Photo by: Frank Fortune - Georgia Southern Athletics
Scholar-Athletes Recognized For Performance in the Classroom
10/26/2018 11:00:00 AM | Baseball, Track & Field/XC, Football, 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, APEX
Over 220 earned 3.0 or higher GPA in Spring 2018 semester
STATESBORO, Ga. - The Georgia Southern Athletics Department recognized 221 scholar-athletes at Thursday's football game against Appalachian 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 2018 semester. Among these student-athletes are 80 Dean's List recipients, as well as 42 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 Interim University President Shelley C. Nickel, Provost Dr. Carl Reiber, 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 Computing – Founding Dean, Dr. Mohammad Davoud
College of Business – Dean Allen Amason
College of Education – Dean Thomas Koballa
The Waters College of Health Profession—Dean Barry Joyner
The Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health– Dean Greg Evans
The College of Behavioral and Social Sciences – Interim Dean John Kraft
The College of Arts and Humanities –Dean Curtis Ricker
The College of Science and Mathematics – Dean Delana Gajdosik-Nivens
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 Interim University President Shelley C. Nickel, Provost Dr. Carl Reiber, 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 Computing – Founding Dean, Dr. Mohammad Davoud
College of Business – Dean Allen Amason
College of Education – Dean Thomas Koballa
The Waters College of Health Profession—Dean Barry Joyner
The Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health– Dean Greg Evans
The College of Behavioral and Social Sciences – Interim Dean John Kraft
The College of Arts and Humanities –Dean Curtis Ricker
The College of Science and Mathematics – Dean Delana Gajdosik-Nivens
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