Yankee Small College Conference

This article is about the USCAA conference. For the defunct NCAA conference, see Yankee Conference.

Yankee Small College Conference is a Division II conference in the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA). The conference consists of two-year and four-year schools from Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York State.^[1] The conference hosted its first championships in the 2008–09 season, and in 2011, the conference expanded to include Hampshire College and four new members from the disbanded Sunrise Athletic Conference of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).^[1]

Yankee Small College Conference

Conference	USCAA
Founded	2005
Sports fielded	12 men's: 6 women's: 6
Division	Division II
No. of teams	10 full, 1 affiliate
Headquarters	St. Johnsbury, Vermont
Official website	http://www.yankeeconference.org/

Member schools

The YSCC currently has 10 full members, all but 3 are public schools:

Current members

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined[a]
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences	Albany, New York	1881	Non-profit, & Nonsectarian	1,384	Panthers	2020
Central Maine Community College	Auburn, Maine	1963	Public[b]	2,700	Mustangs	2008
Great Bay Community College	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	1945	Public[b]	2,217	Herons	2008
Hampshire College	Amherst, Massachusetts	1965	Non-profit, & Nonsectarian	1,400	Black Sheep	2011
NHTI - Concord's Community College	Concord, New Hampshire	1961	Public[b]	3,926	Lynx	2008
Paul Smith's College	Paul Smiths, New York	1946	Non-profit, & Nonsectarian	1,000	Bobcats	2011
Southern Maine Community College	South Portland, Maine	1946	Public[b]	7,006	Seawolves	2008
York County Community College	Wells, Maine	1994	Public[b]	1,708	Hawks	2021
University of Maine at Augusta	Augusta, Maine	1965	Public[c]	6,000	Moose	2008
Vermont State University Randolph	Randolph, Vermont	1866	Public[d]	1,453	Knights	2011

Notes

1. Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
2. Also a junior college.
3. Part of the University of Maine System.
4. Also a technical college.

Affiliate members

The YSCC currently has one affiliate members, which is also a public school:

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined[a]	Primary conference	YSCC sport(s)
Northern Essex Community College	Haverhill, Massachusetts	1961	Public[b]	5,115	Knights	2020	Massachusetts (MCCAA)[c] (NJCAA Region XXI)	softball

Notes

1. Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
2. Also a junior college.
3. Currently an NJCAA athletic conference.

Former members

The YSCC had 3 former full members, one of them was a private school:

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined[a]	Left[b]	Current conference
College of St. Joseph	Rutland, Vermont	1956	Catholic (Diocese of Burlington)	N/A	Fighting Saints	2011	2019	Closed in 2019
University of Maine at Machias	Machias, Maine	1909	Public[c]	800	Clippers	2011	2020	N/A[d]
Unity College	Unity, Maine	1965	Non-profit & Nonsectarian	2,923	Rams	2008	2020	Closed in 2020[2]

Notes

1. Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
2. Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.
3. Part of the University of Maine System.
4. Maine–Machias suspended its athletics program after the 2019–20 school year.

Conference sports

Conference sports

Sport	Men's	Women's
Baseball	Y
Basketball	Y	Y
Bowling	Y	Y
Cross Country	Y	Y
Golf	Y
Soccer	Y	Y
Softball		Y
Volleyball		Y

See also

• Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
• Penn State University Athletic Conference