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.
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| Association | NCAA |
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| Founded | 1997 |
| Commissioner | Donna Ledwin |
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| Division | Division III |
| No. of teams | 10 (9 in 2024) |
| Headquarters | North Boston, New York |
| Region | Northeastern United States |
| Official website | www |
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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, and Franciscan University of Steubenville completed a multi-year transition to full membership in the D-III Presidents' Athletic Conference. 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. Medaille College joined the entirely New York-based Empire 8, effective the 2022–23 school year. 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). 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.
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.
- 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.
- 2023
- AMCC bowling associate Medaille announced it would close at the end of the 2022–23 academic year.
- The PAC announced that current AMCC men's volleyball associate Hiram would move that sport to the PAC after the 2024 season.
- 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.
- 2024 - Wells announced that it would close at the end of the 2023-24 academic year.
Member schools
Current members
The AMCC currently has ten 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. Departing members highlighted in pink.
| Institution | Location | Founded | Type | Enrollment | Nickname | Joined |
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| 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 | |
| Wells College | Aurora, New York | 1868 | Private | 480 | Express | 2023 |
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Associate members
The AMCC currently has five associate members. All four men's volleyball associates, highlighted in pink, will depart when the Presidents' Athletic Conference, full-time home to three of the four, adds that sport in 2024–25. Saint Vincent will remain a bowling associate.
| Institution | Location | Founded | Type | Enrollment | Nickname | Joined | Primary conference | AMCC sport(s) |
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| Geneva College | Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania | 1848 | Private | 1,791 | Golden Tornadoes | 2018–19 | Presidents' (PAC) | Men's volleyball |
| Hiram College | Hiram, Ohio | 1850 | Private | 1,350 | Terriers | 2017–18 | North Coast (NCAC) (PAC in 2025) | Men's volleyball |
| New Jersey City University | Jersey City, New Jersey | 1929 | Public | 7,300 | Gothic Knights | 2015–16 | New Jersey (NJAC) | Women's bowling |
| Saint Vincent College | Latrobe, Pennsylvania | 1846 | Private | 1,766 | Bearcats | 2018–19 | Presidents' (PAC) | Women's bowling |
| 2020–21 | Men's volleyball | |||||||
| Thiel College | Greenville, Pennsylvania | 1866 | Private | 1,096 | Tomcats | 2018–19 | Presidents' (PAC) | Men's volleyball |
Future associate members
The AMCC currently has two future associate members, one is a public school and the other one is a private school:
| Institution | Location | Founded | Type | Enrollment | Nickname | Joining | Primary conference | AMCC sport(s) |
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| 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 |
Former members
The AMCC had five 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 |
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| D'Youville College | Buffalo, New York | 1946 | Private | 2,900 | Saints | 2009 | 2020 | East Coast (ECC) (NCAA D-II) |
| 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) (NCAA D-II) |
| Lake Erie College | Painesville, Ohio | 1856 | Private | 975 | Storm | 1997 | 2007 | Great Midwest (G-MAC) (NCAA D-II) |
| Medaille College | Buffalo, New York | 1937 | Private | 2,600 | Mavericks | 2005 | 2022 | N/A |
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Former associate members
The AMCC had four former associate members:
| Institution | Location | Founded | Type | Enrollment | Nickname | Joined | Left | AMCC sport | Primary conference | Current conference in former AMCC Sport |
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| Medaille College | Buffalo, New York | 1937 | Private | 2,600 | Mavericks | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | women's bowling | N/A | |
| State University of New York at Delhi | Delhi, New York | 1913 | Public | 3,000 | Broncos | 2018–19m.sw. 2018–19w.sw. | 2019–20m.sw. 2019–20w.sw. | men's swimming & diving women's swimming & diving | North Atlantic (NAC) | |
| Wells College | Aurora, New York | 1868 | Private | 480 | Express | 2020–21m&w.sw. 2022–23m.vb. | 2023–24m&w.sw. 2023–24m.vb. | 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
Sports
The AMCC Conference sponsors championships in the following sports:
| Sport | Men's | Women's |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | ||||||||
| Wells | 7 | ||||||||
| Totals | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5+4 | 60+4 |
| Geneva | 1 | ||||||||
| Hiram | 1 | ||||||||
| Saint Vicent | 1 | ||||||||
| Thiel | 1 | ||||||||
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| Buffalo State | 1 | ||||||||
| Houghton | 1 | ||||||||
| Totals in 2024–25 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5+2 | 60+2 |
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 |
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| Alfred State | ECFC | ECAC | UEC | ECWC | ||
| Carlow | TBA | TBA | ||||
| Hilbert | Independent | UEC | ||||
| La Roche | UEC | |||||
| PS-Behrend | Independent | UEC | MPSF | ECWC | ||
| Pitt-Bradford | ECWC | |||||
| Wells | TBA |
Women's sponsored sports by school
| School | Basketball | Bowling | Cross Country | Soccer | Softball | Swimming & Diving | Tennis | Volleyball | Total |
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| 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 | ||||||||
| Wells | 6 | ||||||||
| 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 |
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| Alfred State | Independent | Independent | UEC | |||
| Carlow | TBA | TBA | TBA | |||
| Hilbert | UEC | |||||
| La Roche | UEC | |||||
| Mount Aloysius | Independent | UEC | ||||
| PS-Altoona | Independent | |||||
| PS-Behrend | Independent | UEC | CWPA | |||
| Wells | TBA | TBA |