Sports

The Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) has named Georgia Southern's Abby Newton, Haley Yerxa and Meiqi Gao All-American Scholars.

Wells earned the honor after she posted a perfect 4.0 GPA in the classroom during the spring semester. In swim events, she lead the Eagles in 1-meter and 3-meter events, and qualified for NCAA Zones competition.

Georgia Southern baseball players have kept busy after the conclusion of the baseball season by playing in various summer baseball leagues around the country.

Georgia Southern earns the team honor for an eighth straight year; seven Eagles earn individual honors.

The two sisters each won their respective division at a Savannah tennis tournament July 8-9.

The team will be playing its final game of the summer on the road on Aug. 6 against division leader Southern Soccer Academy. 

The Eagles open the season on Sept. 2 at home against The Citadel.

Tyler Bass and Younghoe Koo are pledging gifts toward the construction of the new Anthony P. Tippins Family Training Facility.

The season will start off with three exhibition matches, with the Eagles opening the preseason slate on the road against the Winthrop Eagles on Saturday, August 12, at Rock Hill, S.C. The final two exhibition matches will be at Eagle Field, first against the Stetson Hatters on Wednesday, Aug. 16, before the Eagles take on Clayton State on Saturday, Aug. 19 to end the preseason. 

Georgia Southern women's golfer Haley Yerxa and former men's golfer Wilson Andress have earned spots on the Collegiate Sports Communicators Academic All-America At-Large teams, announced this week by the organization.