Back to the Georgia Southern Eagles Newsfeed

GS Baseball Adds Four to Clements Wall of Fame

The four members being inducted in the Wall of Fame are James Payne, Griffin Benedict, Sam Howard, and Mike Tidick.

James Payne (2001, 2003-2005)
James Payne was a member of the Eagle Baseball program from 2001-2005. Payne came to Statesboro from Adel, Georgia having played at Cook County High School for former Eagle, Coach Frank Vashaw. After serving the team in a reserve role as a freshman and then redshirting in the 2002 season, Payne would become the Eagle's starting center fielder for his final three seasons 2003-2005 and develop into an all-conference performer. He would be named second team All-Southern Conference in 2004 and receive first team honors in 2005 while also being voted All-Region by the American Baseball Coaches Association.