Proud to be E.A.G.L.E.S. Program

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Published on Thursday, 14 July 2011 22:08

Nearly 50 new Georgia Southern student-athletes completed the "Proud to be E.A.G.L.E.S" program tonight with the sixth session in the series. Matt Lombardi and the Office of Student-Athlete Services arranged the sessions with guest speakers presenting on various topics relating to the acronym E.A.G.L.E.S.

The first session focused on Education, with members of the faculty discussing success strategies and study skills.  The strength and conditioning staff met with the group to cover the importance of strength training, nutrition and wellness in the second session on Athletics. Guest speakers presented on Generosity and Leadership in the second week of the program to show how volunteer and service opportunities can enrich and enhance the collegiate experience.  Information on NCAA compliance, the regulations universities must follow and how Georgia Southern student-athletes are perceived in the public eye provided the attendees with a tutorial on Ethics. The final session reminded the student-athletes of the resources and support system available to them as they start on their road to Success.

Record Number Of Eagles Earn SoCon Academic Honors

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Published on Sunday, 29 August 2010 17:32

SPARTANBURN, S.C. - The Southern Conference announced the 2009-10 SoCon Academic Honor Roll, and 152 Georgia Southern student-athletes earned the honor, achieving at least a 3.0 grade point average (GPA).

The Football Team led the way for Georgia Southern, with 25 student-athletes earning the honor. Baseball and Women's Swimming and Diving each had 17 student-athletes selected, while Women's Track and Field had 14 student-athletes named to the honor roll.

Six Eagles earned 4.0 GPAs, including Rachel Sale (Atlantic Beach, Fla.) and Rachael Stockwell (Jacksonville, Fla.) of the Swimming and Diving Team, GS Baseball's Jake Ware (Statesboro, Ga.), Caroline Scales (Chattanooga, Tenn.) from the Women's Soccer Team, and Volleyball's Moriah Bellissimo (Blackstone, Va.).

Georgia Southern had 63 student-athletes earn the Commissioner's Medal, earning at least a 3.5 GPA. Georgia Southern's 152 recognized student-athletes is the most Eagles to earn the honor since joining the conference in 1992.

Among the 12 conference schools, a total of 1,921 student-athletes were named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll, led by Appalachian State with 197 honorees. Georgia Southern was fourth among conference members behind Elon (176) and Wofford (175).

The Academic Honor Roll was established by the league's Athletics Directors prior to the 1988-89 athletics season. In order to be eligible, student-athletes must have at least a 3.0 GPA while passing 24 credit hours in two semesters of classes or its equivalent for other academic calendars. 

RAC Facility

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Published on Thursday, 04 October 2007 00:17

The Georgia Southern swimming & diving program officially moved to its new home, the pristineAquaticCenter at theRecreationActivityCenter, in January, 2007. The Eagles will christen their new facility when they host Southeastern Conference opponent Vanderbilt, Saturday, October 20, 2007. GSU’s Campus Recreation and Intramural Department took on the $31,860,000 expansion project in May 2005 to add 120,000 additional square feet, 6,150 of which are dedicated to the indoor pool.

The indoor facility features the 10 lane competition pool, a 30-person whirlpool, offices for the coaches and AquaticsCenterstaff, a separate locker room for the swimming & diving team and a wet conference room available for team meetings. Temporary seating will be brought in to fill the natatorium at home meets, while the surrounding glad walls will allow additional spectators to observe from the exterior. The outdoor facility boasts an additional whirlpool and a leisure pool.

Daktronics provided the swimming & diving program with a newly purchased, state-of-the-art scoreboard. Posted on the west wall just above the coaches’ offices, the eight-lane scoreboard will provide spectators with event and heat information along with live timing. Also featured on the board will be the current record time for the particular event in session, final placement for each event/heat and the running score for each team.

Restoration of Website Audio/Video Storage Continues

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Published on Saturday, 10 July 2010 10:27

SANFORD, Fla. - NeuLion/JumpTV is continuing with major emergency repairs and maintenance of the audio/video archive for Eagle Vision. The repair and restoration process began June 29. NeuLion/JumpTV was alerted to an access issue with the audio/video files June 28th and is working diligently to recover and restore the files.

Both the free and subscription Eagle Vision files will not be available during repair and restoration. Select files from the 2009-2010 season were sent from Georgia Southern to expedite part of the process. According to an update from NeuLion Friday (July 9), the process to fully restore the archive files continues into the week of July 12th.