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CLUB FOOTBALL
What is Club Football?
Club football is your standard 11-man tackle football played at the collegiate level. Club football offers the opportunity to continue playing the sport if an athlete did not receive a scholarship or would like another year of training before pursuing future endeavors. Club sports are not funded by the school’s athletic department but can be given a portion of their budget by the Office of Student Life and Recreation and also through club sport fees.
What league will Gordon State College compete in?
Gordon State College’s Club Football team will compete in the NCFA (National Club Football Association). In addition to playing other club teams, we will be playing against institution supported football programs at the college, community college and collegiate prep school level. Currently there are 27 colleges participating in the NCFA. Our goal is to join the South Atlantic Conference in 2020 competing alongside teams such as Colombus State, Middle Georgia State, Florida Gulf Coast, South Carolina, and University of Fort Lauderdale.
What is expected of the player?
As club football is not funded by the college’s athletic program, the budget that has been set out is insufficient to cover all team needs and expense. Players are responsible for paying for their own equipment, transportation, and lodging fees. These fees total $1,350 and are non-refundable. The fees can be paid online in the Club Football Marketplace.
Club Football General Information
Gordon State College is excited to kick-off Club Football during the spring 21 semester. The inaugural football season is scheduled to start with the Blue and White Spring Scrimmage game on Saturday, February 13 at Lamar County Stadium. The college hopes to see you there on this exciting game day! If you are interested in playing for the team or have additional questions about GSC Club Football, please contact the Head Coach, Kevin Adkins, at kevina@gordonstate.edu. Highlanders Forward!
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Athletics
Gordon College’s varsity sports compete in the NCAA Division III and ACHA, primarily in the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC). Gordon College’s 30 teams compete in baseball, basketball, cross-country, field hockey, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track & field (indoor and outdoor) and volleyball. Athletes are called “The Fighting Scots.”
Fighting Scots Basketball
Head coach Tod Murphy, who became head coach in 2009, had led the Fighting Scots to five Commonwealth Coast Conference tournament appearances as of 2015. One of these five years he led the team to an NCAA tournament appearance.
Eric Demers, a ’20 graduate, led the nation in points per game averaging 33.3 points, including a 42-point performance against University of Hartford (Division 1).
Campus
In 2007, Gordon College dedicated its 450-acre campus property in the name of benefactors Dale E. and Sarah Ann Fowler following an unrestricted endowment promise of $60 million from their estate, which the College would receive at an undetermined future date. As of 2007, the Fowler gift (once received) was projected to triple the current endowment for Gordon College. In 2014 the Gordon endowment was $44,008,437. The Dale E. and Sarah Ann Fowler Campus at Gordon College is 25 miles north of Boston. The campus is situated on 450 acres (180 ha) of wooded property.
The Gordon College Bennett Center is a 78,000 square feet (7,200 m2) athletics and recreational sports facility. The Bennett Center is a gift to the Gordon community from the George and Helen Bennett family. The $8 million center was completed in October 1996 and in 1997 won the Athletics Business Magazine Top Ten New Facilities Award for its design and usability.
The Ken Olsen Science Center, named for the founder of Digital Equipment Corporation and long-time Gordon College Board member, Ken Olsen, is an 80,000 square feet (7,400 m2) science and technology center.
Gordon Global Programs
Gordon’s Global Education Office has programs in Orvieto, Italy, Hong Kong, Oxford, Belize, Croatia, the Balkans, New Zealand, Latin America, and Uganda. Students enrolled in Gordon’s Global program may use financial aid towards a study abroad semester.
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