STATESBORO, Ga. – Two former Eagles were awarded 1A FAR Academic Excellence Awards on Thursday as announced by the Sun Belt Conference. Dani Casablancas and Francesca Norregaard were a part of 644 nationally awarded student-athletes: 161 men and 483 women.

"On behalf of the Sun Belt Conference and its 12 outstanding universities, I would like to congratulate these student-athletes on their academic achievements and accomplishments – both on the fields and courts of competition and more importantly in the classroom. These student-athletes exemplify the wide majority of all the student-athletes who participate in sports under the Sun Belt umbrella," said Sun Belt Commissioner Karl Benson.

Over 50 Sun Belt Conference graduates were among the more than 600 Division I FBS student-athletes that received the honor. The award was established by the 1A Faculty Athletics Representatives to recognize student-athlete academic achievement. Recipients must have graduated in the past academic year with at least a 3.80 cumulative GPA average and have participated in at least two years of intercollegiate athletics at the FBS level in a sport sponsored by an FBS conference.

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