HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. | Georgia College & State University won its fourth consecutive Peach Belt Conference Institution of the Year Sportsmanship Award at the league's annual Awards Dinner Tuesday (May 26) evening.

The award is the fifth for GCSU in the last six years and their sixth overall.

The annual honor is given to the institution displaying the best overall sportsmanship for the 2025-26 season and culminates the PBC's season-long sportsmanship recognition program.

Following each championship sports season a Team Sportsmanship Award is presented to the team in that sport that best exemplifies what the award stands for: the spirit of sportsmanship, a high degree of integrity, character and class.  Each team award is voted on by other teams who compete in that sport and points are awarded on how each team finished in the voting. In an effort to encompass more facets of sportsmanship, an ejection component was also introduced to the award this year.

In 2025-26, GCSU won Team Sportsmanship Awards in women's basketball, men's golf and men's tennis and shared the award in women's tennis. The four awards give the department 36 since the inception of the program - second-most in the conference - and represents the 11th time GCSU has had multiple awards in the same season.

About GCSU Athletics 
Owning the top Academic Success Rate among all public colleges and universities in Division II for five consecutive academic years, the Georgia College Department of Athletics sponsors 13 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. GCSU Athletics has won six consecutive Presidents' Awards for Academic Excellence, and are two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup and five-time winners of the PBC Institution of the Year Sportsmanship Award. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' continued appearances in postseason competition as well as high-level academic success and community-service involvement. Bobcat Athletics embodies the mantra of "Graduating Champions for Life." Sign up at @GCSUBobcats on all social media outlets for up-to-the-minute reports or subscribe to the GSCU Athletics e-newsletter to receive the latest news, schedule updates and to interact with GCSU Athletics.