Piedmont University Athletics

Piedmont competes in NCAA Division III, where sports focus on personal development rather than big-money athletics. Nearly 38% of the 1,235 students participate in varsity sports across 19 teams, creating an unusually athletic campus culture for a small liberal arts university. The Lions play in the Collegiate Conference of the South against regional rivals. Division III schools don't offer athletic scholarships, so student-athletes here balance academics with competition for the love of the game. With such a high participation rate, athletics clearly matter at Piedmont even without the fanfare of Division I programs. The school's athletic emphasis fits its small-town Georgia setting, where sports bring the campus community together without the pressure of major college athletics.