Gulf South Conference FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE GSC HISTORY
Gulf South Conference FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE GSC HISTORY Academic excellence and a leadership role in NCAA’s Division II make the Gulf South Conference (GSC) something special. Entering its 49th year, the GSC is a charter Division II member that prides itself as one of the first conferences to be created and administered by its CEOs. We take pride in our 52 National Team Championships in 13 sports, one individual men’s cross country champion, five men’s golf individual champions, and one track and field champion, as well as more than 150 regional titles, especially because there is no sacrifice on the academic side, where GSC student-athletes graduate at a much higher rate than the general student body. The conference saw all 12 full-time NCAA eligible institutions advance to NCAA Championship action in 2018-19. In 2019-20, the GSC will sponsor 19 sports, adding both men’s and women’s indoor track and field. Indoor track and field joins the other official sponsored sports of baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, football, men’s and women’s golf, women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s outdoor track and field, and volleyball. This is the fifth year that the conference will sponsor women’s lacrosse, but, now with six women’s lacrosse members, this will be the first year there will be an official championship. In the summer of 1970, six college presidents met to discuss athletics and when the meeting ended, a new league emerged—the Mid-South Conference.
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