The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference is a conference participating in the NCAA's Division II. It was founded in 1951 as a league for members of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE), one of several public university systems in the state. It expanded beyond the PASSHE in 2008, but remained a Pennsylvania-only conference until 2019, when Shepherd University, from the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, joined.
Current members[]
Eastern Division[]
- Bloomsburg (charter member)
- East Stroudsburg (charter member)
- Kutztown (charter member)
- Lock Haven (charter member)
- Mansfield (charter member)
- Millersville (charter member)
- Shepherd (joined in 2019)
- Shippensburg (charter member)
- West Chester (charter member)
Western Division[]
- California (PA) (charter member)
- Clarion (charter member)
- Edinboro (charter member)
- Gannon (joined in 2008)
- Indiana (PA) (charter member)
- Mercyhurst (joined in 2008)
- Pitt–Johnstown (joined in 2013)
- Seton Hill (joined in 2013)
- Slippery Rock (charter member)
Former member[]
- Cheyney (1951–2018)