The Columbus State Cougars are the athletic teams that represent
Columbus State University
Columbus State University is a public university in Columbus, Georgia. Founded as Columbus College in 1958, the university was established and is administered by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
History
The university w ...
, located in
Columbus, Georgia
Columbus is a consolidated city-county located on the west-central border of the U.S. state of Georgia. Columbus lies on the Chattahoochee River directly across from Phenix City, Alabama. It is the county seat of Muscogee County, with which it ...
, in intercollegiate sports at the
Division II level of the
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...
(NCAA), primarily competing in the
Peach Belt Conference
The Peach Belt Conference (PBC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. The 11 member institutions are located in the South Atlantic states of South Carolina ...
since the 1990–91 academic year.
Columbus State competes in thirteen 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.
Conference affiliations
NCAA
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Peach Belt Conference
The Peach Belt Conference (PBC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. The 11 member institutions are located in the South Atlantic states of South Carolina ...
(1990–present)
Varsity teams
The Cougars competed in women's volleyball from 2013 to 2016, compiling a 54–65 record over four seasons.
Sports
Baseball
The Columbus State baseball team has made eight appearances to the
NCAA Division II Baseball Championship
The NCAA Division II baseball tournament is an annual college baseball tournament held at the culmination of the spring regular season and which determines the NCAA Division II college baseball champion. The initial rounds of the tournament are ...
, 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
NCAA Regional Championship
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
The Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference which operates in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern and Southeastern United States, Southeastern United States. It participates in NCAA Divisi ...
starting in the 2012–13 school year.
Former assistant rifle coach,
Jamie Gray, won the gold medal at the
2012 London Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
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
Fort Benning is a United States Army post near Columbus, Georgia, adjacent to the Alabama–Georgia border. Fort Benning supports more than 120,000 active-duty military, family members, reserve component soldiers, retirees and civilian employees ...
. 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)
National championships
Team
Individual
Notable alumni
Baseball
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Jason Rogers
Men's basketball
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Kenney Funderburk
Kenney Funderburk (born April 13, 1992) is an American professional basketball player who plays for CSM Ploiești of the Liga Națională. He played college basketball at Columbus State from 2013 to 2015.
College career
As a senior at Columb ...
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Ty Harris
Ty Harris (born November 13, 1991) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for TFT of the Macedonian First League (basketball).
Early life
Harris was born in Houma, Louisiana but his family was displaced by Hurrican ...
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Matthías Orri Sigurðarson
Matthías Orri Sigurðarson (born 29 September 1994) is an Icelandic basketball player for Úrvalsdeild karla club KR and a former member of the Icelandic men's national basketball team.
Playing career
After starting his career with KR in 2 ...
Softball
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Nathalie Fradette
References
External links
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