former CEO of Priceline Jeff Boyd, New Hampshire state senator Sylvia Larsen, former Ohio Governor John Kasich, and New Hampshire’-based inventor and engineer Dean Kamen. Athletics New England College's Pilgrims compete in 19 intercollegiate NCAA Division III athletic sports, including soccer, lacrosse, ice hockey, field hockey, softball, baseball, basketball, cross-country, wrestling, volleyball, rugby, and alpine skiing. The Pilgrims compete in the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC). They were previously members of the North Atlantic Conference (NAC) from 2011 to 2018 and the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) from 1989 to 2011. Club sports Accomplishments Baseball 2018–19 NECC Conference Champions Basketball Men's 2017–18 NAC Conference Champions 2019-20 NECC Conference Champions Women's 1992–93 CCC Conference Champions 2018–19 NECC Conference Champions 2019-20 NECC Conference champions Cross country Men's 2012 NAC Conference Champions 2021 NECC Conference Champions Women's 2013–14 NAC Conference Champions Field Hockey 1997–98 CCC Conference Champions 1999–00 CCC Conference Champions 2000–01 CCC Conference Champions 2002–03 CCC Conference Champions 2003–04 CCC Conference Champions 2004–05 CCC Conference Champions 2005–06 CCC Conference Champions 2006–07 CCC Conference Champions 2007–08 CCC Conference Champions 2008–09 CCC Conference Champions Ice Hockey Men's 2000–01 NEHC Conference Champions 2004–05 NEHC Conference Champions Lacrosse Men's 1997–98 CCC Conference Champions 1998–99 CCC Conference Champions 1999–00 CCC Conference Champions 2004–05 CCC Conference Champions 2011–12 NAC Conference Champions 2013–14 NAC Conference Champions 2015–16 NAC Conference Champions 2016–17 NAC Conference Champions 2017–18 NAC Conference Champions 2018–19 NECC Conference Champions 2018–19 NAC Conference Champions Women's 2000–01 CCC Conference Champions 2003–04 CCC Conference Champions 2018–19 NECC Conference Champions Rugby Men's 1981 Founded by Jay Gardner 1984 Lyndon State Snowbowl Winner 1985 Joined New England Collegiate Rugby Union 1985 New England Collegiate Championships at Harvard University | First Ever For New England 1987 10-1 Record 1999 NERFU Championships 1st Place Finish - Co-Champions 2000 NERFU Championships 1st Place Finish 2013 NSCRO 7's Third Place Finish 2013 NSCRO National Champions Cup 15s Third Place Finish 2014 NSCRO 7's National Champions 2014 NSCRO National Champions Cup 15s Runner-up 2015 NSCRO 7's National Championships Runner-up 2015 NSCRO National Champions Cup 15s Champions 2016 USA Rugby College 7s D1AA National Championships | 11th Place Finish 2017 Las Vegas Invitational 7s Men's College D1 CRC Qualifier Division | Pool Winners | Quarterfinalists, Cup Consolation 2018 ECRC Presidents Shield Champions 2022 NERFU Halloween Weekend Series Champions Soccer Men's 1989 CCC Conference Championship 2016 NAC Conference Championship 2021 NECC Conference Championship Notable alumni Geena Davis (b. 1956),