National Collegiate Athletic Association

 The National Collegiate Athletic Association is the organization through which the nation's colleges and universities speak and act on athletics matters at the national level. It is a voluntary association of more than 1,200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals devoted to the sound administration of intercollegiate athletics.

Through the NCAA, member colleges consider any athletics problem that has crossed regional or conference lines and has become national in character. The Association strives to maintain intercollegiate athletics as an integral part of the educational program and the athlete as an integral part of the student body. The NCAA also stands for good conduct in intercollegiate athletics and serves as the colleges' national athletics accrediting agency. The NCAA has grown dramatically in the past 40 years, with more than 600 new members since 1950.

National Collegiate Athletic Association 

The Commonwealth Coast Conference

 The Commonwealth Coast Conference is a NCAA Division III conference consisting of schools in New England.

The TCCC conducts championships in:

• Men's and Women's Cross Country
• Men's and Women's Soccer
• Women's Volleyball
• Men's and Women's Tennis
• Men's and Women's Basketball
• Baseball
• Softball
• Men's and Women's Lacrosse

TCCC Playoff Champions receive an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

The following schools are members:

Anna Maria College, Colby-Sawyer College, Curry College, Eastern Nazarene College, Endicott College, Gordon College, New England College, Nichols College, Regis College, Roger Williams Univ, Salve Regina Univ., Univ. of New England, Wentworth Inst. of Technology, Western New England College

The Commonwealth Coast Conference