The Columbus State Cougars are the athletic teams that represent
Columbus State University
Columbus State University is a public university in Columbus, Georgia, United States. 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 ...
, located in
Columbus, Georgia
Columbus is a consolidated city-county located on the west-central border of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. Columbus lies on the Chattahoochee River directly across from Phenix City, Alabama. It is the county seat of Muscogee ...
, in intercollegiate sports at the
Division II level of the
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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(NCAA), primarily competing in the
Peach Belt Conference
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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
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Peach Belt Conference
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(1990–present)
Sponsored sports
The Cougars competed in women's volleyball from 2013 to 2016, compiling a 54–65 record over four seasons.
Baseball
The Columbus State baseball team has made eight appearances to the
NCAA Division II Baseball Championship
The NCAA Division II baseball tournament (formerly the NCAA College Division 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 bas ...
, 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
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starting in the 2012–13 school year.
Former assistant rifle coach,
Jamie Gray, won the gold medal at the
2012 London Olympics
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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 (named Fort Moore from 2023–2025) is a United States Army post in the Columbus, Georgia area. Located on Georgia's border with Alabama, Fort Benning supports more than 120,000 active-duty military, family members, reserve compone ...
. 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
Individual
Notable alumni
Baseball
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Jason Rogers
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Kolton Ingram
Kolton Reed Ingram (born October 21, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Atlanta Braves organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Angels.
Career Amateur career
Ingram attended ...
Men's basketball
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Kenney Funderburk
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Ty Harris
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Matthías Orri Sigurðarson
Matthías Orri Sigurðarson (born 29 September 1994) is an Icelandic basketball player, sports commentator and a former member of the Iceland men's national basketball team, Icelandic men's national basketball team.
Playing career
After startin ...
Softball
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Nathalie Fradette
References
External links
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