Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Explained

Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference
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Founded:	1997
Association:	NCAA
Division:	Division III
Teams:	9
Sports:	18
Mens:	9
Womens:	9
Region:	Northeastern United States
Headquarters:	North Boston, New York
Commissioner:	Donna Ledwin
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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.

History

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]

Chronological timeline

• 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]

Member schools

Current members

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.

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined
Alfred State College	Alfred, New York	1908	Public	3,500	Pioneers	2019
Carlow University	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	1929	Private	2,400	Celtics	2023
Hilbert College	Hamburg, New York	1957		1,100	Hawks	2005
La Roche University	McCandless, Pennsylvania	1963		1,465	Redhawks	1997
Mount Aloysius College	Cresson, Pennsylvania	1853		1,600	Mounties	2006
Penn State Altoona	Logan Township, Pennsylvania	1939	State-related	3,800	Lions	1998
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College (Penn State Behrend)	Erie, Pennsylvania	1948		4,046	Lions	1997
University of Pittsburgh at Bradford	Bradford, Pennsylvania	1963		1,502	Panthers	1997
University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg	Greensburg, Pennsylvania	1963		1,704	Bobcats	1997

Notes:

Associate members

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.

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined	Primary conference	AMCC sport(s)
Buffalo State University	Buffalo, New York	1871	Public	8,339	Bengals	2024–25	SUNYAC	Men's volleyball
Houghton University	Houghton, New York	1883	Wesleyan	927	Highlanders	2024–25	Empire 8	Men's volleyball
New Jersey City University	Jersey City, New Jersey	1929	Public	7,300	Gothic Knights	2015–16	New Jersey (NJAC)
Saint Vincent College	Latrobe, Pennsylvania	1846	Private	1,766	Bearcats	2018–19	Presidents' (PAC)

Former members

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

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined	Left	Current conference
D'Youville College	Buffalo, New York	1946	Private	2,900		2009	2020	East Coast (ECC)
Franciscan University of Steubenville	Steubenville, Ohio	1946	Private	2,238	Barons	2008	2019	Presidents' (PAC)
Frostburg State University	Frostburg, Maryland	1898	Public	6,133	Bobcats	1997	2009	Mountain East (MEC)
Lake Erie College	Painesville, Ohio	1856	Private	975	Storm	1997	2007	Great Midwest (G-MAC)
Medaille College	Buffalo, New York	1937	Private	2,600	Mavericks	2005	2022	N/A
Wells College	Aurora, New York	1868	Private	480	Express	2023	2024	N/A

Notes:

Former associate members

The AMCC has eight former associate members:

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined	Left	AMCC sport	Primary conference	Current conference in former AMCC Sport
Geneva College	Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania	1848	Private	1,791	Golden Tornadoes	2018–19	2023–24		Presidents' (PAC)
Hiram College	Hiram, Ohio	1850	Private	1,350	Terriers	2017–18	2023–24		North Coast (NCAC)	Presidents' (PAC)
Medaille College	Buffalo, New York	1937	Private	2,600	Mavericks	2022–23	2023–24	women's bowling	N/A
Saint Vincent College	Latrobe, Pennsylvania	1846	Private	1,766	Bearcats	2018–19	2023–24	^[13]	Presidents' (PAC)
State University of New York at Delhi	Delhi, New York	1913	Public	3,000	Broncos	2018–19 2018–19	2019–20 2019–20	men's swimming & diving women's swimming & diving	North Atlantic (NAC)
Thiel College	Greenville, Pennsylvania	1866	Private	1,096	Tomcats	2018–19	2023–24		Presidents' (PAC)
Wells College	Aurora, New York	1868	Private	480	Express	2020–21 2022–23	2023–24 2023–24	men's and women's swimming & diving men's volleyball	AMCC
Wittenberg University	Springfield, Ohio	1845	Private	2,050	Tigers	2018–19	2019–20	men's volleyball	North Coast (NCAC)	Midwest (MCVL)

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Membership timeline

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Sports

See also: AMCC men's basketball tournament.

The AMCC Conference sponsors championships in the following sports:

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

Men's sponsored sports by school

Departing members in pink.

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

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

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

Women's sponsored sports by school

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

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

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

Notes and References

1. ECC to Add D'Youville as Conference's 11th Member . East Coast Conference . March 3, 2020 . March 16, 2020.
2. PAC adds Franciscan as full member . Presidents' Athletic Conference . April 16, 2019 . April 22, 2019.
3. Wittenberg Back to the MCVL in 2021 . Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League . January 24, 2020 . February 18, 2020.
4. News: Medaille College to Join Empire 8 as Tenth Member in Fall of 2022 . October 9, 2021 . Empire 8 . August 26, 2021.
5. News: AMCC Extends Affiliate Membership to Wells College Men's Volleyball - AMCC . February 9, 2022 . Allegheny Mountain Athletic Conference . January 19, 2022.
6. News: Carlow University Athletics to join AMCC, NCAA Division III . July 8, 2022 . Carlow Celtics . July 6, 2022.
7. https://www.wells-express.com/general/2022-23/releases/20220815jr65z7 Wells College To Join The AMCC Starting 2023-24 - Wells
8. PAC Approves Men's Volleyball as 24th Conference Sport . Presidents' Athletic Conference . December 14, 2022 . November 22, 2023.
9. Medaille University Closure Statement . Medaille University . May 17, 2023 . August 24, 2023.
10. PAC Extends Affiliate Membership to Hiram College in Men's Volleyball in 2024-25 . Presidents' Athletic Conference . June 6, 2023 . November 22, 2023.
11. AMCC Announces Changes to Men's Volleyball Affiliate Membership . Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference . June 26, 2023 . November 22, 2023.
12. Announcement of Closure . Wells College . 2024-04-29. 2024-04-29.
13. AMCC Announces Changes to Men's Volleyball Affiliate Membership . Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference . January 8, 2020 . February 26, 2020.