Atlantic Sun Conference

ASUN Conference
Established	1978
Association	NCAA
Division	Division I
Subdivision	FCS
Members	9 (12 in 2021)
Sports fielded	19 men's: 8; women's: 11; ;
Region	Southern United States
Former names	Atlantic Sun Conference, Trans America Athletic Conference (1978–2001)
Headquarters	Atlanta, Georgia
Commissioner	Ted Gumbart (since 2007)
Website	www.asunsports.org
Locations

The ASUN Conference, formerly the Atlantic Sun Conference, is a collegiate athletic conference operating mostly in the Southeastern United States. The league participates at the NCAA Division I level, and will begin sponsoring football in 2022. Originally established as the Trans America Athletic Conference (TAAC) in 1978,[1] its headquarters are located in Atlanta.

The conference has undergone significant growth in membership in recent years. In 2018, the University of North Alabama arrived from the Division II Gulf South Conference,[2] and Liberty University left the Big South for the ASUN.[3] Most recently, in 2020–21 with the arrival of Bellarmine University from the Division II Great Lakes Valley Conference[4] and the departure of NJIT to the America East Conference.[5] The ASUN officially announced the addition of the University of Central Arkansas, Eastern Kentucky University and Jacksonville State University, as incoming members on January 29, 2021, also announcing the addition of football in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). The ASUN statement, however, did not specify when conference competition in football would begin.[6]

Membership history

Current members

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Type	Enrollment	Nickname
Bellarmine University	Louisville, Kentucky	1950	2020	Private	3,369	Knights
Florida Gulf Coast University	Fort Myers, Florida	1997	2007	Public	15,076	Eagles
Jacksonville University	Jacksonville, Florida	1934	1998	Private	4,213	Dolphins
Kennesaw State University	Kennesaw, Georgia	1963	2005	Public	35,420	Owls
Liberty University	Lynchburg, Virginia	1971	2018	Private	15,000	Flames
Lipscomb University	Nashville, Tennessee	1891	2003	Private	4,620	Bisons
University of North Alabama	Florence, Alabama	1830	2018	Public	7,650	Lions
University of North Florida	Jacksonville, Florida	1969	2005	Public	16,309	Ospreys
Stetson University	DeLand, Florida	1883	1985	Private	4,330	Hatters

Associate members

Departing members highlighted in red.

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Joined	Nickname	Primary Conference	ASUN Sport(s)
Coastal Carolina University	Conway, South Carolina	1954	Public	10,641	2015–16^BV 2016–17^WLAX	Chanticleers	Sun Belt	Beach Volleyball Women's Lacrosse
Howard University	Washington, D.C.	1867	Private	9,139	2012–13	Lady Bison	MEAC	Women's Lacrosse
Mercer University	Macon, Georgia	1833	Private	8,740	2014–15	Bears	SoCon	Beach Volleyball

Howard will move women's lacrosse to the Northeast Conference in July 2021.[7]

Future associate members

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Joining	Nickname	Primary conference	ASUN sports
United States Air Force Academy (Air Force)	Colorado Springs, Colorado	1954	Military	4,304	2021-22	Falcons	Mountain West	Men's lacrosse
Cleveland State University	Cleveland, Ohio	1964	Public	15,648	2021-22	Vikings	Horizon	Men's lacrosse
University of Detroit Mercy	Detroit, Michigan	1877	Private	5,080	2021-22	Titans	Horizon	Men's Lacrosse
Robert Morris University	Moon Township, Pennsylvania	1921	Private	4,895	2021-22	Colonials	Horizon	Men's lacrosse
University of Utah	Salt Lake City, Utah	1850	Public	32,818	2021-22	Utes	Pac-12	Men's lacrosse

Future members

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Year Joining	Current Conference
University of Central Arkansas	Conway, Arkansas	1907	Public	10,869	Bears & Sugar Bears	2021[8][6]	Southland Conference
Eastern Kentucky University	Richmond, Kentucky	1874	Public	16,959	Colonels	2021[6]	Ohio Valley Conference
Jacksonville State University	Jacksonville, Alabama	1883	Public	9,238	Gamecocks	2021[6]	Ohio Valley Conference

Former members

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Joined	Left	Nickname	Current Conference
Oklahoma City University	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	1904	Private	3,770	1978	1979	Chiefs[a 1]	Sooner (SAC) (NAIA)
Pan American University[a 2]	Edinburg, Texas	1927	Public	19,302	1978	1980	Broncs[a 3]	WAC
Northeast Louisiana University[a 4]	Monroe, Louisiana	1931	Public	8,405	1978	1982	Indians[a 4]	Sun Belt
Houston Baptist University	Houston, Texas	1960	Private	2,567	1978	1989	Huskies	Southland
Hardin–Simmons University	Abilene, Texas	1891	Private	2,435	1978	1990	Cowboys	American Southwest (Division III)
Centenary College of Louisiana	Shreveport, Louisiana	1825	Private	787	1978	1999	Gentlemen (men's) Ladies (women's)	SCAC (Division III)
Samford University	Homewood, Alabama	1841	Private	4,440	1978	2003	Bulldogs	SoCon
Northwestern State University	Natchitoches, Louisiana	1884	Public	9,244	1979	1984	Demons	Southland
University of Arkansas at Little Rock[b 1]	Little Rock, Arkansas	1927	Public	13,000	1979	1991	Trojans	Sun Belt[b 2]
Georgia Southern University	Statesboro, Georgia	1906	Public	20,584	1979	1992	Eagles	Sun Belt
Nicholls State University[a 5]	Thibodaux, Louisiana	1948	Public	7,093	1982	1984	Colonels	Southland
Georgia State University	Atlanta, Georgia	1913	Public	32,087	1983	2005	Panthers	Sun Belt
University of Texas at San Antonio	San Antonio, Texas	1969	Public	30,474	1986	1991	Roadrunners	C-USA
Southeastern Louisiana University	Hammond, Louisiana	1925	Public	17,800	1991	1997	Lions	Southland
Florida International University	University Park, Florida	1965	Public	50,394	1990	1998	Golden Panthers[a 6]	C-USA
College of Charleston	Charleston, South Carolina	1770	Public	11,320	1991	1998	Cougars	CAA[b 3]
University of Central Florida	Orlando, Florida	1963	Public	60,181	1992	2005	Golden Knights[a 7]	The American
Florida Atlantic University	Boca Raton, Florida	1961	Public	29,290	1993	2006	Owls	C-USA
Troy University	Troy, Alabama	1887	Public	29,689	1997	2005	Trojans	Sun Belt[b 4]
Gardner–Webb University	Boiling Springs, North Carolina	1905	Private	4,300	2002	2008	Runnin' Bulldogs	Big South
Campbell University	Buies Creek, North Carolina	1887	Private	4,120	1994	2011	Fighting Camels	Big South[b 5]
Belmont University	Nashville, Tennessee	1890	Private	6,647	2001	2012	Bruins	OVC
East Tennessee State University	Johnson City, Tennessee	1911	Public	15,530	2005	2014	Buccaneers	SoCon
Mercer University	Macon, Georgia	1833	Private	8,300	1978	2014	Bears	SoCon
Northern Kentucky University	Highland Heights, Kentucky	1968	Public	15,263	2012	2015	Norse	Horizon
University of South Carolina Upstate	Spartanburg, South Carolina	1967	Public	5,821	2007	2018	Spartans	Big South
New Jersey Institute of Technology	Newark, New Jersey	1881	Public	11,518	2015	2020	Highlanders	America East

Notes

School names and nicknames listed here reflect those used during the schools' time in the TAAC/ASUN. One school has changed both its name and nickname, and three others have changed only their nicknames:

Oklahoma City adopted its current nickname of Stars in 1999.
Pan American adopted its final name of the University of Texas–Pan American in 1989. In 2015, it merged with the University of Texas at Brownsville to form the new University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV).
UTRGV inherited UTPA's athletic program, with the nickname being changed from Broncs to Vaqueros. UTRGV also inherited UTPA's membership in the Western Athletic Conference.
Northeast Louisiana adopted its current name of the University of Louisiana at Monroe in 1999. The school adopted its current nickname of Warhawks in 2006, when it joined the Sun Belt Conference.
Nicholls State was a provisional member, and as such was never a full member of the TAAC. The school changed its athletic brand to "Nicholls" in 2017.
FIU dropped the word "Golden" from its nickname in 2010, becoming simply the Panthers.
UCF dropped the word "Golden" from its nickname in 2007, becoming simply the Knights.

The school changed its athletic brand to "Little Rock" in 2015.
Although the Sun Belt Conference competes in football at the Division I FBS level, Little Rock does not sponsor the sport.
Although both the Southern Conference and CAA compete in football at the Division I FCS level, Charleston has never sponsored the sport.
Troy became a Sun Belt football member in 2004, a year before it became an all-sports member.
Although Campbell became a full member of the Big South in 2011, it did not participate in the Big South’s football conference until 2018, instead competing in the non-scholarship Pioneer Football League.

Former associate members

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Joined	Left	Nickname	ASUN sport(s)	Primary conference	Current conference in former ASUN sport(s)
University of Akron	Akron, Ohio	1870	Public	18,730	2019	2020[9][lower-alpha 1]	Zips	Women's Lacrosse	MAC
Central Michigan University	Mount Pleasant, Michigan	1892	Public	27,693	2015	2017	Chippewas	Women's Lacrosse	MAC
Delaware State University	Dover, Delaware	1891	Public	3,400	2016	2017	Hornets	Women's Lacrosse	MEAC	SoCon
University of Detroit Mercy	Detroit, Michigan	1877	Private	5,700	2012	2017	Titans	Women's Lacrosse	Horizon League	MAC
Elon University	Elon, North Carolina	1889	Private	6,305	2013	2014	Phoenix	Women's Lacrosse	CAA
Furman University	Greenville, South Carolina	1826	Private	2,668	2014	2017	Paladins	Women's Lacrosse	SoCon
Kent State University	Kent, Ohio	1910	Public	28,122	2018	2020[lower-alpha 1]	Golden Flashes	Women's Lacrosse	MAC
Mercer University[lower-alpha 2]	Macon, Georgia	1833	Private	8,603	2014	2017	Bears	Women's Lacrosse	SoCon
Old Dominion University	Norfolk, Virginia	1930	Public	24,932	2014	2018	Monarchs	Women's Lacrosse	C-USA	American

Akron and Kent State left ASUN women's lacrosse after the 2020 season to join the newly formed women's lacrosse league of their full-time home of the Mid-American Conference.[10]
Mercer remains an ASUN associate in beach volleyball.

Membership timeline

Northeast Louisiana became the University of Louisiana at Monroe (Louisiana–Monroe) in 1999.
Pan American, later known as Texas–Pan American or UTPA, merged with the University of Texas at Brownsville in 2015 to create the new University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV). The new school inherited UTPA's athletic program.

Sports sponsored

The ASUN sponsors championship competition in eight men's and eleven women's NCAA sanctioned sports.[11]

In 2008, the ASUN, in an agreement with the Southern Conference (SoCon), Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), and Big South Conference, formed the Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association (CCSA) for schools sponsoring men's and women's swimming and diving within the associated conferences. For the past several years, the ASUN's Commissioner has served as the president of what was initially a swimming & diving-only conference. In 2014 the CCSA expanded to include several other schools from other conferences, and the following year the conference added beach volleyball (women-only at the NCAA level) as a sponsored sport, changing its name to the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association. Currently the conference has 24 member schools, with five men's swimming and diving teams, 14 women's swimming & diving teams, and nine beach volleyball teams.[12]

A more recent change to the roster of ASUN sports took place after the 2013–14 school year. Under a cooperative agreement between the ASUN and SoCon, the two leagues agreed to split lacrosse sponsorship. The SoCon took over the ASUN men's lacrosse league, while women's lacrosse sponsorship remained with the ASUN.[13] The full alliance in women's lacrosse amicably ended after the 2017 season, with the SoCon sponsoring that sport from the 2018 season forward, but the two leagues continue in a cross-scheduling agreement.

Still more recently, on September 13, 2016, the ASUN and Big South announced a football partnership that allows any ASUN members with scholarship football programs to become Big South football members, provided they are located within the general geographic footprint of the two conferences. At the time of announcement, the only ASUN member with a scholarship football program, Kennesaw State, was already a Big South football member. Should any ASUN member add scholarship football, or any non-scholarship football program of an ASUN school (at the time of announcement, Jacksonville and Stetson) upgrade to scholarship football, that team will automatically join Big South football.[14] North Alabama joined Big South football under the terms of this agreement; although the school's home state of Alabama had no schools in either conference at the time it was announced as a future ASUN member, three of its neighboring states were home to six of the ASUN's eight members at that time.

When the ASUN announced the July 2021 entry of Central Arkansas, Eastern Kentucky, and Jacksonville State, it also stated that it would launch a scholarship FCS football league, but did not specify when football competition will begin.[6] No current member will be required to add football or change its current football standing.[15]

Shortly after the addition of football was announced, the ASUN announced that it would begin sponsoring men's lacrosse in the 2022 season, with the lacrosse partnership with the SoCon retained for the time being. The two full ASUN members with men's lacrosse programs, Bellarmine and Jacksonville, will split for that sport, with Bellarmine joining the new ASUN lacrosse league and Jacksonville remaining in SoCon men's lacrosse. Air Force will move from SoCon men's lacrosse; men's lacrosse independent Utah will join; and all three Horizon League members with men's lacrosse programs will also join, with Detroit Mercy moving from the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference and Cleveland State and Robert Morris moving from independent status. The SoCon will retain its automatic NCAA tournament berth by adding another lacrosse independent, Hampton. The ASUN men's lacrosse league will be administered through the CCSA but will operate under the ASUN name.[16][17]

**ASUN Conference teams**
Sport	Men's	Women's
Baseball	9	-
Basketball	9	9
Beach volleyball	-	7
Cross country	9	9
Golf	8	7
Lacrosse	[lower-alpha 1]	8
Soccer	7	9
Softball	-	8
Tennis	8	8
Track and field (indoor)	5	6
Track and field (outdoor)	5	6
Volleyball	-	9

Men's lacrosse starts in the 2022 season (2021–22 school year) with full member Bellarmine and 5 associates.

Men's sports

Men's sponsored sports by school
School	Baseball	Basketball	Cross country	Golf	Soccer	Tennis	Track & field (indoor)	Track & field (outdoor)	Total sports
Bellarmine	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
Florida Gulf Coast	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	6
Jacksonville	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	5
Kennesaw State	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	7
Liberty	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
Lipscomb	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
North Alabama	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	5
North Florida	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
Stetson	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	6
Totals	9	9	9	9	7	8	5	5	61
Future members
Central Arkansas	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	7
Eastern Kentucky	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	7
Jacksonville State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	6

Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the league which are played by ASUN schools:

Future members in gray.

School	Football	Lacrosse	Rifle[lower-alpha 1]	Rowing	Swimming & Diving	Wrestling
Bellarmine	No	SoCon[lower-alpha 2]	No	No	CCSA	SoCon
Central Arkansas	Southland[lower-alpha 3]	No	No	No	No	No
Eastern Kentucky	OVC[lower-alpha 3]	No	No	No	No	No
Kennesaw State	Big South	No	No	No	No	No
Jacksonville	No	SoCon[lower-alpha 4]	No	MAAC	No	No
Jacksonville State	OVC[lower-alpha 3]	No	OVC[lower-alpha 5]	No	No	No
Liberty	FBS independent	No	No	No	No	No
North Alabama	Big South	No	No	No	No	No
Stetson	Pioneer League	No	No	MAAC	No	No

NCAA rifle is a coeducational team sport. The NCAA classifies teams that include both men and women as men's teams for purposes of determining the number of sports a school sponsors for each sex.
Becomes part of the new ASUN men's lacrosse league in 2021.
Football will move to the Western Athletic Conference for the fall 2021 season and then to the new ASUN football league in 2022.
Will remain in SoCon men's lacrosse after the ASUN launches its league.
Jacksonville State fields a single coed rifle team.

Women's sports

Women's sponsored sports by school
School	Basketball	Beach volleyball	Cross country	Golf	Lacrosse	Soccer	Softball	Tennis	Track & field (indoor)	Track & field (outdoor)	Volleyball	Total Sports
Bellarmine	Y	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Florida Gulf Coast	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	8
Jacksonville	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	10
Kennesaw State	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Liberty	Y	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Lipscomb	Y	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
North Alabama	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	8
North Florida	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Stetson	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	9
Totals	9	5+2[lower-alpha 1]	9	8	4+2[lower-alpha 2]	9	8	8	6	6	9	82+4
Future members
Central Arkansas	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Eastern Kentucky	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	9
Jacksonville State	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10

Associate members Coastal Carolina and Mercer.
Associate members Coastal Carolina and Howard, with the latter leaving after the 2021 season.

Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the league which are played by ASUN schools:

Future members in gray.

School	Field Hockey	Rifle[lower-alpha 1]	Rowing	Swimming & diving
Bellarmine	Independent[lower-alpha 2]	No	No	CCSA
Florida Gulf Coast	No	No	No	CCSA
Jacksonville	No	No	MAAC	No
Jacksonville State	No	OVC[lower-alpha 3]	No	No
Liberty	Big East	No	No	CCSA
North Florida	No	No	No	CCSA
Stetson	No	No	MAAC	No

NCAA rifle is a coeducational team sport. The NCAA classifies teams that include both men and women as men's teams for purposes of determining the number of sports a school sponsors for each sex.
Bellarmine field hockey will join the Mid-American Conference in July 2021.[18]
Jacksonville State fields a single coed rifle team.

Facilities

Future members in gray.

School	Football stadium	Capacity	Basketball arena	Capacity	Baseball stadium	Capacity	Soccer stadium	Capacity
Bellarmine	Non-football school		Freedom Hall	18,252	Knights Field	N/A	Owsley B. Frazier Stadium	2,000
Central Arkansas	Estes Stadium	9,000	Farris Center	6,000	Bear Stadium	1,000	Bill Stephens Track/Soccer Complex	1,000
Eastern Kentucky	Roy Kidd Stadium	20,000	McBrayer Arena	6,300	Turkey Hughes Field	500	EKU Soccer Field	400
Florida Gulf Coast	Non-football school		Alico Arena	4,633	Swanson Stadium	1,500	FGCU Soccer Complex	1,500
Jacksonville	Non-football school		Swisher Gymnasium	1,500	John Sessions Stadium	1,500	Ashley Sports Complex	500
Jacksonville State	JSU Stadium	24,000	Pete Mathews Coliseum	5,800	Rudy Abbott Field	1,000	JSU Soccer Field	500
Kennesaw State	Fifth Third Bank Stadium	8,300	KSU Convocation Center	4,792	Fred Stillwell Stadium	1,200	Fifth Third Bank Stadium	8,300
Liberty	Plays FBS football; see NCAA Division I FBS independent schools		Liberty Arena (primary) Vines Center	4,000 9,547	Liberty Baseball Stadium	2,500	Osborne Stadium	1,000
Lipscomb	Non-football school		Allen Arena	5,028	Ken Dugan Field	1,500	Lipscomb Soccer Complex	600
North Alabama	Braly Municipal Stadium	14,215	Flowers Hall	3,900	Mike D. Lane Field	N/A	Bill Jones Athletic Complex	N/A
North Florida	Non-football school		UNF Arena	5,800	Harmon Stadium	1,000	Hodges Stadium	9,300
Stetson	Plays non-scholarship football in the Pioneer Football League		Edmunds Center	5,000	Melching Field at Conrad Park	2,500	Stetson Soccer Complex	500

All Sports Championships

The Jesse C. Fletcher and Sherman Day Trophies are awarded each year to the top men's and women's program in the conference. The Bill Bibb Trophy, combining the men's and women's results for the best overall program, was first awarded in 2006–07. East Tennessee State won this overall trophy seven of the nine years it has been awarded; Florida Gulf Coast won in 2012–13, 2014–15 and 2015-16.[19]

Men's All Sports: Jesse C. Fletcher Trophy

Year	Champion
1978–79	Oklahoma City
1979–80	Northeast Louisiana
1980–81	Northeast Louisiana
1981–82	Northeast Louisiana
1982–83	Georgia Southern
1983–84	Centenary
1984–85	Georgia Southern
1985–86	Houston Baptist
1986–87	Georgia Southern
1987–88	Georgia Southern
1988–89	Georgia Southern
1989–90	Georgia Southern
1990–91	Georgia Southern
1991–92	Florida International
1992–93	Florida International
1993–94	Florida International
1994–95	Central Florida
1995–96	Central Florida
1996–97	Florida International
1997–98	Georgia State
1998–99	Central Florida
1999–00	Georgia State
2000–01	Georgia State
2001–02	Georgia State
2002–03	Central Florida
2003–04	Central Florida
2004–05	Central Florida
2005–06	East Tennessee State
2006–07	East Tennessee State
2007–08	East Tennessee State
2008–09	East Tennessee State
2009–10	East Tennessee State
2010–11	East Tennessee State
2011–12	East Tennessee State
2012–13	Florida Gulf Coast
2013–14	East Tennessee State
2014–15	North Florida
2015–16	North Florida

Women's All Sports: Sherman Day Trophy

Year	Champion
1978–79	None
1979–80	None
1980–81	None
1981–82	None
1982–83	None
1983–84	None
1984–85	None
1985–86	Stetson, Georgia State
1986–87	Stetson
1987–88	Georgia State
1988–89	Georgia State
1989–90	Georgia State
1990–91	Florida International
1991–92	Florida International
1992–93	Georgia State
1993–94	Florida International
1994–95	Campbell
1995–96	Central Florida
1996–97	Central Florida
1997–98	Georgia State
1998–99	Central Florida
1999–00	Georgia State
2000–01	Georgia State
2001–02	Central Florida
2002–03	Central Florida
2003–04	Central Florida
2004–05	Central Florida
2005–06	Florida Atlantic
2006–07	East Tennessee State
2007–08	Jacksonville
2008–09	Jacksonville
2009–10	Kennesaw State
2010–11	Jacksonville
2011–12	Kennesaw State
2012–13	Florida Gulf Coast
2013–14	Jacksonville
2014–15	Florida Gulf Coast
2015–16	Florida Gulf Coast

Championships

Basketball

[20]

Season	Regular Season Champion(s)	Tournament Champion
1978–79	Northeast Louisiana	Northeast Louisiana
1979–80	Northeast Louisiana	Centenary (LA)
1980–81	Houston Baptist	Mercer
1981–82	Arkansas–Little Rock	Northeast Louisiana
1982–83	Arkansas–Little Rock	Georgia Southern
1983–84	Houston Baptist	Houston Baptist
1984–85	Georgia Southern	Mercer
1985–86	Arkansas–Little Rock	Arkansas–Little Rock
1986–87	Arkansas–Little Rock	Georgia Southern
1987–88	Arkansas–Little Rock Georgia Southern	Texas–San Antonio
1988–89	Georgia Southern	Arkansas–Little Rock
1989–90	Centenary (LA)	Arkansas–Little Rock
1990–91	Texas–San Antonio	Georgia State
1991–92	Georgia Southern	Georgia Southern
1992–93	Florida International	—
1993–94	College of Charleston	Central Florida
1994–95	College of Charleston	Florida International
1995–96	College of Charleston (TAAC East) Samford (TAAC West) Southeastern Louisiana (TAAC West)	Central Florida
1996–97	College of Charleston (TAAC East) Samford (TAAC West)	College of Charleston
1997–98	College of Charleston (TAAC East) Georgia State (TAAC West)	College of Charleston
1998–99	Samford	Samford
1999–00	Georgia State Troy State	Samford
2000–01	Georgia State	Georgia State
2001–02	Georgia State Troy State	Florida Atlantic
2002–03	Belmont (ASUN North) Mercer (ASUN South) Troy State (ASUN South)	Troy State
2003–04	Troy State	Central Florida
2004–05	Central Florida Gardner–Webb	Central Florida
2005–06	Belmont Lipscomb	Belmont
2006–07	East Tennessee State	Belmont
2007–08	Belmont	Belmont
2008–09	Jacksonville	East Tennessee State
2009–10	Belmont Campbell Jacksonville Lipscomb	East Tennessee State
2010–11	Belmont	Belmont
2011–12	Belmont	Belmont
2012–13	Mercer	Florida Gulf Coast
2013–14	Florida Gulf Coast Mercer	Mercer
2014–15	North Florida	North Florida
2015–16	North Florida	Florida Gulf Coast
2016–17	Florida Gulf Coast	Florida Gulf Coast
2017–18	Florida Gulf Coast	Lipscomb
2018–19	Lipscomb Liberty	Liberty

Baseball

Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Tournament

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External links

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[9] Oklahoma City adopted its current nickname of Stars in 1999.

[10] Pan American adopted its final name of the University of Texas–Pan American in 1989. In 2015, it merged with the University of Texas at Brownsville to form the new University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV).

[11] UTRGV inherited UTPA's athletic program, with the nickname being changed from Broncs to Vaqueros. UTRGV also inherited UTPA's membership in the Western Athletic Conference.

[ULM-12] Northeast Louisiana adopted its current name of the University of Louisiana at Monroe in 1999. The school adopted its current nickname of Warhawks in 2006, when it joined the Sun Belt Conference.

[15] Nicholls State was a provisional member, and as such was never a full member of the TAAC. The school changed its athletic brand to "Nicholls" in 2017.

[16] FIU dropped the word "Golden" from its nickname in 2010, becoming simply the Panthers.

[18] UCF dropped the word "Golden" from its nickname in 2007, becoming simply the Knights.

[13] The school changed its athletic brand to "Little Rock" in 2015.

[14] Although the Sun Belt Conference competes in football at the Division I FBS level, Little Rock does not sponsor the sport.

[Charleston-17] Although both the Southern Conference and CAA compete in football at the Division I FCS level, Charleston has never sponsored the sport.

[19] Troy became a Sun Belt football member in 2004, a year before it became an all-sports member.

[20] Although Campbell became a full member of the Big South in 2011, it did not participate in the Big South’s football conference until 2018, instead competing in the non-scholarship Pioneer Football League.

[MAC-23] Akron and Kent State left ASUN women's lacrosse after the 2020 season to join the newly formed women's lacrosse league of their full-time home of the Mid-American Conference.[10]

[24] Mercer remains an ASUN associate in beach volleyball.

[32] Men's lacrosse starts in the 2022 season (2021–22 school year) with full member Bellarmine and 5 associates.

[33] NCAA rifle is a coeducational team sport. The NCAA classifies teams that include both men and women as men's teams for purposes of determining the number of sports a school sponsors for each sex.

[34] Becomes part of the new ASUN men's lacrosse league in 2021.

[ASUNFB-35] Football will move to the Western Athletic Conference for the fall 2021 season and then to the new ASUN football league in 2022.

[LAX-36] Will remain in SoCon men's lacrosse after the ASUN launches its league.

[37] Jacksonville State fields a single coed rifle team.

[38] Associate members Coastal Carolina and Mercer.

[39] Associate members Coastal Carolina and Howard, with the latter leaving after the 2021 season.

[40] NCAA rifle is a coeducational team sport. The NCAA classifies teams that include both men and women as men's teams for purposes of determining the number of sports a school sponsors for each sex.

[42] Bellarmine field hockey will join the Mid-American Conference in July 2021.[18]

[43] Jacksonville State fields a single coed rifle team.

[1] "Atlantic Coast Conference". Archived from the original on 2006-02-06. Retrieved 2006-03-01.

[2] "UNA Accepts ASUN Division I Invitation" (Press release). North Alabama Lions. December 6, 2016. Retrieved December 11, 2016.

[3] "ASUN Conference Announces Liberty University as League Member for 2018-19" (Press release). ASUN Conference. May 17, 2018. Retrieved May 17, 2018.

[BU_2020-4] "ASUN Conference Announces Addition of Bellarmine University" (Press release). ASUN Conference. June 18, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2019.

[5] "NJIT to Join America East Conference as 10th Member Institution - NJIT Highlanders". NJIT Highlanders. 2020-06-12. Retrieved 2020-06-13.

[2021exp-6] "ASUN Conference Announces Three New Institutions; Adds Football as 20th Sport" (Press release). ASUN Conference. January 29, 2021. Retrieved January 29, 2021.

[7] "Six Howard Athletics Programs Join the Northeast Conference as Associate Members" (Press release). Howard Bison. July 6, 2020. Retrieved July 11, 2020.

[8] "UCA to leave Southland Conference, join Atlantic Sun Conference". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Retrieved January 15, 2021.

[21] "Akron Women's Lacrosse to Join ASUN" (Press release). Akron Zips. April 9, 2018. Retrieved April 28, 2018.

[MAC_WLAX-22] "Women's Lacrosse Coming in 2020-21; Detroit Mercy & Youngstown State As Affiliates" (Press release). Mid-American Conference. November 6, 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2020.

[25] "ASUN Conference". asunsports.org.

[26] "About the CCSA". Coastal Collegiate Sports Association. Retrieved September 29, 2020.

[A-Sun,_SoCon_LAX-27] "SoCon, ASUN Partner to Enhance Lacrosse" (Press release). Southern Conference. January 9, 2014. Retrieved March 31, 2014.

[28] "Big South and ASUN Conference Establish FCS Membership Partnership" (Press release). ASUN Conference. September 13, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2016.

[KSR-29] Franklin, Drew (January 25, 2021). "EKU to leave the OVC for the Atlantic Sun Conference". Kentucky Sports Radio. Retrieved January 26, 2021.

[30] "ASUN Conference Announces Formation of Men's Lacrosse League" (Press release). ASUN Conference. February 5, 2021. Retrieved February 6, 2021.

[31] "Hampton joining SoCon as associate member for men's lacrosse" (Press release). Southern Conference. February 5, 2021. Retrieved February 6, 2021.

[41] "Bellarmine to Join MAC as Affiliate Member in Field Hockey" (Press release). Mid-American Conference. June 9, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2020.

[44] "All Sports Standings - ASUN Conference". asunsports.org.

[SR-45] "TAAC/Atlantic Sun Conference summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Archived from the original on April 22, 2016. Retrieved April 20, 2016.

Atlantic Sun Conference
Full members	Bellarmine Knights Florida Gulf Coast Eagles Jacksonville Dolphins Kennesaw State Owls Liberty Flames/Lady Flames Lipscomb Bisons North Alabama Lions North Florida Ospreys Stetson Hatters
Future members	Central Arkansas Bears/Sugar Bears Eastern Kentucky Colonels Jacksonville State Gamecocks (all joining in 2021)
Men's lacrosse associates (from July 2021)	Air Force Falcons Cleveland State Vikings Detroit Mercy Titans Robert Morris Colonials Utah Utes
Women's lacrosse associates	Coastal Carolina Chanticleers Howard Lady Bison (leaving in 2021)
Beach volleyball associates	Coastal Carolina Chanticleers Mercer Bears