STATESBORO, Ga. – Georgia Southern's Office of Student-Athlete Services began "The Road to a 3.0" campaign in the summer of 2015 in an effort to boost the department-wide GPA higher than a 3.0. The student-athletes responded quickly to the challenge and reached unprecedented heights this academic year, as announced Monday by the department.
The Eagles as a group earned a 3.01 GPA for the 2015-2016 academic year, marking the first time in Georgia Southern athletic history that the student-athletes have reached this achievement. This spring, the athletic GPA was 3.04, the second-highest spring GPA in the history of athletics only to follow spring 2015 when a 3.