its first year of provisional membership while still playing a Peach Belt schedule as part of the Sand Sharks' dual NAIA-NCAA membership. USCB is ineligible for a Peach Belt or NCAA postseason during the three-year transition. The conference currently holds championships in 16 sports, eight for men and eight for women. The championship sports are men's and women's cross country, men's and women's soccer, volleyball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's tennis, baseball, softball, men's and women's track & field, and men's and women's golf. Men's lacrosse was added on July 10, 2020, and its first season was in spring 2021. Chronological timeline 1989 - On December 3, 1989, the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) was founded as the Peach Belt Athletic Conference (PBAC). Charter members included Armstrong State College (later Armstrong Atlantic University before merging with Georgia Southern University), Columbus College (now Columbus State University), Francis Marion College (now Francis Marion University), Georgia College (now Georgia College & State University), Lander College (now Lander University), the University of South Carolina at Aiken (USC Aiken) and the University of South Carolina at Spartanburg (USC Spartanburg, now the University of South Carolina Upstate or USC Upstate) beginning the 1990-91 academic year. 1991 - Augusta College (later Augusta State University, now Augusta University) joined the PBAC in the 1991-92 academic year. 1992 - The University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNC Pembroke) joined the PBAC in the 1992-93 academic year. 1994 - Kennesaw State University joined the PBAC in the 1994-95 academic year. 1995 - Clayton State University joined the PBAC in the 1995-96 academic year. 1997 - The University of North Florida joined the PBAC in the 1997-98 academic year. 2000 - The PBAC renamed by shortening its name to the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) in the 2000-01 academic year. 2005 - Kennesaw State and North Florida left the PBC to join the Division I ranks National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Atlantic Sun Conference (A-Sun) after the 2004-05 academic year. 2005 - North Georgia College & State University (now the University of North Georgia) joined the PBC in the 2005-06 academic year. 2006 - Georgia Southwestern State University joined the PBC in the 2006-07 academic year. 2007 - USC Upstate left the PBC to join the NCAA Division I ranks and the Big South Conference after the 2006-07 academic year. 2009 - Flagler College and the University of Montevallo