Athletics
Co-Lin sponsors six men's sports (baseball, basketball, football, golf, soccer and tennis) and four women's sports (basketball, soccer, softball and tennis). It also sponsors a cheerleading squad which is one of the most competitive squads in the state placing second in the jr college coed division at the University of Alabama UCA cheer camp in 2010 falling short to the defending national champs shelton state. The athletic teams are nicknamed the Wolfpack.
The teams compete in NJCAA Region 23, which includes colleges in Mississippi and Louisiana. The baseball, golf and softball teams participate in Division II. All other sports, except football, play in Division I. Gwyn Young is the college's athletic director.
The men's tennis team was the NJCAA Number 1 Academic Team of the Year in 2005, 2007 and 2008. Co-Lin has produced over 60 NJCAA Academic All-Americans since 2000. The softball team finished runners-up (2008) and third (2006) in the NJCAA Division II National Tournament. The football team won the 2006 Sea Island Golden Isles Bowl. The Lady Wolves basketball team, coached by Gwyn Young, the NJCAA's second winningest active coach, has made five trips to the NJCAA National Tournament finishing sixth in 2007. The baseball team has finished fourth in both the 2000 and 2005 NJCAA World Series.
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