Wisconsin Collegiate Conference
Sports fielded
  • 2
    • men's: 1
    • women's: 1
No. of teams7
RegionWisconsin
Official websitewww.wccwis.org
Locations
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The Wisconsin Collegiate Conference (WCC) is a collegiate athletic conference made up primarily of the branch campuses of the Universities of Wisconsin as well as one private college. The conference currently sponsors men's basketball and women's volleyball and formerly sponsored in co-ed soccer, women's basketball, men's tennis, and men's golf.[1][2] All schools are considered junior colleges and athletes are only eligible for two years.

In 2020, after all schools suspended athletic events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the WCC went on hiatus. Ahead of the 2021–22 season, the satellite campuses of UW-Green Bay, UW-Oshkosh, and UW-Stevens Point formed a new conference, the Wisconsin Competitive Sports League.[3] The WCC returned for the 2023–24 season, with only the Oshkosh, Stevens Point, Whitewater, and Platteville campuses returning (apart from Platteville's Richland campus, which closed in 2023). The only sports that returned were volleyball and men's basketball.[4] The junior varsity squad at Bryant & Stratton College's Wisconsin campuses also joined for men's basketball, becoming the first campus outside the UW System to join the conference.[5]

Member schools

Current full members

  Leaving in 2024

Institution Location Founded Enrollment[6] Nickname Colors
UW–Platteville Baraboo Sauk County Baraboo, Wisconsin 1968 348 Fighting Spirits   
UW–Stevens Point at Wausau Wausau, Wisconsin 1933 575 Huskies   
UW–Stevens Point at Marshfield Marshfield, Wisconsin 1963 421 Mauraders   
UW–Whitewater at Rock County[lower-alpha 1] Janesville, Wisconsin 1966 865 Warhawks[lower-alpha 2]   
UW–Oshkosh, Fond du Lac Campus[lower-alpha 3] Fond du Lac, Wisconsin 1968 435 Falcons   
UW–Oshkosh, Fox Cities Campus Menasha, Wisconsin 1960 1,132 Cyclones   
  1. ↑ Moving to NJCAA in 2024.
  2. ↑ Were known as the Rattlers until becoming a branch of UW-Whitewater in 2018.
  3. ↑ Campus closing in 2024.

Current associate members

Institution Location Founded Enrollment Nickname Colors Primary conference WCC sport
Bryant & Stratton College Wisconsin Glendale, Racine, and Wauwatosa, Wisconsin 1854 1,502 Bobcats    NJCAA Region 4 Men's basketball[lower-alpha 1]

Former

Institution Location Founded Left Enrollment[6] Nickname Colors
UW–Eau Claire – Barron County Rice Lake, Wisconsin 1966 2020 434 Chargers   
UW–Platteville Richland Richland Center, Wisconsin 1967 2020 155 Roadrunners   
UW–Green Bay, Manitowoc Campus Manitowoc, Wisconsin 1933 2020 218 Blue Devils   
UW–Green Bay, Marinette Campus Marinette, Wisconsin 1935 2020 198 Buccaneers   
UW–Green Bay, Sheboygan Campus Sheboygan, Wisconsin 1933 2020 359 Wombats   
UW–Milwaukee at Washington County West Bend, Wisconsin 1968 2020 605 Wildcats   
UW–Milwaukee at Waukesha Waukesha, Wisconsin 1966 2020 1,541 Cougars   

2023–present

SchoolMen's basketballWomen's volleyballTotal
Baraboo Sauk County Green tick Green tick 2
Bryant & Stratton Green tick Red X 1
Fond du Lac Green tick Green tick 2
Fox Cities Green tick Green tick 2
Marshfield Green tick Green tick 2
Rock County Red X Green tick 1
Wausau Green tick Green tick 2
Total 6 6 12

Before 2020

SchoolCo-ed soccerMen's basketballWomen's basketballWomen's volleyballTotal
Baraboo/Sauk County Red X Green tick Red X Red X 1
Barron County Red X Green tick Green tick Green tick 3
Wausau Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick 4
Marshfield Red X Green tick Green tick Green tick 3
Richland Red X Green tick Green tick Green tick 3
Rock County Red X Green tick Red X Red X 1
Fond du Lac Green tick Green tick Red X Red X 2
Fox Cities Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick 4
Manitowoc Red X Green tick Red X Red X 1
Marinette Red X Green tick Green tick Green tick 3
Sheboygan Red X Green tick Red X Green tick 2
Washington County Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick 4
Waukesha Green tick Green tick Red X Red X 2
Total 5 13 7 8 33

References

  1. ↑ "Tennis". Wisconsin Collegiate Conference. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  2. ↑ "Golf". Wisconsin Collegiate Conference. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  3. ↑ "Athletics returns to two-year campuses for UWO, UWGB and UWSP". UW Oshkosh Today. 2021-04-13. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  4. ↑ "Sports". Wisconsin Collegiate Conference. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  5. ↑ "Men's Basketball". Wisconsin Collegiate Conference. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  6. 1 2 "Fall Semester Enrollment Comparison with Prior Year" (PDF). University of Wisconsin System. 2019. Retrieved June 4, 2020.

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