The Columbus State Cougars are the athletic teams that represent Columbus State University, 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

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(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 *

(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 athletic conference which operates in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States. It participates in Division I of the NCAA; the conference's football programs compete in the Football Cham ...

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. 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

* Jason Rogers

Men's basketball

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 ...

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 ...

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

* Nathalie Fradette

References

External links

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