Student-Athletes Excel in the Classroom

STATESBORO, Ga. –Georgia Southern University’s student-athletes turned in a successful fall semester in the classroom. Of the 350 enrolled student-athletes, 92 made the Dean’s and President's Lists by posting a 3.50 GPA or higher. Of those 92, 23 made the President’s List by turning in a perfect 4.0.

Softball led the way on the Dean’s List, as 10 members qualified. Baseball and Women’s Soccer were next with nine, while Football had eight, Men’s Soccer six and Men’s Tennis and Women’s Track had five each.

Baseball and Women’s Soccer took top honors on the President’s List as five members from each sport posted a perfect 4.0 GPA. Nearly 45 percent of the 350 enrolled student-athletes have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.

“We are always happy to see our student-athletes perform well in the classroom. To make the Dean’s List really demonstrates the commitment our student-athletes have to excel not only on the playing field but in the classroom as well,” said Keith Roughton, Associate Athletics Director in charge of Student-Athlete services. “We are proud of the academic performance by our student-athletes this fall but our goal is to improve those numbers for the spring semester.”

Georgia Southern Fall 2007 Dean’s List (President’s List in Bold)

BASEBALL (14)

Griffin Benedict (Dunwoody/St. Pius)

Kevin Bowles (Statesboro/Statesboro)

Aaron Eubanks (Moultrie/Colquitt County)

A.J. Gilbert (Marietta/Kell)

Chris Hollis (Loganville/Faith Academy)

Jonathan King (Athens, TN/McMinn County)

Ryan McCafferty (West Chester, PA/East)

Drew Murray (LaGrange/LaGrange)

Brian Pierce (Roswell/Roswell)

David Richardson (Dahlonega/Lumpkin County)

Dave Rigdon (Cincinnati, OH/Elder)

Will Southwell (Moultrie/Colquitt County)

Ryan Steidl (Randolph, N.J./Morris Knolls)

Jake Ware (Statesboro/Statesboro)

FOOTBALL (9)

Jerry Barker (Summerville, S.C./Summerville)

Caleb Callahan (Dalton/Northwest/Jones CC)

Jonathan George (Blairsville/Greater Atlanta Christian)

Pierce Giboney (Tampa, FL/Tech)

Anthony Jones (Acworth/North Cobb)

Daniel Jordan (Evans/Greenbrier)

Brett Layson (Macon/Tattnall Square Academy)

Adrian Mora (Dalton/Dalton)

Nick Sasser (Brunswick/Brunswick)

MEN’S BASKETBALL (2)

Jeb Brannen (Register/Pinewood Christian Academy)

Blake Thompson (Cartersville/Woodland)

MEN’S GOLF (5)

Logan Blondell (Lakeland, FL/Lakeland)

Kyle Cothran (Soddy Daisy, TN/Soddy Daisy)

Spencer Fulford (Rocky Mount, N.C./SW Edgecomb)

Jordan Johnstun (Evans/LaGrange)

Ryan Zabroske (Alpharetta/Milton)

MEN’S SOCCER (7)

Jon-Pierre Anthony (Birmingham, AL/Shades Valley)

Mark Beville (Apopka, FL/Apopka)

Thomas Eisenhart (Statesboro/Statesboro)

Mike Gubosh (Evans/Aquinas)

Kim Kroken (Blystadia, Norway)

Brennan Peacock (Carrollton, TX/Creekview)

Daniel Smith (Marietta/Harrison)

MEN’S TENNIS (5)

Greg Bekkers (Antwerp, Belgium)

Thomas Bekkers (Antwerp, Belgium)

Jorid De Weerdt (Mortsel, Belgium)

Borja Malet (Barcelona, Spain)

Phillip Prins (Cape Town, South Africa)

SOFTBALL (12)

Robyne Siliga (Oceanside, CA/Vista)

Elizabeth Branan (Alpharetta/Milton)

Bethany Crenshaw (Warner Robins/Houston County)

Kristan Glover (Evans/Greenbrier)

Lindsey Hopkins (McDonough/Union Grove)

Cristina Iduate (Norcross/Norcross)

Maria Laurato (New Orleans, LA/Isadore Newman)

Stephanie Peet (Lawrenceville/Central Gwinnett)

Megen Smith (Springfield/Effingham County)

Mandi Stophlet (Templeton, CA/Atascadero)

Aubrey Thweatt (Georgia, VT/Essex)

Jessica Williams (Ocilla/Irwin County)

VOLLEYBALL (4)

Jen Abbott (Ocala, FL/St. John Lutheran)

Bailey Coleman (Awendaw, S.C./Wando)

Christy Dowd (Indianapolis, IN/Cathedral)

Flavia Pereira (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (5)

Ashley Burger (Perry/Westfield School)

Jessica Geiger (Stone Mountain/Parkview)

Concella Henry (Manning, S.C./Manning)

Ashley Melson (Newnan/Newnan)

Logan Youngblood (Sylvester/Worth County)

WOMEN’S SOCCER (8)

Michelle Berard (Kennesaw/Harrison)

Michelle Carlson (Melbourne, FL/Eau Gallie)

Colleen Deignan (Coral Springs, FL/St. Thomas Aquinas)

Holli Finneren (Lake Orion, MI/Lake Orion)

Laura-Ashley Harris (Jonesboro/Jonesboro)

Shea Hickey (Atlantic Beach, FL/Stanton College Prep)

Heather Smith (Kingwood, TX/Kingwood)

Abby Wheeler (Bozeman, MT/Bozeman)

WOMEN’S SWIMMING (11)

Caroline Bevillard (Bishop/Oconee County)

Ali Campbell (Ft. McMurray, Alberta)

Jennifer Clayton (Marietta/Kell)

Katie Creighton (Snellville/Brookwood)

Meredith Fehr (Matthews, N.C./David W. Butler)

Nikki Hutchison (Kennesaw/Kennesaw Mountain)

Kimberly Morris (Lawrenceville/Brookwood)

Stephanie Sheckler (Umatilla, FL/Umatilla)

Cassie Smith (Cartersville/Woodland)

Katie Thompson (Blairsville/Union County)

Katelyn Woolfolk (Satellite Beach, FL/Satellite)

WOMEN’S TRACK (6)

Katie Abercrombie (Newnan/Newnan)

Abby Bloom (Snellville/Brookwood)

Jennifer Charles (Green Cove Springs, FL/Clay)

Jessica Irizarry (Kennesaw/Harrison)

Shauntel Jennings (Stone Mountain/Lithonia)

Kassi Lee (Elberton/Elbert County)

WOMEN’S TENNIS (4)

Shea Huxtable (Winter Springs, FL/Winter Springs)

Kristina Kegerreis (Fairfax, VA/Chantilly)

Jessica Matlosz (Alpharetta/Centennial)

Melanie Rolle (Gainesville, FL/Bolles)

Category: Athletics

Published on Thursday, 20 December 2007 00:23