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Patriot League
Formerly	Colonial League
Association	NCAA
Founded	1986; 38 years ago
Commissioner	Jennifer Heppel (since 2015)
Sports fielded	24 men's: 11; women's: 13; ;
Division	Division I
Subdivision	FCS
No. of teams	10 full, 4 associate
Headquarters	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Region	Northeast
Official website	patriotleague.org
Locations

The Patriot League is a collegiate athletic conference comprising private institutions of higher education and two United States service academies based in the Northeastern United States. Except for the Ivy League, it is the most selective group of higher education institutions in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I and has a very high student-athlete graduation rate for both the NCAA graduation success rate and the federal graduation rate.^[1]

The Patriot League has 10 core members:^[2] American University, the United States Military Academy (Army), Boston University, Bucknell University, Colgate University, College of the Holy Cross, Lafayette College, Lehigh University, Loyola University Maryland, and the United States Naval Academy (Navy). All 10 core members participate in the NCAA Division I for all Patriot League sports that they offer. Since not all schools sponsor every available NCAA sport, most schools are affiliated with other collegiate conferences for sports such as ice hockey and wrestling.

Only half of the conference's core members compete in the Patriot League for football, as part of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS): Bucknell, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, and Lehigh. Of the five other conference members, American, Boston University, and Loyola Maryland do not sponsor football, while Army and Navy play in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision as football-only members of the American Athletic Conference (The American).

Four other private institutions are Patriot League members only for specific sports, and are referred to as associate members. Fordham University and Georgetown University are associate members in football, while MIT is an associate member in women's rowing and the University of Richmond is an associate member in women's golf. Starting in the 2025 season, Richmond will also be an associate member in football.

About

Patriot League members are schools with very strong academic reputations that adhere strongly to the ideal of the "scholar-athlete", with the emphasis on "scholar". An academic index ensures that athletes are truly representative of and integrated with the rest of the student body. Out-of-league play for Patriot League schools is often with members of the Ivy League, which follow similar philosophies regarding academics and athletics.

Patriot League members have some of the oldest collegiate athletic programs in the country. In particular, "The Rivalry" between Lehigh University and Lafayette College is both the nation's most-played and longest-uninterrupted college football series.^[3]

The winner of the Patriot League basketball tournament receives an automatic invitation to the NCAA Division I basketball tournament every March. In recent years, Bucknell (twice) and Lehigh have both won NCAA tournament games. The Patriot League champions in a number of other sports also receive an automatic invitation to their respective NCAA tournaments.

History

Locations of current Patriot League full member institutions.

The origins of the Patriot League began after the eight Ivy League schools expanded their football schedules to ten games starting in 1980. Needing opponents with a similar competitive level on a regular basis for each team's three nonconference games, the league contacted two university presidents, the Reverend John E. Brooks, S.J., of Holy Cross, and Peter Likins of Lehigh, about forming a new conference that also prohibited athletic scholarships.^[4] The result was the Colonial League, a football-only circuit that began competition in 1986.^[2]^[5] Its six charter members were Holy Cross, Lehigh, Bucknell, Colgate, Lafayette, and Davidson. Davidson dropped out after the 1988 season for reasons related to geography, lack of competitiveness, and a reluctance to relinquish its basketball scholarships in case the conference expanded into other sports.^[4]^[6]

In 1990, the league changed its name to the Patriot League at the suggestion of Carl F. Ullrich,^[4] who would go on to become the conference's first full-time administrator. At the start of the 1990–91 academic year, the league became an all-sport conference, with 22 sports (11 for men and 11 for women), and now had seven full members, including Fordham and the United States Military Academy (Army) as new members. In 1991, the league gained an eighth full member, the United States Naval Academy (Navy).^[5]

In 1993, the league hired Constance (Connie) H. Hurlbut as executive director. She was the first woman and youngest person to be the leader of an NCAA Division I conference.^[5]

In 1995, Fordham resigned its full membership (leaving the league with seven full members) but continued as an associate member in football. In 1996, Fairfield and Ursinus joined as associate members in field hockey.^[5] (Fairfield left after the 2003 fall season and is now an associate member of the Northeast Conference. Ursinus left after the 2001 fall season and is now a full member of the Division III Centennial Conference.^[7]) In 1997, Towson joined as an associate member in football. (Towson left after the 2003 fall season to join the Atlantic 10 Conference, whose football conference would be absorbed by the Colonial Athletic Association in 2007.) In 1999, Hobart joined as an associate member in men's lacrosse and Villanova joined as an associate member in women's lacrosse. (Hobart left after the 2004 spring season, to join the ECAC Lacrosse League, while Villanova left after the 2006 spring season.) In 2001, American University joined as the eighth full member and Georgetown University joined as an associate member in football.^[5] Two schools announced in summer 2012 that they would join the league for the 2013–14 academic year, with Boston University making its announcement on June 15,^[8] and Loyola University Maryland doing so on August 29.^[9]

In May 2024, the University of Richmond, who was already an associate member of the league for women's golf, announced that they would also move their football program to the Patriot League for the 2025 season, becoming the Patriot League's first new football-playing member in over 20 years.^[10]

Athletic scholarships

While Patriot League colleges have always offered need-based financial aid, league members have only been allowed to give athletic scholarships in recent years. Basketball scholarships were first allowed beginning with freshmen entering the league in the fall of 1998.

In 2001, when the league admitted American, which gave scholarships in all its sports (AU does not play football), the league began allowing all schools to do so in sports other than football. Lafayette, the last holdout with no athletic scholarships, began granting full rides in basketball and other sports with freshmen entering the school in the fall of 2006. Most Patriot League schools do not give athletic scholarships in a number of sports, and Bucknell only granted them in basketball prior to the addition of football scholarships in 2013.

In the spring of 2009, Fordham University announced that it would start offering football scholarships in the fall of 2010. This action made Fordham ineligible for the league championship in that sport, but it also prompted a league-wide discussion on football scholarships. On February 13, 2012, the Patriot League announced its members could begin offering football scholarships starting with the 2013–14 academic year. Since then, each school has been allowed no more than the equivalent of 15 scholarships to incoming football players. Presidents from six of the seven football schools indicated they would award scholarships in the fall of 2012. Georgetown University did not commit to offering scholarships.^[11] Since the transition to scholarship football was completed for the 2016–17 academic year, each football member has been allowed up to 60 scholarship equivalents per season,^[12] a total only slightly lower than the NCAA limit of 63 scholarship equivalents for FCS programs.

Executive directors

Name	Years	Current
Alan Childs	1986–1989	Lafayette College Professor of Psychology^[13]
Carl F. Ullrich	1989–1993	League's first full-time Executive Director; retired
Connie Hurlbut	1993–1999	Western Athletic Conference Deputy Commissioner and SWA^[14]
Carolyn Schlie Femovich	1999–2015	The PICTOR Group Senior Partner^[15]
Jennifer Heppel	2015–	Previously Big Ten Conference Associate Commissioner for Governance^[16]

Member schools

Full members

There are ten "full" member schools:^[17]

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Undergraduate enrollment	Endowment	Nickname	Joined
American University^[a]	Washington, D.C.	1893	United Methodist	8,463	$947,800,000^[18]	Eagles	2001
United States Military Academy^[a] (Army)	West Point, New York	1802	Federal (Military)	4,594	N/A	Black Knights	1990
Boston University^[a]	Boston, Massachusetts	1839	Nonsectarian	18,229	$3,350,000,000	Terriers	2013
Bucknell University	Lewisburg, Pennsylvania	1846	Nonsectarian	3,724	$801,000,000	Bison	1986
Colgate University	Hamilton, New York	1819	Nonsectarian	3,164	$1,202,000,000	Raiders	1986
College of the Holy Cross	Worcester, Massachusetts	1843	Catholic (Jesuit)	3,138	$1,230,000,000	Crusaders	1986
Lafayette College	Easton, Pennsylvania	1826	Nonsectarian	2,725	$693,700,000	Leopards	1986
Lehigh University	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	1865	Nonsectarian	5,451	$1,400,000,000	Mountain Hawks	1986
Loyola University Maryland^[a]	Baltimore, Maryland	1852	Catholic (Jesuit)	3,787	$308,000,000	Greyhounds	2013
United States Naval Academy^[a] (Navy)	Annapolis, Maryland	1845	Federal (Military)	4,528	N/A	Midshipmen	1991

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e American, Boston University, and Loyola do not play football. As of the 2024 season, Army and Navy participate in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) as football-only members of the American Athletic Conference. Fordham and Georgetown replace them in the Patriot League for football only.

Associate members

There are three associate-member schools:

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Undergraduate enrollment	Nickname	Joined	Patriot sport	Primary conference
Fordham University^[a]	The Bronx, New York	1841	Catholic (Jesuit)	9,904	Rams	1995	football	Atlantic 10 (A-10)
Georgetown University	Washington, D.C.	1789	Catholic (Jesuit)	7,598	Hoyas	2001	football, women's rowing	Big East
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	Cambridge, Massachusetts	1861	Nonsectarian	4,638	Engineers	2009	women's rowing	New England (NEWMAC)^[b]

Notes

^ Fordham was also a full member of the Patriot League from 1990–91 until 1994–95, when it moved all sports except football to the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10).
^ Currently an NCAA Division III athletic conference.

Future associate members

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Undergraduate enrollment	Nickname	Joining	Colors	Patriot sport	Primary conference
University of Richmond	Richmond, Virginia	1830	Nonsectarian	3,164	Spiders	2025		football	Atlantic 10 (A-10)

Former full members

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Undergraduate enrollment	Nickname	Joined	Left	Current conference
Fordham University^[a]	Bronx, New York	1841	Catholic (Jesuit)	8,220	Rams	1990	1995	Atlantic 10 (A-10)

Notes

^ Fordham remains as an associate member of the Patriot League for football.

Former associate members

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Nickname	Joined	Left	Colors	Patriot sport	Primary conference	Current conference in former PL sport
Davidson College	Davidson, North Carolina	1837	Presbyterian (PCUSA)	Wildcats	1986	1989		football	Atlantic 10 (A-10)	Pioneer (PFL)
Fairfield University	Fairfield, Connecticut	1942	Catholic (Jesuit)	Stags	1996	2004		field hockey	Metro Atlantic (MAAC)
Hobart College	Geneva, New York	1822	Nonsectarian	Statesmen	1999	2004		men's lacrosse	Liberty^[a]	Atlantic 10 (A-10)
University of Richmond	Richmond, Virginia	1830	Nonsectarian	Spiders	2014	2024		women's golf	Atlantic 10 (A-10)
Towson University	Towson, Maryland	1866	Public	Tigers	1997	2004		football	Coastal (CAA)	CAA Football^[b]
Ursinus College	Collegeville, Pennsylvania	1869	Nonsectarian	Bears	1996	2002	^[19]	field hockey	Centennial^[a]
Villanova University	Villanova, Pennsylvania	1842	Catholic (Augustinian)	Wildcats	1998	2006		women's lacrosse	Big East

Notes

^ ^a ^b Currently an NCAA Division III athletic conference.
^ CAA Football is technically a separate entity from the multi-sports CAA.

Membership timeline

Full members Full members (non-football) Assoc. members (football only) Associate member(some sports) Other Conference Other Conference

Sports

The Patriot League sponsors championship competition in 12 men's and 13 women's NCAA-sanctioned sports.^[20] Georgetown and Fordham are Associate members for football, and Georgetown and MIT are Associate members for rowing.

Men's sponsored sports by school

School	Baseball	Basketball	Cross Country	FCS Football	Golf	Lacrosse	Soccer	Swimming & Diving	Tennis	Track & Field (Indoor)	Track & Field (Outdoor)	Total
American	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	6
Army	Yes	Yes	Yes	No^[a]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	10
Boston	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	8
Bucknell	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	11
Colgate	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	10
Holy Cross	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	11
Lafayette	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	11
Lehigh	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	11
Loyola	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	7
Navy	Yes	Yes	Yes	No^[a]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	10
Totals	6	10	10	5+2	8	9	10	10	9	9	9	95+2
Associate Members
Fordham				Yes								1
Georgetown				Yes								1
Future Associate Members
Richmond				Yes								1

Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the Patriot League which are played by Patriot League schools

School	Fencing^[b]	FBS Football	Sprint Football^[c]	Gymnastics	Ice Hockey	Rifle^[b]	Rowing^[c]	Rugby^[c]	Sailing^[b]^[c]	Squash^[c]	Water Polo	Wrestling
American	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	EIWA
Army	–	American	CSFL	EIGL	AHA	GARC	–	Rugby East	–	–	–	EIWA
Boston	–	–	–	–	Hockey East	–	EARC	–	–	–	–	–
Bucknell	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	CWPA	EIWA
Colgate	–	–	–	–	ECAC Hockey	–	Independent	–	–	–	–	–
Holy Cross	–	–	–	–	AHA	–	EARC	–	–	–	–	–
Lafayette	MACFA	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Lehigh	–	–	–	–	–	–	MARC	–	–	–	–	EIWA
Loyola	–	–	–	–	–	–	Independent	–	–	–	–	–
Navy	–	American	–	EIGL	–	GARC	EARC	–	ISA	MASC	CWPA	EIWA

^ ^a ^b As of the upcoming 2024 season, Army & Navy play FBS football in the American Athletic Conference.
^ ^a ^b ^c This sport is coed.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e This sport is not sponsored by the NCAA.

Women's sponsored sports by school

School	Basketball	Cross Country	Field Hockey	Golf	Lacrosse	Rowing	Soccer	Softball	Swimming & Diving	Tennis	Track & Field (Indoor)	Track & Field (Outdoor)	Volleyball	Total
American	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	9
Army	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	10
Boston	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	12
Bucknell	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	13
Colgate	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	12
Holy Cross	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	13
Lafayette	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	11
Lehigh	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	13
Loyola	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	10
Navy	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	11
Totals	10	10	7	5	10	7+2	10	7	10	9	10	10	9	113+2
Associate Members
Georgetown						Yes								1
MIT						Yes								1

Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the Patriot League which are played by Patriot League schools

School	Fencing^[a]	Ice Hockey	Rifle^[a]	Lightweight Rowing^[b]	Rugby^[b]	Sailing^[a]^[b]	Water Polo
Army	–	–	GARC	–	NIRA	–	–
Boston	–	Hockey East	–	EARC	–	–	–
Bucknell	–	–	–	–	–	–	CWPA
Colgate	–	ECAC Hockey	–	–	–	–	–
Holy Cross	–	Hockey East	–	–	–	–	–
Lafayette	MACFA	–	–	–	–	–	–
Navy	–	–	GARC	–	–	ISA	–

^ ^a ^b ^c This sport is coed.
^ ^a ^b ^c This sport is not sponsored by the NCAA.

President's Cup

The Patriot League Presidents' Cup is awarded to the member institution with the highest cumulative sports point total for their Patriot League standings in sponsored men's and women's sports. Points are awarded based upon a combination of an institution's regular-season and tournament finishes in each sport.

President's Cup Winners (combined men and women):

1991 – Bucknell
1992 – Bucknell
1993 – Bucknell
1994 – Army
1995 – Army
1996 – Bucknell
1997 – Army
1998 – Bucknell
1999 – Bucknell
2000 – Bucknell
2001 – Bucknell
2002 – Bucknell
2003 – Bucknell
2004 – Bucknell
2005 – Army
2006 – Bucknell
2007 – Bucknell
2008 – Bucknell
2009 – Bucknell
2010 – Bucknell
2011 – Bucknell
2012 – Navy
2013 – Bucknell
2014 – Navy
2015 – Navy
2016 – Navy
2017 – Navy
2018 – Navy
2019 – Navy
2020 - (COVID-19 pandemic)
2021 - Navy^[21]
2022 - Navy
2023 - Navy^[22]

Baseball

Tournament champion and MVP: See: Patriot League baseball tournament

Basketball

Men's tournament champion, runner-up, and MVP: See: Patriot League men's basketball tournament

Women's tournament champion: See: Patriot League women's basketball tournament

NCAA

In NCAA basketball, Boston, Bucknell, Navy, Lehigh, and Holy Cross are the only teams in the conference ever to have recorded NCAA Tournament victories. Bucknell won tournament games in 2005 over Kansas and in 2006 over Arkansas. Lehigh won over Duke in the first round in the 2012 tournament.

The Bison, Mountain Hawks, and Crusaders are the only teams to win in the NCAA tournament while actually representing the Patriot League. A Navy team—then representing the Colonial Athletic Association—led by future Hall of Famer David Robinson won three tournament games while advancing to the regional finals in 1986, while BU won two games in the 1959 tournament before falling in the regional finals. Holy Cross was among the best teams in the country in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and won the 1947 national championship with a team that included future Hall of Famer Bob Cousy. Its combined record in the NCAA tournament is 8–12. After a 63-year drought, Holy Cross defeated Southern University in the 2016 NCAA Tournament. Bryan Cohen of Bucknell was named Patriot League Defensive Player of Year in 2010, 2011, and 2012; he was the only player in league history to win the award three times.^[23]^[24]^[25]

Field hockey

Tournament champion^[26]

1994 – Lehigh^[27]
1995 – Lafayette
1996 – Colgate
1997 – Holy Cross
1998 – Holy Cross
1999 – Lafayette
2000 – Holy Cross
2001 – Fairfield
2002 – Lafayette
2003 – American
2004 – American
2005 – American
2006 – American
2007 – American
2008 – American
2009 – American
2010 – American
2011 – Lafayette
2012 – Lafayette
2013 – American
2014 – Boston
2015 – Boston
2016 – American
2017 – Boston
2018 – Boston
2019 – American
2020–21 - Bucknell^[28]
2021 - American^[29]
2022 - Lehigh^[27]

Football

League champions

1986 – Holy Cross
1987 – Holy Cross
1988 – Lafayette
1989 – Holy Cross
1990 – Holy Cross
1991 – Holy Cross
1992 – Lafayette
1993 – Lehigh
1994 – Lafayette
1995 – Lehigh
1996 – Bucknell
1997 – Colgate
1998 – Lehigh
1999 – Colgate and Lehigh
2000 – Lehigh
2001 – Lehigh
2002 – Colgate and Fordham
2003 – Colgate
2004 – Lafayette and Lehigh
2005 – Colgate and Lafayette
2006 – Lafayette and Lehigh
2007 – Fordham
2008 – Colgate
2009 – Holy Cross
2010 – Lehigh
2011 – Lehigh
2012 – Colgate
2013 – Lafayette
2014 – Fordham
2015 – Colgate
2016 – Lehigh
2017 – Colgate and Lehigh
2018 – Colgate
2019 – Holy Cross
2020 – Holy Cross
2021 – Holy Cross
2022 – Holy Cross
2023 – Lafayette and Holy Cross

Fordham vs. Navy at Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, 2016

The Patriot League prohibited athletic scholarships for football from its founding (as the Colonial League) until the league presidents voted to approve football scholarships starting with the 2013 recruiting class. Since then, each school has been allowed no more than the equivalent of 15 scholarships to incoming football players in any given season. With the transition to scholarship football having been completed in 2016, each school is now allowed a maximum of 60 scholarship equivalents per season, three short of the NCAA FCS maximum. However, Georgetown does not offer scholarships.

Until 1997, Patriot League teams did not participate in the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs. This practice was in step with the Ivy League's policy of not participating in the playoffs, since the Patriot League was founded with the Ivy League's athletics philosophy. Since 1997, the league champion receives an automatic playoff berth. If there are co-champions, a tie-breaker determines the playoff participant, though the other co-champion is eligible to be selected with an at-large invitation.

Colgate was the first team to receive the league's automatic berth, in 1997. The following year, Lehigh won the league's first playoff game. This was also the first year in which a Patriot League team, Colgate, received a playoff invitation without being a league co-champion. Fordham has since repeated that feat in 2013, 2015 and 2022.

Because the Georgetown Hoyas opted out of the 2020-21 NCAA Division I FCS football season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Patriot League split into a north and south division for the first time. This led to the first ever Patriot League Football Championship Game

Lacrosse

Men's league champions

1991 – Army
1992 – Army
1993 – Army
1994 – Army
1995 – Army
1996 – Bucknell
1997 – Army
1998 – Army
1999 – Army and Lehigh
2000 – Hobart and Lehigh
2001 – Bucknell
2002 – Army, Bucknell and Hobart
2003 – Army and Bucknell
2004 – Navy
2005 – Navy
2006 – Navy
2007 – Navy
2008 – Colgate
2009 – Navy
2010 – Army
2011 – Bucknell
2012 – Lehigh
2013 – Lehigh
2014 – Loyola
2015 – Colgate
2016 – Loyola
2017 – Loyola
2018 – Loyola
2019 – Army^[30]
2020 - (COVID-19 pandemic)^[31]
2021 - Lehigh^[32]
2022 - Boston
2023 - Army^[33]
2024 - Lehigh^[34]

As of 2023^[update], the Army Black Knights men's lacrosse team has thirteen conference championships, the most of any school in the conference. Prior to the 2004 season, no conference tournament was held to determine a single winner.^[35]

Women's league champions

1991 – Lafayette
1992 – Lafayette
1993 – Lafayette
1994 – Lehigh
1995 – Lafayette
1996 – Lafayette
1997 – Lafayette
1998 – Lafayette
1999 – Colgate
2000 – Lafayette
2001 – Lafayette
2002 – Lafayette
2003 – American
2004 – Colgate
2005 – Colgate
2006 – Holy Cross
2007 – Holy Cross
2008 – Colgate
2009 – Colgate
2010 – Navy
2011 – Navy
2012 – Navy
2013 – Navy
2014 – Loyola
2015 – Loyola
2016 – Loyola
2017 – Navy
2018 – Navy
2019 – Loyola^[36]
2020 - (COVID-19 pandemic)
2021 - Loyola^[37]
2022 - Loyola^[38]

Soccer

Men's tournament champion, runner-up, and MVP: See: Patriot League Men's Soccer Tournament

Women's league champions

1990 - Colgate
1991 – Colgate
1992 – Colgate
1993 – Army
1994 – Colgate
1995 – Colgate
1996 – Colgate
1997 – Colgate
1998 – Colgate
1999 – Colgate
2000 – Holy Cross
2001 – Bucknell
2002 – American
2003 – Navy
2004 – Colgate
2005 – Bucknell
2006 – Navy
2007 – Navy
2008 – Army
2009 – Colgate
2010 – Lehigh
2011 – Army
2012 – Colgate
2013 – Boston
2014 – Boston
2015 – Boston
2016 – Bucknell
2017 – Bucknell
2018 – Boston
2019 – Navy
2020–21 - Navy
2021 - Bucknell^[39]
2022 - Bucknell

Facilities

Future members in gray.

School	Football stadium	Capacity	Basketball arena	Capacity	Baseball stadium	Capacity	Soccer venue	Capacity
American	Non-football school		Bender Arena	3,044	Non-baseball school		Reeves Field	700
Army	Plays football in the American Athletic Conference. Army's home football games are at Michie Stadium	38,000	Christl Arena	5,043	Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field	880	Clinton Field	2,000
Boston University	Non-football school		Agganis Arena Case Gym	7,200 1,800	Non-baseball school		Nickerson Field	10,412
Bucknell	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium	13,100	Sojka Pavilion	4,000	Eugene B. Depew Field	500	Emmitt Field at Holmes Stadium	1,250
Colgate	Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium	10,221	Cotterell Court	3,000	Non-baseball school		Beyer-Small '76 Field	2,000
Fordham	Coffey Field	7,000	Football-only member
Georgetown	Cooper Field	3,750	Football (and women's rowing)-only member
Holy Cross	Fitton Field	23,500	Hart Center	3,600	Hanover Insurance Park at Fitton Field	3,000	Linda Johnson Smith Soccer Stadium	1,320
Lafayette	Fisher Stadium	13,132	Kirby Sports Center	2,644	Kamine Stadium	500	Oaks Stadium	1,000
Lehigh	Goodman Stadium	16,000	Stabler Arena	5,600	J. David Walker Field at Legacy Park	370	Ulrich Sports Complex	2,400
Loyola	Non-football school		Reitz Arena	2,100	Non-baseball school		Ridley Athletic Complex	6,000
Navy	Plays football in the American Athletic Conference. Navy's home football games are at Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium	34,000	Alumni Hall	5,710	Max Bishop Stadium	1,500	Glenn Warner Soccer Facility	2,500
Richmond	E. Claiborne Robins Stadium	8,700	Football-only member

Literature

The Patriot League was profiled in the John Feinstein book The Last Amateurs (2000). The title is derived from the belief that the Patriot League was the last Division I basketball league that plays a conference tournament (the Ivy League, which operates under the same model, albeit with no scholarships, did not hold a conference tournament until the 2016–17 season) and functions as a place for student-athletes rather than a de facto minor professional circuit with players not representative of their student bodies. The book is Feinstein's chronicle of all seven of the league's men's basketball teams at the time during the 1999–2000 season.^[4]

Notes

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^ "Western Athletic Conference". Western Athletic Conference.
^ "Carolyn Schlie Femovich (biography) – The PICTOR Group".
^ "Patriot League - Staff Directory". www.patriotleague.org.
^ ""Who We Are" About the Patriot League". Patriot League. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
^ "Change Can't Wait 2024 Impact Summary". American University. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
^ "Just the Facts". Ursinus College. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
^ "Patriot League". www.patriotleague.org.
^ "Navy Captures Seventh-Consecutive Patriot League Presidents' Cup Title," Patriot League, Thursday, June 24, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
^ "Navy Claims Ninth-Consecutive Patriot League Presidents’ Cup," Patriot League, Thursday, May 25, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
^ "Recent Bucknell Grads Bryan Cohen, G.W. Boon Sign Pro Contracts Overseas". patriotleague.org. August 27, 2012.
^ Bowman, William (February 8, 2011). "Bill Bowman's college basketball column: Cohen as good as it gets on defense". The Daily Item.
^ Brady, Chris (February 13, 2012). "Cohen a model of consistency". Standard-Journal.
^ "Patriot League Field Hockey Record Book" (PDF). Patriot League. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2013. Retrieved June 15, 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Lehigh's Epic Overtime Victory Captures the Patriot League Title and Secures First NCAA Tournament Berth in Program History," Lehigh University Athletics, Saturday, November 5, 2022. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
^ 2021 Field Hockey Spring Championship – Patriot League. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
^ 2021 Field Hockey Championship – Patriot League. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
^ 2019 Men's Lacrosse Championship – Patriot League. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
^ 2020 Men's Lacrosse Championship – Patriot League. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
^ 2021 Men's Lacrosse Championship – Patriot League. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
^ "2023 Patriot League Men's Lacrosse Championship". patriotleague.org. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
^ "No. 2 Lehigh Downs No. 4 Boston University to Win 2024 Patriot League Men's Lacrosse Championship (5.5.24)". patriotleague.org. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
^ "2021 Men's Lacrosse Record Book" (PDF). Patriot League. 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
^ "No. 11 Women's Lacrosse Downs Navy To Win Patriot League Title In Record-Breaking Fashion," Loyola University Maryland Athletics, Saturday, May 4, 2019. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
^ 2021 Women's Lacrosse Championship – Patriot League. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
^ "No. 7 Women's Lax Earns Sixth Patriot League Title WIth 15–8 Win Over Navy," Loyola University Maryland Athletics, Saturday, May 7, 2022. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
^ 2021 Women's Soccer Championship – Patriot League. Retrieved February 1, 2022.

External links

Official website

[football-18] American, Boston University, and Loyola do not play football. As of the 2024 season, Army and Navy participate in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) as football-only members of the American Athletic Conference. Fordham and Georgetown replace them in the Patriot League for football only.

[20] Fordham was also a full member of the Patriot League from 1990–91 until 1994–95, when it moved all sports except football to the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10).

[D3-21] Currently an NCAA Division III athletic conference.

[22] Fordham remains as an associate member of the Patriot League for football.

[D3-23] Currently an NCAA Division III athletic conference.

[24] CAA Football is technically a separate entity from the multi-sports CAA.

[FBS-27] As of the upcoming 2024 season, Army & Navy play FBS football in the American Athletic Conference.

[Coed-28] This sport is coed.

[NCAA-29] This sport is not sponsored by the NCAA.

[Coed-30] This sport is coed.

[NCAA-31] This sport is not sponsored by the NCAA.

[1] "Who We Are". patriotleague.org.

[PLwho-2] ""Who We Are" About the Patriot League". Patriot League. Archived from the original on October 30, 2013. Retrieved July 3, 2013.

[3] "All the Lehigh University News First". The Brown and White.

[lastamateurs-4] Feinstein, John (2000). The Last Amateurs. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 0-316-27842-4.

[history-5] "Patriot League History". Patriot League. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved July 3, 2013.

[6] "Patriot League 2011 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-07-03. Retrieved 2012-06-29.

[7] "2009 Field Hockey". Centennial Conference. Archived from the original on October 7, 2010. Retrieved March 2, 2010.

[8] "Boston University accepts invitation to join Patriot League starting in 2013–14" (PDF) (Press release). Patriot League. June 15, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2013. Retrieved July 3, 2013.

[9] "Loyola University Maryland accepts invitation to join Patriot League starting with 2013–14 season" (Press release). Patriot League. August 29, 2012. Archived from the original on August 30, 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2012.

[10] "Richmond Football to Move to Patriot League Following 2024 Season" (Press release). Richmond Spiders Athletics. May 14, 2024. Retrieved May 14, 2024.

[11] "Comments from Patriot League Presidents on Football Financial Aid Announcement" (PDF). Patriot League. February 13, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on Mar 4, 2016.

[12] Novy-Williams, Eben (February 13, 2012). "Patriot League to Offer Football Scholarships Starting in 2013". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on Oct 1, 2017.

[13] "Alan Childs". Lafayette College Athletics. Archived from the original on May 23, 2023. Retrieved Dec 10, 2023.

[14] "Western Athletic Conference". Western Athletic Conference.

[15] "Carolyn Schlie Femovich (biography) – The PICTOR Group".

[16] "Patriot League - Staff Directory". www.patriotleague.org.

[17] ""Who We Are" About the Patriot League". Patriot League. Retrieved 1 November 2016.

[19] "Change Can't Wait 2024 Impact Summary". American University. Retrieved 2024-12-08.

[25] "Just the Facts". Ursinus College. Retrieved 19 November 2019.

[26] "Patriot League". www.patriotleague.org.

[32] "Navy Captures Seventh-Consecutive Patriot League Presidents' Cup Title," Patriot League, Thursday, June 24, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2022.

[33] "Navy Claims Ninth-Consecutive Patriot League Presidents’ Cup," Patriot League, Thursday, May 25, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2023.

[auto2-34] "Recent Bucknell Grads Bryan Cohen, G.W. Boon Sign Pro Contracts Overseas". patriotleague.org. August 27, 2012.

[35] Bowman, William (February 8, 2011). "Bill Bowman's college basketball column: Cohen as good as it gets on defense". The Daily Item.

[36] Brady, Chris (February 13, 2012). "Cohen a model of consistency". Standard-Journal.

[37] "Patriot League Field Hockey Record Book" (PDF). Patriot League. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2013. Retrieved June 15, 2012.

[lehpl221105sa-38] "Lehigh's Epic Overtime Victory Captures the Patriot League Title and Secures First NCAA Tournament Berth in Program History," Lehigh University Athletics, Saturday, November 5, 2022. Retrieved November 15, 2022.

[39] 2021 Field Hockey Spring Championship – Patriot League. Retrieved February 1, 2022.

[40] 2021 Field Hockey Championship – Patriot League. Retrieved February 1, 2022.

[41] 2019 Men's Lacrosse Championship – Patriot League. Retrieved February 1, 2022.

[42] 2020 Men's Lacrosse Championship – Patriot League. Retrieved February 1, 2022.

[43] 2021 Men's Lacrosse Championship – Patriot League. Retrieved February 1, 2022.

[44] "2023 Patriot League Men's Lacrosse Championship". patriotleague.org. Retrieved 5 May 2024.

[45] "No. 2 Lehigh Downs No. 4 Boston University to Win 2024 Patriot League Men's Lacrosse Championship (5.5.24)". patriotleague.org. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.

[46] "2021 Men's Lacrosse Record Book" (PDF). Patriot League. 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.

[47] "No. 11 Women's Lacrosse Downs Navy To Win Patriot League Title In Record-Breaking Fashion," Loyola University Maryland Athletics, Saturday, May 4, 2019. Retrieved November 15, 2022.

[48] 2021 Women's Lacrosse Championship – Patriot League. Retrieved February 1, 2022.

[49] "No. 7 Women's Lax Earns Sixth Patriot League Title WIth 15–8 Win Over Navy," Loyola University Maryland Athletics, Saturday, May 7, 2022. Retrieved November 15, 2022.

[50] 2021 Women's Soccer Championship – Patriot League. Retrieved February 1, 2022.

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