Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference

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.

Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference
AMCC
Established1997
AssociationNCAA
DivisionDivision III
Members9
Sports fielded
  • 18
    • men's: 9
    • women's: 9
RegionTrans-Appalachia
HeadquartersOrchard Park, New York
CommissionerDonna Ledwin
Websitewww.amccsports.org
Locations

Member schools

Current members

The league currently has 9 full members. The most recent changes to conference membership took place in 2020, with two full members and one associate member leaving. D'Youville began a transition to NCAA Division II in the East Coast Conference,[1] and Franciscan completed a multi-year transition to full membership in the D-III Presidents' Athletic Conference.[2] Wittenberg, 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.[3]

Institution Location Nickname Founded Type Enrollment Joined
Alfred State College Alfred, New York Pioneers 1908 Public 3,500 2019
Hilbert College Hamburg, New York Hawks 1957 Private/Catholic 1,100 2005
La Roche College McCandless, Pennsylvania Redhawks 1963 Private/Catholic 1,465 1997
Medaille College Buffalo, New York Mavericks 1937 Private/Nonsectarian 3,925 2005
Mount Aloysius College Cresson, Pennsylvania Mounties 1853 Private/Catholic 1,600 2006
Penn State-Altoona Logan Township, Pennsylvania Nittany Lions 1939 Public–private hybrid 3,800 1998
Penn State-Erie Erie, Pennsylvania Behrend Lions 1948 Public–private hybrid 4,046 1997
University of Pittsburgh at Bradford Bradford, Pennsylvania Panthers 1963 Public–private hybrid 1,502 1997
University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg Greensburg, Pennsylvania Bobcats 1963 Public–private hybrid 1,704 1997

Associate members
Institution Location Nickname Founded Type Enrollment Joined Primary
Conference		 AMCC Sport
Geneva College Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania Golden Tornadoes 1848 Reformed Presbyterian 1,791 2018–19 Presidents' men's volleyball
Hiram College Hiram, Ohio Terriers 1850 Disciples of Christ 1,350 2017–18 NCAC men's volleyball
New Jersey City University Jersey City, New Jersey Gothic Knights 1929 Public 7,300 2015–16 NJAC women's bowling
Saint Vincent College Latrobe, Pennsylvania Bearcats 1846 Catholic (Benedictine) 1,766 2018–19 (bowling)
2020–21 (volleyball)[4]		 Presidents' women's bowling
men's volleyball
Thiel College Greenville, Pennsylvania Tomcats 1866 Lutheran (ELCA) 1,096 2018–19 Presidents' men's volleyball


Former members
Institution Location Nickname Founded Type Enrollment Joined Left Current
Conference
D'Youville College Buffalo, New York Saints[lower-alpha 1] 1946 Private/Catholic 2,900 2009 2020 East Coast
(NCAA Division II)
Franciscan University of Steubenville Steubenville, Ohio Barons 1946 Private/Catholic 2,238 2008 2020 Presidents'
Frostburg State University Frostburg, Maryland Bobcats 1898 Public 6,133 1997 2010 Mountain East
(NCAA Division II)
Lake Erie College Painesville, Ohio Storm 1856 Private 975 1997 2008 GLIAC
(NCAA Division II)
  1. D'Youville was nicknamed "Spartans" during its AMCC tenure. The school changed its nickname to "Saints" in 2020, at the same time it moved to Division II.[5]

Former associate members
Institution Location Nickname Founded Type Enrollment Joined Left Primary
Conference		 AMCC Sport Current Conference
in Former
AMCC Sport
Wittenberg University Springfield, Ohio Tigers 1845 Lutheran (ELCA) 2,050 2018 2020 NCAC men's volleyball MCVL

Membership timeline
Alfred State CollegeD'Youville CollegeFranciscan University of SteubenvilleMount Aloysius CollegeMedaille CollegeHilbert CollegePenn State AltoonaLake Erie CollegeFrostburg State UniversityUniversity of Pittsburgh at GreensburgUniversity of Pittsburgh at BradfordPenn State Erie, The Behrend CollegeLa Roche College

Sports
See also: AMCC Men's Basketball Tournament

The AMCC sponsors intercollegiate athletic competition in men's baseball, men's and women's basketball, women's bowling, men's and women's cross country, men's golf, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, women's softball, men's and women's swimming and diving, men's and women's tennis, and men's and women's volleyball.

References
  1. "ECC to Add D'Youville as Conference's 11th Member" (Press release). East Coast Conference. March 3, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  2. "PAC adds Franciscan as full member" (Press release). Presidents' Athletic Conference. April 16, 2019. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  3. "Wittenberg Back to the MCVL in 2021" (Press release). Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League. January 24, 2020. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  4. "AMCC Announces Changes to Men's Volleyball Affiliate Membership" (Press release). Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference. January 8, 2020. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  5. "We've got BIG NEWS from D'Youville!" (Press release). D'Youville Saints. June 22, 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
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