STATESBORO, Ga. --- Five Eagles in
Carter DeGondea,
Daniel Haab,
Cade Parker,
Nico Senese and
Sean White have all been named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-Dstirtc team, as announced on Tuesday, June 3rd.
Carter DeGondea, a junior from Raymore, Mo., earns the honor with his overall GPA of 3.53 in Sport Management. DeGondea finished the season as one of the Eagles' top relievers, and even making it into a starting role late in the year. He finished his first year as an Eagle with a team-best 3.72 ERA among all pitchers who threw for more than five innings. He posted a 4-1 record among 18 appearances and three starts. He held opponents to a .245 batting average while only giving up 24 earned runs. Had his longest appearance of the season at Louisiana on 4/27, going for 6.1 innings of scoreless work, giving up three hits and striking out two. He had a season-high six strikeouts against top-ten Clemson on 4/1, as he gave up just one earned run against the Tigers in 4.1 innings.
Daniel Haab, a senior from Norcross, Ga., earned his honors with a 3.79 GPA in Criminal Justice and Criminology. Haab played in 55 games and a starter in 50 of them in right field and as the designated hitter in 2025. He collected a .292 average with a third-most 56 hits on the team and 33 runs. The senior had five triples on the season, including hitting two of them against Appalachian State on 3/21, to become top-ten in program history for the most in a season. he had a .500 SLG with seven homers, and a .372 OBP and had a breakout performance against Appalachian State on 3/21, going 4-4 with two triples and three RBIs. Haab would have three or more hits in five games and a 14-game hit streak during the season.
Cade Parker, a redshirt senior from Panama City Beach, Fla., garnered the award for his 3.62 GPA in Sport Management. Parker played in all 59 games for the Eagles, starting in all but one of them. Hit for .236 on the year with 49 hits, 45 runs, 40 RBIs and a .476 SLG. For the redshirt senior, 22 of his 49 hits went for extra-bases, including a team-best 14 homers, the most by an Eagle shortstop in a season in program history. Had a career game against Georgia State on 3/28, going 3-4 with a double, homer and four RBIs, and had a two ome run day against Marshall on 5/15, collecting three RBIs.
Nico Senese, a redshirt sophomore from Senoia, Ga., earned the honor with his 3.62 GPA in Management. Senese was one of two Eagles to start in all 59 games in 2025, finishing with a .236 average and the second-most doubles on the team with 13. His 18 total extra base hits would give him a .349 SLG and a .322 OBP. Senese would start his Georgia Southern career with a 3-3 Opening Day performance against Western Carolina. His first home run of the season would come on 3/8 against Brown on a solo shot. Ten games of his went for multi-hits and would only have three errors all season playing the hot corner.
Sean White, a redshirt junior from Peachtree City, Ga., garnered the award with his 3.68 GPA in Management. White was fourth on the team with his .288 average in 2025 with eight homers and a .450 SLG. Despite a cold stretch to start the year, White would catch fire, going for a 15-game hit streak midway home that was started by a 3-4 night against Georgia State that included two doubles. Just a week prior, on 3/22, White would slam two home runs against Appalachian State, finishing the contest with five RBIs.
