# City University of New York Athletic Conference

The City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNY Athletic Conference or CUNYAC) is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Its member institutions are all located in New York City and are campuses of the City University of New York. The CUNYAC also has a community college division, affiliated with the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA).

## History
### Chronological timeline
#### NCAA Division III (Senior college division)

* 1978 – The CUNYAC was founded as the CUNY Athletic Directions Association (CUNYADA). Charter members included Baruch College, Brooklyn College, the City College of New York (CCNY), Hunter College, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Lehman College, Medgar Evers College, Queens College, the College of Staten Island and York College, beginning the 1978–79 academic year.
* 1980 – Two institutions left the CUNYAC to join their respective new home primary conferences, both effective after the 1979–80 academic year:
** Brooklyn to join the Division I ranks of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as an NCAA D-I Independent
** and Queens to join the NCAA Division II ranks as an NCAA D-II Independent
* 1987 – The CUNYADA has rebranded as the City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) in the 1987–88 academic year.
* 1996 – Brooklyn rejoined the CUNYAC in the 1996–97 academic year.
* 1999 – New York City College of Technology (New York City Tech) joined the senior college ranks of the CUNYAC in the 1999–2000 academic year.
* 2011 – New York City Tech left the CUNYAC to put its athletic program on hiatus after the 2010–11 academic year.
* 2015 – The University of Maine at Presque Isle (Maine–Presque Isle or UMPI) joined the CUNYAC as an affiliate member for baseball during the 2016 spring season (2015–16 academic year).
* 2018 – Maine–Presque Isle (UMPI) left the CUNYAC as an affiliate member for baseball after the 2018 spring season (2017–18 academic year).
* 2019 – Staten Island left the CUNYAC to join the NCAA Division II ranks and the East Coast Conference (ECC) after the 2018–19 academic year.

#### NJCAA (Community college division)

* 1987 – The community college division of the CUNYAC was founded. Charter members included Bronx Community College, the Borough of Manhattan Community College, Kingsborough Community College, the New York City College of Technology (New York City Tech) and Queensborough Community College, beginning the 1987–88 academic year.
* 1999 – New York City Tech left the community college division of the CUNYAC to join the Division III ranks of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the senior college division of the CUNYAC after the 1998–99 academic year.
* 2002 – Hostos Community College joined the community college division of the CUNYAC in the 2002–03 academic year.
* 2013 – LaGuardia Community College joined the community college division of the CUNYAC in the 2002–03 academic year.
* 2017 – LaGuardia left the community college division of the CUNYAC to put its athletic program on hiatus after the 2016–17 academic year.
* 2022 – LaGuardia rejoined the community college division of the CUNYAC in the 2022–23 academic year.

## Member schools
### NCAA Division III (Senior college division)
#### Current members

The senior college division of the CUNYAC currently has eight full members, all are public schools:
| Institution | Location | Founded | Affiliation | Enrollment | Nickname | Joined |
| Baruch College | Manhattan | 1919 | Public | 15,500 | Bearcats | 1978 |
| Brooklyn College | Brooklyn | 1930 | Public | 15,385 | Bulldogs | 1978; 1996 |
| City College of New York | Manhattan | 1847 | Public | 13,244 | Beavers | 1978 |
| Hunter College | Manhattan | 1870 | Public | 21,309 | Hawks | 1978 |
| John Jay College of Criminal Justice | Manhattan | 1964 | Public | 14,000 | Bloodhounds | 1978 |
| Lehman College | The Bronx | 1968 | Public | 10,615 | Lightning | 1978 |
| Medgar Evers College | Brooklyn | 1970 | Public | 7,081 | Cougars | 1978 |
| York College | Queens | 1966 | Public | 6,000 | Cardinals | 1978 |

##### Notes

* ↑ All locations are within New York City.
* ↑ Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
* ↑ Part of the City University of New York System.
* ↑ Brooklyn left the CUNYAC after the 1979–80 school year, before rejoining in the 1996–97 school year.

#### Former members

The senior college division of the CUNYAC had three former full members, all were public schools:
| Institution | Location | Founded | Affiliation | Enrollment | Nickname | Joined | Left | Current conference |
| New York City College of Technology | Brooklyn | 1946 | Public | 15,368 | Yellow Jackets | 1999 | 2011 | None |
| Queens College | Queens | 1937 | Public | 18,494 | Knights | 1978 | 1970 | East Coast (ECC) |
| College of Staten Island | Staten Island | 1976 | Public | 11,263 | Dolphins | 1978 | 2019 | East Coast (ECC) |

##### Notes

* ↑ All locations are within New York City.
* ↑ Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
* ↑ Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.
* ↑ Part of the City University of New York System.
* ↑ New York City Tech's athletics program is on hiatus.
* 1 2 Currently an NCAA Division II athletic conference.

#### Former associate members

The senior college division of the CUNYAC had one former associate member, which was also a public school:
| Institution | Location | Founded | Affiliation | Enrollment | Nickname | Joined | Left | CUNYAC sport | Current primary conference | Current conference in former CUNYAC sport |
| University of Maine at Presque Isle | Presque Isle, Maine | 1903 | Public | 1,600 | Owls | 2015 | 2018 | baseball | North Atlantic (NAC) | North Atlantic (NAC) |

##### Notes

* ↑ Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
* ↑ Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.
* ↑ Maine–Presque Isle (UMPI) joined the CUNYAC in baseball prior to the 2016 conference tournament (2015–16 school year). It played its first full regular-season conference schedule during the 2017 spring season (2016–17 school year).
* ↑ During their tenure as an affiliate member of the CUNYAC, UMPI's primary home conference was being an NCAA D-III Independent for 2015–16 and 2016–17, and in the American Collegiate Athletic Association during the 2017–18 school year.

#### Membership timeline
### NJCAA (Community college division)
#### Current members

The community college division of the CUNYAC currently has six full members, all are public schools:
| Institution | Location | Founded | Affiliation | Enrollment | Nickname | Joined |
| Bronx Community College | The Bronx | 1957 | Public | 9,003 | Broncos | 1987 |
| Borough of Manhattan Community College | Manhattan | 1963 | Public | 21,986 | Panthers | 1987 |
| Hostos Community College | The Bronx | 1968 | Public | 6,499 | Caimans | 2002 |
| Kingsborough Community College | Brooklyn | 1963 | Public | 18,634 | Wave | 1987 |
| LaGuardia Community College | Queens | 1968 | Public | 17,569 | Red Hawks | 2022 |
| Queensborough Community College | Queens | 1959 | Public | 15,000 | Tigers | 1987 |

##### Notes

* ↑ All locations are within New York City.
* ↑ Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
* ↑ Part of the City University of New York System.
* ↑ LaGuardia was part of the conference between 2013–14 and 2016–17 and then it put their athletic program on hiatus but they returned in the 2022–23 school year.

#### Former members

The community college division of the CUNYAC had two former full members, both were public schools:
| Institution | Location | Founded | Affiliation | Enrollment | Nickname | Joined | Left | Current conference |
| New York City College of Technology | Brooklyn | 1946 | Public | 15,368 | Yellow Jackets | 1987 | 1999 | None |

##### Notes

* ↑ All locations are within New York City.
* ↑ Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
* ↑ Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.
* ↑ Part of the City University of New York System.
* ↑ New York City Tech's athletic program is currently on hiatus.

#### Membership timeline
## Sports
### NCAA Division III

The CUNYAC sponsors Division III intercollegiate athletic competition in men's baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's soccer, women's softball, men's and women's swimming and diving, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's track and field, and men's and women's volleyball.

#### Men's sports

| School | Baseball | Basketball | Cross country | Soccer | Swimming & Diving | Tennis | Track & Field (Indoor) | Track & Field (Outdoor) | Volleyball | Total |
| Baruch | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | 7 |
| Brooklyn | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | 6 |
| CCNY | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | 8 |
| Hunter | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | 7 |
| John Jay | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N | Y | 6 |
| Lehman | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 9 |
| Medgar Evers | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | 6 |
| York (NY) | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 8 |

##### Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the CUNYAC that are played by CUNYAC schools

| School | Fencing | Rifle | Wrestling |
| Hunter | MACFA | N | Independent |
| John Jay | N | MARC | N |

#### Women's sports

| School | Basketball | Cross country | Soccer | Softball | Swimming & Diving | Tennis | Track & Field (Indoor) | Track & Field (Outdoor) | Volleyball | Total |
| Baruch | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | 6 |
| Brooklyn | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | 7 |
| CCNY | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | 6 |
| Hunter | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 8 |
| John Jay | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | 7 |
| Lehman | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 9 |
| Medgar Evers | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | 6 |
| York (NY) | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 9 |

##### Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the CUNYAC that are played by CUNYAC schools

| School | Fencing | Rifle |
| CCNY | EWFC | N |
| Hunter | NIWFA | N |
| John Jay | N | MARC |

### Community college

The CUNYAC sponsors community college (NJCAA) intercollegiate athletic competition in men's baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's soccer, and women's volleyball.