1987 - The CUNYADA has been rebranded as the City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC), effective in the 1987–88 academic year.
1996 - Brooklyn re-joined back to the CUNYAC, effective in the 1996–97 academic year.
1999 - New York City College of Technology (New York City Tech) joined the senior college ranks of the CUNYAC, effective in the 1999–2000 academic year.
2011 - New York City Tech left the CUNYAC to put its athletic program on hiatus, effective after the 2010–11 academic year.
2015 - The University of Maine at Presque Isle (Maine–Presque Isle or UMPI) joined the CUNYAC as an affiliate member for baseball during the 2016 spring season (2015-16 academic year).
2018 - Maine–Presque Isle (UMPI) left the CUNYAC as an affiliate member for baseball after the 2018 spring season (2017-18 academic year).
2019 - Staten Island left the CUNYAC to join the NCAA Division II ranks and the East Coast Conference (ECC), effective after the 2018–19 academic year.
1999 - New York City Tech left the community college division of the CUNYAC to join the Division III ranks of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the senior college division of the CUNYAC, effective after the 1998–99 academic year.
2002 - Hostos Community College joined the community college division of the CUNYAC, effective in the 2002–03 academic year.
2013 - LaGuardia Community College joined the community college division of the CUNYAC, effective in the 2002–03 academic year.
2017 - LaGuardia left the community college division of the CUNYAC to put its athletic program on hiatus, effective after the 2016–17 academic year.
2022 - LaGuardia re-joined the community college division of the CUNYAC, effective in the 2022–23 academic year.
Member schools
NCAA Division III (Senior college division)
Current members
The senior college division of the CUNYAC currently has eight full members, all are public schools:
^Maine–Presque Isle (UMPI) joined the CUNYAC in baseball prior to the 2016 conference tournament (2015–16 school year). It played its first full regular-season conference schedule during the 2017 spring season (2016–17 school year).
^LaGuardia was part of the conference between 2013–14 and 2016–17 and then it put their athletic program on hiatus but they returned in the 2022–23 school year.[2]
Former members
The community college division of the CUNYAC had two former full members, both were public schools:
Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the CUNYAC that are played by CUNYAC schools
School
Fencing
Rifle
Wrestling
Hunter
MACFA
N
Independent
John Jay
N
MARC
N
Women's sports
School
Basketball
Cross country
Soccer
Softball
Swimming & Diving
Tennis
Track & Field (Indoor)
Track & Field (Outdoor)
Volleyball
Total
Baruch
Y
Y
N
Y
Y
Y
N
N
Y
6
Brooklyn
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
N
Y
7
CCNY
Y
Y
Y
N
N
N
Y
Y
Y
6
Hunter
Y
Y
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
8
John Jay
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
N
Y
7
Lehman
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
9
Medgar Evers
Y
Y
Y
N
N
N
Y
Y
Y
6
York (NY)
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
9
Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the CUNYAC that are played by CUNYAC schools
School
Fencing
Rifle
CCNY
EWFC
N
Hunter
NIWFA
N
John Jay
N
MARC
Community college
The CUNYAC sponsors community college (NJCAA) intercollegiate athletic competition in men's baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's soccer, and women's volleyball.
