The Columbus State Cougars are the athletic teams that represent Columbus State University, located in Columbus, Georgia, in intercollegiate sports at the Division II level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), primarily competing in the Peach Belt Conference since the 1990–91 academic year.
Columbus State competes in sixteen intercollegiate varsity sports. Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, tennis, and track and field; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, and track and field. The school also offers a cheer team.
Conference affiliations NCAA Peach Belt Conference (1990–present)
Sponsored sports The Cougars competed in women's volleyball from 2013 to 2016, compiling a 54–65 record over four seasons.
Men's sports Women's sports Baseball Basketball Basketball Cross country Cross country Golf Golf Soccer Tennis Softball Track and field Tennis Track and field
Baseball The Columbus State baseball team has made eight appearances to the NCAA Division II Baseball Championship, twenty-four NCAA Regional Championship appearances, and is frequently in the NCSWA National Top 30 Poll. The Cougars won the 2002 NCAA Division II World Series and were the national runner-up at the 1986, 2007 and 2018 NCAA Division II World Series.
NCAA Division II Baseball Championship
1984 1986 – Runner-Up 1987 1990 2002 – Champions 2004 2007 – Runner-up 2018 – Runner-up
NCAA Regional Championship
1975 1976 1977 1979 1980 1981 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2002 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011
Golf The CSU golf team has won six NCAA National Championships; 1978, 1980, 1989, 1992, 1994 and 1997.
Rifle In April 2015, the school's co-ed rifle program was discontinued after existing for six seasons. Prior to discontinuation the team competed at the Division I level as members of the Ohio Valley Conference starting in the 2012–13 school year.
Former assistant rifle coach, Jamie Gray, won the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics in the Women's 50 meter rifle three positions event with a score of 691.9.
Columbus State Athletics Department co-hosted the 2011 Rifle National Championship with Fort Benning. This was the first time a national championship was hosted on CSU's campus.
Women's Soccer The Lady Cougar soccer team has made 13 consecutive NCAA Tournaments since 2006, just its third season in existence. Columbus State has won or shared 12 of the last 14 Peach Belt Conference regular season championships, making 12 PBC Tournament championship games in that span and winning eight (2006–08, 2010, 2014–16, 2018). Head coach Jay Entlich, a seven-time PBC Coach of the Year (2005, 2008, 2014–18), has guided the Lady Cougars since their 2004 inception.
NCAA Division II Southeast Region Championships (6)
2007 2008 2014 2015 – National Runner-Up 2016 – National Semifinals 2018
National championships
Team Association Division Sport Year Rival Score NCAA Division II Men's Golf 1992 Troy State 1,144–1,176 1994 North Florida 1,175–1,179 1997 North Florida 1,149–1,153 Baseball 2002 Chico State 5–3 Men's Tennis 2018 Barry 5–4
Individual Association Division Sport Year Individual(s) Event Score NCAA Division II Men's Golf 1991 Clete Cole Individual Title 287 1992 Diego Ventureira 285 2007 Christian Ries 286
Notable alumni
Baseball Jason Rogers Kolton Ingram
Men's basketball Kenney Funderburk Ty Harris Matthías Orri Sigurðarson
Softball Nathalie Fradette
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