Mandatory Meeting for Football Walk-on Candidates Set for August 17
7/31/2015 10:35:00 AM | Football
Schedule, physical, medical insurance and sports medicine documents required before participation
STATESBORO, Ga. – A mandatory information meeting for Georgia Southern students interested in walking on to the Eagle football team is set for Aug. 17, at 4p.m. in the Ted Smith Family Football Center, located at 205 Lanier Drive. Tryouts will be held Aug. 18 at 6 p.m. in Paulson Stadium. Candidates must be Georgia Southern students enrolled in a minimum of 12 credit hours for fall, 2015.
Documents required at the Aug. 17 information meeting for each student include:
1) Copy of student's fall, 2015 class schedule, verifying full-time enrollment
2) A copy of a physical exam conducted within six months of Aug. 18 tryout date
3) Copy of the front and back of a medical insurance card
4) Signed originals of the required sports medicine forms available here
Candidates who do not present the required documents at the Aug. 17 meeting will not be permitted to try out at this time. For more information about the meeting, required documents or tryouts, contact Shane Meyer at 912-478-5522.
Participants must meet NCAA eligibility standards and agree and comply with the Georgia Southern and NCAA drug testing policy.
Georgia Southern Athletics provides up-to-date information on all its sports through its official website, GSEagles.com, through social media channels facebook.com/GSAthletics and twitter.com/GSAthletics, iOS app Georgia Southern Eagles and Android app Eagles GATA. Eagle Football fans can follow Coach Willie Fritz on twitter at @CoachWEFritz.
Documents required at the Aug. 17 information meeting for each student include:
1) Copy of student's fall, 2015 class schedule, verifying full-time enrollment
2) A copy of a physical exam conducted within six months of Aug. 18 tryout date
3) Copy of the front and back of a medical insurance card
4) Signed originals of the required sports medicine forms available here
Candidates who do not present the required documents at the Aug. 17 meeting will not be permitted to try out at this time. For more information about the meeting, required documents or tryouts, contact Shane Meyer at 912-478-5522.
Participants must meet NCAA eligibility standards and agree and comply with the Georgia Southern and NCAA drug testing policy.
Georgia Southern Athletics provides up-to-date information on all its sports through its official website, GSEagles.com, through social media channels facebook.com/GSAthletics and twitter.com/GSAthletics, iOS app Georgia Southern Eagles and Android app Eagles GATA. Eagle Football fans can follow Coach Willie Fritz on twitter at @CoachWEFritz.
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