USC-Beaufort Athletics Director Kim Abbott will take over as CIU's new AD in July.
COLUMBIA, SC -- The groundwork is being laid for Columbia International University's first athletic program in its 87-year history. They'll start with men's and women's basketball, soccer and women's volleyball. The school may add cross-country down the road.
"We're starting with programs that are cost effective for us," says CIU President Bill Jones. "We want to produce those students that have a real, Christ-like character and they have a platform of athletics."
Jones says he wants the competition to start at CIU by the fall of 2010.
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