STATESBORO, Ga. - The Georgia Southern Athletics Department recognized 212 scholar-athletes at last night's men's basketball game against Louisiana. These student-athletes have found a way to balance playbooks and text books, all earning a term grade point average of a 3.0 or higher in the Fall 2016 semester. Among these student-athletes are 77 Dean's List recipients as well as 35 scholar-athletes who earned a perfect term GPA of 4.0 and are named to the President's List.
Due to competition, the scholar-athletes from the men's basketball team were not on the court.
Leading these students across the court and congratulating the student-athletes for academic achievement were University President, Dr.