page_title: Florida Gulf Coast University
section_title: Athletics
hierarchical_section_title: Florida Gulf Coast University / Athletics
caption_attribution_description: English: A Florida Gulf Coast University baseball player at bat against the University of North Florida.
context_page_description: Florida Gulf Coast University is a public research university in Fort Myers, Florida. It belongs to the twelve-member State University System of Florida as its second youngest member. The university was established on May 3, 1991, and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award 58 different types of bachelor's, 25 different master's, six doctoral degrees, and twelve graduate certificates. All of the university's undergraduate engineering degrees are accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.
  The university's academics are divided into six main colleges: U.A. Whitaker College of Engineering, Lutgert College of Business, Marieb College of Health & Human Services, College of Education, College of Arts and Sciences, and Honors College. The prominent schools and departments within the colleges include; Bower School of Music & the Arts, The Emergent Technologies Institute, School of Nursing, School of Resort & Hospitality Management, and School of Entrepreneurship.
  FGCU's intercollegiate athletic teams, the Eagles, compete in the Atlantic Sun Conference in NCAA Division I sports.
context_section_description: FGCU's athletics teams are known as the Eagles. FGCU completed the four-year transition to NCAA Division I for all athletics programs in 2011. The Eagles currently compete in the Division I Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN), which they joined in 2007.
  FGCU intercollegiate athletics offers:
  Men's and women's golf
  Men's and women's tennis
  Men's and women's basketball
  Women's softball
  Men's baseball
  Men's and women's cross country
  Women's volleyball
  Men's and women's soccer
  Women's swimming and diving
  Women's beach volleyball
  FGCU is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I, and a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference, as well as the Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association. FGCU plays its men's and women's basketball games at Alico Arena and its baseball games at Swanson Stadium, with other on-campus facilities including softball and soccer fields, tennis courts and an aquatics complex for intercollegiate competition.
  The average GPA of a student athlete at FGCU was 3.27 in the spring semester of 2017.
caption: FGCU Eagles baseball
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