The Landmark Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in the Mid-Atlantic states of Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and the national capital of Washington, D.C.
The conference was established on December 5, 2005. When the creation of the new conference was officially announced on December 13, Stevens Institute of Technology was originally part of that group of eight, but soon ended up leaving to join the Empire 8. In November 2006, the University of Scranton became the eighth charter member institution. John A. Reeves began his service as commissioner of the Landmark Conference earlier on September 1. He was succeeded by Daniel A. Fisher in 2012. Katie Boldvich began her tenure as the conference's third Commissioner in July 2019. The first intra-conference competition was played on September 15, 2007, at Kings Point, New York, when the University of Scranton defeated the United States Merchant Marine Academy 2âÂÂ1 in men's soccer.
The Landmark Conference expanded in 2011âÂÂ12 to add Marywood University in men's and women's swimming and diving, and to add Washington & Jefferson in men's lacrosse. Both Colleges have since left the conference in their original sports in the 2018âÂÂ19 and 2014âÂÂ15 seasons, respectively. Marywood University has since become an associate member in women's golf in the 2018âÂÂ19 season.
Elizabethtown College became the newest member of the conference on July 1, 2014.
On May 22, 2015, Merchant Marine announced that it accepted an invitation to rejoin the Skyline ConferenceâÂÂa league in which it had been a charter memberâÂÂeffective the 2016âÂÂ17 school year.
On February 10, 2022, the Landmark Conference announced that Wilkes University and Lycoming College accepted invitations to the conference and Landmark would begin sponsoring football starting in the 2023-24 season.
On April 1, 2022, Keystone College was announced it was joining the Landmark Conference as an associate member in football starting in the 2023-24 season.
On May 13, 2022, a crossover football scheduling agreement was announced between the Landmark Conference and Empire 8 to have members of both conferences fill vacancies within their respective schedules with non-conference opponents with each institution playing two contests (one home, one away) against opponents from the other conference.
The conference announced on May 16, 2025 that it would add men's volleyball in the 2027 season (2026âÂÂ27 school year). At the time of announcement, four Landmark members sponsored the sport (Drew, Elizabethtown, Juniata, and Wilkes), all playing in the single-sport Continental Volleyball Conference. Two other members, Lycoming and Scranton, are adding the sport in the 2027 season, giving the Landmark the six members needed to be officially recognized as a Division III men's volleyball conference. On December 9, 2025, the conference announced that Kean University and Ramapo College would join the conference as men's volleyball affiliates for the 2026-27 season increasing the sponsorship to eight.
The Landmark currently has ten full members, all are private schools:
The Landmark currently has two associate members, one private school and one public school:
The Landmark will have two new associate members, both public schools:
The Landmark had one former full member, which was a federal school:
The Landmark had three former associate members, all were private schools:
The Landmark Conference sponsors championships in the following sports:
During January 2007, a contest was announced to design a logo for the newly formed Landmark Conference. The contest was only open to undergraduate students from the conference schools. In a first phase, a panel of judges selected a winner at each of the eight Landmark schools. Winners received $250 each. In a second and final round, on February 6, in Washington, D.C., the presidents of the Landmark schools selected the final design from among the eight first round winners. The logo submitted by Susquehanna University's graphic design major, Manor member, and men's lacrosse player Tim Storck âÂÂ08, of Cockeysville, Maryland, was selected. Storck was awarded the $1,000 additional prize. Selected colors were maroon (Pantone 1815) and blue (Pantone 281).