The Chowan Hawks are the athletic teams that represent

Chowan University Chowan University ()
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, in

NCAA Division II NCAA Division II (D-II) is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). It offers an alternative to both the larger and better-funded Division I and to the scholarship-free environmen ...

intercollegiate sports. The Hawks compete as members of the

Conference Carolinas Conference Carolinas, formerly known as the Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference (CVAC) or the Carolinas Conference, is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) primarily at the Divisio ...

for 18 of the 21 sports with football and women's bowling as an associate member of the

Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. CIAA institutions mostly consist of historically black coll ...

(CIAA). Chowan will begin competition in Acrobatics and Tumbling and Esports in 2020–2021. The Acrobatics and Tumbling program is sanctioned by the National Collegiate Acrobatics and Tumbling Association (NCATA), while Esports is sanctioned through

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(NACE). Chowan has been a full member of Conference Carolinas as a full member since the 2019–20 season, and was formerly also a member of the

National Christian College Athletic Association The National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) is an association of Christian universities, colleges, and Bible colleges in the United States and Canada whose mission is "the promotion and enhancement of intercollegiate athletic ...

and the

USA South Athletic Conference The USA South Athletic Conference (formerly the Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference or the Dixie Conference) is an athletic conference which competes in the NCAA's Division III. Member schools are located in North Carolina and Virginia. H ...

of the NCAA's

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, and the CIAA from 2009–10 to 2018–19.

Conference affiliations

NCAA *

(2000–2004) *

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(2004–2009) *

(2009–2019) *

(2019–present)

History

On September 24, 2007, the

(CIAA), established in 1912 and the oldest black athletic conference in United States, announced that Chowan would join the conference for its 2008 football season. Chowan initially entered the CIAA as a football-only member, continuing its membership at the NCAA Division II-level. In joining the CIAA (which sponsors 16 men’s and women’s championships annually). In October 2008, the CIAA's board of trustees voted to accept Chowan as a full member. Chowan then became the first non- HBCU member of the CIAA, participating in all sports beginning with the 2009–2010 academic year.

Varsity teams

List of teams

Men's sports (9) * Baseball * Basketball * Cross country * Football * Golf * Lacrosse * Soccer * Swimming * Tennis Women's sports (11) * Acrobatics and Tumbling * Basketball * Bowling * Cross country * Golf * Lacrosse * Soccer * Softball * Swimming * Tennis * Volleyball Co-Ed sports (2) * Cheerleading * Esports

Individual teams

Football

Coach James Garrison was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 2001. He was the Chowan College football coach for 43 years. Coach Garrison won 182 games (third among junior college coaches) and was 7-time Conference Coach of the Year. 35 players were NJCAA All-Americans. The last football team to post a winning record was the 1999 Chowan team which finished 5–4.

Men's basketball

Bob Burke, "all-time winningest coach in Chowan's basketball history," had a 337–124 record.

References

External links

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