Georgia Southern tied for the most number of honorees in the NCAA as six student-athletes—Brantley Baker, Edouard Cereto, Parker Claxton, Hogan Ingram, Brycen Jones and Luke Koenig—were named Cobalt Golf All-America Scholars by the Golf Coaches Association of America.
Ingram and Baker made it for the third time, Claxton and Koenig made it for the second time and it marked the first honor for the other two.
To be eligible for Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar nomination, an individual must be a sophomore, junior or senior both academically and athletically in NCAA Division I, II, III, and NAIA, or receiving their Associate's Degree and in their last year of athletic eligibility in the NJCAA. In addition, they must participate in 50% of their team's competitive rounds, have a stroke average under 76.0 in NCAA Division I, under 78.0 in NCAA Division II, under 79.0 in NCAA Division III, under 78.0 in NAIA, and under 77.0 in NJCAA, and maintain a minimum cumulative career grade-point average of 3.2. A recipient must also be of high moral character and be in good standing at their college or university.
Over 550 NCAA Division I athletes from nearly 190 schools earned 2024-25 Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar honors. College of Charleston, Georgia Southern, Hawai'i and Mississippi State each had six recipients, tied for the most in Division I in 2024-25. Twenty other NCAA Division I schools had five recipients: Ball State, Baylor, Cincinnati, Colorado State, Duke, Holy Cross, Houston Christian, IU Indy, Lipscomb, Louisiana, Loyola Chicago, LSU, Marquette, Marshall, North Alabama, Northwestern, Radford, Rice, UConn and Vanderbilt.
The Eagle Victory Perch Plan is aimed at advancing the success of Eagle student-athletes and reinforcing Georgia Southern's mission to compete at the highest level of collegiate athletics and consists of five ways to give to the Georgia Southern Athletic Foundation and support your Eagles:
- Capital/Facility Project Funds
- Competitive Excellence Fund
- Eagle Nation Fund
- Erk Russell Fund
- Sport-Specific Agency Fund
These five funds will serve as an avenue for donors and Eagle Nation to contribute directly to initiatives that impact the programs and student-athletes, including revenue-sharing models and NIL support structures.
To learn more about The Eagle Victory Perch Plan and how you can contribute, visit GSEagles.com/GiveENF or contact the Georgia Southern Athletic Fund at (800) 478-9467.