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The Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference is a NCAA Division II Conference composed of 13 institutions in Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. The member institutions are Bloomfield College, Caldwell College, Chestnut Hill College, Dominican (N.Y.) College, Felician College, Georgian Court University, Goldey-Beacom College, Holy Family University, Nyack College, Philadelphia University, Post University, the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia and Wilmington University.

The CACC was founded in 1965 and featured seven original members which competed in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA); Bloomfield, Caldwell, Dominican, Georgian Court, Nyack, Post and St. Thomas Aquinas. The seven schools applied for Division II membership in 1998. In 2002 the CACC qualified for NCAA Division II Provisional conference status and it achieved active status in July of 2004.

During the span from 1998-2004, the conference underwent numerous changes in addition to upgrading to Division II. In 1999, St. Thomas Aquinas left the conference and five new members joined. Felician, Goldey-Beacom, Holy Family, USP and Wilmington, all NAIA schools, immediately applied for Division II status upon becoming members. In 2000, New Jersey Institute of Technology boosted the membership to 12 schools and that number ballooned to 13 in 2005 when Philadelphia University came aboard. NJIT moved on to Division I status after the 2005-06 season, but the addition of Chestnut Hill College brings the CACC back to 13 schools in 2007-08.

The CACC enjoyed early success in the ranks of Division II and Caldwell led the way in 2004. The Cougar softball team won the NCAA Northeast Region Championship and advanced to the Women's College World Series in Alamonte Springs, FL, where they won a game before being eliminated. The Cougar baseball team was selected to the 2004 NCAA Northeast Region Tournament and won its first game before being eliminated. The 2004-05 season saw the Bloomfield men's basketball team pick up the league's first-ever NCAA Tournament win in basketball with an upset, 79-77 victory over Saint Anselm. The Holy Family women notched the CACC's first victory in women's basketball in 2005-06 with a win over Pace University. Furthermore, the Goldey-Beacom men's golf team won the 2005-06 Northeast Super Regional Tournament and became the first CACC team to advance to the NCAA Men's Golf National Championships.

Currently, eight of the CACC's season-ending tournaments lead to automatic NCAA qualifications, including women's soccer, volleyball, women's tennis, men's and women's basketball, softball, baseball and men's golf.

With its ascent to active Division II status, the Conference made major improvements by introducing a new website and logo. Both were unveiled in July of 2004. The website, www.caccathletics.org, contains updated stats, schedules, results, photos and news about all 13 member schools.

The Conference office staff has also expanded. Bob Oliver became the CACC's first full-time Commissioner on January 1, 2004, Kirk Reed became the first full-time Assistant Commissioner in July of 2005 and Bernadette Macca took the role of first full-time Associate Commissioner in July of 2007. The office now employs a Commissioner, an Associate and Assistant Commissioner and an Assistant to the Commissioner. The CACC Office is located in New Haven, CT, in the Worldtek Building at 111 Water Street.

Off the court and field, the CACC and its student-athletes take pride in the balance between academics and athletics. The CACC finished third nationally among Division II Conferences for the graduation rate of its student-athletes, according to the latest NCAA report. Furthermore, the conference established its inaugural All-Academic team in the fall of 2004 and the number of names on the list continues to grow each year.

The CACC has also become one of the national leaders in the annual Division II Make-A-Wish Foundation fundraiser. The 13 CACC schools raised $9,030.99 in 2006-07 to rank eighth among Division II Conferences. Six CACC schools raised at least $1,000, including Bloomfield, Caldwell, Felician, USP, Georgian Court and Philadelphia.

Division II is composed of 22 conferences and 16 independent institutions ranging from coast-to-coast-and beyond. Division II is the only NCAA membership division with programs in Alaska and Puerto Rico. Furthermore, four of the five colleges on Hawaii are members of Division II.