North Atlantic Conference

North Atlantic Conference
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Data
Classification	NCAA Division III
Established	1997
Members	11 (full) 3 (associate)
National championships	none
Sports fielded	13 (7 men's, 6 women's)
Region	Northeastern United States
States	3 - Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont
Headquarters	Whitingham, Vermont
Locations

The North Atlantic Conference (NAC) is an athletic conference consisting primarily of small liberal arts colleges throughout the New England states of Vermont, Maine, and Massachusetts.

The conference was founded in 1997 when six colleges agreed to form the North Atlantic Women's Conference. It changed to its current name in the fall of 1999. It currently sponsors a total of 15 men's and women's sports played by teams of the 13 institutions therein.

Current members

Full member institutions include:

Institution	Location	Nickname	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment
Bay Path College	Longmeadow, Massachusetts	Wildcats	1897	Private	1,400 [1]
Becker College	Worcester, Massachusetts Leicester, Massachusetts	Hawks	1784	Public	1,500 [2]
Castleton State College	Castleton, Vermont	Spartans	1787	Public	2,000
Elms College	Chicopee, Massachusetts	Blazers	1899	Private/Catholic	1,118 [3]
Green Mountain College	Poultney, Vermont	Eagles	1834	Private	750
Husson College	Bangor, Maine	Eagles	1798	Private	2,000 [4]
Johnson State College	Johnson, Vermont	Badgers	1881	Public/State-supported	1,759 [5]
Lesley University	Cambridge, Massachusetts	Lynx	1909	Private	1,702 [6]
Lyndon State College	Lyndon, Vermont	Hornets	1911	Public	1,350
University of Maine at Farmington	Farmington, Maine	Beavers	1863	Public	2,000
Maine Maritime Academy	Castine, Maine	Mariners	1941	Public	850 [7]
Thomas College	Waterville, Maine	Terriers	1894	Public/Non-sectarian	1,000 [8]
Wheelock College	Boston, Massachusetts	Wildcats	1888	Private	1,028 [9]

Associate members

• Daniel Webster College, men's lacrosse
• Emerson College, men's lacrosse
• Simmons College, field hockey

Past members

• Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (1996-1999)
• Saint Joseph's College of Maine, baseball
• Western New England College, field hockey; will leave in Fall 2007 to join the Commonwealth Coast Conference.
• Mount Ida College, will leave in Fall 2007 to join the Great Northeast Athletic Conference.
• Lasell College, will leave in Fall 2007 to join the Great Northeast Athletic Conference.

Championships

The NAC holds championships in the following sports:

• Fall season: Men's and Women's Cross Country, Field Hockey, Golf, Men's and Women's Soccer, Women's Tennis, Volleyball;
• Winter season: Men's and Women's Basketball;
• Spring season: Baseball, Men's Lacrosse, Softball, Men's Tennis

External links

• NAC athletic site