STATESBORO, Ga. - The Georgia Southern Athletics Department recognized 221 scholar-athletes at Thursday's football game against Appalachian State. 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 Spring 2018 semester. Among these student-athletes are 80 Dean's List recipients, as well as 42 scholar-athletes who earned a perfect term GPA of 4.0 and were named to the President's List.
Due to competition, the football, women's soccer and men's soccer scholar-athletes were not on the field.
Leading these students across the field and congratulating the student-athletes for academic achievement were Interim University President Shelley C.