Scholar-Athletes Recognized For Performance in the Classroom
11/2/2017 2:24:00 PM | Baseball, Track & Field/XC, Football, General, 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, Student-Athlete Services
Over 230 earned 3.0 or higher GPA in Spring 2017 semester
STATESBORO, Ga. - The Georgia Southern Athletics Department recognized 233 scholar-athletes at Saturday's football game against Georgia State. 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 Spring 2017 semester. Among these student-athletes are 77 Dean's List recipients, as well as 44 scholar-athletes who earned a perfect term GPA of 4.0 and were named to the President's List.
Due to competition, the football, women's soccer and men's soccer scholar-athletes were not on the field.
Leading these students across the field and congratulating the student-athletes for academic achievement were University President Dr. Jaimie Hebert, Faculty Athletics Representative Dr. Chris Geyerman, and Director of Athletics Tom Kleinlein.
These student-athletes represented their colleges and were escorted by their College Dean or Director:
Programs under the Vice President for Academic Affairs - Director of First Year Experience, Dr. Chris Caplinger
Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Information Technology – Founding Dean, Dr. Mohammad Davoud
College of Business Administration – Dean Allen Amason
College of Education – Dean Thomas Koballa
College of Health and Human Sciences and Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health – Dean Barry Joyner
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences – Dr. Steven Harper, the Chair for the Department of Music
College of Science and Mathematics – Dean Martha Abell
Due to competition, the football, women's soccer and men's soccer scholar-athletes were not on the field.
Leading these students across the field and congratulating the student-athletes for academic achievement were University President Dr. Jaimie Hebert, Faculty Athletics Representative Dr. Chris Geyerman, and Director of Athletics Tom Kleinlein.
These student-athletes represented their colleges and were escorted by their College Dean or Director:
Programs under the Vice President for Academic Affairs - Director of First Year Experience, Dr. Chris Caplinger
Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Information Technology – Founding Dean, Dr. Mohammad Davoud
College of Business Administration – Dean Allen Amason
College of Education – Dean Thomas Koballa
College of Health and Human Sciences and Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health – Dean Barry Joyner
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences – Dr. Steven Harper, the Chair for the Department of Music
College of Science and Mathematics – Dean Martha Abell
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