The Atlantic Women's Colleges Conference was an eight-member college athletics conference founded in 1995 and given official status in 1999. It competed in NCAA Division III and as its name implies, only offered championships in women's sports. In the conference's later years, several of its members finally became co-educational. Following the 2006–07 season, these members, seeking homes for their newly created men's athletic programs departed for other conferences. Other members also switched affiliations, leaving the conference without enough members to be officially sanctioned. Following the 2007 spring season, the conference ceased operations as some of its members struggled with enrollment, and thus opted for co-education.

Member schools

Final members

{| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

! Institution

! Location

! Founded

! Affiliation

! Enrollment

! Joined

! Left

! Nickname

! Subsequent<br />conference(s)

! Current<br />conference(s)

|-

| Chatham University

| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

| 1869

| Nonsectarian

| 2,300

| rowspan="8" | 1995

| rowspan="8" | 2007

| Cougars

| colspan="2" | Presidents' (PAC)<br />(2007–present)

|-

| Chestnut Hill College

| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

| 1924

| Catholic<br />

| 2,301

| Griffins

| colspan="2" | Central Atlantic (CACC)<br />(2007–present)

|-

| Hood College

| Frederick, Maryland

| 1893

| U.C.C.

| 2,422

| Blazers

| Capital (CAC)<br />(2007–12)

| MAC Commonwealth<br />(2012–present)

|-

| Mary Baldwin College

| Staunton, Virginia

| 1869

| Presbyterian

| 2,542

| Fighting<br />Squirrels

| colspan="2" | USA South<br />(2007–present)

|-

| Notre Dame of Maryland University

| Baltimore, Maryland

| 1873

| Catholic<br />

| 2,901

| Gators

| Colonial States (CSAC)<br />(2007–23)

| United East (UEC)<br />(2023–present)

|-

| Trinity Washington University

| Washington, D.C.

| 1897

| Catholic<br />

| 2,100

| Tigers

| D-III Independent<br />(2007–12)<br />Great South (GSAC)<br />(2012–15)

| D-III Independent<br />(2015–present)

|-

| Wells College

| Aurora, New York

| 1868

| Nonsectarian

| 480

| Express

| United East (UEC)<br />(2007–23)<br />Allegheny Mountain (AMCC)<br />(2023–24)

| Closed in 2024

|-

| Wilson College

| Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

| 1869

| Presbyterian

| 800

| Phoenix

| North Eastern (NEAC)<br />(2007–18)<br />Colonial States (CSAC)<br />(2018–23)

| United East (UEC)<br />(2023–present)

|}

;Notes:

Membership timeline

<timeline>

DateFormat = yyyy

ImageSize = width:1000 height:auto barincrement:20

Period = from:1995 till:2027

TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal

PlotArea = right:5 left:5 bottom:40 top:5

Colors =

id:line value:black

id:bg value:white

id:Full value:rgb(0.7,0.9,0.8) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in all sports

id:FullxF value:rgb(0.9,0.8,0.7) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in all sports except for football

id:AssocF value:rgb(0.9,0.7,0.8) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member for football only

id:AssocOS value:rgb(0.8,0.9,0.7) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member for another sport only

id:OtherC1 value:rgb(0.996,0.996,0.699) # Use this color to denote a team that has moved in another conference

id:OtherC2 value:rgb(0.988,0.703,0.383) # Use this color to denote a team that has moved in another conference when the other color has already been used

PlotData=

width:15 textcolor:black shift:(5,-5) anchor:from fontsize:s

bar:1 color:FullxF from:1995 till:2007 text:Chatham (1995–2007)

bar:1 color:OtherC1 from:2007 till:end text:PAC

bar:2 color:FullxF from:1995 till:2007 text:Chestnut Hill (1995–2007)

bar:2 color:OtherC1 from:2007 till:end text:CACC

bar:3 color:FullxF from:1995 till:2007 text:Hood (1995–2007)

bar:3 color:OtherC1 from:2007 till:2012 text:CAC

bar:3 color:OtherC2 from:2012 till:end text:MAC-C

bar:4 color:FullxF from:1995 till:2007 text:Mary Baldwin (1995–2007)

bar:4 color:OtherC1 from:2007 till:end text:USA South

bar:5 color:FullxF from:1995 till:2007 text:Notre Dame (Md.) (1995–2007)

bar:5 color:OtherC1 from:2007 till:2023 text:PAC/CSAC

bar:5 color:OtherC2 from:2023 till:end text:UEC

bar:6 color:FullxF from:1995 till:2007 text:Trinity Washington (1995–2007)

bar:6 color:OtherC1 from:2007 till:2012 text:D-III Ind.

bar:6 color:OtherC2 from:2012 till:2015 text:GSAC

bar:6 color:OtherC1 from:2015 till:end text:D-III Ind.

bar:7 color:FullxF from:1995 till:2007 text:Wells (1995–2007)

bar:7 color:OtherC1 from:2007 till:2023 text:NEAC/UEC

bar:7 color:OtherC2 from:2023 till:2024 text:AMCC

bar:8 color:FullxF from:1995 till:2007 text:Wilson (Pa.) (1995–2007)

bar:8 color:OtherC1 from:2007 till:2018 text:NEAC/UEC

bar:8 color:OtherC2 from:2018 till:2023 text:CSAC

bar:8 color:OtherC1 from:2023 till:end text:UEC

bar:N color:red from:1995 till:2007 text:Atlantic Women's Colleges Conference

bar:N color:blue from:2007 till:end text:Post-AWCC

ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:2 start:1995

TextData =

fontsize:M

textcolor:black

pos:(0,20) tabs:(400-center)

text:^"Atlantic Women's Colleges Conference membership history"

  1. > If the chart uses more than one bar color, add a legend by selecting the appropriate fields from the following three options (use only the colors that are used in the graphic.) Leave a blank line after the end of the timeline, then add a line with the selected values from the list, separated by a space.

<#

</timeline>

Championships offered

  • Basketball
  • Field hockey
  • Lacrosse
  • Soccer
  • Softball
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Volleyball

References