New England Collegiate Conference

New England Collegiate Conference
New England Collegiate Conference
(NECC)
New England Collegiate Conference logo
Established 2007
Association NCAA
Division Division III
Members 9
Sports fielded 14 (men's: 7; women's: 8)
Region New England
Headquarters North Attleborough, Massachusetts
Commissioner Del Malloy
Website neccathletics.com
Locations
New England Collegiate Conference locations

The New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) has been the name of two incarnations of collegiate athletic conferences.

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Former Division II conference

The 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,men's and women's volleyball, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's basketball, baseball and softball. [1]

Modern Division III conference

In June 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.

Members

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 Mariners
Newbury College Brookline, MA 1962 Private 1,311 2008 Nighthawks
Regis College Weston, MA 1927 Catholic 1,411 2011 Pride
Southern Vermont College Bennington, VT 1926 Private 410 2008 Mountaineers
Wheelock College Boston, MA 1888 Private 1,086 2008 Wildcats

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

Notable alumni

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