STATESBORO – Georgia Southern Athletics honored 25 expected graduating student-athletes with a special stole ceremony Thursday evening in the Bishop Field House. The Athletic Department handed out stoles that will be used to signify student-athletes at Saturday's Georgia Southern University commencement ceremony at Paulson Stadium where at least one member of 11 GS athletics teams will walk across the stage.

Sixteen of the student-athletes also received rings signifying that they will be graduating with at least a 3.0 grade point average (GPA). Those 16 are Braxton Johns (BASE), Will Browning III (FB), Rashad Byrd (FB), Kindle Vildor (FB), Traver Vliem (FB), Shai Werts (FB), Gonzalo Talavera (MSO), Stefano di Aloy (MTENN), Lydia Odlin (Rifle), Macy Coleman (SB), Logan Harrell (SB), Kacey Baker (VB), Hailey Dias-Allen (WBB), Madeline Jones (WSO), Erin Mullican (Track) and Emilia Bujan (WTENN).

Expected Graduating Student-Athletes
Braxton Johns (BASE) - Accounting
Traver Vliem (FB) - Management
Will Browning III (FB) - Finance
Jakob Cooper (FB) - Sport Management
Monquavion Brinson (FB) - IDS
Jessie Liptrot (FB) - IDS
Jawaski Webb (FB) - IDS
Kindle Vildor (FB) - Sport Management
Shai Werts (FB) - Sport Management
Curtis Rainey (FB) - IDS
Derrick Newby Jr. (FB) - Psychology
Rashad Byrd (FB) - Public Health
David Rhoades (MSO) - Criminal Justice
Gonzalo Talavera (MSO) - Management
Stefano di Aloy (MTN) - Psychology
Lydia Odlin (Rifle) - Biology
Logan Harrell (SB) - Exercise Science
Macy Coleman (SB) - Accounting
Kacey Baker (VB) - Marketing
Hailey Dias-Allen (WBK) - Elementary Education
Madeline Jones (WSO) - Nursing
Tyler Gordon (WSO) - Psychology
Halle Huff (WSO) - Public Relations
Erin Mullican (WTK) - Supply Chain MGNT
Emilia Bujan (WTN) - Accounting