Athletics

It’s been said that winning is a tradition at Georgia Southern University. As the 2021 National Cheerleaders Association reigning national champions, the Georgia Southern cheerleading program has a knack for keeping that tradition alive.

Women’s Tennis and Men’s Golf top the conference.

Fifth-year senior Ella Ofstedahl (’20 ’21) wasn’t sure about Statesboro when she first enrolled at Georgia Southern University to play golf.

On paper, Eito Yuminami doesn’t scream “pro basketball player.” He’s 5’6” and 160 lbs. In his three-year career as a walk-on at Georgia Southern, he played 22 games — a total of 66 minutes — and scored 34 points.

It’s been six years since Favian Upshaw (‘16) forever etched himself into Georgia Southern history. Now he’s looking to do it again.

News and notes from Georgia Southern Athletics.

For the first time since 2019, Georgia Southern held spring practices, and on Friday, April 23, the Eagles gave fans a sneak peek at the team during the Blue and White Game. Almost 2,000 fans visited Paulson Stadium for the game, which had to be moved up to Friday at the last minute due to…