![]() Presented as the ASUN-WAC Challenge, the agreement will allow for seven institutions – three ASUN members and four WAC members – to be eligible for automatic qualification into the 2021 NCAA FCS Playoffs. For the 2021 season only, the ASUN Conference and Western Athletic Conference (WAC) have agreed on a one-year football scheduling alliance. The ASUN will begin sponsorship of scholarship football in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). ![]() ASUN men’s basketball teams combined for eight wins in the last two postseasons with a trip to the NIT finals, women’s basketball teams have consistently earned top-12 seeds in the NCAA Tournament, baseball teams have advanced to NCAA Super Regionals twice in the last seven years, cross country teams have combined for 27 top-10 NCAA regional performances since 2010, soccer teams have multiple NCAA Tournament match wins since 2015, softball teams have consistently won NCAA Tournament games for more than 20 years, volleyball teams earned a NCAA Tournament match victory in 2018 and had two postseason wins in 2019, track & field athletes regularly compete in NCAA Championships and won a national title in 2019, and the ASUN has consistently been a NCAA Golf Regional multi-bid league for 20-plus years. In addition, more than 70 percent of ASUN student-athletes have earned a year-long 3.0 GPA each of the past four years.ĪSUN institutions have consistently competed at a high level on the national stage. The ASUN had 16 All-Americans along with the Women’s Basketball Mid-Major Player of the Year recipient. For our student-athletes, students, alumni, fans and for the entire university community, this is an exciting time to be a Colonel as we begin to add to our storied past and make new history.”ĭuring the 2020-21 season, the ASUN qualified multiple teams for national postseason tournaments in six sports – baseball, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, men’s golf, women’s golf and softball – producing a total of 10 victories. “From the conference’s Beams of Students First, Impact, Connect, and Rise, to its leadership at the conference office and on its campuses, to its footprint, the ASUN and EKU are aligned. ![]() “We could not be more excited to start competing in the ASUN Conference,” Vice President and Director of Athletics Matt Roan said. – Eastern Kentucky University and all 16 of its athletics teams officially joined the ASUN Conference today, July 1, 2021.Īll EKU teams will be immediately eligible for conference awards, postseason play and NCAA Tournament automatic bids.
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