About us

About Us

Providence Athletic Club (“PAC”) is an organization that provides competitive high school and middle school sports opportunities for home-schooled athletes as well as students who attend charter, virtual, and private schools that do not have a sports program in the Columbia, South Carolina region. 

Athletes of all races and religious affiliations may be a part of PAC athletic teams as long as they meet the age and eligibility requirements for each sport. Our team mascot is the Panther. Our team colors are navy blue and white. 

Our sports teams are led by coaches with proven experience. These men and women must sign our Statement of Faith and be committed to developing a winning team comprised of young men and women with Christ-like character.

Our Mission

We exist to give glory to our Lord Jesus Christ in everything we do. Our purpose is to provide competitive-level sports opportunities for the above-stated athletes (grades 6-12), while developing both physically and spiritually in a Christian environment. 

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Our History

In April 2009, several families assembled in Lexington, SC to discuss the possibility of forming a competitive boy’s soccer team. We had all interested come out on June 9th and soon discovered that there was just as much interest from the girls. From that point, we were able to form a Boys and Girls Varsity team as well as a co-ed JV team. In July 2009, Jim Blevins contacted PAC about adding a baseball team, Richard Folks contacted PAC about adding basketball, and Tina Reinhardt wanted to start a cross-country team. Later that fall, PAC was contacted about organizing a Golf team. It was all coming together amazingly fast, teams were practicing, games were being scheduled, and the first year of PAC had officially begun. PAC has continued to grow every year by adding middle school teams, girls teams, or new sports. In the fall of 2011, PAC started a practice football team to see if there was enough interest to start a real one at some point. In the Fall of 2012, PAC football officially began with a JV team playing in the Pioneers League. 

Over two hundred athletes have participated in one or more of PAC’s sports. This is a huge blessing and opportunity that home school athletes have never been offered before and so many have said what a difference it has made in their high school experience. We look forward to the future and seeing what God has for PAC as we continue to seek His guidance as PAC continues to grow.