 It adopted its current name in August 2008 to reflect its expansion to institutions outside of Florida.With the addition of the University of South Carolina at Beaufort in 2007, Johnson & Wales University, Southeastern University and Ave Maria University in 2009, and Thomas University of Georgia in 2012, years, along with Edward Waters’ move to the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference after the 2009–10 season, the league membership stood at 12 schools as of the 2012–13 season.In 2014, Point University and former member Edward Waters College joined the conference for football only.