San Francisco Giants and Minnesota Twins.

• Mike Petke, Southern Connecticut- MLS soccer player with Colorado Rapids, New York/New Jersey Metrostars and DC United.