Colonial States Athletic Conference

History

Chronological timeline

• 1991 – On November 4, 1991, the CSAC was founded as the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference. Charter members included Alvernia College, Beaver College, Cabrini College, Cedar Crest College, Eastern University, Gwynedd-Mercy College, Immaculata University, Marywood University, College Misericordia, and Rosemont College, beginning the 1992–93 academic year.
• 1992 – Neumann College joined the PAC alongside the other 10 charter members in September 1992.
• 1993 – On April 28, 1993, the PAC was granted affiliate membership within the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the 1993–94 academic year.
• 1993 – Allentown College joined the PAC in the 1993–94 academic year.
• 1995 – The PAC had achieved full membership within the NCAA Division III ranks in the 1995–96 academic year.
• 1997 – DeSales left the PAC to join the Middle Atlantic Conferences after the 1996–97 academic year.
• 1997 – Wesley College joined the PAC in the 1997–98 academic year.
• 2001 – Shenandoah University and Villa Julie College joined the PAC as associate members for men's lacrosse in the 2002 spring season.
• 2006 – Stevenson left the PAC as an associate member for men's lacrosse after the 2006 spring season.
• 2007 – Arcadia and Wesley left the PAC to join the Middle Atlantic Conferences after the 2006–07 academic year.
• 2007 – Centenary College of New Jersey and the College of Notre Dame of Maryland joined the PAC in the 2007–08 academic year.
• 2008 – Alvernia, Eastern, and Misericordia left the PAC to join the Middle Atlantic Conferences after the 2007–08 academic year.
• 2008 – The PAC was re-branded as the Colonial States Athletic Conference, beginning the 2008–09 academic year.
• 2008 – Baptist Bible College, Keystone College and Philadelphia Biblical University joined the CSAC in the 2008–09 academic year.
• 2012 – Shenandoah left the CSAC as an associate member for men's lacrosse after the 2012 spring season.
• 2015 – Franciscan University of Steubenville and Pennsylvania State University at Erie, The Behrend College joined the CSAC as associate members for men's and women's indoor and outdoor track & field in the 2016 spring season.
• 2018 – Cabrini, Gwynedd Mercy, Immaculata, Marywood, and Neumann left the CSAC to join the newly-formed Atlantic East Conference after the 2017–18 academic year.
• 2018 – Bryn Athyn College and Wilson College joined the CSAC in the 2018–19 academic year.
• 2018 – Alfred State College joined the CSAC as an associate member for men's and women's indoor and outdoor track & field in the 2019 spring season.
• 2018 – Kean University, Montclair State University, and Stockton University joined the CSAC as associate members for men's lacrosse in the 2019 spring season.
• 2018 – The University of Valley Forge joined the CSAC as an associate member for baseball in the 2019 spring season.
• 2019
• * Franciscan left the CSAC as an associate member for men's and women's indoor and outdoor track & field after the 2019 spring season.
• * The College of Saint Elizabeth joined the CSAC in the 2019–20 academic year.
• * Lancaster Bible College joined the CSAC as an associate member for field hockey in the 2019 fall season.
• 2020
• * Valley Forge would later upgrade to join the CSAC for all sports in the 2020–21 academic year.
• * Gallaudet University joined the CSAC as an associate member for men's and women's indoor and outdoor track & field in the 2021 spring season.
• 2021
• * Centenary left the CSAC to join Atlantic East Conference after the 2020–21 academic year; although its field hockey and women's lacrosse teams would remain in the CSAC as associate members until the 2022 spring season.
• * Pratt Institute joined the CSAC as an associate member for men's volleyball in the 2022 spring season.
• 2022
• * The CSAC and the United East Conference announced their intent to merge, beginning in the fall 2023 season.
• * Lancaster Bible added men's volleyball to its CSAC membership in the 2023 spring season.
• 2023
• * Notre Dame of Maryland would add men's sports for the 2023–24 academic year.
• * The CSAC and United East officially announced that the merged conference would retain the United East name, officially ending the CSAC on July 1, 2023.

Member schools

Final members

Final affiliate members

Former members

Former affiliate members

Membership timeline

Staff

• Marie Stroman - Commissioner
• Antonio "Tone" Cockrell - Assistant Commissioner of Strategic Initiatives