Formed in 1979, the Potomac Valley Athletic Conference is a group of independent schools in the Washington metropolitan area who compete against each other in interscholastic athletics. The conference comprises small independent schools from Maryland and the District of Columbia.
Member schools
Full members
Former members
PVAC champions
Boys soccer
<nowiki>*</nowiki>No regular season champion was declared in 2002 when the season was shortened due to the DC-area sniper incident. Sandy Spring Friends School finished in first place in the abbreviated regular season.
Other sports
Boys varsity basketball
- 2003-St. Anselm's Abbey
- 2004-Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School
- 2005-Berman Hebrew Academy
- 2006-Grace Brethren Christian School
- 2007-St. Anselm's Abbey
- 2008-The Field School
- 2009-Washington International School
- 2010-Covenant Life School
- 2011-Covenant Life School
- 2012-Grace Brethren Christian School
- 2013-McLean School
- 2014-Covenant Life School
- 2015-Grace Brethren Christian School
- 2016-Sandy Spring Friends School
- 2017-Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School
- 2018-Sandy Spring Friends School
- 2019-St. Anselm's Abbey
- 2020-McLean School
- 2022-Sandy Spring Friends School
- 2023-Sandy Spring Friends School
- 2024-Sandy Spring Friends School
- 2025-Washington International School
- 2026-Sandy Spring Friends School
Girls varsity volleyball
- 1998-Covenant Life
- 1999-Hebrew Academy
- 2000-Covenant Life
- 2001-Covenant Life
- 2002-Covenant Life
- 2003-Covenant Life
- 2004-Covenant Life
- 2005-Covenant Life
- 2006-Covenant Life
- 2007-Covenant Life
- 2008-Covenant Life
- 2009-Covenant Life
- 2010-Covenant Life
- 2011-Covenant Life
- 2012-Covenant Life
- 2013-Washington International School
- 2014-Washington International School
- 2015-Covenant Life
- 2016-Washington International School
- 2017-Washington International School
Boys varsity baseball
- 2002-Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School
- 2003-St. Anselm's Abbey
- 2004-St. Anselm's Abbey
- 2005-Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School
- 2006-St. Anselm's Abbey
- 2007-Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School
- 2008-St. Anselm's Abbey
- 2009-Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School
- 2010-St. Anselm's Abbey
- 2011-St. Anselm's Abbey
- 2012-Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School
- 2013-The Field School
- 2014-The Field School
- 2015-Sandy Spring Friends School
- 2016-Sandy Spring Friends School
- 2017-St. Anselm's Abbey
- 2018-St. Anselm's Abbey
- 2022-St. Anselm's Abbey
- 2023-Sandy Spring Friends School
- 2024-Washington Waldorf School
- 2025-Sandy Spring Friends School
Boys varsity track
- 2006 - Grace Brethren
- 2007 - Grace Brethren
- 2008 - The Field School
- 2009 - Edmund Burke
- 2010 - St. Anselm's
- 2011 - St. Anselm's and The Field School tied
- 2012 - The Field School
- 2013 - The Field School
- 2014 - The Field School
- 2015 - The Field School
- 2016 - The Field School
- 2017 - The Field School
- 2018 - The Field School
- 2019 - Edmund Burke School
College Athletics
Despite its low profile, the PVAC has sent athletes to many high-profile Division I schools such as UNC, University of Louisville, Davidson, Navy, Elon University, and Cornell University. Harvard University and Rutgers University. There are many PVAC graduates playing at Division III schools.
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