Ryan Schumpert is a Tennessee sports beat writer. He covers a range of topics within the sports realm, including competitive sports, sports business, and sports marketing, with a strong focus on professional sports. Ryan's work has been featured in The Daily Times and Rocky Top Insider.
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Ryan Schumpert's reporting focuses predominantly on local sports events, particularly college basketball and football related to the University of Tennessee. He primarily covers event-related content, including game summaries, player performances, and transfer news.
For effective outreach to Ryan, consider offering exclusive insights or interviews with players, coaches, or insiders relevant to the University of Tennessee sports programs. Provide unique angles on recent games or upcoming matchups involving the Tennessee Volunteers. Additionally, if you have information about transfers within college sports that involve the University of Tennessee or its opponents, it may be of interest to him.
Given his focus on local coverage in Knoxville and broader attention to US collegiate sports such as basketball and football pertaining to teams like the Tennessee Volunteers specifically from a transfer portal perspective can resonate well with him.
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By: Ryan Schumpert, Julia Niles
Samford baseball outfielder Jake Souders committed to Mississippi State baseball over Tennessee and others Tuesday, he announced on his Instagram. Souders officially visited Tennessee last Thursday but also took a visit to Mississippi State before committing to the Bulldogs on Tuesday.
By: Ryan Schumpert, Andrew Ferguson
The 2026 NBA Draft is just under two weeks away and a former Tennessee standout could be in the Barclays Center in Brooklyn for the opening round of the draft.
Josh Elander and his staff have done a strong job of retaining talent as Tennessee builds its roster for the 2027 season. Near the top of the list of key contributors returning for the Vols next season include catchers Stone Lawless, Levi Clark and Trent Grindlinger.
By: Ryan Schumpert, Kate Luffman
Tennessee baseball transfer catcher Cash Williams committed to West Virginia baseball on Wednesday afternoon. Williams entered the portal the second day after it opened and committed to the Mountaineers eight days later.
Tulane transfer outfielder Jason Wachs is visited Tennessee baseball on Wednesday, Fox Sports Knoxville and RTI co-owner Bob Baskerville first reported Wednesday.
By: Ryan Schumpert
The kickoff time and broadcast details are set for Tennessee football’s SEC opener against Texas at Neyland Stadium. The Vols and Longhorns will kick off at noon ET on Saturday, Sept. 26. Either ABC or ESPN will broadcast the game.
By: Ryan Schumpert
Photo by Chris Reich/ Northwestern State Photographic Services
By: Ryan Schumpert
Photo by Chris Reich/ Northwestern State Photographic Services
The SEC released the game time slots for the 2026 football season on Wednesday night. A number of Tennessee football games are flexed with multiple time slots being in play, but seven of the 12 games have a specific time slots set.
Tennessee baseball transfer utility man Jay Abernathy committed to Oklahoma on Thursday evening, he announced on Instagram. Despite being a two-seed in the Atlanta Regional, Oklahoma made it to the College World Series this season and begins play Saturday afternoon against Alabama.
