Athletics

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    Women’s Basketball Eagles Claim Sun Belt Title Georgia Southern women’s basketball won its first Sun Belt Conference regular-season championship, defeating Marshall University. That’s the first conference title for the Eagles since 2001. The team also earned a spot in the 2026 Women’s Basketball Invitational Tournament, just its fourth national postseason appearance in the NCAA era.…

  • Spring Tradition Signals Upcoming Football Season

    Blue-White Spring Game showcases student-athletes and Eagle Pride The annual Blue-White Spring Game is a cherished Georgia Southern tradition that brings Eagle Nation together for a spirited preview of the upcoming football season. The intrasquad matchup pits the Blue team against the White team. In this year’s scrimmage, the White team’s offense defeated the Blue…

  • Georgia Southern Celebrates Icon’s 100th Birthday

    Leading the Eagles on the practice field. A championship tradition takes flight. The coach who built a legacy. First practices. First traditions. Championship moments that shaped Eagle Nation. A legacy that still stands at Georgia Southern. Eagle Nation is remembering Erk Russell, the legendary football coach who would have turned 100-years-old on July 23. Recounting…

  • Golden Eagles Take Flight On East Campus

    Student-athletes on Georgia Southern’s East Georgia Campus to Compete Under New Identity in NAIA Competition Georgia Southern University’s East Georgia Campus in Swainsboro will feature a new athletics name and logo for the Fall ’26 season. Student-athletes will compete as the Georgia Southern Golden Eagles. The program has officially joined the National Association of Intercollegiate…

  • We’ll Prove It Again

    In May 2025, the Georgia Southern University women’s golf team found themselves competing in a tournament they’d never played in before: The NCAA Women’s Golf Championship. It may have been a first for Georgia Southern’s program, but they were led by a coach who was no stranger to that level of competition. Head Coach Mimi…

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    SIDELINES WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Record Crowd Watches Eagles Tussle with Louisiana State A record crowd of 5,322 gathered at the Jack and Ruth Ann Hill Convocation Center to see Georgia Southern women’s basketball take on Louisiana State University (LSU) Tigers. The crowd is the single-game women’s basketball record for a home game. LSU, ranked No. 5…

  • The Every Day Commitment

    Hayden Harris (’22) is living the dream shared by many young men in Georgia: pitching for his home state’s Atlanta Braves. Since he was a young boy, he wanted to play professional baseball and kept his eyes on that goal with every pitch. Growing up not far from Statesboro, Harris said he didn’t consider many…

  • Eagle Grad Revving up Sports Management Career with NASCAR Internship

    For Trishell Kimani (’25), Georgia Southern wasn’t just a school, it was the green flag. The daughter of Kenyan immigrants, Kimani knew her career path would look different from what her family expected. “Nothing has been handed to us at all,” she said. “I’m going into an industry that my parents don’t know anything about.…

  • Eagles Dominate Appalachian State in JLAB Birmingham Bowl

    The Georgia Southern Eagles and Appalachian State Mountaineers had played against each other a total of 41 times as they headed into the 2025 JLab Birmingham Bowl, but never at a neutral site. That all changed on Dec. 29, 2025, as the two teams met for the second time in the fall with bowl bragging…

  • Erk Russell at 100: Remembering the Man, His Friends and the Round Table at Snooky’s

    On July 23, 2026, Erskine “Erk” Russell, legendary Georgia Southern football coach, would have celebrated his 100th birthday. We celebrate him for reasons that are difficult to effectively itemize. He started the football program from scratch, borrowing equipment and transportation for his team to show up and play. He led these teams to five national…