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Coastal Carolina University's Athletic Department continued its tradition of Athletic and Academic excellence among its student-athletes.

In 2008-09, Coastal Carolina Athletics:

  • Captured the Women's All-Sport Trophy for the fifth time in six years of existence.
  • Six Big South Team Championships (Baseball, Men's Golf, Women's Golf, Women's Cross Country, Women's Indoor Track and Field, Women's Outdoor Track and Field)
  • Three NCAA Teams (Baseball, Men's Golf and Women's Golf)
  • Six Big South Athletes of the Year (Women's Soccer, Men's Golf, Women's Golf, Women's Outdoor Track and Field, Baseball (Player and Pitcher))
  • Two NCAA Individual Participants (Men's Outdoor Track and Field and Women's Outdoor Track and Field)
  • Five Big South Coaches of the Year (Women's Cross Country, Women's Indoor Track and Field, Men's Golf, Women's Outdoor Track and Field, Baseball)
  • One Big South Freshman of the Year (Women's Cross Country)
  • Five Big South Scholar-Athletes of the Year (Women's Soccer, Volleyball, Women's Indoor Track and Field, Women's Outdoor Track and Field, Men's Golf)
  • Big South Men's Golf Medalist, Women's Golf Medalist, Baseball Tournament MVP and 14 Individual Men's and Women's Track and Field Champions.
  • 90 All-Conference selections
  • Three CoSIDA Academic All-America winners - Ashleigh Gunning (Second Team - Women's Soccer), Emily McColl (Third Team - Women's Soccer) and Marcie Veitch (Third Team - Women's Track and Field)
  • Seven CoSIDA Academic All-District award winners.
  • Overall student-athlete cumulative grade point average of 2.983, as compared to 2.922 for the general degree-seeking students.
  • Cumulative grade point average of all women's teams is 3.241, compared to a 3.045 of female degree-seeking students.
  • Women's track and field's Marcie Veitch won the Big South's Christenberry Award for the top graduating female student-athlete, completing her biology degree with a perfect 4.0 GPA.
  • The men's golf squad won its sixth consecutive Big South title, including all five golfers earning All-Big South honors, the first time that has happened in League history.
  • The women's golf team picked up its third conference crown in school history and made its second appearance in the NCAA Regionals, posting the second-best women's golf team finish in conference annals.
  • The women's cross country and indoor and outdoor track and field squads won the League's "Triple Crown" taking home all three league titles in the same year, the third time they have accomplished that feat.
  • Men's track and field's Jacques Watson qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the high jump for the second straight year, clearing 7' 3 1/2" to continue to raise his Big South record.
  • Women's track and field's Ikeiylah Brown also qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 200 meters, her first appearance in the postseason event.
  • The baseball team posted 47 wins and earned its third straight Big South Tournament title, advancing to the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional as the No. 2 seed.
  • Baseball's David Anderson and Cody Wheeler were named Second and Third Team All-Americans, respectively, by Collegiate Baseball, while Anthony Meo, Taylor Motter and Daniel Bowman were named Freshman All-Americans by the publication. Nick McCully joined Wheeler and Anderson on the Third Team Ping! Baseball All-America squad, while Meo also picked up Second Team Freshman All-American from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers' Association and Baseball America.
  • Men's golfer Zack Byrd was named Third Team All-American by the Golf Coaches Association of America and Golfweek.
  • Women's soccer won its second straight Big South regular season title and advanced to the Big South title game.
  • Volleyball shared the regular season crown for the first time in more than 10 years.
  • Baseball Head Coach Gary Gilmore recorded his 800th career win on May 14, 2009, in a 9-1 win over Charleston Southern.

Schools Coastal Carolina Has Defeated Since 2000
Clemson • South Carolina • North Carolina • North Carolina State • Penn State • Georgia Tech • Hawai'i • UCLA • Wake Forest • Louisville • Duke • Virginia • Purdue • Kentucky • Arkansas • Hofstra • Florida Atlantic • East Carolina • Ohio State • St. John's • California • Iowa State • Washington State • Illinois • Virginia Tech • Syracuse • Texas Tech • South Florida • Oregon • Alabama • Oregon State • Davidson • Bradley • Temple • Boston College • Ball State • Seton Hall • Evansville • George Mason • Louisiana-Lafayette • UNLV • Pittsburgh • West Virginia • Kent State • Minnesota • Memphis • Connecticut • Nebraska • Michigan • Maryland • Marshall • Toledo • Tennessee • Kansas • Michigan State • Creighton