Student-Athlete Spotlights

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Published on Wednesday, 07 November 2007 00:09

Chris Shehan
All-America Candidate Chris Shehan talks with Leslie Spoon.

Fuller Triplets: Jessica, Brent, Laura
Fuller Triplets make Georgia Southern a family experience.

Shawnda Atwood
Artist and player: Shawnda Atwood is interviewed by Brent Waugh.

Amanda Gerdeman
Leslie Spoon interviews senior swimmer Amanda Gerdeman

Colleen Deignan
Teammates, coach happy to have leadership of senior defender Colleen Deignan.

Daniel Smith
Leslie Spoon interviews junior forward Daniel Smith.

Jayson Foster
Brent Waugh takes a closer look at senior quarterback Jayson Foster.

Student-Athletes Excel in Classroom

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Published on Thursday, 03 June 2010 12:31

STATESBORO, Ga. - Georgia Southern Athletic Department today (June 3) announced the academic success of its student-athletes following the completion of the Spring 2010 semester. For their efforts in the classroom, 156 student-athletes posted grade point averages of 3.0 or better. Eagle student-athletes must be enrolled full-time with a minimum of 12 credit hours during the course of a semester as a requirement of their athletics participation.

Members of all 15 sports teams were represented on the list of student-athletes with a GPA of 3.0 or better and all 15 also had members of their teams on the Dean's List for GPAs of 3.5 to 3.99. Members of 10 teams were named to the President's List.

A total of 26 student-athletes achieved perfect 4.0 grade point averages for the Spring 2010 semester with the women's basketball, swimming and diving team, and women's tennis team each producing four members of the President's list. With grade point averages of 3.5 or above for last semester, 44 student-athletes earned the distinction of being on the Dean's List.

For the 2009-2010 academic year, Georgia Southern student-athletes posted a combined grade point average of 2.84.

For more information about Georgia Southern athletics, visit www.GeorgiaSouthernEagles.com. Fans can receive short, text updates on twitter.com/GSAthletics or get instant access to scores at twitter.com/GSScores.

Student-Athletes Earn Spots On Academic All-Conference Team

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Published on Thursday, 23 June 2011 18:09

SPARTANBURG, S.C. - The Southern Conference announced its 2011 Academic All-Conference Spring Season team today (June 23rd). Georgia Southern carded 22 honorees on the team which included a spring season record of 326 student-athletes. All of the league's 12 member institutions were represented on the team which honors the best student-athletes in the league.

Georgia Southern's Alessandra Dzuba (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) was one of 13 league-wide student-athletes to maintain a perfect 4.0 cumulative GPA. Dzuba posted a winning record in dual match play for the Women's Tennis team, finishing at 7-5 overall.

Victor Roache (Ypsilanti, Mich.), a consensus All-American for the Eagle Baseball team, earned a slot on the team with a 3.26 GPA in Sport Management. He was joined by teammate Eric Phillips (Carrolton, Ga.), a first team All-SoCon selection at shortstop.

The Eagle Softball team produced the most honorees with six selections, which included four starting infielders: Hanna Ennis, Andrea Tarashuk, Jorie Walker and Mackenzie Williams.

To be eligible for the honor, student-athletes must carry at least a 3.2 cumulative grade point average entering the spring season and were required to compete in at least one-half of their team's competitions during the recently concluded campaign. In addition, the student-athletes must have successfully completed at least 24 credit hours in the previous two semesters.

At least 20 individuals from each of the 12 SoCon institutions were represented, participating in baseball, softball, men's and women's golf, men's and women's outdoor track and field and men's and women's tennis. The group recorded a combined 3.57 grade point average on a 4.0 scale.

Student-Athletes Excel in the Classroom

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Published on Thursday, 20 December 2007 00:23

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)