Skyline Conference


The Skyline Conference is a college athletic conference based in the New York City area that competes in the NCAA's Division III.
The league was originally chartered on May 16, 1989, as a men's basketball conference and now sponsors 17 sports. The Skyline Conference sponsors baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, men's golf, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, softball, men's and women's swimming and diving, men's and women's tennis, and men's and women's volleyball.
Primarily comprising schools from the New York metropolitan area, the Skyline Conference currently has 11 full-time member schools, as well as five part-time members that compete in men's lacrosse and men's volleyball only.
Prior to the 2007–08 academic year, the league introduced the Skyline Presidents Cup. St. Joseph's won the first three Presidents Cups, followed by Farmingdale State winning in 2010–11. St. Joseph's collected its fourth Presidents Cup in 2011–12, with Farmingdale State regaining the title in both 2012–13 and 2013–14.
In May 2018, Manhattanville College announced that they would leave the MAC Freedom Conference and return to the Skyline for the 2019–20 academic year. Manhattanville was a charter member of the Skyline before leaving to join the MAC in 2007.

Member schools

Current members

InstitutionLocationNicknameFoundedTypeEnrollmentJoined
College of Mount Saint VincentRiverdale, New YorkDolphins1847Private1,9181989
Farmingdale State College
East Farmingdale, New YorkRams1912Public8,1622003
Manhattanville CollegePurchase, New YorkValiants1841Private2,7001989, 2019
Mount Saint Mary CollegeNewburgh, New YorkKnights1960Private2,5561994
Purchase College
Purchase, New YorkPanthers1967Public4,3792007
Sarah Lawrence CollegeYonkers, New YorkGryphons1926Private1,7822014
St. Joseph's College NY
Brooklyn, New YorkBears1916Private1,2612015
St. Joseph's College NY
Patchogue, New YorkGolden Eagles1978Private3,8931999
Maritime College
Throggs Neck, New YorkPrivateers1874Public1,7551996
College at Old Westbury
Old Westbury, New YorkPanthers1965Public4,3641989
United States Merchant Marine AcademyKings Point, New YorkMariners1942Federal9101989, 2016
Yeshiva UniversityNew York, New YorkMaccabees1886Private6,7441998

Affiliate members

InstitutionLocationNicknameFoundedTypeEnrollmentJoinedPrimary ConferenceSkyline Sport
Kean UniversityUnion, New JerseyCougars1855Public14,4042006-07NJACmen's lacrosse
Montclair State UniversityMontclair, New JerseyRed Hawks1908Public19,4642006-07NJACmen's lacrosse
New Jersey City UniversityJersey City, New JerseyGothic Knights1929Public8,4432019–20NJACmen's volleyball
Ramapo CollegeMahwah, New JerseyRoadrunners1969Public5,2332019–20NJACmen's volleyball
Stockton UniversityPomona, New JerseyOspreys1969Public8,4582006-07NJACmen's lacrosse

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Former members

Membership timeline


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