Athletics
Kennesaw State University's Athletic teams are called the Owls. The Owls participate in NCAA Division I Atlantic Sun Conference (and previously NCAA Division II Peach Belt Conference). After spending ten years in Division II's Peach Belt Conference, the university fully transitioned to Division I status in the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the beginning of the 2009–10 season. Vaughn Williams was hired in April 2011 as the university's third Director of Athletics. He had previously served for six and a half years as UConn’s associate athletic director, where he was responsible for strategic planning, facility master planning, and policy and procedure improvement.
Kennesaw State University's mascot is Scrappy the Owl. The Kennesaw State Athletics Association unveiled their new Scrappy mascot on October 13, 2012, during their basketball season preview called Flight Night.
Past NCAA Division II National Championships include: baseball (1996), men's basketball (2004), cheerleading (2004, 2005), women's soccer (2003), and softball (1995, 1996). The baseball team also won an NAIA National Championship (1994). Kennesaw State is one of two division II schools to win a national championship in four different sports, Grand Valley State University being the other. KSU also has several other regional and divisional championships.
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