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America East Conference
File:America East Conference logo.png
AssociationNCAA
CommissionerAmy Huchthausen
Sports fielded
  • 21
    • men's: 10 teams
    • women's: 11 teams
DivisionDivision I
Subdivisionnon-football
RegionNortheastern United States
Official websiteamericaeast.com
Locations
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The America East Conference is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose members are located mainly in the northeastern United States. The conference was known as the ECAC North from 1979 to 1988 and the North Atlantic Conference from the fall semester of 1988 to the end of the spring 1996 semester.

Member schools

Locations of current America East Conference full member institutions.

There are nine schools with full membership:

Institution Location Enrollment Nickname Founded Type Member Since Athletics' Website
University at Albany Albany, NY 18,202 Great Danes 1844 Public 2001 ualbanysports.com
Binghamton University Vestal, NY 14,898 Bearcats 1946 Public 2001 bubearcats.com
Boston University Boston, MA 31,766 Terriers 1839 Private 1979 goterriers.comMEXICAN SPORT!!!!!!
University of Hartford Hartford, CT 7,366 Hawks 1877 Private parts are awsome if their good and if your a boy or girl 1985 hartfordhawks.com
University of Maine Orono, ME 11,818 Black Bears 1865 Public 1979 goblackbears.com
University of Maryland, Baltimore County Catonsville, MD 12,268 Retrievers 1966 Public 2003 umbcretrievers.com
University of New Hampshire Durham, NH 14,964 Wildcats 1866 Public 1979 unhwildcats.com
Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY 24,594 Seawolves 1957 Public 2001 goseawolves.org
University of Vermont Burlington, VT 11,054 Catamounts 1791 Public 1979 uvmathletics.com


Membership timeline

University of Maryland, Baltimore CountyStony Brook UniversityState University of New York at BinghamtonUniversity at Albany, SUNYTowson UniversityHofstra UniversityDrexel UniversityUniversity of DelawareCentral Connecticut State UniversityUniversity of HartfordSiena CollegeUniversity of VermontUniversity of Rhode IslandNortheastern UniversityNiagara UniversityUniversity of New HampshireUniversity of MaineCollege of the Holy CrossColgate UniversityCanisius CollegeBoston University

Associate members

There are two schools with associate membership:

Institution Location Enrollment Nickname Founded Type Conference Sport Member Since Athletics' Website
Fairfield University Fairfield, CT 3,800 Stags 1942 Private MAAC Field hockey 2007 fairfieldstags.com
Providence College Providence, RI 3,850 Friars 1917 Private Big East Women's volleyball 2010 friars.com

Conference facilities

Member Football stadium Capacity Basketball arena Capacity Baseball field Capacity
Albany University Field 5,000 SEFCU Arena 4,538 Varsity Field TBC
Binghamton Non-Football School N/A Binghamton University Events Center 5,142 Varsity Field 1,000
Boston University Non-Football School N/A Agganis Arena
Case Gym 		7,200
1,800 		Non-Baseball School N/A
Hartford Non-Football School N/A Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion 3,977 Fiondella Field 1,000
Maine Morse Field at Alfond Stadium 10,000 Alfond Arena 6,000 Larry Mahaney Diamond 3,000
New Hampshire Cowell Stadium 6,500 Lundholm Gym 3,500 Non-Baseball School N/A
Stony Brook Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium 8,300 Pritchard Gymnasium
(temporary until Stony Brook University Arena re-opens in 2011) 		2,000 Joe Nathan Field 1,000
UMBC Non-Football School N/A Retriever Activities Center 4,000 The Baseball Factory Field at UMBC TBC
Vermont Non-Football School N/A Patrick Gym 3,266 Non-Baseball School N/A

The conference does not sponsor football. Members who participate in that sport do so as affiliate members of other conferences:

The conference does not sponsor ice hockey. Members who participate in that sport do so as members of Hockey East:

  • Boston University, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont – Hockey East

Champions

See also

References

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