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2009 Centennial Conference Men's Basketball Champions
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Gettysburg College sponsors 24 varsity sports - 12 for men and 12 for women - that compete at the NCAA Division III intercollegiate level. Gettysburg is as a founding member of the
Centennial Conference, one of the premier conferences for NCAA Division III athletics. The conference is home to some of the nation's finest liberal arts colleges, all of which are committed to excellence in academics and athletics. The Centennial Conference holds championships in 24 sports for men and women. In 16 years of competition as an all-sport conference (1993-2009), Gettysburg has won 80 conference titles, 30 more than any other member institution. The Bullets have a total of 83 Centennial championships, having won the first three titles when it was a football only league. Among the 24 championship-sponsored sports, Gettysburg teams have laid claim to the most titles in field hockey, men's lacrosse, women's lacrosse, men's swimming, women's swimming, and volleyball. In 2008-09, three teams won conference crowns - men's basketball, women's swimming, and men's lacrosse.
In addition to the team championships, Gettysburg student-athletes have accrued over 700 All-Centennial Conference First Team selections and individual conference championships in the past 16 seasons. A grand total of 55 Bullets have been named CC Outstanding Performer/Player of the Year in their respective sports, including five during the 2008-09 season:
Andrew Goldstein '09 (Wrestling),
Andrew Powers '11 (Men's Basketball),
Hollis Stahl '10 (Women's Lacrosse),
Erin Ober '09 (Softball), and
Tom O'Donnell '09 (Men's Lacrosse).
The national scene has been inundated with orange and blue as 285 Gettysburg student-athletes from 19 varsity sports have amassed over 450 All-America certificates over the last century. Sixteen Bullets have been tabbed Academic All-America, including three-time selection
Molly Gale '05 (softball). Year-in and year-out, a large grouping of Gettysburg teams compete in the national tournament and make significant contributions. Both men's and women's lacrosse teams have played for the national title in the past decade, while the field hockey team won the school's only team national title (AIAW - 1980). During the most recent academic year (2008-09), five programs competed in the national playoffs: men's basketball, wrestling, men's lacrosse, women's lacrosse, and women's track & field.
The following is a complete list of Gettysburg's Centennial Conference championships:
Men's Basketball (3)
2001, 2002, 2009
Women's Cross Country (1)
1994
Field Hockey (5)
1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001
Football (3)
1983, 1984, 1985
Men's Golf (3)
1994, 1995, 2002
Women's Golf (1)
2008
Men's Lacrosse (13)
1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Women's Lacrosse (6)
2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Men's Soccer (3)
1993, 1999, 2001
Women's Soccer (5)
1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2004
Softball (3)
1994, 1999, 2007
Men's Swimming (8)
1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003
Women's Swimming (11)
1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009
Women's Tennis (1)
1996
Women's Indoor Track & Field (2)
1994, 1995
Women's Outdoor Track & Field (4)
1994, 1997, 2003, 2004
Volleyball (11)
1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
