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STATESBORO - Georgia Southern Athletics and Student-Athlete Services hosted recently 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 forty-one 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:
Tyler Martin, Baseball;
Lane Ecton, Football;
Shawn O'Connell, Basketball;
Archer Price, Golf;
JC Alcala, Tennis; and
Emil Laursen, Soccer. The female nominees were:
Jennifer Middlebrook, Rifle;
Alesha Mann, Softball;
Alexis Foulks, Basketball;
Angelica Wallerstedt, Soccer;
Anna Rose Moore, Swimming & Diving;
Bailey Willett, Track & Field; and
Paige Christian, Tennis.
This year, soccer player
Emil Laursen, who earned first-team Academic All-America honors, and tennis player
Paige Christian were chosen as the Male and Female Scholar-Athletes of the Year, respectively. 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:Â
Brian Eichhorn, Baseball
Lane Ecton, Football
Shawn O'Connell, Men's Basketball
Crawford Simmons, Men's Golf
Emil Laursen, Men's Soccer
JC Alcala, Men's Tennis
Lydia Odlin, Rifle
Alesha Mann, Softball
Joscelin Morrow, Volleyball
Alexis Foulks, Women's Basketball
Julianna Collett, Women's Golf
Madeline Jones, Women's Soccer
Madison Heydinger, Women's Swimming & Diving
Paige Christian, Women's Tennis
Bailey Willett, Women's Track & Field
Earning the Athletic Director Award were:Â
JC Alcala, Men's Tennis
Kierra Camp, Softball
Lane Ecton, Football
Alexis Foulks, Women's Basketball
Madison Heydinger, Women's Swimming & Diving
Paige Hoover, Women's Soccer
Eddie Landin, Men's Tennis
Alesha Mann, Softball
Cathrine Murray, Volleyball
Angelica Wallerstedt, Women's Soccer
Bailey Willett, Track & Field
