Established 2001 Members 13 | Association NAIA | |
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Division Division II/ Division I Sports fielded 17 (men's: 8; women's: 9) Region Southeastern United States
Region XII of the NAIA | ||
The Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) is a college athletic conference that competes in National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Division II competition. Members of the conference are located in the Southeastern United States in Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia. The conference is the successor to the Volunteer State Athletic Conference (VSAC), which began in the 1940s; and later the Tennessee-Virginia Athletic Conference (TVAC) that operated during the 1980s and 1990s. The Appalachian Athletic Conference was formed in 2001 with the additions of members from Virginia, Kentucky, and North Carolina.
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Bluefield College was a member of the AAC from 2001 until 2012 when it left to join the Mid-South Conference. On March 3, 2014, Bluefield College announced that it would return to the AAC effective Fall 2014.
Current members
The league currently has 13 full members.
Membership timeline
Full member (non-football) Associate member (sport)
Conference sports
The Appalachian Athletic Conference currently fields 15 sports (7 men's and 8 women's):