ATHLETICS

The Buccaneers won two Big South Championships and finished third overall (of 10 teams) in the Big South Conference Sasser Cup, which awards the teams in the league with the most successful athletic year in both regular season competition and championship tournaments. The men’s championship in cross country helped lift CSU to second place in the men’s standings, its best since the league started presenting separate awards by gender in 2003-04. The Buccaneers men’s teams averaged 7.542 points, less than one point behind first-place Campbell. Cross country brought in 11 points, golf, nine points, and outdoor track & field and indoor track & field, eight. Women’s Tennis grabbed the most points with 10.5, cross country, nine, and outdoor track and field and indoor track and field, each eight. The third-place ranking on the women’s side is the best for the Bucs since the league started presenting separate awards by gender in 2003-04.

Men’s Cross Country and Women’s Tennis won their respective third consecutive Big South conference championships.

Men’s Cross Country Head Coach Jim Stintzi and Women’s Golf Head Coach Jordan Jeffers were each named Coach of the Year in the Big South.

Student-athletes achieved CSU’s highest-ever cumulative GPA of 3.23

The Buc Club has partnered with Graduway to assist individual sports by offering an online platform for raising money for projects which will assist with strengthening each team.

Charleston Southern Athletics has partnered with Peak Management to assist athletics departments in enhancing their overall brand while strengthening sponsorship footprints and media strategies to enhance the CSU Athletics brand as a whole as well as boost each program.

The Athletics Department partnered with Roper Saint Francis Healthcare to provide outsourced athletic training for each of our teams, saving nearly $250,000 and greatly enhancing care for our student-athletes.