America East Conference

The America East Conference was established in 1979 as the ECAC North. The conference at that time consisted of 10 institutions and sponsored league competition only in men’s basketball. Men’s basketball remained the lone league sport until the 1988-89 academic year, when the North Atlantic Conference name was adopted. The conference changed its name to America East prior to the 1996-97 academic year. The conference did not begin supporting baseball until the 1991 season.

2024 Members & Year of Entry

America East Logo 2013-2023

• UAlbany Great Danes - 2001
• Bryant Bulldogs - 2023
• Maine Black Bears - 1979
• University of Massachusetts Lowell - 2013
• NJIT Highlanders - 2021
• Binghamton Bearcats - 2001
• UMBC Retrievers - 2003

• New Hampshire Wildcats - 1979 (Dropped Baseball)
• Vermont Catamounts - 1979 - (Dropped Baseball)

Former Members

• Delaware Blue Hens - 1991-2001 left for Colonial Athletic Association
• Drexel Dragons - 1991-2001 left for the Colonial Athletic Association
• Hofstra Pride - 1994-2001 left for Colonial Athletic Association
• Towson Tigers - 1995-2001 left for Colonial Athletic Association
• Northeastern Huskies - 1979 - 2005 left for Colonial Athletic Association
• Boston University Terriers - 1979 - 2013 (Dropped Baseball)
• Hartford Hawks - 1985 - 2022 left for Division III
• Stony Brook Seawolves - 2001-2022

In its pre-baseball days the conference also included University of Rhode Island, Holy Cross, Canisius College, Niagara University, Siena College, Central Connecticut State University and Colgate University.

Champions

America East logo 1996-2008

Year	Season Champion	Tournament Champion	Notes
1991	Maine Black Bears	N/A
1992	Delaware Blue Hens	N/A
1993	Maine Black Bears	Maine Black Bears
1994	Delaware Blue Hens	Northeastern Huskies
1995	Delaware Blue Hens	Delaware Blue Hens
1996	Delaware Blue Hens	Delaware Blue Hens
1997	Delaware Blue Hens	Northeastern Huskies
1998	Delaware Blue Hens	Delaware Blue Hens
1999	Towson Tigers	Delaware Blue Hens
2000	Delaware Blue Hens	Delaware Blue Hens
2001	Delaware Blue Hens	Delaware Blue Hens
2002	Maine Black Bears	Maine Black Bears
2003	Vermont Catamounts	Northeastern Huskies
2004	Northeastern Huskies	Stony Brook Seawolves
2005	Northeastern Huskies	Maine Black Bears
2006	Vermont Catamounts	Maine Black Bears
2007	Binghamton Bearcats	UAlbany Great Danes
2008	Binghamton Bearcats	Stony Brook Seawolves
2009	Binghamton Bearcats	Binghamton Bearcats
2010	Binghamton Bearcats	Stony Brook Seawolves
2011	Stony Brook Seawolves	Maine Black Bears
2012	Stony Brook Seawolves	Stony Brook Seawolves	Stony Brook reaches 2012 College World Series
2013	Maine Black Bears	Binghamton Bearcats
2014	Stony Brook Seawolves	Binghamton Bearcats
2015	Stony Brook Seawolves	Stony Brook Seawolves
2016	Binghamton Bearcats	Binghamton Bearcats
2017	Binghamton Bearcats	UMBC Retrievers
2018	Hartford Hawks	Hartford Hawks
2019	Stony Brook Seawolves	Stony Brook Seawolves
2020	Season cancelled in March
2021	UAlbany Great Danes (A) Stony Brook University (B)	NJIT Highlanders
2022	University of Maine (A) Stony Brook Seawolves* (B)	Binghamton Bearcats
2023	Maine Black Bears	Maine Black Bears
2024	Bryant Bulldogs	Bryant Bulldogs

* Stony Brook was ineligible for America East tournament in 2022.