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Yankee Small College Conference

{{About|the USCAA conference|the defunct NCAA conference|Yankee Conference}}

{{Infobox sports league

| name = Yankee Small College Conference

| logo = YSCC logo.png

| logo_size = 120

| founded = 2005

| conference = USCAA

| division = Division II

| teams = 10 full, 1 affiliate

| sports = 12

| mens = 6

| womens = 6

| headquarters = St. Johnsbury, Vermont

| website = http://www.yankeeconference.org/

}}

Yankee Small College Conference is a Division II conference in the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA). The conference consists of two-year and four-year schools from Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York State.{{cite news|last=Staff|work=Bangor Daily News|url=http://bangordailynews.com/2011/06/06/sports/um-machias-joins-yankee-small-college-conference/|title=UM-Machias joins Yankee Small College Conference|date=June 6, 2011|access-date=July 2, 2011}} The conference hosted its first championships in the 2008–09 season, and in 2011, the conference expanded to include Hampshire College and four new members from the disbanded Sunrise Athletic Conference of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).

Member schools

The YSCC currently has 10 full members, all but 3 are public schools:

=Current members=

class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

! Institution

! Location

! Founded

! Affiliation

! Enrollment

! Nickname

! Joined{{efn|group=full|Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.}}

Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

| Albany, New York

| 1881

| Non-profit,
& Nonsectarian

| 1,384

| Panthers

| 2020

Central Maine Community College

| Auburn, Maine

| 1963

| Public{{efn|group=full|name=JUCO|Also a junior college.}}

| 2,700

| Mustangs

| 2008

Great Bay Community College

| Portsmouth, New Hampshire

| 1945

| Public{{efn|group=full|name=JUCO}}

| 2,217

| Herons

| 2008

Hampshire College

| Amherst, Massachusetts

| 1965

| Non-profit,
& Nonsectarian

| 1,400

| Black Sheep

| 2011

NHTI - Concord's Community College

| Concord, New Hampshire

| 1961

| Public{{efn|group=full|name=JUCO}}

| 3,926

| Lynx

| 2008

Paul Smith's College

| Paul Smiths, New York

| 1946

| Non-profit,
& Nonsectarian

| 1,000

| Bobcats

| 2011

Southern Maine Community College

| South Portland, Maine

| 1946

| Public{{efn|group=full|name=JUCO}}

| 7,006

| Seawolves

| 2008

York County Community College

| Wells, Maine

| 1994

| Public{{efn|group=full|name=JUCO}}

| 1,708

| Hawks

| 2021

{{sort|Maine-Augusta|University of Maine at Augusta}}

| Augusta, Maine

| 1965

| Public{{efn|group=full|name=UMeS|Part of the University of Maine System.}}

| 6,000

| Moose

| 2008

Vermont State University Randolph

| Randolph, Vermont

| 1866

| Public{{efn|group=full|name=Tech|Also a technical college.}}

| 1,453

| Knights

| 2011

;Notes:

{{notelist|group=full}}

=Affiliate members=

The YSCC currently has one affiliate members, which is also a public school:

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

! Institution

! Location

! Founded

! Affiliation

! Enrollment

! Nickname

! Joined{{efn|group=aff|Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.}}

! Primary
conference

! YSCC
sport(s)

Northern Essex Community College

| Haverhill, Massachusetts

| 1961

| Public{{efn|group=full|name=JUCO|Also a junior college.}}

| 5,115

| Knights

| 2020

| Massachusetts (MCCAA){{efn|group=aff|Currently an NJCAA athletic conference.}}
{{small|(NJCAA Region XXI)}}

| softball

;Notes:

{{notelist|group=aff}}

=Former members=

The YSCC had 3 former full members, one of them was a private school:

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

! Institution

! Location

! Founded

! Affiliation

! Enrollment

! Nickname

! Joined{{efn|group=former|Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.}}

! Left{{efn|group=former|Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.}}

! Current
conference

College of St. Joseph

| Rutland, Vermont

| 1956

| Catholic
{{small|(Diocese of Burlington)}}

| N/A

| Fighting Saints

| 2011

| 2019

| Closed in 2019

{{sort|Maine–Machias|University of Maine at Machias}}

| Machias, Maine

| 1909

| Public{{efn|group=former|name=UMeS|Part of the University of Maine System.}}

| 800

| Clippers

| 2011

| 2020

| N/A{{efn|group=former|Maine–Machias suspended its athletics program after the 2019–20 school year.}}

Unity College

| Unity, Maine

| 1965

| Non-profit &
Nonsectarian

| 2,923

| Rams

| 2008

| 2020

| Closed in 2020{{cite web |url=https://www.yankeeconference.org/Archives/History |title=History of the Yankee Small College Conference |access-date=July 25, 2022}}

;Notes:

{{notelist|group=former}}

Conference sports

class="wikitable" style=

|+ Conference sports

!Sport

Men'sWomen's
Baseball{{center|{{Y}}}}
Basketball{{center|{{Y}}}}{{center|{{Y}}}}
Bowling{{center|{{Y}}}}{{center|{{Y}}}}
Cross Country{{center|{{Y}}}}{{center|{{Y}}}}
Golf{{center|{{Y}}}}
Soccer{{center|{{Y}}}}{{center|{{Y}}}}
Softball{{center|{{Y}}}}
Volleyball{{center|{{Y}}}}

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.yankeeconference.org/ The official YSCC website]
  • [http://www.theuscaa.com The official USCAA website]

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