STATESBORO – Georgia Southern Athletics honored 54 expected graduating student-athletes with a special stole ceremony Thursday afternoon at Allen E. Paulson Stadium. The Athletic Department handed out stoles that will be used to signify student-athletes at next week's Georgia Southern University commencement ceremony where at least one member of all 15 GS athletics programs will earn their degree.
Twenty-eight of the student-athletes also received rings signifying that they will be graduating with at least a 3.0 grade point average (GPA). Those 28 are (BSB), (BSB), (BSB), (MBB), (WBB), (MG), (MG), (MG), (MSOC), (MSOC), (MSOC), (WSOC), (WSOC), (WSOC), (WSOC), (WSOC), (S&D), (S&D), (S&D), (S&D), (S&D), (S&D), (MTEN), (SB), (SB), (SB), (SB) and (WTEN).