Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference

Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference

Association	NCAA
Founded	1971
Commissioner	Angela Baumann (since 2006)
Sports fielded	16 men's: 8 women's: 8
Division	Division III
No. of teams	8 full, 9 associate
Country	United States
Headquarters	Westfield, Massachusetts
Region	Massachusetts and New England (with associates)
Official website	www.mascac.com
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The Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Full member institutions are all located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts with affiliate members also located in Connecticut, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Virginia. The Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference was established in June of 1971, making it the oldest NCAA Division III men's and women's playing college athletic conference in the United States.^[1][2]

All full members are a part of the Massachusetts State Universities system (every member in the Massachusetts State Universities system except the Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt) is also a MASCAC member)^[3] and the public associate members are part of the University of Massachusetts System [UMASS System (UMASS Dartmouth)], the University System of New Hampshire (Plymouth State University), and the Connecticut State University System (Western Connecticut State University) respectively. The rest of the associate members are private colleges.

On October 5, 2023, it was announced that in the 2025–26 school year, Anna Maria College in Paxton, Massachusetts will become the first private full member in the 53 year history of the MASCAC and the first new full member since 1974.^[4]