Georgia State University Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Sports=== The 16 Georgia State [[Georgia State Panthers|varsity athletic teams]] compete in the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA's]] [[Division I (NCAA)|Division I]], with their football program being in [[Football Bowl Subdivision|FBS]]. They are founding members of the [[Sun Belt Conference]]. [[Georgia State Panthers women's beach volleyball|Georgia State's beach volleyball team]], competes in [[Conference USA]]. The university has won conference championships in [[basketball]] (men's and women's), [[baseball]], [[golf]] (men's and women's), [[softball]], [[soccer]] (men's and women's), [[tennis|women's tennis]], and [[beach volleyball]]. The beach volleyball team has been ranked among the top ten programs in the country every year since its inception in 2013. Georgia State began competition in all sports in the Sun Belt Conference in 2013, although it had already played all individual sports in the Sun Belt during the 2012β13 season.<ref>{{cite web |title=GSU to Compete in 10 Sun Belt Championships in 2012-13|url=http://www.georgiastatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=12700&ATCLID=205534045 |work=GeorgiaStateSports.com |publisher=Georgia State University|access-date=July 2, 2013}}</ref> This marked a return to the conference that Georgia State had helped found in 1976.<ref>{{cite web|last=Taylor |first=Charlie|title=Back to Its Roots: GSU Returns to Sun Belt Conference|url=http://www.georgiastatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=208504360&DB_OEM_ID=12700 |work=GeorgiaStateSports.com|publisher=Georgia State University|access-date=July 2, 2013}}</ref> Before returning to the Sun Belt Conference, GSU played in the [[Colonial Athletic Association|CAA]] from 2005 to 2013, participating for only one season (2012) as a football school.<ref>{{cite web|last=Roche|first=Bryan|title=Football Preview: Georgia State vs. Maine|url=http://wmebsports.com/2012/11/10/football-preview-georgia-state-vs-maine/|publisher=WMEB 91.9FM|access-date=July 2, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305110539/http://wmebsports.com/2012/11/10/football-preview-georgia-state-vs-maine/|archive-date=March 5, 2016}}</ref> Before joining the CAA, the Panthers competed in the (then Trans America Athletic Conference, or TAAC) [[Atlantic Sun Conference]], joining in 1983 and leaving for the CAA in 2005. [[File:Georgia State Convocation Center.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Georgia State Convocation Center]], a multi-purpose venue opened in 2022 and home of GSU basketball]] Georgia State University charges a fee to each student who enrolls at the school. <!-- out of date The fee is currently $283.00 and is charged every semester along with other academic fees. --> This fee is used for athletic scholarships and other costs associated with competitive athletics. The athletic fee allows students to use their Panther Card (student identification card) for free access to athletic events.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwdos/2009_feesallocation.html|title=Facts on Student Fees at Georgia State University, Fiscal Year 2012|publisher=Georgia State University Dean of Students Office|access-date=January 19, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120116065303/http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwdos/2009_feesallocation.html|archive-date=January 16, 2012}}</ref> The Panthers' most historic rivalry is with the [[Georgia Southern Eagles]] with basketball being played between the two since 1972. However, rivalries have grown since, including with [[South Alabama]] with the two programs starting football within a year of one another and playing each other and having played one another every season since Georgia States football's inception except one. Georgia State University's first-ever national championship win was in [[esports]] in 2019. The university's [[Smite (video game)|SMITE: Battleground of the Gods]] team played against [[Arizona State University]] at [[DreamHack|Dreamhack]] Atlanta and won with a final score of 2 - 0.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-11-20|title=Georgia State Varsity Esports Wins At National Fall Collegiate SMITE Tournament - Georgia State University News - College of Arts and Sciences, Creative Media Industries Institute, Students|url=https://news.gsu.edu/2019/11/20/georgia-state-varsity-esports-wins-at-national-fall-collegiate-smite-tournament/|access-date=2020-10-17|website=Georgia State News Hub|language=en-US}}</ref> The team has since won two additional championships, and participated in a third, becoming the winningest sport in the school's history. The university also boasts several nonvarsity sports, including badminton, rowing, rugby, and wrestling <ref>{{cite web|title=Current Clubs|url=http://recreation.gsu.edu/sport-clubs/current-clubs/|website=GSU.edu|publisher=Georgia State University|access-date=July 13, 2016}}</ref> {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2018}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page