The Potomac Valley Athletic Conference is a group of independent schools in the Washington Metropolitan area for interscholastic athletics. It was formed in 1979.
The current member schools are:
Full members
Affiliate members
Barrie School (1979-2011)
Georgetown Day School (1979-1998)
Queen Anne School (1979-2011)
St. Andrew's Episcopal School (1979-1998)
The PVAC is divided into two divisions for soccer, with the goal of improving competitive balance. The divisions are:
Division A
The Field School
Sandy Spring Friends School
St. Anselm's Abbey School
Washington International School
Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School
Division AA
Washington Christian Academy
Grace Brethren Christian School
McLean School of Maryland
Melvin J. Berman Hebrew Academy
Washington Waldorf
Edmund Burke School
Boys varsity basketball
2003-St. Anselm's Abbey
2004-Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School
2005-Washington International School
2006-Grace Brethren Christian School
2007-St. Anselm's Abbey
2008-Charles E. Smith Jewish Day 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
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
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
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
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. There are many PVAC graduates playing at Division III schools.
