WALESKA, Ga. – The Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) announced today a three-year partnership with UReport, a leader in AI-powered content, making it the Official AI-Assisted Tool for Sports Content of the AAC.
"We are so excited to begin this partnership with UReport," said AAC Commissioner Bill Popp. "This is a great opportunity for the AAC Conference Office and conference members to take advantage of this new and inventive technology, which will certainly provide relief to our sports information directors and their staffs."
UReport is a new AI-powered service that writes articles based on information and prompts from a sports information director, coach, or other personnel. The service helps schools and sports information staff with a heavy load of sports to cover.
"We are thrilled about our partnership between UReport and the Appalachian Athletic Conference. UReport will be able to take coverage of all AAC athletic events to the next level, highlighting all the great achievements of its student-athletes and providing rich content for every team and program," said CEO/President Peter Fitzpatrick.
About UReport:
"UReport allows organizations to tell their own stories, cover their own events, and provide content about important topics through a human-powered, AI-assisted web platform. The service creates full, AP-style articles about activities and other topics that are easily shared via social media. UReport is patent-pending and comes with proprietary security permissions to allow easy use throughout any organization."
About the AAC:
The Appalachian Athletic Conference evolved from the Volunteer State Athletic Conference (VSAC), an NAIA conference organized in the 1940s and dissolved in the early 1980s when institutions in the eastern part of the state seceded to form the Tennessee Virginia Athletic Conference (TVAC). The Conference name was changed to the Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) in 2001, with the addition of Bluefield University, Montreat College, Alice Lloyd College, and Union Commonwealth University.
In 2019, the Conference became the largest NAIA-affiliated conference with 16 full members in seven southeastern states: Bluefield (Va.), Brenau (Ga.), Bryan (Tenn.), Columbia (S.C.), Columbia International (S.C.), Johnson (Tenn.), Kentucky Christian, Milligan (Tenn.), Montreat (N.C.), Pikeville (Ky.), Reinhardt (Ga.), SCAD Atlanta (Ga.), St. Andrews (N.C.), Tennessee Wesleyan, Truett McConnell (Ga.), and Union Commonwealth (Ky.). Spartanburg Methodist College (S.C.) will join the AAC as a full member in 2025-26. The AAC has 14 affiliate members as well: Brewton-Parker (Ga.), Carolina (N.C.) Cumberlands (Ky.), Georgetown (Ky.), Keiser (Fla.), Life (Ga.), Point (Ga.) SCAD Savannah (Ga.), Southeastern (Fla.), St. Thomas (Fla.), Talladega (Ala.), Warner (Fla.), Webber International (Fla.), and West Virginia Tech.
The AAC sponsors championships in 24 sports: cross country, soccer, football, basketball, swimming & diving, indoor track & field, wrestling, volleyball, lacrosse, outdoor track & field, golf, baseball, and tennis for men; cross country, soccer, volleyball, basketball, swimming & diving, indoor track & field, lacrosse, outdoor track & field, golf, softball, and tennis for women.
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