Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference

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Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference

Association	NCAA
Founded	1997
Commissioner	Donna Ledwin
Sports fielded	18 men's: 9 women's: 9
Division	Division III
No. of teams	9
Headquarters	North Boston, New York
Region	Northeastern United States
Official website	www.amccsports.org
Locations

The Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in the northeastern United States in the states of New York and Pennsylvania.

Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference

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62miles

Alfred State

Carlow

Pitt-Greensburg

Pitt-Bradford

PS-Behrend

PS-Altoona

Mt. Aloysius

La Roche

Hilbert

  

Location of AMCC full members: full

The most recent changes to conference membership took place in 2020, with two full members and one associate member leaving. D'Youville College began a transition to NCAA Division II in the East Coast Conference,^[1] and Franciscan University of Steubenville completed a multi-year transition to full membership in the D-III Presidents' Athletic Conference.^[2] Wittenberg University, which became a men's volleyball associate in 2018–19, left the AMCC to return to the Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League, where it had played from the start of its program in the 2015–16 school year through 2017–18.^[3] Medaille College joined the entirely New York-based Empire 8, effective the 2022–23 school year.^[4] Wells College, current affiliate member for swimming and diving, added men's volleyball to compete in the AMCC as an affiliate, effective the 2023 spring season (2022–23 school year).^[5] Carlow University joined in 2023–24 from the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics' River States Conference but spent its exploratory year in the prior NAIA season.^[6]

• 1997 - In 1997, the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) was founded. Charter members included Frostburg State University, La Roche College (now La Roche University), Lake Erie College, Pennsylvania State University at Erie, the Behrend College (a.k.a. Penn State–Erie or Penn State–Behrend), the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford (a.k.a. Pitt–Bradford) and the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg (a.k.a. Pitt–Greensburg), effective beginning the 1997-98 academic year.
• 1998 - Pennsylvania State University at Altoona (a.k.a. Penn State Altoona) joined the AMCC, effective in the 1998-99 academic year.
• 2005 - Hilbert College and Medaille College joined the AMCC, effective in the 2005-06 academic year.
• 2006 - Mount Aloysius College joined the AMCC, effective in the 2006-07 academic year.
• 2008
  • Lake Erie left the AMCC to join the NCAA Division II ranks of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as an NCAA D-II Independent (which would then later join the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) a few seasons later, effective beginning the 2010-11 academic year), effective after the 2007-08 academic year.
  • D'Youville College (now "University") joined the AMCC, effective in the 2008-09 academic year.
• 2009 - Franciscan University of Steubenville joined the AMCC, effective in the 2009-10 academic year.
• 2010 - Frostburg State left the AMCC to join the Capital Athletic Conference (CAC), effective after the 2009-10 academic year.
• 2015 - New Jersey City University joined the AMCC as an associate member for women's bowling, effective in the 2016 spring season (2015-16 academic year).
• 2017 - Hiram College joined the AMCC as an associate member for men's volleyball, effective in the 2018 spring season (2017-18 academic year).
• 2018 - Five institutions joined the AMCC as associate members: Geneva College, Thiel College and Wittenberg University for men's volleyball; Saint Vincent College for women's bowling; and the State University of New York at Delhi for men's & women's swimming & diving, all effective in the 2019 spring season (2018-19 academic year).
• 2019 - Alfred State College joined the AMCC, effective in the 2019-20 academic year.
• 2020
  • Two institutions left the AMCC at the end of the 2019–20 academic year. D'Youville began a transition to NCAA Division II as a new member of the East Coast Conference (ECC), and Franciscan, which was already a multi-sport associate member of the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC), became a full member of that league.
  • Also at that time, men's volleyball associate Wittenberg left to return to its previous men's volleyball home of the Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League.
  • Two schools became associate members effective in 2020–21—Saint Vincent added men's volleyball to its AMCC associate membership, while Wells College joined the AMCC as an associate member for men's and women's swimming & diving.
• 2022
  • Medaille left the AMCC at the end of the 2021–22 academic year to join the Empire 8 Athletic Conference (Empire 8). It remained an AMCC associate in bowling.
  • Wells added men's volleyball to its AMCC associate membership, effective with the 2023 spring season (2022–23 academic year).
  • Two schools announced that they would join the AMCC in 2023–24. Carlow University joined after spending its first NCAA exploratory season in the NAIA's River States Conference, and Wells became a full AMCC member.^[7]
  • The PAC, primary home of AMCC men's volleyball associates Geneva, Saint Vincent, and Thiel, announced it would begin sponsoring that sport in the 2025 season (2024–25 academic year). Accordingly, all three will leave the AMCC after the 2024 season.^[8]
• 2023
  • AMCC bowling associate Medaille announced it would close at the end of the 2022–23 academic year.^[9]
  • The PAC announced that current AMCC men's volleyball associate Hiram would move that sport to the PAC after the 2024 season.^[10]
  • The AMCC announced that it would add Buffalo State University and Houghton University as men's volleyball associates in 2024–25. At the time of announcement, both were preparing to start men's volleyball programs in 2023–24.^[11]
• 2024 - Wells announced that it would close at the end of the 2023-24 academic year.^[12]

The AMCC currently has nine full members, with four being part of Pennsylvania's Commonwealth System of Higher Education, made up of state-supported but privately chartered institutions; one public institution; and five private institutions.

Notes

The AMCC currently has four associate members. While Saint Vincent departed for the Presidents' Athletic Conference for men's volleyball in 2024–25, it remains a bowling associate.

The AMCC has six former full members, one of which remained an AMCC bowling affiliate for a year until the school's closure.

Notes

The AMCC has eight former associate members:

Notes

The AMCC Conference sponsors championships in the following sports:

Conference sports

Sport	Men's	Women's
Baseball	Y
Basketball	Y	Y
Bowling		Y
Cross Country	Y	Y
Golf	Y
Lacrosse		Y
Soccer	Y	Y
Softball		Y
Swimming & Diving	Y	Y
Tennis	Y	Y
Volleyball	Y	Y
Wrestling	Y

Departing members in pink.

School	Baseball	Basketball	Cross Country	Golf	Soccer	Swimming & Diving	Tennis	Volleyball	Total
Alfred State	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N	N	5
Carlow	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	5
Hilbert	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	6
La Roche	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	5
Mount Aloysius	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	7
PS-Altoona	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	7
PS-Behrend	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	7
Pitt-Bradford	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	6
Pitt-Greensburg	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	6
Totals	9	10	8	9	10	5	5	5+2	60+2
Buffalo State								Y	1
Houghton								Y	1

School	Football	Lacrosse	Track & Field (Indoor)	Track & Field (Outdoor)	Water Polo	Wrestling
Alfred State	ECFC	N	ECAC	UEC	N	ECWC
Carlow	N	N	TBA	TBA	N	N
Hilbert	Independent	UEC	N	N	N	N
La Roche	N	UEC	N	N	N	N
PS-Behrend	N	N	Independent	UEC	MPSF	ECWC
Pitt-Bradford	N	N	N	N	N	ECWC

School	Basketball	Bowling	Cross Country	Soccer	Softball	Swimming & Diving	Tennis	Volleyball	Total
Alfred State	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	6
Carlow	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	6
Hilbert	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	7
La Roche	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	7
Mount Aloysius	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	7
PS-Altoona	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	7
PS-Behrend	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
Pitt-Bradford	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	7
Pitt-Greensburg	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	7
Totals	10	7+2	8	10	10	5	7	10	67+2
New Jersey City		Y							1
Saint Vincent		Y							1

School	Golf	Field Hockey	Lacrosse	Track & Field (Indoor)	Track & Field (Outdoor)	Water Polo
Alfred State	N	Independent	N	Independent	UEC	N
Carlow	TBA	N	N	TBA	TBA	N
Hilbert	N	N	UEC	N	N	N
La Roche	N	N	UEC	N	N	N
Mount Aloysius	Independent	N	UEC	N	N	N
PS-Altoona	Independent	N	N	N	N	N
PS-Behrend	Independent	N	N	N	UEC	CWPA

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