Yankee Small College Conference

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Yankee Small College Conference
ConferenceUSCAA
Founded2005
Sports fielded
  • 12
    • men's: 6
    • women's: 6
DivisionDivision II
No. of teams11 full, 2 affiliate (12 full in 2026)
HeadquartersSt. Johnsbury, Vermont
Official websitehttp://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.[1] 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).[1]

Member schools

The YSCC currently has 11 full members, all but 4 are public schools:

Current members

Institution Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment Nickname Joined[a]
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[b] 2,700 Mustangs 2008
Great Bay Community College Portsmouth, New Hampshire 1945 Public[b] 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[b] 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[b] 7,006 Seawolves 2008
University of Maine at Augusta Augusta, Maine 1965 Public[c] 6,000 Moose 2008
Vermont State University–Randolph Randolph, Vermont 1866 Public[d] 1,453 Knights 2011
Word of Life/Davis College Johnson City, New York 1900 Baptist 441 Huskies 2024[2]
York County Community College Wells, Maine 1994 Public[b] 1,708 Hawks 2021
Notes
  1. ^ Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
  2. ^ a b c d e Also a junior college.
  3. ^ Part of the University of Maine System.
  4. ^ Also a technical college.

Future member

The YSCC will have a new full-member, which is also a public school:

Institution Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment Nickname Joined[a]
Washington County Community College Calais, Maine 1969 Public[b] 500 Golden Eagles 2026[3]
Notes
  1. ^ Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
  2. ^ Part of the Maine Community College System.

Affiliate members

The YSCC currently has two affiliate members, which is also are public schools:

Institution Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment Nickname Joined[a] Primary
conference 		YSCC
sport(s)
Kennebec Valley Community College Fairfield, Maine 1969 Public[b] 482 Lynx 2025[4] Independent (USCAA) golf
Northern Essex Community College Haverhill, Massachusetts 1961 Public[c] 5,115 Knights 2020 Massachusetts (MCCAA)[d]
(NJCAA Region XXI) 		softball
Notes
  1. ^ Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
  2. ^ Part of the Maine Community College System.
  3. ^ Also a junior college.
  4. ^ Currently an NJCAA athletic conference.

Former members

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

Institution Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment Nickname Joined[a] Left[b] Current
conference
College of St. Joseph Rutland, Vermont 1956 Catholic
(Diocese of Burlington) 		N/A Fighting Saints 2011 2019 Closed in 2019
University of Maine at Machias Machias, Maine 1909 Public[c] 800 Clippers 2011 2020 N/A[d]
Unity College Unity, Maine 1965 Non-profit &
Nonsectarian 		2,923 Rams 2008 2020 Closed in 2020[5]
Notes
  1. ^ Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
  2. ^ Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.
  3. ^ Part of the University of Maine System.
  4. ^ Maine–Machias suspended its athletics program after the 2019–20 school year.

Conference sports

Conference sports
Sport Men's Women's
Baseball
Y
Basketball
Y
Y
Bowling
Y
Y
Cross Country
Y
Y
Golf
Y
Soccer
Y
Y
Softball
Y
Volleyball
Y

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Staff (June 6, 2011). "UM-Machias joins Yankee Small College Conference". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
  2. ^ https://www.yankeeconference.org/landing/WOL_joining_YSCC
  3. ^ "YSCC Adds Washington County as Newest Member". Yankee Small College Conference. December 18, 2025. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
  4. ^ https://www.yankeeconference.org/sports/golf/2025-26/releases/20251006z816ij
  5. ^ "History of the Yankee Small College Conference". Retrieved July 25, 2022.
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