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Great Northeast Athletic Conference
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The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) is an intercollegiate athletic conference which competes in the Division III ranks of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

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Dean
New England College
Mitchell
Albertus Magnus
Saint Joseph (CT)
Colby-Sawyer
Rivier
Elms
Norwich
Saint Joseph's (ME)
Simmons
Emmanuel
Regis
Lasell
Locations of GNAC members, 2025–2026 full

Recent changes

On August 24, 2021, the University of New England joined the GNAC as an associate member for women's swimming & diving, beginning the 2021–22 academic year.[1]

On June 16, 2022, New England (Me.) left the GNAC as an associate member for women's swimming & diving after the 2021–22 academic year, to join the Little East Conference (LEC) as an affiliate member for that sport.[2]

On September 28, 2022, Mitchell College and New England College joined the GNAC, beginning the 2023–24 academic year.[3]

Chronological timeline

  • 1995 – In 1995, the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) was founded. Charter members included the following: On men's sports and women's sports, Albertus Magnus College, Daniel Webster College, Emerson College, Endicott College, Johnson & Wales University, Rhode Island Campus and Rivier College (now Rivier University); on women's sports only, Emmanuel College, Pine Manor College, the University of Saint Joseph, Simmons College (now Simmons University) and Suffolk University, all beginning the 1995–96 academic year.
  • 1998:
  • 1999 – Endicott left the GNAC to join the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) after the 1998–99 academic year.
  • 2001 – Emmanuel (Mass.) added men's sports in its athletic program to join the GNAC in the 2001–02 academic year.
  • 2004 – Elms College, Husson College (now Husson University) and Wheelock College joined the GNAC as associate members for women's swimming & diving in the 2004–05 academic year.
  • 2006 – Rhode Island College, the University of Southern Maine and the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth (a.k.a. Massachusetts–Dartmouth or UMass Dartmouth) joined the GNAC as associate members for men's golf in the 2007 spring season (2006–07 academic year).
  • 2007:
  • 2008 – Daniel Webster and Southern Vermont left the GNAC to join the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) after the 2007–08 academic year.
  • 2009 – Wheelock left the GNAC as an associate member for women's swimming & diving after the 2008–09 academic year.
  • 2011:
    • Anna Maria College joined the GNAC in the 2011–12 academic year.
    • Three institutions joined the GNAC as associate members (and/or added other single sports into their associate memberships), all effective in the 2011–12 academic year:
  • 2012:
  • 2013:
    • Emerson left the GNAC to join the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) after the 2012–13 academic year; while it remained in the conference as an associate member for men's volleyball since the 2014 spring season (2013–14 academic year).
    • Husson added men's swimming & diving into its GNAC associate membership in the 2013–14 academic year.
  • 2017:
    • Colby–Sawyer College joined the GNAC as an associate member for men's and women's swimming & diving in the 2017–18 academic year.
    • Regis (Mass.) had upgraded as a full member of the GNAC for all sports in the 2017–18 academic year.
  • 2018:
    • Mount Ida left the GNAC after the 2017–18 academic year; as the school ceased operations.
    • Colby–Sawyer had upgraded as a full member of the GNAC for all sports in the 2018–19 academic year.
    • Saint Joseph (Conn.) added men's sports in its athletic program to join the GNAC in the 2018–19 academic year.
    • Eastern Nazarene College joined the GNAC as an associate member for men's tennis in the 2019 spring season (2018–19 academic year).
  • 2019:
    • Worcester State left the GNAC as an associate member for men's golf after the 2019 spring season (2018–19 academic year).
    • Lesley University joined the GNAC as an associate member for men's tennis in the 2020 spring season (2019–20 academic year).
  • 2020:
    • Five institutions left the GNAC as associate members, all effective after the 2019–20 academic year:
      • Lesley for men's tennis
      • Husson for men's and women's swimming & diving
      • and Rhode Island College, Southern Maine and UMass Dartmouth for men's golf
    • Dean College joined the GNAC in the 2020–21 academic year.
  • 2021 – Elms had upgraded as a full member of the GNAC for all sports in the 2021–22 academic year.
  • 2021 – The University of New England joined the GNAC as an associate member for women's swimming & diving in the 2021–22 academic year.
  • 2022 – New England (Me.) left the GNAC as an associate member for women's swimming & diving to join the Little East Conference (LEC) for that sport after the 2021–22 academic year.
  • 2023 – Mitchell College and New England College joined the GNAC in the 2023–24 academic year.
  • 2024 – Eastern Nazarene left the GNAC as an associate member for men's tennis after the 2024 spring season (2023–24 academic year).
  • 2025 – Two institutions left the GNAC to join their respective new home primary conferences, both effective beginning the 2025–26 academic year:
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Member schools

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Current members

The GNAC currently has fourteen full members, all are private schools:

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  1. Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
  2. This institution is a former women's college, which has eventually turned into a co-educational college (Lasell since 1997–98, Elms since 1998–99, Emmanuel (Mass.) since 2001–02, Regis (Mass.) since 2007–08 and Saint Joseph (Conn.) since 2018–19).
  3. Before joining for full membership, Elms competed in the GNAC as an associate member for swimming & diving from 2008–09 to 2020–21.[4]
  4. This institution is a women's college, therefore it does not compete in men's sports.
  5. Non-basketball member; therefore Simmons had sponsored women's basketball until after at least the 2018–19 school year.

Associate members

The GNAC currently has two associate members, both are private schools:

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  1. Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
  2. Emerson was a full member of the GNAC from 1995–96 to 2012–13.

Former members

The GNAC had ten former full members, all were private schools:

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  1. Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
  2. Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.
  3. Emerson remains in the GNAC as an associate member for men's volleyball.
  4. This institution is a former women's college, which has eventually turned into a co-educational college (Pine Manor from 2014–15).
  5. Pine Manor was acquired by Boston College in 2021.

Former associate members

The GNAC had 11 former associate members, 6 were private schools while 5 were public schools:

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  1. Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
  2. Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.
  3. Massachusetts–Dartmouth (UMass Dartmouth) discontinued men's golf at the end of the 2019–20 school year due to budget cuts.
  4. Part of the Massachusetts State Universities System.[5]

Membership timeline

New England CollegeMitchell CollegeUniversity of New England (United States)Dean CollegeLesley UniversityEastern Nazarene CollegeColby-Sawyer CollegeRegis College (Massachusetts)Rutgers University–CamdenRutgers University–NewarkRamapo CollegeWorcester State UniversityWentworth Institute of TechnologyMassachusetts State Collegiate Athletic ConferenceAnna Maria CollegeUniversity of Massachusetts DartmouthUniversity of Southern MaineRhode Island CollegeHusson UniversityElms CollegeSaint Joseph's College of MaineMount Ida CollegeLasell CollegeConference of New EnglandConference of New EnglandWestern New England UniversityNew England Collegiate ConferenceSouthern Vermont CollegeNorwich UniversityConference of New EnglandConference of New EnglandSuffolk UniversitySimmons UniversityUniversity of Saint Joseph (Connecticut)Rivier UniversityCoast to Coast Athletic ConferenceAmerican Collegiate Athletic AssociationNCAA Division III independent schoolsGreat South Athletic ConferencePine Manor CollegeConference of New EnglandJohnson %26 Wales UniversityConference of New EnglandConference of New EnglandEndicott CollegeNew England Women's and Men's Athletic ConferenceEmerson CollegeEmmanuel College (Massachusetts)New England Collegiate ConferenceDaniel Webster CollegeAlbertus Magnus College

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Sports

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A divisional format is used for basketball (M / W).
North
  • Anna Maria
  • Colby–Sawyer
  • Emmanuel
  • Norwich
  • Rivier
  • Saint Joseph (Maine)
South
  • Albertus Magnus
  • Dean
  • Elms
  • Lasell
  • Regis
  • Saint Joseph (Conn.)
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Men's sponsored sports by school

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

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Women's sponsored sports by school

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

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