Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference
The Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference is an [List of National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA conferences|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
Recent changes
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.On January 24, 2020, 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.
On August 26, 2021, Medaille College joined the entirely New York-based Empire 8 Athletic Conference, effective the 2022–23 school year; at the same time, it remained an AMCC associate in women's bowling. On May 17, 2023, Medaille announced it would close at the end of the 2023 spring semester.
On February 9, 2022, 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. Later, the following season, Wells announced to become a full AMCC member, effective 2023–24.
On July 6, 2022, Carlow University would join the AMCC as a provisional member in the 2023–24 school year from the River States Conference of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, but spent its exploratory year in the prior NAIA season.
On December 13, 2022, 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 spring season of the 2024–25 academic year. Accordingly, all three will leave the AMCC after the 2024 spring season.
On June 6, 2023, the PAC announced that current AMCC men's volleyball associate Hiram would move that sport to the PAC after the 2024 season.
On June 26, 2023, the AMCC announced that it would add Buffalo State University and Houghton University as men's volleyball associates for the 2025 spring season. At the time of announcement, both were preparing to start men's volleyball programs in 2023–24.
On April 29, 2024, Wells announced that it would cease operations at the end of the 2023–24 academic year.
On June 5, 2025, Alfred State College accepted an invitation to join the State University of New York Athletic Conference, beginning the 2026–27 academic year; thus leaving the AMCC with 8 full members.
Chronological timeline
- 1997 – In 1997, the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference was founded. Charter members included Frostburg State University, La Roche College, Lake Erie College, Pennsylvania State University at Erie, the Behrend College, the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford and the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, beginning the 1997–98 academic year.
- 1998 – Pennsylvania State University at Altoona joined the AMCC in the 1998–99 academic year.
- 2005 – Hilbert College and Medaille College joined the AMCC in the 2005–06 academic year.
- 2006 – Mount Aloysius College joined the AMCC 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 as an Independent after the 2007–08 academic year.
- * D'Youville College and Franciscan University of Steubenville joined the AMCC in the 2008–09 academic year.
- 2010:
- * Frostburg State left the AMCC to join the Capital Athletic Conference after the 2009–10 academic year.
- * Cabrini College joined the AMCC as an associate member for men's and women's swimming & diving in the 2010–11 academic year.
- 2015 – New Jersey City University joined the AMCC as an associate member for women's bowling in the 2016 spring season.
- 2016:
- * Thiel College joined the AMCC as an associate member for women's bowling in the 2017 spring season.
- * Alfred State College joined the AMCC as an associate member for men's and women's swimming & diving and men's lacrosse in the 2016–17 academic year.
- 2017 – Hiram College joined the AMCC as an associate member for men's volleyball in the 2018 spring season.
- 2018:
- * Thiel left the AMCC as an associate member for women's bowling after the 2018 spring season.
- * Six institutions joined the AMCC as associate members, all effective in the 2019 spring season :
- ** Alfred State for baseball
- ** Thiel, Geneva 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
- 2019:
- * Alfred State College upgraded as a full member for all sports in the 2019–20 academic year.
- * The AMCC and the Empire 8 Athletic Conference had a joint partnership for men's and women's swimming & diving in the 2019–20 academic year. Therefore, Empire 8 members Alfred University, Hartwick College, Nazareth College of Rochester and Utica College joined essentially as AMCC associates; while the AMCC members are essentially Empire 8 associates.
- 2020:
- * Two institutions left the AMCC to join their respective new home primary conferences, both effective after of the 2019–20 academic year:
- ** D'Youville to join the NCAA Division II ranks and the East Coast Conference
- ** and Franciscan to join the Presidents' Athletic Conference as a full member, which was already a multi-sport associate member of that conference
- * Wittenberg left the AMCC as an associate member for men's volleyball to rejoin the Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League.
- * Two institutions joined the AMCC as associate members, both effective in the 2020–21 academic year:
- ** Saint Vincent for men's volleyball
- ** and Wells College for men's and women's swimming & diving
- 2022:
- * Medaille left the AMCC after the 2021–22 academic year to join the Empire 8 Athletic Conference after the 2021–22 academic year; while the school remained in the AMCC as an associate member for women's bowling and men's and women's swimming & diving.
- * Two institutions joined the AMCC as associate members, both effective in the 2023 spring season :
- ** William Smith College for women's bowling
- ** and Wells for men's volleyball
- 2023
- * Former full member Medaille left the AMCC as an associate member for women's bowling after the 2023 spring season ; as the school ceased operations.
- * Carlow University joined the AMCC in the 2023–24 academic year.
- * Alvernia University joined the AMCC as an associate member for women's bowling in the 2024 spring season.
- 2024:
- * Geneva, Hiram, Saint Vincent and Thiel left the AMCC as associate members for men's volleyball to join the PAC for that sport after the 2024 spring season.
- * New Jersey City left the AMCC as an associate member for women's bowling after the 2024 spring season.
- * Wells left the AMCC after the 2023–24 academic year; as the school ceased operations.
- * Buffalo State University and Houghton University joined the AMCC as associate members for men's volleyball in the 2025 spring season.
- * Women's wrestling became an invitational conference sport, though without official status, in 2024–25. Full members Alfred State and Penn State Altoona were joined by Buffalo State and Hiram.
- 2025 – Women's wrestling became an official AMCC sport in the 2025–26 school year, with the four schools that participated in the 2025 AMCC invitational meet joined by new associates John Carroll University and Elmira College.
- 2026 – Alfred State will leave the AMCC to join the State University of New York Athletic Conference, beginning the 2026–27 academic year.
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 four private institutions.| Institution | Location | Founded | Affiliation | Enrollment | Nickname | Joined |
| Alfred State College | Alfred, New York | 1908 | Public | 3,500 | Pioneers | 2019 |
| Carlow University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 1929 | Catholic | 2,400 | Celtics | 2023 |
| Hilbert College | Hamburg, New York | 1957 | Catholic | 1,100 | Hawks | 2005 |
| La Roche University | McCandless, Pennsylvania | 1963 | Catholic | 1,465 | Redhawks | 1997 |
| Mount Aloysius College | Cresson, Pennsylvania | 1853 | Catholic | 1,600 | Mounties | 2006 |
| Penn State Altoona | Logan Township, Pennsylvania | 1939 | State-related | 3,800 | Lions | 1998 |
| Penn State Erie, The Behrend College | Erie, Pennsylvania | 1948 | State-related | 4,046 | Lions | 1997 |
| University of Pittsburgh at Bradford | Bradford, Pennsylvania | 1963 | State-related | 1,502 | Panthers | 1997 |
| University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg | Greensburg, Pennsylvania | 1963 | State-related | 1,704 | Bobcats | 1997 |
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Associate members
The AMCC currently has eight associate members; all but one are private schools.| Institution | Location | Founded | Affiliation | Enrollment | Nickname | Joined | Primary conference | AMCC sport |
| Alvernia University | Reading, Pennsylvania | 1958 | Catholic | 2,872 | Golden Wolves | 2023 | MAC Commonwealth | |
| Buffalo State University | Buffalo, New York | 1871 | Public | 8,339 | Bengals | 2024 | S.U. New York (SUNYAC) | |
| Buffalo State University | Buffalo, New York | 1871 | Public | 8,339 | Bengals | 2025 | S.U. New York (SUNYAC) | |
| Elmira College | Elmira, New York | 1855 | Nonsectarian | 768 | Soaring Eagles | 2025 | Empire 8 | |
| Hiram College | Hiram, Ohio | 1850 | Disciples of Christ | 1,271 | Terriers | 2025 | Presidents' | |
| Houghton University | Houghton, New York | 1883 | Wesleyan | 927 | Highlanders | 2024 | Empire 8 (E8) | |
| John Carroll University | University Heights, Ohio | 1886 | Catholic | 2,615 | Blue Streaks | 2025 | North Coast | |
| Saint Vincent College | Latrobe, Pennsylvania | 1846 | Catholic | 1,766 | Bearcats | 2018 | Presidents' (PAC) | |
| William Smith College | Geneva, New York | 1908 | Episcopal | 1,045 | Herons | 2022 | Liberty (LL) |
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Former members
The AMCC has six former full members, all but one are private schools.| Institution | Location | Founded | Affiliation | Enrollment | Nickname | Joined | Left | Current conference |
| D'Youville College | Buffalo, New York | 1946 | Catholic | 2,900 | Spartans | 2009 | 2020 | East Coast (ECC) |
| Franciscan University of Steubenville | Steubenville, Ohio | 1946 | Catholic | 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 | Nonsectarian | 975 | Storm | 1997 | 2007 | Great Midwest (G-MAC) |
| Medaille College | Buffalo, New York | 1937 | Nonsectarian | 2,600 | Mavericks | 2005 | 2022 | Closed in 2023 |
| Wells College | Aurora, New York | 1868 | Nonsectarian | 480 | Express | 2023 | 2024 | Closed in 2024 |
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Former associate members
The AMCC had 14 former associate members, all but one are private schools.;Notes:
Membership timeline
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Sports
The AMCC Conference sponsors championships in the following sports:| Sport | Men's | Women's |
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| Bowling | ||
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| Softball | ||
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| Wrestling |