Bevillard Earns Academic All-America Honors
8/5/2011 5:36:00 PM | Swimming and Diving
Bevillard, who completed her collegiate career with a 3.96 GPA, becomes the 10th Eagle all-time to earn Academic All-America honors. To be eligible for Academic All-America consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director.
This recent honor is one of many academic achievements for the Georgia Southern graduate. Twice selected as the Georgia Southern Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2010 and 2011, Bevillard was awarded one of 13 prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships in the spring of 2011.
A member of the Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association (CCSA) All-Academic team, Bevillard posted a perfect 4.0 GPA for seven semesters of her academic career and helped lead Georgia Southern to six consecutive College Swimming Coaches Association of America Scholar All-America Team honors.
In the pool, Bevillard was a four-year letterwinner for the Eagles and owns the University record for the 200-yard Freestyle and was a member of four record-setting relay teams. At the 2011 CCSA Championships, Bevillard scored points in all three individual events and participated in four relay teams at the championships.
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Georgia Southern All-Time Academic All-America List
1976 Benjie Moore, Baseball
1995 Rob Stockton, Football
Edward Thomas, Football
1996 Vanessa Fawcett, Softball
1997 Rachel Tolliver, Women's At‐Large (Soccer)
1998 Jody Pollock, Baseball
Voncellies Allen, Football
1999 Voncellies Allen, Football
2003 Ulrich Ebensperger, Men's At‐Large (Tennis)
2010 Nina Iduate, Softball
2011 Caroline Bevillard, Women's At-Large (Swimming and Diving)
