- New England Collegiate Conference
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New England Collegiate Conference
(NECC)
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 
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
- 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
External links
Categories:- NCAA Division III conferences
- Defunct NCAA Division II conferences
- 1981 establishments in the United States
- Organizations established in 1981
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