Prince George's Community College Athletics History

List of Prince George's All-Americans | Prince George's Intercollegiate Hall of Fame

History of Prince George's Community College Athletics
Prince George's Community College athletics started with a men's basketball program when the college was housed at Suitland High School in Upper Marlboro, Md. in the late 1950s-early 1960s. When the college moved to its current location on the Largo campus in 1968 the athletic department expanded to add sports that included at one point baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's bowling, golf, softball and men's and women's track and field. The athletic department currently sponsors baseball, men's and women's basketball, softball, men's soccer, and men's and women's track and field. 

Prince George's has a history of excellence that includes men's track and field national championships in the 4x100-meter relay (2010), 400-meter hurdles (2013-14) and women's track and field national champions in the 400-meter dash (2012), 4x100-meter relay (2013-14), the 400-meter dash (2013, 2018) and the 100-meter hurdles (2014). Also on the national stage, the 1979 softball team finished as the national runners-up while the men's soccer team has posted third (1982), fifth (1983), fourth (1999) and fifth (2016) standings in the National Junior College Athletic Conference in program history. Prince George's has produced 130 All-Americans in program history. You can check out the complete list in the link at the top of the page.

Prince George's is a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association Region 20 and the department has won 56 Region 20 titles in program history: Baseball 7, Softball 4, Men’s Soccer 7, Women’s Track & Field 2, Men’s Basketball 10, Women’s Basketball 7, Men’s Bowling 5, Women’s Bowling 7, Golf 1, Men’s Tennis 4, and Women’s Tennis 1.

Prince George's is also a member of the Maryland Junior College Athletic Conference, which is a conference that is comprised of all of the junior colleges that sponsor athletics in Maryland. Prince George's has won 21 Maryland JUCO titles in program history: Baseball 2, Softball 3, Men’s Soccer 3, Women’s Track & Field 1, Men’s Basketball 5, Women’s Basketball 7.

The Owls
Prince George's Community College athletics mascot is the Owls. The mascot comes from the start of the college when it was at Suitland High School in Upper Marlboro, MD. Since only night classes were offered when the college began, the students were considered Night Owls. 

Prince George's Community College
NJCAA Region 20 and Maryland JUCO Titles