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


History


Recent changes

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
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in the
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(ECC), and Franciscan University of Steubenville completed a multi-year transition to full membership in the D-III Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC). On January 24, 2020, Wittenberg University, which became a men's volleyball associate in 2018–19, left the AMCC to return to the
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, where it had played from the start of its program in the 2015–16 school year through 2017–18. On August 26, 2021,
Medaille College Medaille University was a private university, private college in Buffalo, New York. The Sisters of St. Joseph founded Medaille in 1937, naming it after their founder, Jean Paul Médaille. It later became nonsectarian and coeducational. The colle ...
joined the entirely New York-based Empire 8 Athletic Conference (Empire 8), effective the 2022–23 school year; at the same time, it remained an AMCC associate in women's bowling. On May 17, 2023, Medaille announced it would close at the end of the 2023 spring semester (2022–23 academic year). On February 9, 2022, 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). Later, the following season, Wells announced to become a full AMCC member, effective 2023–24. On July 6, 2022, Carlow University would join the AMCC as a provisional member in the 2023–24 school year from the River States Conference (RSC) of the
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(NAIA), but spent its exploratory year in the prior NAIA season. On December 13, 2022, 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 spring season of the 2024–25 academic year. Accordingly, all three will leave the AMCC after the 2024 spring season. On June 6, 2023, the PAC announced that current AMCC men's volleyball associate Hiram would move that sport to the PAC after the 2024 season. On June 26, 2023, the AMCC announced that it would add Buffalo State University and Houghton University as men's volleyball associates for the 2025 spring season (2024–25 school year). At the time of announcement, both were preparing to start men's volleyball programs in 2023–24. On April 29, 2024, Wells announced that it would cease operations at the end of the 2023–24 academic year. On June 5, 2025, Alfred State College accepted an invitation to join the
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(SUNYAC), beginning the 2026–27 academic year; thus leaving the AMCC with 8 full members.


Chronological timeline

* 1997 – In 1997, the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) was founded. Charter members included
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, 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
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(a.k.a. Pitt–Bradford) and the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg (a.k.a. Pitt–Greensburg), beginning the 1997–98 academic year. * 1998 – Pennsylvania State University at Altoona (a.k.a. Penn State–Altoona) joined the AMCC in the 1998–99 academic year. * 2005 – Hilbert College and
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joined the AMCC in the 2005–06 academic year. * 2006 – Mount Aloysius College joined the AMCC in the 2006–07 academic year. * 2008: ** Lake Erie left the AMCC to join the
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ranks of the
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(NCAA) as an
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(which would then later join the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) a few seasons later, beginning the 2010–11 school year) after the 2007–08 academic year. ** D'Youville College (now D'Youville University) joined the AMCC in the 2008–09 academic year. * 2009 – Franciscan University of Steubenville joined the AMCC in the 2009–10 academic year. * 2010: ** Frostburg State left the AMCC to join the Capital Athletic Conference (CAC; now known as the Coast to Coast Athletic Conference) after the 2009–10 academic year. ** Cabrini College (later Cabrini University) joined the AMCC as an associate member for men's and women's swimming & diving in the 2010–11 academic year. * 2015 –
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joined the AMCC as an associate member for women's bowling in the 2016 spring season (2015–16 academic year). * 2016: ** Thiel College joined the AMCC as an associate member for women's bowling in the 2017 spring season (2016–17 academic year). ** Alfred State College joined the AMCC as an associate member for men's and women's swimming & diving and men's lacrosse in the 2016–17 academic year. * 2017 –
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joined the AMCC as an associate member for men's volleyball in the 2018 spring season (2017–18 academic year). * 2018: ** Thiel left the AMCC as an associate member for women's bowling after the 2018 spring season (2017–18 academic year). ** Six institutions joined the AMCC as associate members (and/or added other single sports into their associate memberships), all effective in the 2019 spring season (2018–19 academic year): *** Alfred State for baseball *** Thiel,
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and Wittenberg University for men's volleyball *** Saint Vincent College for women's bowling *** and the State University of New York at Delhi (SUNY Delhi) for men's & women's swimming & diving * 2019: ** Alfred State College upgraded as a full member for all sports in the 2019–20 academic year. ** The AMCC and the Empire 8 Athletic Conference (Empire 8) had a joint partnership for men's and women's swimming & diving in the 2019–20 academic year. Therefore, Empire 8 members Alfred University, Hartwick College, Nazareth College of Rochester (now Nazareth University) and Utica College (now Utica University) joined essentially as AMCC associates; while the AMCC members are essentially Empire 8 associates. * 2020: ** Two institutions left the AMCC to join their respective new home primary conferences, both effective after of the 2019–20 academic year: *** D'Youville to join the NCAA Division II ranks and the
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(ECC) *** and Franciscan to join the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) as a full member, which was already a multi-sport associate member of that conference ** Wittenberg left the AMCC as an associate member for men's volleyball to rejoin the
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(MCVL). ** Two institutions joined the AMCC as associate members (and/or added other single sports into their associate memberships), both effective in the 2020–21 academic year: *** Saint Vincent for men's volleyball *** and Wells College for men's and women's swimming & diving * 2022: ** Medaille left the AMCC after the 2021–22 academic year to join the Empire 8 Athletic Conference (Empire 8) after the 2021–22 academic year; while the school remained in the AMCC as an associate member for women's bowling and men's and women's swimming & diving. ** Two institutions joined the AMCC as associate members (and/or added other single sports into their associate memberships), both effective in the 2023 spring season (2022–23 academic year): ***
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for women's bowling *** and Wells for men's volleyball * 2023 ** Former full member Medaille left the AMCC as an associate member for women's bowling after the 2023 spring season (2022–23 academic year); as the school ceased operations. ** Carlow University joined the AMCC (with Wells upgrading as a full member for all sports) in the 2023–24 academic year. **
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joined the AMCC as an associate member for women's bowling in the 2024 spring season (2023–24 academic year). * 2024: ** Geneva, Hiram, Saint Vincent and Thiel left the AMCC as associate members for men's volleyball to join the PAC for that sport after the 2024 spring season (2023–24 academic year). ** New Jersey City (NJCU) left the AMCC as an associate member for women's bowling after the 2024 spring season (2023–24 academic year). ** Wells left the AMCC after the 2023–24 academic year; as the school ceased operations. ** Buffalo State University and Houghton University joined the AMCC as associate members for men's volleyball in the 2025 spring season (2024–25 academic year). * 2026 – Alfred State will leave the AMCC to join the
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(SUNYAC), beginning the 2026–27 academic year.


Member schools


Current members

The AMCC currently has nine full members, with four being part of Pennsylvania's
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, made up of state-supported but privately chartered institutions; one public institution; and four private institutions (all Catholic). ;Notes:


Associate members

The AMCC currently has five associate members, all but one are
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schools. ;Notes:


Former members

The AMCC has six former full members, all but one are
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schools. ;Notes:


Former associate members

The AMCC had 14 former associate members, all but one are
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schools. ;Notes:


Membership timeline

DateFormat = yyyy ImageSize = width:900 height:auto barincrement:20 Period = from:1997 till:2032 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal PlotArea = right:5 left:5 bottom:40 top:5 Colors = id:line value:black id:bg value:white id:Full value:rgb(0.7,0.9,0.8) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in all sports id:FullxF value:rgb(0.9,0.8,0.7) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in all sports except for football id:AssocF value:rgb(0.9,0.7,0.8) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member for football only id:AssocOS value:rgb(0.8,0.9,0.7) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member for another sport only id:OtherC1 value:rgb(0.996,0.996,0.699) # Use this color to denote a team that has moved in another conference id:OtherC2 value:rgb(0.988,0.703,0.383) # Use this color to denote a team that has moved in another conference when the other color has already been used PlotData= width:15 textcolor:black shift:(5,-5) anchor:from fontsize:s bar:1 color:FullxF from:1997 till:end text: La Roche (1997–present) bar:2 color:FullxF from:1997 till:end text: Penn State–Behrend (1997–present) bar:3 color:FullxF from:1997 till:end text: Pittsburgh–Bradford (1997–present) bar:4 color:FullxF from:1997 till:end text: Pittsburgh–Greensburg (1997–present) bar:5 color:FullxF from:1997 till:2010 text: Frostburg State (1997–2010) bar:5 color:OtherC1 from:2010 till:2019 text: CAC bar:5 color:OtherC2 from:2019 till:end text: MEC bar:6 color:FullxF from:1997 till:2008 text: Lake Erie (Oh.) (1997–2008) bar:6 color:OtherC1 from:2008 till:2010 text: D-II Ind. bar:6 color:OtherC2 from:2010 till:2017 text: GLIAC bar:6 color:OtherC1 from:2017 till:end text: G-MAC bar:7 color:FullxF from:1998 till:end text: Penn State–Altoona (1998–present) bar:8 color:FullxF from:2005 till:end text:
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(2005–present) bar:9 color:FullxF from:2005 till:2022 text: Medaille (2005–2022, full; 2022–2023, assoc.) bar:9 color:OtherC1 from:2022 till:2023 text:
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, then N/A bar:10 color:FullxF from:2006 till:end text: Mount Aloysius (2006–present) bar:11 color:FullxF from:2008 till:2020 text: Franciscan (Oh.) (2008–2020) bar:11 color:OtherC1 from:2020 till:end text:
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bar:12 color:FullxF from:2009 till:2020 text: D'Youville (2009–2020) bar:12 color:OtherC1 from:2020 till:end text: ECC bar:13 color:AssocOS from:2010 till:2018 text: Cabrini (2010–2018) bar:14 color:AssocOS from:2015 till:2024 text: New Jersey City (2015–2024) bar:15 color:AssocOS from:2016 till:2019 text: Alfred State (2016–2019, assoc.; 2019–2026, full) bar:15 color:FullxF from:2019 till:2026 text: bar:15 color:OtherC1 from:2026 till:end text: SUNYAC bar:16 color:AssocOS from:2017 till:2024 text: Hiram (2017–2024) bar:17 color:AssocOS from:2018 till:2024 text:
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(2018–2024) bar:18 color:AssocOS from:2018 till:2020 text: SUNY Delhi (2018–2020) bar:19 color:AssocOS from:2018 till:2024 text: Thiel (2018–2024) bar:20 color:AssocOS from:2018 till:2020 text:
Wittenberg Wittenberg, officially Lutherstadt Wittenberg, is the fourth-largest town in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, in the Germany, Federal Republic of Germany. It is situated on the River Elbe, north of Leipzig and south-west of the reunified German ...
(2018–2020) bar:21 color:AssocOS from:2019 till:2024 text: Alfred (2019–2024) bar:22 color:AssocOS from:2019 till:2024 text: Hartwick (2019–2024) bar:23 color:AssocOS from:2019 till:2024 text:
Nazareth Nazareth is the largest Cities in Israel, city in the Northern District (Israel), Northern District of Israel. In its population was . Known as "the Arab capital of Israel", Nazareth serves as a cultural, political, religious, economic and ...
(2019–2024) bar:24 color:AssocOS from:2019 till:2023 text: Utica (2019–2023) bar:25 color:AssocOS from:2020 till:end text: Saint Vincent (2020–present) bar:26 color:AssocOS from:2020 till:2023 text: Wells (2020–2023, assoc.; 2023–2024, full) bar:26 color:FullxF from:2023 till:2024 text: bar:27 color:AssocOS from:2022 till:end text: William Smith (2022–present) bar:28 color:FullxF from:2023 till:end text:
Carlow Carlow ( ; ) is the county town of County Carlow, in the south-east of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, from Dublin. At the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census, it had a population of 27,351, the List of urban areas in the Republic of Ireland, ...
(2023–present) bar:29 color:AssocOS from:2023 till:end text: Alvernia (2023–present) bar:30 color:AssocOS from:2024 till:end text: Buffalo State (2024–present) bar:31 color:AssocOS from:2024 till:end text: Houghton (2024–present) ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:2 start:1997 TextData = fontsize:M textcolor:black pos:(0,20) tabs:(400-center) text:^"Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference membership history" #> If the chart uses more than one bar color, add a legend by selecting the appropriate fields from the following three options (use only the colors that are used in the graphic.) Leave a blank line after the end of the timeline, then add a line with the selected values from the list, separated by a space. <#


Sports

The AMCC Conference sponsors championships in the following sports:


Men's sponsored sports by school

Departing members in pink.


Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the AMCC that are played by AMCC schools


Women's sponsored sports by school


Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the AMCC that are played by AMCC schools


References


External links

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