About the Great South Athletic Conference
   The purpose of the Great South Athletic Conference is to provide an association through which the membership may encourage organized competition in intercollegiate sports. In particular, we recognize athletics as integral to the campus life program of our students and as essential to the total development of our student-athletes. We direct significant institutional resources to our athletic programs to assure that student-athletes have appropriate coaching, facilities, equipment and opportunities for travel to compete against other conference schools.

GSAC History
  The Great South Athletic Conference was founded in 1999 as a group of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III member institutions from the Southeast with similar academic and athletic interests. Charter members include Fisk University, LaGrange College, Maryville College, Piedmont College and Stillman College. In 2002, Huntingdon College and women’s colleges Agnes Scott College and Wesleyan College were granted membership. In 2003, Spelman College was admitted to the GSAC on a provisional basis and given full membership status in 2005. Salem College, a women’s school in Winston Salem, N.C., becomes the conference’s eighth member for the 2009-10 season.   The schools are located in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee. All eight schools are active members of the NCAA Divison III.

NCAA Division III
   Colleges and universities in NCAA Division III place the highest priority on the overall quality of the educational experience and on the successful completion of all students’ academic programs. They seek to establish and maintain an environment in which a student-athlete’s athletic activities are conducted as an integral part of the student-athlete’s educational experience. They also seek to establish and maintain an environment that values cultural diversity and gender equity among their student-athletes and athletic staff. The purpose of the NCAA is to assist its members in developing the basis for consistent and equitable competition while minimizing the infringement on the freedom of the individual institutions to determine their own special objectives and programs.

2009-10 Championship Dates and Sites
Sport                                        Host                                           Date                                      Site
Cross Country                        LaGrange College                  Nov. 7, 2009                        Off Campus
Soccer (M&W)                        Maryville College                      Nov. 6-7, 2009                    On Campus
Volleyball                                Maryville College                      Nov. 6-7, 2009                    On Campus
Basketball (M&W)                 Agnes Scott College                Feb. 26-27, 2010               On Campus
Baseball                                 Piedmont College                    April 23-25, 2010               On Campus
Softball                                   Huntingdon College                 April 23-25, 2010               On Campus
Tennis (M&W)                       Piedmont College                     April 23-24, 2010               On Campus