STATESBORO – Georgia Southern Athletics honored 63 expected graduating student-athletes with a special stole ceremony Friday evening at Bishop Field House. The Athletic Department handed out stoles that will be used to signify student-athletes at Georgia Southern University's upcoming commencement ceremonies where at least one member of 13 GS athletics programs will earn their degree.

Thirty-six of the student-athletes also received rings signifying that they will be graduating with at least a 3.0 grade point average (GPA). Those 36 are Christian Avant (BSB), Yusuf Baig (MSOC), Shelby Barfield (SB), Mya Burns (WBB), Dexter Carter Jr. (FB), Tao Castillo (MTEN), Bryce Christensen (FB), Isabel Clayton (T&F), Melissa Cox (S&D), Adam Davie (MSOC), Chandler Davis (BSB), Olivia Durham (WSOC), Olivia Elofsson (WSOC), Blake Evans (BSB), Jose Eduardo Bomfim (MSOC), Nora Falnes (WSOC), Lee Flowers (MSOC), Elizabeth Goines (WTEN), Kaysie Harrelson (WGOLF), Braden Hays (BSB), Mary Grace Howard (SB), Maddie Klintworth (WSOC), Allison Knight (S&D), Logan Langemeier (FB), Noah Ledford (FB), Meaghan Lynch (T&F), Hannah McGlockton (VB), Marcela Montoya (WSOC), Sallie Newton (WSOC), Tsubasa Nisbet (WBB), Taylor Regensburger (WSOC), Jason Swan (BSB), Austin Thompson (BSB), Jay Thompson (BSB), JP Tighe (BSB), Prince Toyambi (MBB).

Expected Graduating Student-Athletes
Baseball *: Christian Avant, Chandler Davis, Blake Evans, Hayden Harris, Braden Hays, Noah Ledford, Jason Swan, Austin Thompson, Jay Thompson, JP Tighe  
Football: Tre Allen, Deonta Bembry, D.J. Butler, Dexter Carter Jr., Bryce Christensen, Parker Devine, Justin Ellis, Jon Ferguson, Khadry Jackson, Caleb Kelly, Logan Langemeier, Justin Tomlin, Quin Williams
Men's Basketball: Elijah McCadden, Prince Toyambi, Grant Weatherford
Men's Soccer: Yusuf Baig, Jose Eduardo Bomfim, Adam Davie, Lee Flowers
Men's Tennis: Tao Castillo, Jonathan Morales
Softball *: Shelby Barfield, Mary Grace Howard, Allyssah Mullis
Volleyball: Madison Brown, Maddie Bryant, Hannah McGlockton, Maddie Ruble, Christina Walton
Women's Basketball: Mya Burns, Tsubasa Nisbet
Women's Golf: Emma Bella, Kaysie Harrelson, Madison Heideman
Women's Soccer: Olivia Durham, Olivia Elofsson, Nora Falnes, Maddie Klintworth, Marcela Montoya, Sallie Newton, Taylor Regensburger, Vala Kristin Theodorsdottir
Women's Swimming & Diving: Maddie Cordle, Melissa Cox, Allison Knight
Women's Track & Field/Cross Country: Scovia Ayikoru, Isabel Clayton, Tierra Edwards, Meagan Lynch, Zykeria Williams
Women's Tennis: Hannah Daniel, Elizabeth Goines

* - not in attendance due to competition