Athletics

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. | The sports information staff at Georgia College & State University was honored as the SID Staff of the Year at the Peach Belt Conference annual awards dinner in Hilton Head Tuesday night (May 28).Under the direction of Assistant Director of Athletics for Communications Michael MacEachern, the GCSU sports information office provided outstanding coverage of the institutions 11 sports programs via social media, website coverage, photography, press conferences...

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. | Georgia College & State University was presented the 2023-24 Peach Belt Conference Institution of the Year Sportsmanship Award at the league's annual awards dinner Tuesday night (May 28). A banner that rotates from winning school to winning school will remain in Milledgeville, Ga., for a second straight year. The award is the fourth overall for GCSU after previous wins in 2017 and 2021.The annual honor is given to the institution displaying the best overall...

GREENWOOD, S.C. | Four Georgia College & State University baseball players were honored by the Division II Collegiate Commissioners Association on the eve of the 2024 NCAA Division II Southeast Super Regional.Matthew Mebane, Brandon Bellflower and Gabriel Wuerth were named to the D2CCA All-Southeast Region first team, while John Luke Glanton was named to the second team. The quartet each earned all-region honors last week by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.Mebane,...

The No. 19-ranked Bobcats (37-20) captured the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional No. 2 last weekend as they defeated the University of Mount Olive 4-3 in the final. The Bobcats, who are making their 15th trip to the NCAA Division II Tournament and first since 2018, will travel to Salisbury, North Carolina, this weekend where they will face No. 5 Catawba College in a best-of-3 series to determine who will represent the region at the NCAA Division II Baseball National Championship...

AUGUSTA, Ga. | The Peach Belt Conference has announced that Georgia College & State University has won the 2023-24 Men's Tennis Team Sportsmanship Award.The program presents an award following each championship season to the team in that sport that best exemplifies the spirit of sportsmanship and generally conducts themselves with a high degree of integrity, character and class. The team award is selected by other teams who compete in that sport. Points are awarded based on how each...

AUSTIN, Texas | Georgia College & State University had three student-athletes -Shradha Chhabra, Ashton Morrison and Chiara Santoro - named to the College Sports Communicators NCAA Division II Women's Tennis Academic All-District® Team. To be nominated, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore with a 3.50 cumulative grade point average and must have been in the lineup for 70 percent of the total matches played by the team that included a team score.Chhabra, a junior from New Delhi,...

AUSTIN, Texas | Georgia College & State University had two student-athletes - Rodrigo Pérez Crespo and Enzo Sergi  - named to the College Sports Communicators NCAA Division II Men's Tennis Academic All-District® Team. To be nominated, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore with a 3.50 cumulative grade point average and must have been in the lineup for 70 percent of the total matches played by the team that included a team score.Crespo, a sophomore from Ourense, Spain, has recorded...

TIGERVILLE, S.C. | Georgia College & State University got seven strong innings from starter Jacob Ryan and held on for a 4-3 baseball decision over No. 19 University of Mount Olive in the finals of the 2024 NCAA Division II Southeast Regional No. 2 Saturday (May 18) afternoon at Ray and Bea Dillard Field at Ashmore Park on the University of North Greenville.With the win, the seventh-seeded Bobcats, who are 8-0 so far this postseason, won their ninth consecutive game as they improved...

The GCSU Baseball team began their journey at the NCAA Southeast Regional No. 2 in Tigerville, S.C. with a 9-5 win over North Greenville Thursday (May 16) evening (Recap). The Bobcats will now face Mount Olive in a 6 p.m. second-round game Friday (May 17).  The winner of that game will advance to Saturday (May 18's) 6 p.m. championship game in the double-elimination tournament.Visit the tournament site for ticket information, live streaming and live stat links and much more. Help cheer...

SALISBURY, N.C. | Four Georgia College & State University baseball players were honored by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association on the eve of the 2024 NCAA Division II Southeast Regional No. 2.Gabriel Wuerth was named to the NCBWA Division II All-Southeast Region first team, while John Luke Glanton, Brandon Bellflower and Matthew Mebane were second team honorees. It was the first all-region nod for the quartet.Wuerth, a sophomore from Woodstock, Georgia, split the 54...