STATESBORO – Georgia Southern Athletics honored 63 expected graduating student-athletes with a special stole ceremony Friday evening at Bishop Field House. The Athletic Department handed out stoles that will be used to signify student-athletes at Georgia Southern University's upcoming commencement ceremonies where at least one member of 13 GS athletics programs will earn their degree.
Thirty-six of the student-athletes also received rings signifying that they will be graduating with at least a 3.0 grade point average (GPA). Those 36 are Christian Avant (BSB), Yusuf Baig (MSOC), Shelby Barfield (SB), Mya Burns (WBB), Dexter Carter Jr.