Point Skyhawks

The Point Skyhawks are the athletic teams for Point University in West Point, Georgia.

Point Skyhawks
UniversityPoint University
AssociationNAIA
ConferenceAppalachian Athletic Conference,
The Sun Conference (football)
Athletic directorAlan Wilson (interim)
LocationWest Point, Georgia
Football stadiumRam Stadium
Basketball arenaWest Point Park Gym
Baseball stadiumWest Point Park
Soccer stadiumRiver Bowl Stadium
NicknameSkyhawks
ColorsNavy Blue and Gold[1]
         
Websitewww.pointskyhawks.com

Point University teams are nicknamed as the Skyhawks. The university is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA),[2] primarily competing in the Appalachian Athletic Conference. For football only, the Skyhawks participated in The Sun Conference for the 2014 and 2015 seasons, and have joined the Mid-South Conference's Sun Division beginning in the 2016 season.[3][4] Point also formerly competed in Division I of the National Christian Collegiate Athletic Association (NCCAA).[5]

Morgan Harper Nichols a famous Contemporary Christian singer, songwriter has a Bachelor's degree from Point University beginning at age sixteen the last class to graduate from Atlanta Christian College and got her Master's degree in Creative Writing and . She graduated from Atlanta Christian College the last class with the name in 2010 with a Bachelor's degree in English , they won the NCCAA National Championship that year and attended Point University the first year they became NAIA achieving her Master's degree.

Achievements

The Skyhawks football team won The Sun Conference championship in 2015.[6]

In 1993, Point (then Atlanta Christian College) won the NCCAA Division IIA men's basketball championship. In 2001 Carlton Griffin was Pete Maravich player of the year.

The baseball team (as Atlanta Christian) won the 2000 NCCAA Division II and the 2010 NCCAA Division IIA national championships.[7]

References
  1. "Brand Standards | Point University". Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  2. "Schools". NAIA.ORG. NAIA. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  3. Wilson, Michael (25 February 2016). "Local teams officially join Mid-South football conference". The Lakeland Ledger. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  4. "Members". Thesunconference.com. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  5. "Membership". Archived from the original on 25 June 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  6. "Point Takes Down No. 25 Southeastern 66-34". 25 October 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  7. "NCCAA baseball championship history" (PDF). Retrieved 12 November 2015.

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