Scholar-Athletes Recognized For Performance in the Classroom
3/2/2018 10:00:00 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
Over 240 earned 3.0 or higher GPA in Fall 2017 semester
STATESBORO, Ga. - The Georgia Southern Athletics Department recognized 245 scholar-athletes at Thursday night's basketball game against South Alabama. 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 Fall 2017 semester. Among these student-athletes are 81 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 men's basketball and softball 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:
Escorting scholar student-athletes from programs under the Vice President for Academic Affairs - Director of First Year Experience, Dr. Chris Caplinger
From the Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Information Technology – Dr. Mohammad Davoud
From the College of Business Administration – Dr. Allen Amason
From the College of Education – Dr. Thomas Koballa
From the College of Health and Human Sciences – Dr. Barry Joyner
From the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences – Dr. Curtis Ricker
From the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health – Dr. Greg Evans
And from the College of Science and Mathematics – Dr. Martha Abell
Due to competition, the men's basketball and softball 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:
Escorting scholar student-athletes from programs under the Vice President for Academic Affairs - Director of First Year Experience, Dr. Chris Caplinger
From the Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Information Technology – Dr. Mohammad Davoud
From the College of Business Administration – Dr. Allen Amason
From the College of Education – Dr. Thomas Koballa
From the College of Health and Human Sciences – Dr. Barry Joyner
From the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences – Dr. Curtis Ricker
From the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health – Dr. Greg Evans
And from the College of Science and Mathematics – Dr. Martha Abell
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