STATESBORO – Georgia Southern Athletics honored 16  graduating student-athletes with a special stole ceremony Tuesday morning. The Athletic Department handed out stoles that will be used to signify student-athletes at this week's Georgia Southern University commencement ceremony at Paulson Stadium where at least one member of six GS athletics teams will walk across the stage.

Ten of the student-athletes also received rings signifying that they will be graduating with at least a 3.0 grade point average (GPA). They are designated with an asterisk by their name.

Expected Graduating Student-Athletes

BASEBALL
Cade Parker (Sport Management) *

FOOTBALL
Derwin Burgess Jr. (IDS)
Tyrell Davis (Marketing) *
Johnathan Douglas (IDS) *
Jacob Ferguson (IDS)
Colton FitzGerald (IDS)
Justin Rhodes (IDS)
TJ Smith (IDS)
Marques Watson-Trent (IDS)
Jackson Wheeler (Exercise Science) *
Jalen White (IDS)

MEN'S SOCCER
Kevin Pierre (Sport Management) *
Jacob Sanun Arachige Jensen (Management) *

SOFTBALL
Sam Vinson (Health & Physical Education) *

VOLLEYBALL
Logan Jones (Public Health) *

WOMEN'S TRACK
Imani Moore (Interior Design) *
Sam Holbrook (Exercise Science) *