I think Charleston is happy with the CAA. We’re in our 5th year in the league and we’ve been successful in multiple sports over this time. Baseball was a key reason why we were admitted. We were two wins from Omaha our first year in the league (and lost both games to Texas Tech by a run each). The year after that we beat Auburn on a walk-off in a regional game.

Volleyball got the first ever CAA at-large berth this year. We are still struggling in some of the Olympic sports where heavy travel is required on weekdays (like soccer and women’s basketball) but things are getting better. I think any move to a different league would be 3-5 years away, minimum.

As Charleston’s population keeps growing and more and more alums become a part of the school, our donation money will grow. Considering, until 1970, CofC was a school of about 500 students. It was owned by the city of Charleston. It didn’t become a state institution until then. So the school has basically been a public university for less than 50 years.

CofC was in the NAIA as recently as 1989. We have been in the TAAC, SoCon and now CAA in less than 30 years. We are still a relatively new program. A lot of the A-10 folks want CofC in their league for Charleston’s vacation destination status, but we would be one of the least established programs in a league with schools that have been D1 for 60-70 years.