OVC commissioner Beth DeBauche issued a statement saying Austin Peay had informed the league it was leaving for the ASUN. "The Governors carry an institutional reputation of academic and athletic success that we are extremely proud to add to the ASUN." "The entire Clarksville area is growing and APSU is central to that dynamic," ASUN commissioner Ted Gumbart said. The league has members in seven states and 12 of the top 80 media markets. The ASUN's other members include Bellarmine, Florida Gulf Coast, Jacksonville, Liberty, Lipscomb, North Florida and Stetson in other sports. Both Eastern Kentucky and Jacksonville State left the OVC for the ASUN earlier this year, and the OVC sued both schools in August, contending each school didn't pay a $1 million exit fee. The Governors join Central Arkansas, Eastern Kentucky, Jacksonville State, Kennesaw State and North Alabama. The ASUN now will be the 15th Division I conference sponsoring football with 20 total sports sponsored by the league. This move makes Austin Peay the ASUN's sixth member playing football, allowing the conference to qualify for an automatic berth to the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs. "Today is the next step down the path to greatness, and we are closer than ever to achieving the status we covet - to be the most complete athletics department in our league," Harrison said. All 17 programs will move to the ASUN and be immediately eligible for league awards, postseason play and NCAA tournament automatic berths.Īthletic director Gerald Harrison said he has seen Austin Peay as a sleeping giant from the beginning. Austin Peay won 69 league titles, 21 since 2010. The move ratified by Austin Peay's board of trustees and announced Friday ends a membership with the OVC that began in 1962. #ASUN CONFERENCE FULL#Austin Peay is leaving the Ohio Valley Conference for the ASUN Conference effective July 1, becoming the league's 13th full member.
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