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.[1]
Member schools
Full members
School
|
Mascot
|
Location
|
Enrollment
|
Grades Served
|
Barrie School
|
Mustangs
|
Silver Spring, Maryland
|
300
|
PK-12
|
Edmund Burke School
|
Bengals
|
Washington, D.C.
|
300
|
6-12
|
Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School
|
Lions
|
Rockville, Maryland
|
950
|
K-12
|
The Field School
|
Falcons
|
Washington, D.C.
|
360
|
6-12
|
Kendall Demonstration School
|
Eagles
|
Washington, D.C.
|
150
|
PK-8
|
Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School
|
Pandas
|
Washington, D.C.
|
470
|
PK-8
|
Melvin J. Berman Hebrew Academy
|
Cougars
|
Rockville, Maryland
|
700
|
PK-12
|
McLean School of Maryland
|
Mustangs
|
Potomac, Maryland
|
350
|
K-12
|
Model Secondary School for the Deaf
|
Eagles
|
Washington, D.C.
|
180
|
9-12
|
Sandy Spring Friends School
|
Wildebeests
|
Sandy Spring, Maryland
|
530
|
PK-12
|
Spencerville Adventist Academy
|
Hornets
|
Spencerville, Maryland
|
360
|
PK-12
|
St. Anselm's Abbey School
|
Panthers
|
Washington, D.C.
|
265
|
6-12
|
Washington Christian Academy
|
Wildcats
|
Olney, Maryland
|
300
|
K-12
|
Washington International School
|
Red Devils
|
Washington, D.C.
|
900
|
PK-12
|
Washington Waldorf School
|
Red-Tailed Hawks
|
Bethesda, Maryland
|
270
|
PK-12
|
Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School
|
Wolf Pack
|
Takoma Park, MD
|
400
|
9-12
|
PVAC champions
Boys soccer
[2]
*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
- 2024-Washington International 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[3][4]
- 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
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.[5]
Harvard University and Rutgers University. There are many PVAC graduates playing at Division III schools.
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