American Collegiate Hockey Association
Year National Champion Runner-Up Host/Location
1999-2000 Butler Georgia Tech US Naval Academy
2000-2001 Wyoming South Dakota State Georgia Tech
2001-2002 Robert Morris ( PA ) Wyoming Georgia Tech
2002-2003 Muskegon College Hope College Muskegon Community College
2003-2004 Calvin College Georgia Arizona State University
2004-2005 Colorado Florida Gulf Coast California University ( PA )
2005-2006 Wright State Northwood Fort Myers , FL
2006-2007 Kennesaw State Albany Fort Wayne , IN
2007-2008 California University ( PA ) San Diego State Rochester , MN
2008-2009 Saginaw Valley State Florida Gulf Coast Rochester , NY
2009-2010 Saginaw Valley State Hope College Fort Myers , FL
2010-2011 College of the Canyons Hope College Holland , MI
2011-2012 Adrian College Davenport Vineland , NJ
2012-2013 Adrian College Michigan-Flint Springfield , MO
2013-2014 Adrian College Hope College Coral Springs , FL
2014-2015 Michigan State Florida Gulf Coast Pelham , AL
2015-2016 Oakland Aquinas College Grand Rapids , MI
2016-2017 Aquinas College Calvin College Columbus , OH
2017-2018 Hope College Oakland Columbus , OH
2018-2019 Sault College Grand Valley State Frisco , TX
Men 's champions -- Division 3
The American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) is a college athletics association like the NAIA and NCAA. The purpose of the Association is to be an organization of collegiate affiliated programs, which provides structure, regulates operations, and promotes quality in collegiate ice hockey. The interest in college hockey has grown as the game of hockey has grown in the United States. But as aggressively as the sport has grown at the grass-roots level, the number of NCAA programs has not expanded as rapidly to meet the demand as these youth players reach college and look to extend their hockey-playing experience. This is why the ACHA level was created. The ACHA shall emphasize academic performance, institutional sanction, eligibility criteria, standards of play, and opportunities for national competition. The ACHA promotes all aspects of collegiate hockey stressing the personal development of individual athletes as well as national recognition for member organizations. The organization provides structure, regulations, promotes the quality of play, sponsors National Awards and National Tournaments. The ACHA currently has three men's and two women's divisions and includes approximately 450 teams from across the United States. Teams offer few athletic scholarships and typically receive far less university funding. The ACHA offers an opportunity for college hockey programs that struggle with large budgets and Title IX issues, as an alternative to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) financial structure. Sometimes, NCAA and ACHA teams will compete against one another.