Wisconsin Collegiate Conference

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Wisconsin Collegiate Conference
Sports fielded
  • 2
    • men's: 1
    • women's: 1
No. of teams7
RegionWisconsin
Official websitewww.wccwis.com
Locations
Location of teams in

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[edit]

Current full members[edit]

  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[a] Janesville, Wisconsin 1966 865 Warhawks[b]   
UW–Oshkosh, Fond du Lac Campus[c] 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[edit]

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[a]
  1. ^ Junior varsity team only.

Former[edit]

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   

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2023–present[edit]

School Men's basketball Women's volleyball Total
Baraboo Sauk County Green tickY Green tickY 2
Bryant & Stratton Green tickY Red XN 1
Fond du Lac Green tickY Green tickY 2
Fox Cities Green tickY Green tickY 2
Marshfield Green tickY Green tickY 2
Rock County Red XN Green tickY 1
Wausau Green tickY Green tickY 2
Total 6 6 12

Before 2020[edit]

School Co-ed soccer Men's basketball Women's basketball Women's volleyball Total
Baraboo/Sauk County Red XN Green tickY Red XN Red XN 1
Barron County Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 3
Wausau Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 4
Marshfield Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 3
Richland Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 3
Rock County Red XN Green tickY Red XN Red XN 1
Fond du Lac Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Red XN 2
Fox Cities Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 4
Manitowoc Red XN Green tickY Red XN Red XN 1
Marinette Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 3
Sheboygan Red XN Green tickY Red XN Green tickY 2
Washington County Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 4
Waukesha Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Red XN 2
Total 5 13 7 8 33

References[edit]

  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. ^ a b "Fall Semester Enrollment Comparison with Prior Year" (PDF). University of Wisconsin System. 2019. Retrieved June 4, 2020.

External links[edit]

Official website