Clayton State Lakers women's basketball championship won by a team from the Southeast Region. Clayton State Lakers The Clayton State Lakers are the athletic teams that represent Clayton State University, located in Morrow, Georgia, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sporting competitions. The Lakers compete as members of the Peach Belt Conference for all 10 varsity sports except indoor track and field, which competes as an independent. Clayton State has been a member of the Peach Belt since 1995. Men's sports (5) Women's sports (5) Clayton State University won its first national championship in school history when the Lakers won the NCAA Division II
1983 Peach Bowl 1983 Peach Bowl The 1983 Peach Bowl featured the North Carolina Tar Heels of the Atlantic Coast Conference against the then-independent Florida State Seminoles Making his first collegiate start ever, quarterback Eric Thomas connected on a pair of first-quarter touchdown passes to Weegie Thompson as Florida State defeated North Carolina 28-3, in the 16th annual Peach Bowl Classic. Thomas, who played sparingly throughout the year after missing of 1982 with a shoulder injury, led FSU to a 14-0 lead on its first two possessions. Taking over on the FSU 38, Thomas directed a nine-play 62-yard march that ended on a