General | 4/11/2016 8:30:00 AM

STATESBORO - Georgia Southern Athletics and Student-Athlete Services recently hosted the Scholar-Athlete Awards Banquet at the Nessmith-Lane Conference Center.  The banquet honored the Eagle Honor Roll and Scholar-Athletes of the Year. One hundred and thirty student-athletes qualified for the Honor Roll, and one male and one female were selected as the Scholar-Athletes of the Year.

The male nominees for Scholar-Athlete of the Year were: Jeffrey Thomas, Baseball; Matt Dobson, Football; Chase Park, Soccer; and Rise Lanne, Tennis. The female nominees were: Katey Lippitt, Soccer; Ashleigh Rasheed, Track & Field; Crysten Curry, Volleyball; Christina Moran, Swimming & Diving; and Mary Phillips Smith, Tennis

This year, football player Matt Dobson and track & field athlete Ashleigh Rasheed were chosen as the Male and Female Scholar-Athletes of the Year. The criteria for this award requires that each student-athlete must have completed at least four full time terms at Georgia Southern; they must have earned a varsity letter in their respective sports; and they must have earned a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher. The award selection is 50 percent academic, 30 percent athletic, and 20 percent leadership and community service. The University Athletics Committee votes to select the award winners.

Earning spots on the All-Academic Team Award were: 
C.J. Brazil, Baseball
James Dean, Football
Matt Flynn, Football
Devonte Boykins, Men's Basketball
Jake Storey, Men's Golf
Chase Park, Men's Soccer
Christian Kerrigan, Men's Tennis
Ale Shortridge, Rifle
Emily Snider, Softball
Briana Jones, Women's Basketball
Taylor Thompson, Women's Golf
Margaret Corry, Women's Soccer
Taylor Kelsch, Women's Swimming & Diving
Ashleigh Rasheed, Track & Field
Mary Phillips Smith, Women's Tennis
Alex Beecher, Volleyball

Earning the Athletic Director Award were: 
James Dean, Football
Matt Dobson, Football
Jeff Ward, Football
Caleb Morris, Men's Golf
Chase Park, Men's Soccer
Cori Dulmage, Women's Soccer
Jessie Eberhardt, Women's Soccer
Katey Lippitt, Women's Soccer
Renee Nance, Women's Soccer
Jessica Scales, Women's Soccer
Lauren Campbell, Women's Swimming & Diving
Taylor Kelsch, Women's Swimming & Diving
Christina Moran, Women's Swimming & Diving
Emma Weisel, Women's Swimming & Diving
Mary Phillips Smith, Women's Tennis
Francisca Norregaard, Women's Tennis
Ashleigh Rasheed, Women's Track & Field
Crysten Curry, Volleyball

All student-athletes honored as scholar-athletes:
Baseball

• Cal Baker
• C.J. Brazil
• Chris Brown
• Dalton Busby
• Ryan Cleveland
• Ryan Frederick
• Jordan Howard
• Adam Kelly
• Drew Kelley
• Kyle Moseley
• Colt Ramsey
• Kent Rollins
• Connor Simmons
• Hunter Thomas

 
Football

• Jake Abraham
• Tommy Boynton
• Myles Campbell
• James Dean
• Matt Dobson
• Kelton Elvine (graduated)
• Patrick Flowe
• Matt Flynn
• Sean Gaddy
• Demarcus Godfrey
• Nardo Govan
• Alex Hanks
• Noah Hickey
• BJ Johnson III
• George Johnson, Jr.
• Younghoe Koo
• Andy Kwon
• Jackson Morris
• Ryan Nowicki
• D'Mario Riggins (graduated)
• Rayquan Sam
• Jacob Schofill
• Isaiah Seise
• Nick Sewak
• Favian Upshaw
• Jeff Ward
• Chris Washington

 
Men's Basketball

• Jake Allsmiller
• Devince Boykins
• Devonte Boykins
• Shawn O'Connell
• Wyatt Sikora

Men's Golf

• Caleb Morris
• Cody O'Toole
• Archer Price
• Jake Storey

Men's Soccer

• Adam Abdellaoui
• Jack Falle
• Chase Herzog
• Chase Park
• Emmanuel Raji
• Jeremy Rector
• Aidan Reising
• Thor Sveinbjornsson
• Blake Wilson

 
Men's Tennis

• Joan Carles Alcala Llinares
• Daniel Casablancas Jorgensen
• Nico de Groof
• Christian Kerrigan
• Jose Landin Lopez
• Rise Lanne

  
Women's Basketball

• Patrice Butler
• Sierra Butler
• Alexis Foulks
• Briana Jones
• Jessica Marcus
• Alexis Sams

Women's Golf:

• Taylor Thompson

 
Women's Soccer

• Amanda Boyd
• Taylor Burns
• Margaret Corry
• Molly Donehoo
• Cori Dulmage
• Jessie Eberhardt
• Nora El-Shami
• Paige Hoover
• Maggie Howard
• Katey Lippitt
• Melinda Lukas
• Nicole Naclerio
• Renee Nance
• Jessica Scales
• Angelica Wallerstedt
• Gabby Watson
• Jennifer Wittick

Softball

• Kierra Camp
• Haley Carter
• Heather Felt
• A.J. Hamilton
• Alesha Mann
• Michelle Mazur
• Morgan Robinson
• Emily Snider
• Lydia Witkowski

  
Women's Swimming and Diving

• Anna Battistello
• Lauren Campbell
• Taylor Kelsch
• Madison Lichtefeld
• Kiera McCormack
• Christina Moran
• Kylee Parsons
• Emma Weisel

Rifle

• Emmy Johnson
• Tori Lewis
• Jennifer Middlebrook
• Ale Shortridge

  
Women's Tennis

• Francisca Norregaard
• Giulia Riepe
• Mary Phillips Smith

 
Women's Track and Field

• Kelsey Arnold
• Samantha Cook
• Twandalette Cotton
• Nia Hill
• Ashton Lord
• Rian Mobley-Luke
• Ashleigh Rasheed
• Asha Stegall
• Bailey Willett

 
Volleyball

• Katie Bange
• Alex Beecher
• Megan Chevalier
• Ashley Jones
• Leah Joseph
• Kat Minnerly
• Bernetta Moore
• Cathrine Murray
• Avery Stephens