The Landmark Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the

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's Division III. Member institutions are located in the eastern

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in the states of

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, and

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, plus Washington, D.C.

History

The conference was established on December 5, 2005. When the creation of the new conference was officially announced on December 13, another member institution was included, the

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, but ended up joining the

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. Finally, in November 2006, the

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became the eighth charter member institution. John A. Reeves began his service as commissioner of the Landmark Conference earlier on September 1. He was succeeded by Daniel A. Fisher in 2012. Katie Boldvich began her tenure as the conference's third Commissioner in July 2019. The first intra-conference competition was played on September 15, 2007, at

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, when the

defeated the

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2–1 in men's soccer. The Landmark Conference expanded in 2011–12 to add Marywood University in men's and women's swimming and diving, and to add

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in men's lacrosse. Both Colleges have since left the conference in their original sports in the 2018–19 and 2014–15 seasons, respectively. Marywood University has since become an associate member in women's golf in the 2018–19 season. Elizabethtown College became the newest member of the conference on July 1, 2014. On May 22, 2015, Merchant Marine announced that it accepted an invitation to rejoin the

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—a league in which it had been a charter member—effective the 2016–17 school year. On February 10, 2022, the Landmark Conference announced that

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and

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accepted invitations to the conference and Landmark would begin sponsoring football starting in the 2023-24 season. On April 1, 2022, Keystone College was announced to be joining the Landmark Conference as an associate member in football starting in the 2023-24 season. On May 13, 2022, a crossover football scheduling agreement was announced between the Landmark Conference and

to have members of both conferences fill vacancies within their respective schedules with non-conference opponents with each institution playing two contests (one home, one away) against opponents from the other conference.

Chronological timeline

* 2005 - On December 5, 2005, the Landmark Conference was established, which its charter members: The

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Drew University Drew University is a private university in Madison, New Jersey. Drew has been nicknamed the "University in the Forest" because of its wooded campus. As of fall 2020, more than 2,200 students were pursuing degrees at the university's three sch ...

Goucher College Goucher College ( ') is a private liberal arts college in Towson, Maryland. It was chartered in 1885 by a conference in Baltimore led by namesake John F. Goucher and local leaders of the Methodist Episcopal Church.https://archive.org/details/ ...

Juniata College Juniata College is a private liberal arts college in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1876 as a co-educational school, it was the first college started by members of the Church of the Brethren as a center for vocational learning for those wh ...

Moravian College Moravian University is a private university in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The institution traces its founding to 1742 by Moravians, descendants of followers of the Bohemian Reformation under John Amos Comenius. Founded in 1742, Moravian University ...

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and the

(Merchant Marine), effective beginning the 2007-08 academic year. * 2006 - In November 2006, the

became the eighth charter member institution, alongside the other 7 charter members, also effective for the 2007-08 academic year. * 2011 - Two universities joined the Landmark as associate members: Marywood University for men's and women's swimming and diving, and

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for men's lacrosse; both effective in the 2011-12 academic year. * 2014 - Elizabethtown College joined the Landmark, effective in the 2014-15 academic year. * 2015 - Washington & Jefferson left the Landmark as an associate member for men's lacrosse, effective after the 2015 spring season (2014-15 academic year). * 2016 - U.S. Merchant Marine left the Landmark to re-join back to the

, effective after the 2015-16 academic year. * 2017 - Marywood added women's golf to its Landmark associate membership, effective in the 2018 spring season (2017-18 academic year). * 2019 - Marywood left the Landmark as an associate member for men's and women's swimming and diving, effective after the 2018-19 academic year. * 2022 - On February 10, 2022,

and

will join the Landmark, effective beginning the 2023-24 academic year. Also, the conference will begin sponsoring football starting that year. On April 1, 2022, Keystone College will join as a football associate member, effective beginning the 2023-24 academic year.

Member schools

Current members

The Landmark currently has eight full members, all are private schools:

Associate members

The Landmark currently has one associate member, which is also a private school: ;Notes:

Future full members

The Landmark will have two new full members, both are private schools:

Future associate members

The Landmark will have one new associate member, which will also be a private school: ;Notes:

Former members

The Landmark had one former full member, which was a federal school:

Former associate members

The Landmark had two former associate members, both were private schools: ;Notes:

Membership timeline

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(2007–present) bar:19 color:AssocOS from:2011 till:end text: Marywood (m./w. swimming & diving, 2011–2019; w. golf, 2017–present) bar:10 color:AssocOS from:2011 till:2012 text:

(m. lacrosse, 2011–12, 2013–15) bar:10 color:AssocOS from: 2013 till:2015 text: bar:11 color:FullxF from:2014 till:end text: Elizabethtown (2014–present) bar:12 color:Full from:2023 till:end text: Lycoming (2023–future) bar:13 color:Full from:2023 till:end text: Wilkes (2023–future) bar:14 color:AssocF from:2023 till:end text: Keystone (2023-future) ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:1 start:2007

Sports

The Landmark Conference sponsors championships in the following sports: ;Notes

Men's sponsored sports by school

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

;Notes

Women's sponsored sports by school

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

;Notes

Conference champions

Fall 2021

Winter 2021-22

Spring 2022

Logo

During January 2007, a contest was announced to design a logo for the newly formed Landmark Conference. The contest was only open to undergraduate students from the conference schools. In a first phase, a panel of judges selected a winner at each of the eight Landmark schools. Winners received $250 each. In a second and final round, on February 6, in Washington, D.C., the presidents of the Landmark schools selected the final design from among the eight first round winners. The logo submitted by Susquehanna University's graphic design major, Manor member, and men's lacrosse player Tim Storck ’08, of Cockeysville, Maryland, was selected. Storck was awarded the $1,000 additional prize. Selected colors were

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281).

References

External links

* {{NCAA Division III football conference navbox