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41-580: This article is about the USCAA conference. For the defunct NCAA conference, see Yankee Conference . Yankee Small College Conference [REDACTED] Conference USCAA Founded 2005 Sports fielded 12 men's: 6 women's: 6 Division Division II No. of teams 10 full, 1 affiliate Headquarters St. Johnsbury, Vermont Official website http://www.yankeeconference.org/ Yankee Small College Conference

82-416: A Civil War monument and plot honoring its service members. Visitors can walk to Founder's Park just off of Post Road onto Sanford Road, which includes a light walking trail, picnic area, and the first settlement home. Monuments list the names of Wells' founding families. The town developed as a farming community, producing hay and vegetables . Other industries included shipbuilding and fisheries . In

123-720: A junior college . Former members [ edit ] Institution Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment Nickname Joined Left Current conference College of St. Joseph Rutland, Vermont 1956 Catholic ( Diocese of Burlington ) N/A Fighting Saints 2011–12 2018–19 N/A University of Maine at Machias Machias, Maine 1909 Public 800 Clippers 2011–12 2019–20 N/A Unity College Unity, Maine 1965 Private, Nonprofit, & Nonsectarian 2,923 Rams 2008–09 2019–20 N/A Notes ^ St. Joseph (Vt.) closed after

164-589: A junior college . ^ Part of the University of Maine System . ^ Also a technical college . Affiliate members [ edit ] Institution Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment Nickname Joined Primary conference YSCC sport Northern Essex Community College Haverhill, Massachusetts 1961 Public 5,115 Knights 2020–21 Massachusetts (MCCAA) (NJCAA Region XXI) softball Notes ^ Also

205-557: A "Mid-Atlantic Division" consisting of the colleges that joined the conference in the 1980s and 1990s. Northeastern competed in the Mid-Atlantic despite being geographically located in New England. The 12-member, two-division arrangement continued until 1996, when the NCAA adopted rules limiting the influence of single-sport conferences over policy. Facing extinction, the conference merged with

246-509: A male householder with no wife present, and 33.6% were non-families. Of all households, 26.2% were made up of individuals, and 11.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.77. The median age in the town was 48.5 years. 18.6% of residents were under the age of 18; 5.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 20.2% were from 25 to 44; 34.8% were from 45 to 64; and 21% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of

287-446: A member of the celebration committee, Kristi Borst, to design a town flag. Her design portrays historic aspects of the Town's settlement and agriculture as well as the 2003 Town Hall and focus on tourism represented by a train. Also included is the motto she penned for the project: "Proud of our Past, Ready for our Future". Wells is on the southern coast of Maine, surrounded by Kennebunk to

328-510: Is a Division II conference in the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA). The conference consists of two-year and four-year schools from Maine , New Hampshire , Vermont , and New York State . The conference hosted its first championships in the 2008–09 season, and in 2011, the conference expanded to include Hampshire College and four new members from the disbanded Sunrise Athletic Conference of

369-719: Is a member of the Wells-Ogunquit Community School District . Baptist Christian, interdenominational Church of the Nazarene Pentecostal Roman Catholic Old Catholic United Church of Christ As of the census of 2010, there were 9,589 people, 4,120 households, and 2,734 families living in the town. The population density was 166.6 inhabitants per square mile (64.3/km ). There were 8,557 housing units at an average density of 148.7 units per square mile (57.4 units/km ). The racial makeup of

410-524: Is a popular summer destination. The Abenaki Indians called the area Webhannet, meaning "at the clear stream", a reference to the Webhannet River . Edmund Littlefield, an immigrant from the wool regions of Titchfield, England , built the first gristmill and later a woolen mill on the Webhannet River, becoming known as "The Father of Wells," where a monument commemorates his contribution. In 1622,

451-581: Is an unnamed hill located one-half mile south of the intersection of State Route 9 and Bragdon Road, which is 360 feet (110 m) above sea level. The lowest elevation is sea level, along the coastline with the Atlantic Ocean. Wells is part of the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford Metropolitan Statistical Area . There are several transportation corridors connecting Wells with other communities: Access to

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492-793: The Amtrak national passenger rail system is available at the Wells Regional Transportation Center , which is served by 10 Downeaster trains per day. The center has a park and ride lot and is adjacent to the I-95 interchange. There are four educational institutions in Wells: Wells Elementary School (kindergarten through fourth grade), Wells Junior High School (fifth grade through eighth grade), Wells High School (ninth grade through twelfth grade, as well as adult education programs), and York County Community College . Wells

533-602: The Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10), which did not previously sponsor football, on November 13, 1996. UMass and URI were already members of the A-10 in other sports; the other 10 Yankee members became associate members in football only. For the 1997 season, the A-10 football league had the exact same members and division structure as the 1996 Yankee Conference. After membership changes in the Colonial Athletic Association (now

574-693: The College Division of the NCAA, the lower of two tiers of varsity competition. The conference also sponsored several other sports, such as basketball and baseball. Conference bylaws required all members to field teams in all conference-sponsored sports. In 1971, the conference announced its first expansion, the addition of Boston University and the College of the Holy Cross . Both are private institutions ( nonsectarian and Roman Catholic , respectively), and fit within

615-1664: The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Member schools [ edit ] Current members [ edit ] Institution Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment Nickname Joined Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Albany, New York 1881 Non-profit, & Nonsectarian 1,384 Panthers 2020–21 Central Maine Community College Auburn, Maine 1963 Public 2,700 Mustangs 2008–09 Great Bay Community College Portsmouth, New Hampshire 1945 Public 2,217 Herons 2008–09 Hampshire College Amherst, Massachusetts 1965 Non-profit, & Nonsectarian 1,400 Black Sheep 2011–12 NHTI – Concord's Community College Concord, New Hampshire 1961 Public 3,926 Lynx 2008–09 Paul Smith's College Paul Smiths, New York 1946 Non-profit, & Nonsectarian 1,000 Bobcats 2011–12 Southern Maine Community College South Portland, Maine 1946 Public 7,006 Seawolves 2008–09 York County Community College Wells, Maine 1994 Public 1,708 Hawks 2021–22 University of Maine at Augusta Augusta, Maine 1965 Public 6,000 Moose 2008–09 Vermont State University Randolph Randolph, Vermont 1866 Public 1,453 Knights 2011–12 Notes ^ Also

656-691: The Plymouth Company in England awarded to Sir Ferdinando Gorges , Lord Proprietor of Maine, territory which included the Plantation of Wells. His young cousin, Thomas Gorges, acting as deputy and agent, in 1641 granted to Rev. John Wheelwright and other settlers from Exeter , New Hampshire the right to populate the land from northeast of the Ogunquit River to southwest of the Kennebunk River . Following

697-467: The " Kansas Playoff " or "Kansas Plan", where each team is given a possession at the 25 yard line, was used by the Yankee Conference to determine the end to tie games well before it was adopted by the rest of the NCAA in 1996. The phrase "Yankee Conference" is alluded to in the 21st-century Yankee Collegiate Football Conference , which fields teams at the club football level. Three of

738-441: The 19th century, with the arrival of the railroad , the town's sandy beaches attracted tourists. Many inns and hotels were built along the seashore. Today, tourism remains important to the economy. Wells celebrated its 350th anniversary in 2003. The year-long celebration included a New Year's Eve party with fireworks, parade, a visit by the traveling Russian circus, concerts, historical reenactments, and more. The town commissioned

779-1216: The 2018–19 school year. ^ Part of the University of Maine System . ^ Maine–Machias suspended its athletics program after the 2019–20 school year. ^ Unity College discontinued its athletics program and exited the YCCC after the 2019–20 school year. Conference sports [ edit ] Conference sports Sport Men's Women's Baseball [REDACTED] Y Basketball [REDACTED] Y [REDACTED] Y Bowling [REDACTED] Y [REDACTED] Y Cross Country [REDACTED] Y [REDACTED] Y Golf [REDACTED] Y Soccer [REDACTED] Y [REDACTED] Y Softball [REDACTED] Y Volleyball [REDACTED] Y See also [ edit ] Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Penn State University Athletic Conference References [ edit ] ^ Staff (June 6, 2011). "UM-Machias joins Yankee Small College Conference" . Bangor Daily News . Retrieved July 2, 2011 . ^ "History of

820-635: The Coastal Athletic Association) over the following 10 years, management of the A-10 football conference, which continued to include most of the former Yankee Conference teams, passed to the CAA in 2007. At that time, the separate entity of CAA Football was established. † Boston University joined the conference in 1971, but did not compete for the football championship until 1973. ‡ Holy Cross and Vermont ended their Yankee Conference affiliation in 1972 and 1976, respectively. Holy Cross never competed in

861-646: The NCAA introduced Division I-AA , a subdivision that allowed universities competing in Division I in other sports to field football teams in that division without having to match up with the major football powers. From that point, all Yankee Conference members have been members of Division I-AA, later renamed the Football Championship Subdivision. Through the late 1970s and early 1980s, the football-only Yankee Conference included six members: Boston University, UConn, Maine, UMass, UNH and URI. Starting in

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902-537: The NEC in 1923, but left in the 1930s) and the University of Vermont , in a new athletics league. This led to the formation of the Yankee Conference in December 1946, with athletic competition beginning in the 1947–48 school year. For its first 24 years, the conference consisted of the six charter members, each of which was the flagship public university of its state: During this time, Yankee Conference football teams competed in

943-597: The Southwestern Connecticut Grizzlies, to play in the league and contest for the championship, even though it was not associated with any college or university. The modern conference last played in 2016. Wells, Maine Wells is a resort town in York County , Maine , United States . Founded in 1643, it is the third-oldest town in Maine. The population was 11,314 at the 2020 census . Wells Beach

984-647: The United States United States Collegiate Athletic Association College sports in New York (state) Yankee Conference For the first half of its history, the Yankee Conference consisted of the flagship public universities of the six New England states. Conference expansion in the 1980s and 1990s added several colleges and universities from the Mid-Atlantic region . In 1945, Northeastern University ,

1025-829: The Yankee Small College Conference" . Retrieved July 25, 2022 . External links [ edit ] The official YSCC website The official USCAA website v t e Yankee Small College Conference Central Maine Community College Great Bay Community College Hampshire College NHTI, Concord's Community College Paul Smith's College Southern Maine Community College University of Maine at Augusta University of Maine at Machias Vermont State University Randolph Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yankee_Small_College_Conference&oldid=1256185215 " Categories : College sports conferences in

1066-403: The average family size was 2.85. In the town, the population was spread out, with 21.0% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 30.2% from 45 to 64, and 16.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.0 males. The median income for a household in the town

1107-490: The conclusion of the 1975–76 season, effectively ending Vermont's association with the conference. The 1970s also brought a change in how the NCAA classified football programs. In 1973, the old College Division was replaced by NCAA Division II , for "minor" programs that offer athletic scholarships , and NCAA Division III , for those without scholarships. The Yankee Conference programs were all placed in Division II. In 1978,

1148-404: The conference immediately. The conference rule that all members must compete in all sports was tested again in 1974, when Vermont announced it would drop its football program at the end of that season. In 1975, the conference allowed its members to choose conference participation on a sport-by-sport basis. Later in the year, however, it opted to drop sponsorship of all sports except football at

1189-635: The conference in 1971, Boston University did not start competing for the football championship until 1973; Holy Cross never did. Holy Cross had made another decision in the early 1970s that profoundly affected its athletics teams: the formerly all-male college began admitting women. Holy Cross already had by far the smallest enrollment in the conference, and administrators reached the conclusion that its shrinking male population would not be able to field competitive teams in all Yankee Conference sports. Accordingly, Holy Cross announced in November 1972 that it would quit

1230-492: The conference's existing geographic footprint, giving it a presence in Massachusetts' largest ( Boston ) and second-largest ( Worcester ) cities. Both had previously competed as independents, and had a long tradition of meeting Yankee Conference members in non-league games. Because their seasons were scheduled years in advance, neither BU nor HC were able to begin league play in football immediately. Though it officially joined

1271-577: The death of the elder Gorges in 1647, the Massachusetts Bay Colony laid claim to Maine. On July 5, 1653, Wells was incorporated, the third town in Maine to do so, and named after Wells, England , a small cathedral city in the county of Somerset . After the restoration of Charles II and a meeting in Wells of the trustees of the late Ferdinando Gorges, the British authorities gave a general outline for

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1312-571: The encroachment on their territory. Wells endured three major attacks, most famously the Raid on Wells in 1692. The region became less dangerous, however, after the Battle of Louisburg in 1745. Many early Wells settlers joined the Continental Army ; some became Revolutionary War heroes, including Captains Samuel Gooch, Nathanial Littlefield , and Jeremiah Storer. Ocean View Cemetery on Post Road contains

1353-471: The football championship, and Vermont ended its football program after 1974. All other conference members remained until 1996, when the league was absorbed by the Atlantic 10. Full members (all-sports) Full members (non-football) Assoc. members (football only) The Yankee Conference was the first college football conference to implement college football's current overtime rules. The overtime rules known as

1394-490: The local civil and military administration on December 7, 1661. Wells included Kennebunk , which was set off the year Maine became a state in 1820, and Ogunquit , designated a village within Wells by the legislature in 1913, then set off in 1980. Wells was the resilient northeastern frontier of English colonial settlement. Except for a few forts and garrisons, early attempts to colonize Maine above Wells were abandoned because of attacks by Native Americans , who resented

1435-489: The mid-1980s, the conference began to admit members from outside New England, forming a second cluster of universities in the Mid-Atlantic region: Also in 1993, Northeastern University in Boston joined the Yankee Conference. Following the 1993 additions, the Yankee Conference had 12 members, and split into two six-team divisions, a "New England Division" consisting of the five remaining charter members plus Boston University, and

1476-494: The northeast, Sanford to the northwest, North Berwick to the west, South Berwick to the southwest, and Ogunquit to the south. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 73.61 square miles (190.65 km ), of which 57.55 square miles (149.05 km ) is land and 16.06 square miles (41.60 km ) is water. Wells is drained by the Webhannet River . The highest point in town

1517-463: The only private school in the New England Conference , announced its departure. A committee formed by the remaining four members, land-grant colleges and universities representing Connecticut , Maine , New Hampshire and Rhode Island , recommended that they join with the other two New England land-grant institutions, Massachusetts State College (which had also been a founding member of

1558-409: The population. There were 4,004 households, out of which 25.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.7% were married couples living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.8% were non-families. Of all households, 26.3% were made up of individuals, and 11.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and

1599-465: The schools in the original Yankee Conference, Boston University , Maine and Vermont , fielded teams in the modern Yankee Conference: since neither Boston nor Vermont currently has a varsity team, the club football team was the highest ranking football team representing the school in both cases. The other two schools in the modern Yankee Conference were Clarkson University and Onondaga Community College . The conference also allowed an independent team,

1640-596: The town was 48.3% male and 51.7% female. As of the 2000 United States Census , there were 9,400 people, 4,004 households, and 2,690 families living in the town. The population density was 163.1 inhabitants per square mile (63.0/km ). There were 7,794 housing units at an average density of 135.2 units per square mile (52.2 units/km ). The racial makeup of the town was 98.18% White , 0.23% African American , 0.20% Native American , 0.48% Asian , 0.01% Pacific Islander , 0.14% from other races , and 0.76% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.64% of

1681-419: The town was 97.2% White , 0.5% African American , 0.2% Native American , 0.6% Asian , 0.2% from other races , and 1.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.2% of the population. There were 4,120 households, of which 24.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.6% were married couples living together, 8.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.6% had

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