All UAA member schools are private, and ranked in the top 50 of national research universities by U.S. News & World Report's Best Colleges Rankings. Historically, the division was colloquially called the "egghead eight", or "nerdy nine" when Johns Hopkins was a member. This stems both from the academic strength of the member schools, and the fact that the conference prioritizes academic achievement over athletic prowess.[1][2] The UAA was the only NCAA conference to have all of its member institutions affiliated with the Association of American Universities, a collection of 65 Ph.D.-granting research institutions, with 63 in the United States and two in Canada, from 2011, when Nebraska joined the previously all-AAU Big Ten, until 2019 when Dartmouth became the last Ivy League institution to join the AAU.[3]
1987 - Brandeis University joined the UAA, effective in the 1987-88 academic year.
2001 - Johns Hopkins left the UAA to fully align all its sports into the Centennial Conference, effective after the 2000-01 academic year.
2018 - The UAA dropped football as a sponsored sport, due to its members joining on other athletic conferences for that sport as affiliates or associates, effective after the 2017 fall season (2017-18 academic year).
Member schoolsEdit
Current membersEdit
The UAA currently has eight full members, all are private schools:
^All of the universities listed above are founding members except Brandeis, which joined shortly before official competition began in October 1987.[5]Johns Hopkins University was a founding member, but no longer participates in the UAA.
^Brandeis had dual athletic conference membership with the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference from 1987–88 to 1994–95, then the Judges' women's sports left the NEWMAC in order to fully align with the UAA, along with its men's sports.
^Case Western Reserve had dual athletic conference membership with the North Coast Athletic Conference from 1986–87 to 1998–99, then the Spartans left the NCAC in order to fully align with the UAA.
^Rochester has dual athletic conference membership with the Liberty League since the 1995–96 school year.
Former memberEdit
The UAA had one former full member, which was also a private school:
^Johns Hopkins had dual athletic conference membership with the Middle Atlantic Conferences from 1986–87 to 1991–92, and later with the Centennial Conference from 1992–93 to 2000–01, then the Blue Jays left the UAA in order to fully align with the Centennial Conference.
^Football, Squash, and Volleyball are not UAA-sanctioned sports.
^Football, Squash, and Volleyball are not UAA-sanctioned sports.
^Football, Squash, and Volleyball are not UAA-sanctioned sports.
^Chicago competes in the Midwest Conference for baseball.
^Rochester competes in the Liberty League for baseball.
^Rochester competes in the Liberty League for indoor and outdoor track and field.
ReferencesEdit
^"UAA | ECS". www.elitecollegesports.com. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
^"Emory Women's Soccer". emorywomenssoccer.weebly.com. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
^Bowen, William G.; Levin, Sarah A. (2011). Reclaiming the Game: College Sports and Educational Values. Princeton University Press. p. 32. ISBN9781400840700.
^"usnews.com National University Rankings - Endowment".
^. University Athletic Association. Archived from the original on October 7, 2011. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
^"usnews.com National University Rankings - Fall 2016 Acceptance Rate".
^"usnews.com National University Rankings - Alumni Median Starting Salary".
^"Washington University in St. Louis New Logotype" (PDF). Washington University in St. Louis: University Libraries.
^ ab"Brandeis Quits College Gridiron". The Baltimore Sun. May 17, 1960. p. S23. ProQuest 542277219.
^Kleeman, Sophie (April 19, 2012). "We Are The Champions, Sometimes: The Highs And Lows Of NYU Athletics". NYU Local. New York University. from the original on November 1, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
External linksEdit
Official website
October 15, 2023
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For the organization at the University of Florida with the same name see University of Florida Athletic Association The University Athletic Association UAA is an American athletic conference that competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association s NCAA Division III Member schools are highly selective universities located in Georgia Illinois Missouri Pennsylvania Massachusetts Ohio and New York The eight members are Brandeis University Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University Emory University New York University The University of Chicago University of Rochester and Washington University in St Louis University Athletic AssociationAssociationNCAAFounded1986CommissionerDick Rasmussen since 1987 Sports fielded21 men s 11 women s 10DivisionDivision IIINo of teams8HeadquartersRochester New YorkRegionEastern United States MissouriOfficial websitehttp www uaasports infoLocations Contents 1 Academics 2 History 2 1 Chronological timeline 3 Member schools 3 1 Current members 3 2 Former member 3 3 Membership timeline 4 Conference facilities 5 Sports 6 Participation 6 1 Men 7 References 8 External linksAcademics EditAll UAA member schools are private and ranked in the top 50 of national research universities by U S News amp World Report s Best Colleges Rankings Historically the division was colloquially called the egghead eight or nerdy nine when Johns Hopkins was a member This stems both from the academic strength of the member schools and the fact that the conference prioritizes academic achievement over athletic prowess 1 2 The UAA was the only NCAA conference to have all of its member institutions affiliated with the Association of American Universities a collection of 65 Ph D granting research institutions with 63 in the United States and two in Canada from 2011 when Nebraska joined the previously all AAU Big Ten until 2019 when Dartmouth became the last Ivy League institution to join the AAU 3 History EditUniversity Athletic Association nbsp Interactive fullscreen map nearby articles Locations of UAA members 2022 23 Chronological timeline Edit 1986 In 1986 the University Athletic Association UAA was founded Charter members included Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University Emory University Johns Hopkins University New York University The University of Chicago the University of Rochester and Washington University in St Louis effective beginning the 1986 87 academic year 1987 Brandeis University joined the UAA effective in the 1987 88 academic year 2001 Johns Hopkins left the UAA to fully align all its sports into the Centennial Conference effective after the 2000 01 academic year 2018 The UAA dropped football as a sponsored sport due to its members joining on other athletic conferences for that sport as affiliates or associates effective after the 2017 fall season 2017 18 academic year Member schools EditCurrent members Edit The UAA currently has eight full members all are private schools Institution Location Founded Undergraduateenrollment Totalenrollment Nickname Schoolcolors USNWRRanking Endowment Billion 4 Joined a Fall 2020acceptance rate 6 Alumni medianstarting salary 7 Brandeis University b Waltham Massachusetts 1948 3 608 5 788 Judges 44 1 07 1987 31 50 600Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 1900 6 673 10 875 Tartans 22 2 67 1986 22 69 700Case Western Reserve University c Cleveland Ohio 1826 5 792 12 069 Spartans 44 2 35 1986 27 61 300Emory University Atlanta Georgia 1836 6 861 12 755 Eagles 22 7 94 1986 15 54 600New York University Manhattan New York 1831 26 135 42 189 Violets 25 5 8 1986 15 54 400The University of Chicago Chicago Illinois 1890 5 941 14 788 Maroons 6 11 6 1986 6 54 400University of Rochester d Rochester New York 1850 6 386 9 735 Yellowjackets 36 3 71 1986 29 54 800Washington University in St Louis St Louis Missouri 1853 7 540 13 527 Bears 8 15 15 3 1986 14 57 300Notes All of the universities listed above are founding members except Brandeis which joined shortly before official competition began in October 1987 5 Johns Hopkins University was a founding member but no longer participates in the UAA Brandeis had dual athletic conference membership with the New England Women s and Men s Athletic Conference from 1987 88 to 1994 95 then the Judges women s sports left the NEWMAC in order to fully align with the UAA along with its men s sports Case Western Reserve had dual athletic conference membership with the North Coast Athletic Conference from 1986 87 to 1998 99 then the Spartans left the NCAC in order to fully align with the UAA Rochester has dual athletic conference membership with the Liberty League since the 1995 96 school year Former member Edit The UAA had one former full member which was also a private school Institution Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment Nickname Joined Left Schoolcolors CurrentconferenceJohns Hopkins University a Baltimore Maryland 1876 Nonsectarian 19 758 Blue Jays 1986 2001 CentennialNotes Johns Hopkins had dual athletic conference membership with the Middle Atlantic Conferences from 1986 87 to 1991 92 and later with the Centennial Conference from 1992 93 to 2000 01 then the Blue Jays left the UAA in order to fully align with the Centennial Conference Membership timeline EditConference facilities EditSchool Football stadium Football capacity Basketball arena Basketball capacity Baseball stadium Baseball capacity Soccer stadium Soccer capacityBrandeis Non Football School a N A Auerbach Arena 2 500 Stein Diamond 500 Gordon Field 1 000Carnegie Mellon Gesling Stadium b 3 900 Wiegand Gymnasium 1 000 Non Baseball School N A Gesling Stadium 3 900Case Western Reserve DiSanto Field b 2 500 Horsburgh Gym 1 200 Nobby s Ballpark 500 DiSanto Field 2 500Chicago Stagg Field c 1 650 Gerald Ratner Athletics Center 1 900 J Kyle Anderson Field c Stagg Field 1 650Emory Non Football School d N A Woodruff P E Center 2 000 Chappell Park baseball George F Cooper Jr Field softball Woodruff P E CenterNYU Non Football School e N A Coles Sports Center 1 900 Maimonides Park 7 500 Gaelic Park 2 000Rochester Fauver Stadium f 5 000 Louis Alexander Palestra 1 889 Towers Field f Fauver Stadium 5 000WashU Francis Field g 3 300 Field House 3 000 Kelly Field Francis Field 3 300 Brandeis discontinued its football program in May 1960 9 President Abram Sachar pointed to the cost of the team as one reason for the decision 9 a b Carnegie Mellon and Case Western currently play football in the Presidents Athletic Conference a b Chicago currently plays football and baseball in the Midwest Conference Emory has never had an intercollegiate football team 10 NYU discontinued its football program in 1952 11 a b Rochester competes in the Liberty League in baseball football and numerous other sports WashU currently plays football in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Sports EditThe UAA sanctions competition in the following sports Conference sports Sport Men s Women sBaseball nbsp YBasketball nbsp Y nbsp YCross Country nbsp Y nbsp YGolf nbsp Y nbsp YSoccer nbsp Y nbsp YSoftball nbsp YSwimming amp Diving nbsp Y nbsp YTennis nbsp Y nbsp YTrack and field indoor nbsp Y nbsp YTrack and field outdoor nbsp Y nbsp YWrestling nbsp YVolleyball nbsp YParticipation EditMen Edit Baseball Basketball Cross Country Fencing Football a Golf Soccer Squash b Swimming amp Diving Tennis Track amp Field Volleyball c Wrestling TotalBrandeis X X X X X X X X 8Carnegie Mellon X X X X X X X X 8Case Western Reserve X X X X X X X X X 9Chicago X d X X X X X X X X 9Emory X X X X X X X X 8NYU X X X X X X X X X X X 11Rochester X e X X X X X X X X X f 10WashU X X X X X X X X 8Total 7 8 8 2 5 4 8 1 8 8 8 1 3 Football Squash and Volleyball are not UAA sanctioned sports Football Squash and Volleyball are not UAA sanctioned sports Football Squash and Volleyball are not UAA sanctioned sports Chicago competes in the Midwest Conference for baseball Rochester competes in the Liberty League for baseball Rochester competes in the Liberty League for indoor and outdoor track and field References Edit UAA ECS www elitecollegesports com Retrieved July 28 2017 Emory Women s Soccer emorywomenssoccer weebly com Retrieved September 27 2017 Bowen William G Levin Sarah A 2011 Reclaiming the Game College Sports and Educational Values Princeton University Press p 32 ISBN 9781400840700 usnews com National University Rankings Endowment About the UAA through Oct 17 2011 University Athletic Association Archived from the original on October 7 2011 Retrieved October 17 2011 usnews com National University Rankings Fall 2016 Acceptance Rate usnews com National University Rankings Alumni Median Starting Salary Washington University in St Louis New Logotype PDF Washington University in St Louis University Libraries a b Brandeis Quits College Gridiron The Baltimore Sun May 17 1960 p S23 ProQuest 542277219 Sugiura Ken May 13 2005 Football less Emory Gets Advice from Manning The Atlanta Journal Constitution via ProQuest p H2 Kleeman Sophie April 19 2012 We Are The Champions Sometimes The Highs And Lows Of NYU Athletics NYU Local New York University Archived from the original on November 1 2013 Retrieved October 31 2013 External links Edit Official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title University Athletic Association amp oldid 1176402535, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
