Scholar-Athletes Recognized For Performance in the Classroom
2/5/2016 8:30:00 AM | Baseball, Track & Field/XC, Football, Men's Golf, Men's Basketball, Men's Soccer, Men's Tennis, Softball, Swimming and Diving, Women's Basketball, Women's Soccer, Women's Tennis, Volleyball, Women's Rifle, Women's Golf
Over 220 earned 3.0 or higher GPA in Fall 2015 semester
STATESBORO, Ga. - The Georgia Southern Athletics Department recognized 222 scholar-athletes at last night's men's basketball game against UT-Arlington. These student-athletes have found a way to balance playbooks and text books, all earning a term grade point average of a 3.0 or higher in the Fall 2015 semester. Among these student-athletes are 91 Dean's List recipients as well as 30 scholar athletes who earned a perfect term GPA of 4.0 and are named to the President's List.
Due to competition, the scholar-athletes from the men's basketball team were not on the court.
Leading these students across the court and congratulating the student-athletes for academic achievement were University Interim Provost, Dr. Diana Cone and Director of Athletics, Tom Kleinlein.
These student-athletes represented their colleges and were escorted by their College Dean or Director:
From programs under the Vice President for Academic Affairs - Director of First Year Experience, Dr. Chris Caplinger
From the Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Information Technology – Founding Dean, Dr. Mohammad Davoud
From the College of Business Administration – Dean Allen Amason
From the College of Education – Dean Thomas Koballa
From the College of Health and Human Sciences – Dean Barry Joyner
From the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences – Dean Curtis Ricker
From the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health – Dean Greg Evans
And from the College of Science and Mathematics – Dean Martha Abell
Due to competition, the scholar-athletes from the men's basketball team were not on the court.
Leading these students across the court and congratulating the student-athletes for academic achievement were University Interim Provost, Dr. Diana Cone and Director of Athletics, Tom Kleinlein.
These student-athletes represented their colleges and were escorted by their College Dean or Director:
From programs under the Vice President for Academic Affairs - Director of First Year Experience, Dr. Chris Caplinger
From the Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Information Technology – Founding Dean, Dr. Mohammad Davoud
From the College of Business Administration – Dean Allen Amason
From the College of Education – Dean Thomas Koballa
From the College of Health and Human Sciences – Dean Barry Joyner
From the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences – Dean Curtis Ricker
From the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health – Dean Greg Evans
And from the College of Science and Mathematics – Dean Martha Abell
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