North Atlantic Conference (NAC) |
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Established | 1996 |
Association | NCAA |
Division | Division III |
Members | 10 |
Sports fielded | 15 (men's: 7; women's: 8) |
Region | Northern New England |
Former names | North Atlantic Women's Conference |
Headquarters | Waterville, Maine |
Commissioner | Marcella Zalot (since 2016) |
Website | nacathletics.com |
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The North Atlantic Conference (NAC) is an athletic conference, affiliated with the NCAA ’s Division III, consisting primarily of small liberal arts colleges throughout the New England states of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.
The conference was founded in 1996 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.
Full member institutions include:
1 - Colby-Sawyer will leave the NAC in 2018-19 to join the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC).
† - Women's college, therefore not competing in men's sports
* - Former women's college (Elms since 1998-99, Lasell since 1997-98, Lesley since 2005-06)
The NAC holds championships in the following sports: